So, the hip hop public is just starting to see more of you from the “A Request” single to your full-length release “The Find”. Tell us what you’ve been up to before the Ubiquity deal? I worked on numerous different projects with people… closely Braille, Soul Plasma, and Othello. Worked with Othello and Braille on [cont.]

  The Trinity sounds like Sean Paul’s overzealous response to all who may have thought that he wasn’t a real dancehall artist, but rather a more polished Shaggy, after the release of his breakthrough record Dutty Rock (2002).  There are no electric joints like “Gimme the Light” or breezy dancefloor anthems such as “Like Glue”. Instead, [cont.]

 So this is what happens when you try to big up the Western Massachusetts hip hop scene to the world. Like any artist, Springfield trio Maspyke’s music is well-informed and shaped by their cultural surroundings. With beats that are clearly influenced by Gangstarr’s gritty instrumentation (with Guru being Boston’s main legitimate claim to hip hop [cont.]