Shabazz Palaces have been steadily refining their afrofuturist take on hip-hop for the past ten years. Each successive album improves upon the last, adding mor... Read More...
I've always found live hip-hop to be an iffy proposition. I've been to some amazing shows, but too often it is a guy shouting into a microphone over a backing t... Read More...
After an action-packed 2013 in hip hop, many of the heavyweights decided to have a "rest year" it seems.
In fact, the following Top 10 will be conspicuously de... Read More...
There were several points this year where I had a crisis of faith about this whole hipĀhop thing. I'll be forty in a week, which is Too Damn Old to be listening... Read More...
It's a cliche but it is true: hip-hop is a young man's game. Rappers rarely age gracefully, and the most successful rappers either fade out of the game or fall... Read More...
Shabazz Palaces came out of nowhere two years ago shrouded in mystery. They released two solid EPs, and generated buzz in their hometown Seattle with their live... Read More...