It is difficult to criticize someone who has good intentions. When Braille's last album "Box of Rhymes" was thrust upon me a little over a year ago I was not lo... Read More...
As much as I like politically charged, thought-provoking hip-hop music blowing through my headphones and speakers, it's often easy for artists and groups cast ... Read More...
The kids making dope records today were born back when I was just discovering hip-hop at the age of 9. The kids putting out releases in stores don't remember an... Read More...
There is independent rap and there is really independent rap. "As Knowledge Kills Beauty" by artist Marshall Gillson, AKA Gripp, fits squarely into the latter ... Read More...
Tom Shimura, aka Lyrics Born, makes the kind of hip hop that even people who don't like hip hop like. His music is fun, rooted in 70s and 80s funk, and free of... Read More...
There are certain positives to coming to a genre late in the day. You don't get the bragging rights from seeing the innovators and future legends while they're ... Read More...