I wanted to review this when it was first released on June 14th but alas life got in the way. Work and a holiday landed just so when it dropped. But having that space to fully digest this piece gave me ample time for reflection, and frankly it was too good not to put some [...]
From working at Fat Beats Records to releasing music via Sony Records - Koncept is a Queens-based, globe-trotting emcee and frequent collaborator of contemporaries such as J57, Marco Polo & Royce Da 5'9". After two years on the road and a lot of time spent in Asia, including a sold out tour with Scoop Deville, [...]
“Parents die, beauty dies Blue insides, suicide Death will come for you and I This head is just a room I hide in…” These are the first lines from Sadistik’s latest album Haunted Gardens. For long-term fans of the rapper these are familiar themes. Following the death of his dad, Sadistik released Flowers for My [...]
billy woods is a rapper who defies easy categorisation; he claims Washington D.C. as his hometown but has spent the majority of his life in New York City. He was born in the U.S. but spent much of his childhood in Africa and the West Indies, the second child of a Jamaican intellectual and a [...]
Hot on the heels of last year's Atmosphere Madness breakdown, the SOUTHSIDERS crew are back with another custom-made, guaranteed-argument-starter. And this time, we turn our attention to the one and only metal faced villain: DOOM (aka MF DOOM, aka Viktor Vaughn, aka King Geedorah, aka... well, you get the idea). From 1999's Operation: Doomsday to [...]
Sage Francis and B. Dolan are the Epic Beard Men. Though accurate, the name started out as a joke, a calibrated goof on bro culture, from two rap greybeards who aren’t afraid to swing freely from dead-serious to wryly hilarious. Hailing from the industrial outskirts of Providence, both artists are walking hip-hop vaults. Last year’s [...]
Dirty Science artist and San Diego native Choosey once again links up with the legendary hip hop producer Exile, this time around with Black Beans, a full project which somehow does a wonderful job dissecting a plethora of social issues while at the same time transporting you to the front seat of a 1960's Cadillac [...]
