As one of the few "hip hop bands" on the scene when they emerged in the early 1990s, Bronx outfit Justice System was often compared to the Roots, a likening th... Read More...
"I need some cash/my parents say I shouldn't rap for it/I feel like I have a natural knack for it."
And so begins "Next Time It's Personal", the debut LP from ... Read More...
The post-N.W.A, pre-Nas nineties witnessed an epic battle between two polarizing styles of hip-hop: gangster rap and jazz rap. While Dre and Snoop were on some ... Read More...
Combine, collide, move forward and don't break stride. That's the motto of all artists involved on this new CD, as one became two, then two became three. It all... Read More...
Villainous, archaic, wicked, or felonious; they all mean the same thing at the end of day. Simply stated, this is what the San Francisco collective, Felonious,... Read More...
Hip-Hop and Brazilian samba both strike me as weird components to put next to each other. There's nothing decidedly complementary about the two types of music, ... Read More...