Merriam-Webster defines a "colossus" as a statue of gigantic size and proportion, from the Greek kolossos. The scope of hip-hop as a musical genre and culture ... Read More...
What's cripalatin? For better or worse, this phrase is now bound and determined to enter the hip-hop lexicon thanks to Snoop Dogg. Resisting the temptation to ... Read More...
Ursula Rucker is familiar to most hip hop fans as the voice that closes every Roots album with her spoken word pieces. But this Philadelphia-born poet has also... Read More...
Don't be scurred; thankfully, "Jada's Got a Gun" doesn't feature Aerosmith. After that initial shock on track two is out of the way, the best known rapper from... Read More...
It's safe to say that last time around the "Violator" compilation album wasn't taken very seriously. The album and associated record label were spawned from 'B... Read More...
With some notable profiles in national music magazines, this Bay Area crew has more than enough potential to blow up. The music goes back and forth (and often ... Read More...