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…
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…
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,…
L.E.S. had a nice run in his early days until he feel into that cheesy keyboard phase. Other sins against good taste include his involvement with Will Smith solo records and producing ‘Firm Biz,’ but here are fifteen reasons to forgive those lapses in judgement/giant paydays. Download: A Salute To L.E.S. Productions [re-upped] Track listing:
From his humble beginnings as the DJ for 7A3, DJ Muggs introduced a whole new sound as part of Cypress Hill before finding chart success with ‘Insane In The Brain’ and ‘Jump Around.’ Initially choosing only to work with his immediate associates, it wasn’t until later in his career that he recruited a wider field…
In the wake of my recent piece on the importance of Sadat, here are sixteen superior tracks from his extensive catalogue. Download: A Salute To Sadat X Track listing:
Mr. Walt and DJ Evil Dee teamed up with Rich Blak, Baby Paul and Chocolate Tye to create Da Beatminerz production crew, best known for driving the Boot Camp Clik to their finest moments but also providing some great remixes for a number of other acts. With a deep appreciation for jazz in particular, Da…
Against all odds, producer Easy Mo Bee was able to overcome being a member of Rappin’ Is Fundamental to become THE sound of 1994, as he helped usher the Bad Boy label into the hearts of minds of rap fans everywhere, before the excess of the Shiny Suit era and Puffy’s insistence on stamping his…
Outside of his own incredible solo work, Kool G Rap had provided some of the most memorable cameos in rap. His run of guest spots in the late nineties was so impressive that it prompted Rawkus Records to pay him a lot of money to record an ill-fated album for them. Here are eighteen examples…
After a highly scientific process involving going to the pub and eating Vietnamese take-out, I’ve finally determined my favourite eighteen Mobb Deep songs at this exact point in time. Resisting the urge to focus too heavily on their peak period, I’ve attempted to include something from all of their albums over the years to provide…
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…