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While reading Decoded, I was often thinking, ‘Hold-up a minute – if Jay-Z doesn’t even write down his rhymes on paper, how has he got time to write a cot damn BOOK?’ Then on page 309, after it’s all said and done, he reveals the plot twist – ‘First and foremost I’d like to acknowledge…
Considering the tragic circumstances surrounding the end of GURU’s life, it’s not surprising that this project has taken nine years to arrive. As opposed to the ghoulish cash-in of Born Again and seemingly infinite posthumous Tupac albums, One of the Best Yet delivers a heart-felt farewell to the beloved MC Keith E.E. from members of…
The 30th Anniversary special edition vinyl of The Great Adventures of Slick Rick is finally available, and you can opt for the double vinyl version (with a whole side dedicated to demos) or go all-out and cop the $100 collector’s pack with an eye patch (!?), reproductions of lyric sheets and some kind words from…
The year? 2002. The Internets was still but a niche amusement for those with the patience to wait five minutes for their dial-up modem to connect through their phone line to spend another fifteen minutes to load a nude. But then the publishing world was blessed with a shining beacon of light to guide us…
This might be the best project that these distinguished gentlemen have released – ‘Torture Chambah’ in particular has been in constant rotation all week. The limited edition run of 200 CD copies are available from here, as is the digital. Cop this shit! Here’s a quick break-down of what’s in store:
This past February, two musical powerhouses/infamously egotistical windbags have graced our shores, attempting to both cash themselves up in the twilight of their careers and provide a feel-good nostalgia burst to both aging Baby Boomers and kids who were out clubbing fifteen years ago. That’s right, sports fans, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters and G-Unit’s 50…
Listening to this album again reminds me of a few important facts. For starters, certified mentalist The Jaz aka Jaz-O was making some great beats in the late nineties. Secondly, apparently Avirex still held some weight in certain sections of Brooklyn in 1998. Thirdly, this vaulted LP from the guys who would later put out…
Remember the three volumes of Rare Stacks mix CD’s that Showbiz hosted, where he played an hours worth of dope, and largely unused, breaks? Apparently Molecules from The Legion does, since he snatched up some of the finest moments from those compilations and rapped over them on this new EP, with a few new tracks…
Reviews of the new G Rap, MC Eiht and KRS-One albums, aka the Blastmasta forgets which Beastie Boy died. No Country for Old (Rap) Men: When Middle Aged Rappers Attack
At some point in every rap fan’s life, there comes the day when you have pretty much every album worth owning but realize that all those late eighties and early ninties albums that were designed to fill up a 74 minute compact disc were doomed to whisper-quiet single vinyl pressings that you could only hear…
After smashing it out the park on the incredible ‘No Message’ with RAST and the P Brothers, I soon tired of Your Old Droog’s ill-advised singing and overly jazzy beats and stopped paying attention to his output for awhile. Can he lift his game and carve out a niche as someone capable of making a…
Rap old timers are having a bumper month if you’re idea of fun is listening to eighties and nineties favorites have another stab at making records, with the release of Positive K and Greg Nice’s Gr8te Mindz and a new Group Home LP titled Forever. The realist in me is none too keen in hearing…