In the Just Like Music channel of Loud News Net you will find an eclectic collection of music news, culture, album reviews, interviews, listicles, hip hop culture and much more. Loud News Net was birthed from Hip Hop culture and will always be who we are, but there’s too much other dope music in the world to not talk about it here. (s/o Marvin Gaye and EPMD)
Pharoahe Monch (or Monchhichi, as he was known in his High School of Art and Design) was destined for fame and acclaim from a young age. Growing up with the golden age of hip hop unfolding in front of him, it was clear from the get-go that rap music was his fate. A beatboxer in…
2021 started off right with a few quality releases, and I’m not just talking albums. Griselda dropped their first film Conflicted, starring Benny the Butcher himself and the writer-actor Deuce King. A tale of an ex-con and his fight to avoid the street life that did him in the first time, it’s a familiar trope.…
It has been a slightly slower week for the hip hop industry, and an even slower one for the underground. We dug into this week’s headlines for you, finding the hottest videos, interviews, and releases for you to indulge in. This week, we got quality music videos, intimate Hopsin vlogs, and the latest on the…
There isn’t enough to talk about NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series. Tiny Desk Concerts began as a quaint side project in the year 2008 at the NPR studio. Now about 12 years and approximately 1,000 performances later, this series is now a music industry mainstay and has become a common ground for artists from different…
Music has always reflected the culture and society that it was cultivated in. Hip hop naturally has long been at the forefront of social commentary music. With the more underground and activist-minded artists having plenty of time to cook up in quarantine, conscious protest songs came to light nearly throughout the entire past year. The…
In the first article of our new weekly underground hip hop news round-up, we bring you the biggest stories this week so you can find all the hottest happenings in one spot. The second week of the new year has only proven that 2021 isn’t going to be any more of a walk in the…
It’s not uncommon for underground artists to follow the money and demand for their music that comes with success. R.A. Thorburn (born in New York, 1974) would face the same options as he began his career, but his personal choices to stick to the art and never sell out earned him a place in the…
The streaming age has changed the game forever. Gone are the days of buying albums online (let alone a physical store) as your only hope of listening. Now, nearly the entire discography of any notable artist has been uploaded and is just waiting to be streamed– keyword nearly. To this day there are still numerous…
With the tragic announcement of MF DOOM’s passing, it was only fitting that we look back at his iconic albums, the records that he will forever be remembered for. A figure shrouded in mystery but defined by his talent, Daniel Dumile left a void in the game when he left. There won’t be another like…
If you ask 4 different people outside a show what the term “underground rap” means, you’re going to get a variety of responses. It’s no wonder; the label has spanned across many generations of artists and sounds. Some say it’s the content of the music, conscious lyrics that don’t beg to be played on the…
