Is that a Parliment, an American Spirit or a Newport? Feeling confused and/or guilty that you’re not frothing at the mouth over the third RTJ album after reading gushing reviews from both well-established critics and Hipster Music Mafia interns? Fear not, for you are not alone.
Here’s a follow up to the 2015 compilation, focusing on artists that went on to do something else rather than just gather dust in an A&R’s desk drawer who aren’t named Nas, Biggie or Mobb Deep. Download: A Salute To Rap Demos, Volume Two Track list:
Calm down, there are zero Artifacts beats on this compilation. The following twenty-one rap beats from the nineties are not the biggest, the best or the most memorable, but they all hold sway with me for one reason or another and provide a suitable soyundtrack for your steering or commuting pleasure. Download: A Salute To…
Here are the best forty rap songs of the year, according to the Conservative Rap Coalition. Please note that there’s a limit of one track per release, which made for some tough decisions. Play this loud and often, until your neighbours want to fight you. Download: The Unkut 40 Oz. 2016 *UPDATE: One track changed…
Three Times Dope with Kwame and J The Sultan. According to DJ Woody Wood, he and Chuck Nice originally formed the Parkside Hustlers crew in Hunting Park in South Philly in 1984 before they met EST and became Three Times Dope. They signed with Pop Art in 1987, and released two singles on the Hilltop…
A press shot from the salad days… Styles P, Sheek Louch and Jadakiss have done a pretty good job of sticking to their guns as far as maintaining their CRC-approved status as rappers over the years in terms of subject matter and delivery. Where they’ve often let themselves down, however, has been in the beat…
This is what J. Cole will look like in 2018 based on his current trajectory. Last week I pitched my White Gal Rap feature for my weekly column but was met with a less than enthusiastic response, possibly on the grounds of it being overly ‘problematic.’ So I foolishly suggested that I give J. Cole…
Women in rap have always had an uphill battle, in that even female rap fans don’t seem to be particularly interested in hearing girls rapping if record sales are anything to go by. White chicks in rap have the natural advantage of still being enough of a gimmick that it’s easier to overlook things like…
This is the new CRC anthem for 2016. DJ Claymore on the beat.
Four years later, I finally get around to doing a follow-up to the Lupe Fiasco comment section post. The good news is that YouTube commenters are still dumber than a bag of hammers.
A look at rap lawsuits. No Country for Old (Rap) Men: A Boy Named Sue aka Sue-sue-sussudio
Henri Charlemagne has the misfortune of having the same name as a current radio shock-jock/general blowhard, but don’t hold that against him. Best known for his work with his crew Natural Elements (and the Fortess Entertainment label which also spawned Raidermen and Nightbreed aka Ka’s first crew), he later went on to work with Puffy,…