There are certain emcees with voices so powerful that they can seemingly take over any track, regardless of who produces it or what instruments are used, and c... Read More...
Just over a year ago, when I was doing a retrospective of Nas in the 2000's, I wrote the following when comparing the respective legacies of Jones and Jay-Z:
"A... Read More...
It takes some cajones for an American producer to title a compilation "Diplo Presents: Dubstep," given that the genre originated in the UK and has been around ... Read More...
Canada Month, the hangover? Hardly. Fact is, rappers from the Great North have been absolutely killing it in 2010 with records from the likes of Shad, Incise, ... Read More...
Spencer Bellamy's production career has been unconventional to say the least. Learning the ropes from Howie Tee in the late '80s when he witnessed the concepti... Read More...
A friend of mine recently asked me to recommend some sixties jazz to her. It was a daunting question. Where do you start? There are so many great jazz records f... Read More...