Never less than ill
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…
The second incarnation of Kings of Pressure were way ahead of the curve when they informed us that ‘Rapper’s Have Feelings Too’ in 1989. No Country for Old (Rap) Men: When too much is never enough
What. The. Actual. Fuck? Mr. Freeze is able to get not one but two verses out of Mr. Maxwell in 1993 for what I can only assume was a giant truck full of loot. Fortunately he refused to don a cowboy hat, ride a horse or carry a pitchfork around, unlike the rest of the…
Having previously covered his early childhood on Son of Yvonne, Ace continues to reminisce about both the good and bad ol’ days of life in Brooklyn while attending high school via a long bus ride. Unlike the fictionalized scenarios he acted out on Disposable Arts and A Long Hot Summer, here we find Ace recalling…
Cue pointless, obligatory speculation. No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Has Jay Z got one more album in him?
For a new regular feature, I thought it would be interesting to revisit some albums that were originally lauded as classics in their time to see how they still hold up, or have the sands of time dulled their shine? Peter and Cory’s first full-length was feverishly anticipted following both their enjoyable debut EP and…
Time and time again – during those periods where hip-hop has found itself weighed-down by excessive, over-produced beats – a segment of beat makers return to the basics and remind us of the importance of a raw, stripped-down track. We saw this when Larry Smith and Russell Simmons created ‘Sucker MC’s’ for Darryl and Joe,…
80’s Philly rap went hard…pause. No Country for Old (Rap) Men: A salute to early Philly rap
– 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…
Ya mans Eric don’t play that shit as he fires back at this.
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.
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…