Like practically everywhere else, the rap scene in Germany has largely abandoned sample-based beats in the new millennium. As of late, however, there's been som... Read More...
Until I spotted his latest release "Breakdance" on the virtual shelf, I was oblivious of Smoov-E's existence. Internet information on the rapper is inconclusi... Read More...
Rap records are often very typical of their time (and anything but 'timeless'). It's hard to imagine Down South's "Lost in Brooklyn" being released after 1994.... Read More...
"Hear my jam with the funky piano!" Public Enemy's Chuck D belted out in 1987. The jam was "Timebomb," and it sho nuff was funky, but the funk drifted straight ... Read More...
If DJ Quik and Kurupt's "BlaQKout" brought together two different characters exploring - admittedly conceivable - common grounds, "Westcoast Gangsta Shit" adds... Read More...
True, he may be overdoing it these days, having just announced volumes 4, 5 and 6 of "The Block Brochure," but the truth is also that E-40 is one of the very fe... Read More...