Jay-Z will turn 40 in a couple of months. It's interesting, because in hip hop that age is unfairly regarded as the dawn of senility, not wisdom - and the genre... Read More...
Ten years and change since Notorious B.I.G. was gunned down. Recently a rap fan sarcastically told me that Puffy has profitted off recycling the same 25 Biggie... Read More...
Once again, Jay-Z had the goodwill (and the business sense) to put out an acapella CD of his latest masterpiece, "American Gangster," so that producers could ha... Read More...
I spent so much time collecting and editing the OTHER Year 2007 in Reviewarticles this year that I honestly didn't have the time to sit down and write out a top... Read More...
Before I get to my top 10, I have to say that I'm very hopeful about the state of music going into 2008. There were some great releases this year, and the combi... Read More...
In a year that further cemented the industrialization of rap, while that very status quo seemed to crumble all around (in an eerie facsimile to our very nation ... Read More...