Indie rap groups, like indie filmmakers, indie artists and so on, are always going uphill. They get the admiration, the "respect," but that doesn't pay the bil... Read More...
Everything has a story. Sticky Post-It notes were invented when someone was trying to make super glue. Big Daddy Kane became a rapper when the Biz ghostwriter ... Read More...
It seems that all hip-hop producers have one specific period of time when everything they touch turns to gold. For RZA, this was the early to mid-90s, from lac... Read More...
Time for a confession: Part of me always wanted to rap. Not necessarily be Jay-Z (as if), but be involved in lyrics or beats in some way. It's obvious that a g... Read More...
Simplicity, brevity and humility are usually underestimated in today's hyper-inflated rap world. "Get Rich or Die Trying" was a force-fed album that just happen... Read More...
The first album of the aggressively political group Dead Prez was called "Let's Get Free," a title not only appropriate for the black power message, but also a... Read More...