At some point in every rap fan’s life, there comes the day when you have pretty much every album worth owning but realize that all those late eighties and early ninties albums that were designed to fill up a 74 minute compact disc were doomed to whisper-quiet single vinyl pressings that you could only hear…
Joe Budden may be a little too crotchety for even the CRC. No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Get off my lawn and back onto your yacht
From MC Jade to the Super Kids to MC Percy to Tragedy to Intelligent Hoodlum to Tragedy Khadafi, this guy has seen some shit in the evolution and gradual rotting away of this thing known as Queensbridge Rap. There may be a follow-up focusing on his work with Capone-N-Noreaga, Killa Sha and others, since Trag…
Any rap fan worth their, erm, salt, appreciates the first two Salt ‘N Pepa albums as having some jams. Sandra and Cheryl had the advantage of some sweet Hurby Luv Bug go-go influenced beats, giant earrings and a knack for a spirited onstage performance in their favor, eventually becoming bonafide pop stars in the early…
My one regret in life is not asking O.C. his thouhts on John Cena ‘adapting’ the name of his first album. Pro sports raps
Just as a broken clock is right twice a day, even the best of the best rapper dudes have delivered the odd clunker. The rules of engagement are as follows: 1. The crappy song in question must have been released while said rapper was in their prime rather than during the inevitable late career auto-pilot/mentalist…
The C.I.A. ASIO is trying to kill me. Chem Trail Rap forever
After smashing it out the park on the incredible ‘No Message’ with RAST and the P Brothers, I soon tired of Your Old Droog’s ill-advised singing and overly jazzy beats and stopped paying attention to his output for awhile. Can he lift his game and carve out a niche as someone capable of making a…
Twenty-three years after the ‘Stress’ single came out, the world has finally been blessed with the instrumental version of Large Professor’s supreme remix, courtesy of Slice of Spice records.
This video is pretty slick. Can we have a clip for ‘The Space Program’ next, please?
If the YouTube comment section is to be believed (which it is, natch), this is a tape rip of a party on Feb 14, 1986 at Central High School in Philly where DJ Cash Money and DJ Jazzy Jeff first publicly unleashed the infamous ‘Transformer’ scratch. It also featured Kool Breeze Steve, who rolled with…
Suddenly the days of a pack of Newports and some Puma sweats seems like a deal. For The Culture