When you’re on top,everyone wants a shot at the title. It happened to Run-DMC, it happened to LL and it happened to NWA. It just so happens that most of the songs shitting on Compton’s favourite sons are hilarious and seem surprisingly consistent in the accusations of the crew being a pack of fake sissies…
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…
‘Yo, Pooh, man, what you build in there, man?’ ‘Ah, one of those hypso-change-o-calypso-beat-a-matics.’ Download: A Salute To DJ Pooh Productions
Some words to accompany the Sir Jinx comp. DJ Pooh Zippyshare to follow. No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Forget About Dre—A Salute To Sir Jinx and DJ Pooh
When I first went to high school, I remember I’d memorized the entire intro to Rhyme Pays and would recite it to pretty girls for reasons which now escape me. Let’s just say it was a simpler time. Ice-T‘s first four albums combined humor, slick talk and social commentary in a way which set him…
Rising up through the ranks from the ‘Son of Bambattaa’ to the DJ at The Roxy and launching the Zulu Beat radio show on WHBI, Afrika Islam went on to release the very first cut and paste record, help found the Rhyme Syndicate and produce the majority of Ice-T’s first four albums after moving to…
A little from column a, a little from column b. No Country For Old (Rap) Men: The Game – Talented underdog or world’s creepiest rap stalker?
I really wanted to like Straight Outta Compton, and in many ways, I did. But in many other, more important ways, I did not. The fundamental problem with any biopic that’s produced by the people it’s telling the story about is that you’re getting an incredibly sanitized, white-washed version of events which goes to extreme…
DJ M-Walk, who you may remember as Tone Loc’s DJ, produced a song for Romeo & Master Rhyme in 1987 which sampled ‘To Be Real.’ It was picked up by Delicious Vinyl and remixed by the Dust Brothers, and contained some lines which were seemingly aimed at another local LA crew: M-Walk don’t dig dirty…
My new editor over at Acclaim asked me to predict what Compton is going to sound like, resulting in a perfect example of the old adage ‘Be careful what you wish for.’ No Country For Old (Rap) Men: Can Dr. Dre Redefine The Sound of Rap…Again?
Ice-T’s Rhyme Syndicate was one of the more unusual extended rap crews, with a core membership that included everyone from old school veteran Donald D, ‘Caucasian Sensation’ Everlast, rapper/crooner dude Bronx Style Bob and acid casualty Divine Styler. According to the Syndicate Facebook page, which looks like it’s run by Donald D, the official role…
When it comes to burning bridges, O’Shea Jackson may be the most accomplished hip-hop artist in the history of the music. It seems as if everyone who has ever had even the slightest involvement with him on a professional level has either gone on to record a diss song about him or made a series…