It’s that time of the week again! Hip hop in particular is always ripe with new stories and notable moments. This week we take a look at The Game’s confident claims, a tragic death in the underground community, a Talib Kweli interview, and more. The Game Calls Himself the Best to Ever Come from Compton…
The funkiest homo sapien to grace the hip hop underground was born in 1991 Oakland as Teren Delvon Jones. With family ties to the game like his cousin Ice Cube, and west coast boom bap blooming around L.A. and Oakland, Teren quickly became involved in the rap scene. Raised around soulful and African music, he…
There’s plenty of mystery surrounding the life and work of Madlib. One of hip hop’s famed producers, his discography seems to grow with a regularity paradoxically shrouded in uncertainty. When artist-producer Four Tet let slip news of an upcoming collaborative project between the two, the months from October until this January were a mix of…
It’s a common theme throughout the music industry that vocal artists generally receive the fame and notoriety of the biggest hits. Although their impact can’t be overstated, the fact remains that the hip hop beat makers behind the studio laptop rarely get the attention and respect they deserve! Although it’s likely that you’ve heard of…
Anyone who came of age during the rise of hip hop independents in the 1990s is familiar with the names Breeze Brewin, Breezly Brewin, Breeze, or Paul Smith. All one and the same, Breeze Brewin became a household name as one-third of the legendary underground crew The Juggaknots, and further for as a collaborator with…
The last week of January was packed with content for the hip hop heads in the back. We’re talking Pharoahe Monch interviews, Rugged Man AMAs, and a mysterious Doc D (or Logic?) mixtape. We’ve compiled the necessary details to keep you in the know, read on to get caught up in the hottest stories this…
In a late 80’s Sacramento Highschool, two teenagers planted the roots of hip hop stardom in their lives. Tim Parker (soon to be known as Gift of Gab) and Xavier Mosley (a.k.a Chief Xcel) went through the last few grades of school together, but it wouldn’t be until their University years that the duo would…
Pharoahe Monch’s super-group th1rt3en recently released their debut album entitled “A Magnificent Day for an Exorcism”. The title accurately describes the mind-meld and destruction of preconceptions that happens after one listens through the LP. This album is undoubtedly an end-to-end burner that requires multiple listens to dissect the vocal mastery that is Pharoahe Monch. The…
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.…
