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Hip hop icon Evidence has returned with his new album “Unlearning vol. 1” on Rhymesayers. The Venice Beach native takes on some of his most heartfelt topics yet with lyrical wit and precision that is unmatched in today’s scene. Evidence enrolls the help of Alchemist, Boldy James, and Conway the Machine on one of the…
Isaiah Rashad hit #40 on the Billboard charts with Cilvia Demo, his very first studio project in 2014. Only one year before, he had been picked up by Kendrick Lamar-led label Top Dawg. If you’ve heard this first record of his, you can understand why he caught on so quickly with hip-hop heads. The dusty,…
It’s more or less the hottest part of the summer, and sometimes that means you spend a day inside relaxing. Despite clubs and the like just barely beginning to reopen from the pandemic, you can dive right into the culture of hip-hop from your living room. At Loud News Net, we’ve collected our four favorite…
Early in 2020, grizzled Buffalo rapper Conway The Machine announced online that he was already planning his retirement after a handful of final releases, and La Maquina wasn’t one of them. Although it seemed premature, no one could blame him wanting to go out in what is unarguably his prime. It seems plans have changed,…
As the nation reopens through 2021, every industry is seeing things set in motion once again. The rap industry is no different, and suddenly we’re facing a deluge of new drops from all of our favorite underground hip hop artists. But no need to be overwhelmed, we’ve collected the best 5 albums so far this…
Do you love Sublime? Us too. No matter how old we get, we can’t withhold the truth that ‘Sublime’ forever holds a special spot in our hearts. Imagine going on a trip (geographical or otherwise) with the mantra “Life is too short so love the one you got.” It felt like we were living the…
De La Soul symbolized a lot of things to different people. They represented real hip hop. They didn’t fit in the industry commercially, and they were always undoubtedly themselves. As rappers began stepping from the underground to the limelight in the mid-’90s, the things that defined De La Soul became more obvious than ever. The…
Tyler, The Creator has been doing him since the start. Whether that means Flower Boy bops or themes like IGOR, you can always count on the Odd Future founder to come through with quality tunes. Hip hop heads everywhere celebrated at the sound of the first single (dropped one week early) for CALL ME IF…
26 years ago, according to Andre 3000, the south had something to say. A year later, Outkast was back with their sophomore release ‘ATLiens’ to prove it. Outkast’s ‘ATLiens’ Turns 25 Years Old In a rap game dominated by New York star power, Atlanta wasn’t supposed to be the next big thing. At the…
As alluded to by the title Portishus, Hus Kingpin locked down the mood of 90’s Portishead albums to produce his cleanest project yet. A wavy mix of muted instrumentals and stream-of-consciousness bars unlocks doors to the Brooklyn-born rapper’s mind. Arriving on January 21st, the release rang in his presence for the new year, which includes…
