When I heard that sickle cell had finally claimed the life of the H.N.I.C. himself, Prodigy, my immediate response was to go to the pub and get black-out drunk in honour of his memory. I’m working on a suitable written dedication to P’s enormous contributions to Strong Island/Queensbridge rap, but in the meantime here is…
The annual competition where everybody involved really loses. Which XXL Freshman Is The Biggest Waste of Time?
Here’s the first single from the Buze Bruvaz’ Adebisi Hat LP. Giallo Point on the beat.
Thirteen years into the history of Unkut Dot Com and here it is, my first positive Nas article! Wonders will never cease. Nas Is Like….pretty good
All jokes aside, EPMD are effin’ legends who had an incredible run of four classic albums. Here’s a collection of slightly tweaked ‘Club Mixes’ and complete remixes from when twelve inch singles ruled the world but were usually a luxury beyond what I could afford as a young bloke. Download: A Salute To EPMD Remixes…
There continues to be a fair amount of confusion as to the official position of the Conservative Rap Coalition in regards to new music, so I clearly need to address some of the misinformation that seems to pollute the comment section here whenever feelings are hurt. Here are a few of the basics:
Still waiting for the Kid Cudi to attempt a Ziggy Stardust remake album, but not in a good way. The pros and cons of rap concept albums
Six years ago I asked who was New York’s most boring rapper, but never got around to polling the results. Following on from my piece about Common – and the fact that there are a number of new contenders for the throne – I’ve assembled a list of twelve candidates based on previous responses and…
Remember the three volumes of Rare Stacks mix CD’s that Showbiz hosted, where he played an hours worth of dope, and largely unused, breaks? Apparently Molecules from The Legion does, since he snatched up some of the finest moments from those compilations and rapped over them on this new EP, with a few new tracks…
No prizes for guessing the first prize winner. Common, the second most boring man in rap
After spending the best part of two days looking for R&B songs with Biz rapping on them (and almost buying that Aja jam from iTunes because it’s nowhere else on the internets but stopping myself just in time because I was slipping into some kind of madness), I wound up with around forty guest spots…
I went on a bit of a Biz bender the other night and this was the result. No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Biz Markie, the voice of a generation