"My ideology's Islamicly based/with a trace of the thug life" aptly sums up the Middletown NY duo Al-Amin and Righteous Nova, collectively known as Lions of th... Read More...
Remember thick gold chains? Four finger rings? Rappers wearing togas? Okay, probably not the last part. But if you look at the cover of Sir Mix-A-Lot's 1989 al... Read More...
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"We poets in our youth begin in gladness
But thereof comes in the end despondency and madness"
- William Wordsworth, "Resolution and Independence", 1807
Anybody... Read More...
What someone once labelled 'horrorcore' seems but a footnote in hip-hop history. But if you consider the longevity of artist like Esham and Brotha Lynch Hung an... Read More...
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