Both the Diggin’ In The Crates crew and this site are now back from hiatus so it seemed appropriate to review the new album. No Country for Old (Rap) Men: The Return of D.I.T.C.
Author: Robbie Ettelson
No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Rap Hooks R Us
Rap sang-ers tend to have mixed fortunes, word to Joe Fortune of Neek The Exotic fame. No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Rap Hooks R Us
Download: A Salute To Roc Marciano
Roc has a new solo album dropping this year titled Rosebudd’s Revenge. If he’s able to match the quality of Marcberg and Reloaded then he will have delivered a true classic rap trilogy. In the meantime, I thought I’d revisit his back catalog and select what I consider to be the sixteen definitive Marciano records…
Download: A Salute To Rapping Intros
The introductions to rap albums have traditionally been the arena of poorly-executed impersonations of Al Pacino movies or just general shit talking. These eighteen examples, however, feature intros where actual rapping has been utilized to make them worthwhile. Good job, everybody! Download: A Salute To Rapping Intros [re-upped]
No Country for Old (Rap) Men: A salute to early Philly rap
80’s Philly rap went hard…pause. No Country for Old (Rap) Men: A salute to early Philly rap
Signs that the rap blog you’re reading isn’t worth jack
– It regularly includes click-bait headlines such as ‘This video of ______ rapping at _____ will give you chills.’ – It’s ever posted a trailer or behind the scenes footage for an upcoming rap video. – Features that are just a collection of Tweets from rappers, under the guise of ‘Rap Twitter Reacts.’ – Entire…
Download: A Salute To Story Raps, Volume One
The only conditions for this are that the story is fictional (which eliminates classics such as ‘Ever So Clear’) and that it’s one consistent narrative (which means that ‘Vapors’ isn’t eligible). This first volume is a mixture of obvious standards, unorthodox yet brilliant narratives and straight forward tales. Download: A Salute To Story Raps, Volume…
Magazine Vaults: Eric B. responds to the Large Professor interview
Ya mans Eric don’t play that shit as he fires back at this.
No Country for Old (Rap) Men: CRC approved rappers
No surprises here for regular readers. In other news, let me know if you want a CRC rugby and I’ll make it happen. No Country for Old (Rap) Men: CRC approved rappers
Magazine Vaults: Large Professor interviewed by The Source, April 1991
Click to enlarge. Pause. ‘It was all good just a week ago.’ This is the classic Xtra-P interview which led to Eric B. responding the following issue and a bunch of shit going down behind the scenes. Classic material.
The ten most popular rap tapes to be buried with
After collecting the results from both the comment section and Twitter, I can now provide you with solid numbers on the most popular rap tapes that you all said you would take to your graves. I’m not happy about Outkast placing twice though – clearly the Conservative Rap Coalition needs to double it’s efforts to…
Which six rap tapes would you like to be buried with?
Let’s say, for arguments sake, that you could only take six rap albums into outer space/to the grave/to a deserted island. What would they be, and why? My picks are as follows: