The Bake Up Boyz are here, in full effect. The four Michigan natives - Dirt, Bub, Loot 75 and Young Jino - release their first album proper, and are boosted by... Read More...
Forgoing your traditional sample-heavy sound in favor of live instrumentation seems to be all the rage these days. The new albums by Atmosphere and Lyrics Born... Read More...
Chicago is running rap right now, without a doubt: Kanye West, Common, Lupe Fiasco and now, quite possibly, the most exciting new hip hop act that hasn't yet r... Read More...
Some artists blow you away on some intangible level, leaving you feeling like they have more skill than they really do and more impressed than you rightly shou... Read More...
Lawrence Muggerud has been influencing the dirty, rugged and funky side of hip-hop production for twenty years. Jack Gonzalez has been rapping about the gritty... Read More...
Random is one of those unknown rappers that has bubbling beneath the surface for a long time now. Most notably the Philadelphia-raised emcee dropped an album u... Read More...
