Cole James Cash just sent through this run-down of his latest album, which you can stream or download over at Audiomack. Reading this may take longer than listening to the album but I guess he’s got shit all else to do while he recovers from being shot and robbed in is hometown. Cole James Cash:…
The De La Soul Problem
Free from the pressures of commercial success, the wildly lucrative crowd funded album from De La Soul, and the Anonymous Nobody, presented the perfect platform for these media darlings to flex every ounce of creative muscle and create something revolutionary again. Sure, that’s a tall order considering they’ve already delivered three brave, masterful entries which…
No Country for Old (Rap) Men: A Tribe Called Quest’s Last Hurrah
Could this be a triumphant final roll of the dice or a case of too little, too late? No Country for Old (Rap) Men: A Tribe Called Quest’s Last Hurrah
Are rap group reunions ever worth it?
It’s been announced that there is to be a new album from everybody’s favorite nineties nostalgia collective, A Tribe Called Quest. Granted, their second and third albums were brilliant, but the idea of listening to Q-Tip, Jarobi, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and the late Phife perform new material leaves me cold. I liked Tip’s last solo…
NY Post attempts to shame Ka for having a steady job
Notorious rag the New York Post were having a slow news day this weekend so they’ve directed their attention to ‘exposing’ Ka for leading a ‘double life’ as fire chief during the day and an ‘anti-cop’ rapper by night. I thought it was fairly well known that Ka worked for the NY Fire Dept within…
Ka – Honor Killed the Samurai album review
My thoughts on Ka’s new LP are available for your perusal over at Acclaim. Ka – Honor Killed the Samurai album review
Shout Rap Special: Troubleneck Brothers
Cast your mind back to the heady days of 1993 when all that needed to make noise in the rap game was construction Timbs, a bald head and some Carhart? To really seal the deal, you needed to incorporate some Shout Rap, a chanted hook and some hyped-up beats designed to perform furious Rap Handz…
No Country for Old (Rap) Men: How important is digital distribution to a musical legacy?
AKA why Spotify will never replace my hard drive. No Country for Old (Rap) Men: How important is digital distribution to a musical legacy?
No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Does A-F-R-O live up to the hype?
Not to be confused with the Run-DMC weed carriers pictured above. No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Does A-F-R-O live up to the hype?
Wasted Potential
Is there anything worse than catching a glimpse of somebody who clearly has a lot of natural talent but through poor timing, circumstances beyond their control or just sheer laziness they never fulfill that potential? In the rap world, this seems to happen with a disturbing regularity. Sometimes the record label was to blame, because…
No Country for Old (Rap) Men: The Wacky World of Fake Rap Retirements
In remembrance of Charles Hamilton’s retirement blog post. No Country for Old (Rap) Men: The Wacky World of Fake Rap Retirements
Download: A Salute To Sadat X
In the wake of my recent piece on the importance of Sadat, here are sixteen superior tracks from his extensive catalogue. Download: A Salute To Sadat X Track listing: