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...
In his heyday King Sun was almost a model rapper. With his commanding baritone, precise metrics and topical writing he was a rapper you had to, at least to som... Read More...
I sometimes wonder what the lawyers who clear samples for American recording artists would make of Jamaican dancehall albums from the 70s. Biz Markie and De La... Read More...
The British hip hop scene is overloaded with technically gifted emcees, from Split Prophets to Rhyme Asylum, there are plenty of examples of rappers rapping abo... Read More...
The recent passing of Timothy Blair b/k/a Tim Dog had me combing through my collection of tapes, records and compact discs to see what album review I could do i... Read More...
You know the epilogue by James Todd. Riding high on the fumes of their acclaimed 1995 debut "Dah Shinin'," Brooklyn duo and Boot Camp Clik representatives (rat... Read More...