When 4,5,6 collaborator T-Ray declared that, “G Rap is the realest. Nas, Pun, Raekwon – all of them owe their styles to him. He’s like the Muddy Waters of hip-hop” – he summarized exactly why the Kool Genius of Rap continues to influence the style and technique of today’s finest rappers. By combining a wicked…
Category: Killa Queens
Large Professor – The Unkut Interview
The Live Guy With Glasses is one of hip-hop’s top shelf legends, and having worked on some of rap’s greatest ever albums – in addition to his own stand-out work as the front man for Main Source and as a soloist – he refuses to kick back and relax, continuing to bang out beats and…
Eric B. – The Unkut Interview
Wondering what Eric B. has been up to since Don’t Sweat The Technique? After he released his self-titled solo album in 1995, Eric focused his energies on a number of lucrative business ventures (including a chain of restaurants), which in turn offered him the opportunity to set-up a community center to help local kids stay…
Kyron aka Solo (Screwball) – The Unkut Interview
Best known as a member of Screwball and for the controversial ‘Who Shot Rudy?’ single, Queensbridge legend Kyron is plotting his return to the rap game after an extended hiatus (due primarily to being on the lam for several years). Despite the sudden, tragic loss of his long-time rhyme partner K.L. earlier this year, Kyron…
Capone-N-Noreaga – Channel 10 Album Review
The creators of legendary anthems like ‘Illegal Life’, ‘Bloody Money’ and ‘T.O.N.Y’ finally get the chance to make a whole record together. Without mentor Tragedy on deck, will this be more like The Reunion than The War Report? ‘Intro’ Here we get to remember all the classic shit they did in the 90s. Prepare for…
Prodigy Rates His Top 40 GOAT MC’s
First we had Kool Moe Dee handing out report cards to rappers, but in 2009 the streets wanna know who Ballpoint Pen P‘s ‘Top 40 Since A Shorty’ is…right? Thanks to ‘The Jimmy McNulty Of This Rap Shit. And You’re Damn Right I’ll Take A Side Of Scrapple’ from HHC Mag. UPDATE: Crooked I Responds.
Prodigy Explains H.N.I.C. 2
From the H.N.I.C. 2 Collectors Edition (which includes a Bandana P…um…bandana!) which features six extra tracks, commentary on every cut and a video for every song. I might actually buy this.
LL Cool J – The Unkut Interview
Photo: Janette Beckman I only got twenty minutes to kick it with LL, but who’s complaining? It’s safe to say he appreciated getting a quick break from answering questions about his favorite flavor of ice cream and how many stomach crunches he does every morning. In many ways he’s the blueprint that everyone from Biggie…
The Other ‘Scenario’ Demo Surfaces
This is pretty epic…first of all Bol passed on this link to the audio of Q-Tip on Juan Epstein, which features Tip discussing the two demo versions and doing a hilarious impersonation of Busta: Q-Tip: “It was just too many people. I called niggas back, told niggas to come back the next day. Nobody came…
Large Pro – Main Source Album Review
Thought I’d try the track by track style on this one…. ‘The Entrance’ Straight out the gate, LP starts things off with a bang as he hits the track with an energetic flow over a swift, noisy track. ‘Hot: Sizzling, Scorching, Torching, Blazing’ This sounds like one of the songs that got cut off of…
Dr. Butcher – The Unkut Interview, Part 3
For the final part of our interview, Dr. Butcher offers a behind-the-scenes look in the creation of the first Main Source album and Large Pro’s The LP. Now based in Texas, Butcher just released new music with an artist called Understanding on the vocals, and is working on an album of instrumentals for the Vintage…
Dr. Butcher – The Unkut Interview, Part 2
Continuing my talk with Dr. Butcher, we discuss Rakim, LL Cool J and the legendary Silver Fox. Robbie: Have you got any DAT’s of G Rap, Ak or Grimm songs that were never heard? Dr. Butcher: I think Grimm has released a lot of the material on his indy label. G Rap, a lot of…