I don't know much about Japanese Jesus, other than the fact he's relatively well known on the rap battle circuit. A quick youtube and google search pulls up vi... Read More...
Much has been made of Wale's recent "defection" from kind of conscious/hipster rapper to Maybach Music flosser. To be honest, after I revisited his debut album... Read More...
The term "socially conscious rap" is one that is often thrown around too freely. There are hundreds of emcees who claim to represent the views of the people an... Read More...
This could have the most fitting album cover that I have ever come across in over fifteen years of listening to hip-hop. Ignoring the fact that this album is a... Read More...
Despite P. Diddy's claims to the contrary, it was reggae musicians who truly invented the remix. Jamaican producers were repurposing instrumental backing track... Read More...
I first discovered Rolling Stoned while compiling music for a new episode of The Hip-Hop Shop. That goes to show these episodes can be just as useful for me as... Read More...