While I was staying in New Jersey mid 2013, I attempted to shoot some footage of the original Flavor Unit crew. As it happened, I only managed to get Chill Rob G on film, and after watching the video back I’ve decided that this plays better as a written piece. While some of the same…
No Country For Old (Rap) Men: To Review A Butterfly
The new web editor over at Acclaim asked for me to write about the new Kendrick Lamar album. I attempted to keep an open mind as best I could. No Country For Old (Rap) Men: To Review A Butterfly
Rap Albums To Get Stuck On A Desert Island With [2000-2015 Edition]
If, by some tragic turn of fate, all rap released prior to the year 2000 was somehow obliterated from the face of the earth and you were given the opportunity to take twenty CD’s to pass the time while I wasted away in exile on some deserted island (stay with me here), then what would…
Download: A Salute To Mantronik
Beat machine wonder kid Kurtis Mantronik had a nice little run over at Sleeping Bag Records, where he split his time between hard hitting electro hip-hop beats for T La Rock and Just-Ice and Freestyle/dance music for artists such as Joyce Simms. After three Mantronix albums with MC Tee on the mic, Tee decided to…
Deconstructing The Classics: Eric B. & Rakim – Follow The Leader
Despite being one of the greatest rappers to ever enter a recording studio, Rakim‘s four albums with Eric B. were pretty patchy, mainly due to the abundance of filler and sub par scratch showcases. This wasn’t such a big deal on Paid In Full, since every with vocals was amazing and 1987 rap LP’s usually…
No Country For Old (Rap) Men: Why Executive Producers Matter (Sometimes)
Maybe some of those mountain climbers who played electric guitars weren’t so bad after all? No Country For Old (Rap) Men: Why Executive Producers Matter (Sometimes)
Willie The Kid feat. Royce Da 5’9″ – The Watch
This cut from The Fly 3 still holds up as one of 2015’s finest.
Ultimate Breaks and Beats: An Oral History
Photo: K-Prince. This one has been cooking up for long time now, but it’s finally out of the oven and ready to throw on your plate with a side of mash – the history of the Ultimate Breaks and Beats series told by the people who put them together and some of the DJ’s and…
Phill Most Chill aka Soulman – The Unkut Interview
Phill Most Chill came up drawing flyers for local crews before dropping his own independent record in 1988, moving into some production work and eventually landing a regular spot at Rap Sheet. From there he became a record dealer and collector, released over 100 mixtapes and eventually returned to the microphone in 2005, and has…
Strong City Released Four Videos?
Four of Jazzy Jay‘s Strong City groups released an album during the Uni Records distribution deal – Ice Cream Tee, Busy Bee, Don Baron and Nu Sounds. I vaguely remember owning the Mackin’ album at some stage but not really enjoying anything off it, and listening back now it’s clear that these guys were totally…
Da Buze Bruvaz – God Awful
Clever One takes center stage for this new Buze Brovaz loosie.
Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow – Renegades of Rhythm Show Review
The prospect of getting a guided audio tour through Afrika Bambaataa‘s record collection by two lifelong music geeks is appealing to even the most cursory of music fans, if the jam-packed crowd that squeezed into Melbourne’s Forum Theater on Friday night is anything to go by. It certainly didn’t hurt that it was helmed by…