There were some quality suggestions in my Twitter feed after the original post dropped last week, not least of which was introducing me to the great Chuggo and Trent Dean (aka The Rappping Magician). Well played to all involved. pic.twitter.com/4XzuGPxaUv — Jus-FCA (@JusFCA1) January 23, 2018
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…
If there’s one thing that rap excels at, it’s storytelling. From K-Solo’s ‘Tales of the Crackside’ to PHD’s ‘A Night To Remember’ to basically anything from Slick Rick, Story Rap has always shone brightly. I’ll compile a ‘Salute’ to my picks later this week, but I’m interested to know what you consider to be some…
What with recent technological advancements where you can now cut one-off vinyl records in real time at places that make personalized t-shirts, it got me to thinking what songs I would throw on if I was to make a bootleg of CD and digital only rap songs from recent years. My first one would probably…
Every music nut has a tale of the time they found some crazy shit at a record shop, for some reason didn’t cop it, and the memory remains the ether that burns their soul slow to this very day. For me, it was seeing what I recall to be a copy of Big Daddy Kane‘s…
While we recover from the collective circle jerk that has been celebrating Nas’ first album, let us consider some long forgotten rap essentials that should be mandatory listening to any music fans under 25 in order that they don’t repeat the same mistakes from the past and understand what good rap music should sound like….
The New Yorker has just published a piece on Lord Jamar titled ‘Hip-Hop’s Alpha Conservative’, where he is quoted the following: “I think I represent the hip-hop conservatives. And I use the word ‘conservative’ in the sense of conservation: I’m trying to conserve hip-hop and its essence.” With his recent fine work shitting on white…
These things change from day to day, but here are my current picks. Discuss among yourselves…
Back in August I called out a guy named Aaron over his series over at The Rap Up which saw him revisit a number of rap classics from the perspective of a young fan. He’s now penned a response of sorts.
Just noticed this comment from Lair dating back to February, where he points out, “I think Keith recorded a diss track just for you off of this article”, linking to a song that dropped a mere 12 days after I expressed my bitter disappointment at Ultramagnetic MC’s Critical Beatdown tour. While the cover image bares…
When I revealed that I “wasn’t a huge fan” of 3rd Bass this morning, I was met by some disgruntled responses exclaiming that several people had “lost all respect for this site” due to the fact that I refuse to bow down in worship to their favorite white rap group ever. It seems that a…
You’ve seen my picks for the year already, but since I moved back into my Mom’s Basement so that I could reclaim my title as “the O.G Boom-Bap dinosaur blog don” and finally interview Kool G Rap in the process, I have no idea what happened in the outside world. What was the best and…