You have to hand it to Edo G. Most rappers of his generation – the 1980′s – no longer have careers. Hell, most rappers from the 1990′s are even having problems remaining relevant in the new millenium. Thankfully for Edo, he’s always found new ways to reinvent himself. Over the past few years, we’ve seen [cont.]

Is it really necessary to start your hip hop album with a disclaimer? “This album is intended for those who ride with their doors open, blow purple, and wear over-sized sunglasses…” is the satirical warning issued at the beginning of It’s Whateva the latest album from Fairfield, California rappers Federation. Backed by the trunk rattling [cont.]

After  9th Wonder split from his Little Brother brethren, people began to wonder how different their respective career paths would be. For 9th, his road to success has already began. After creating the soundscapes for the Little Brother debut album, The Listening, 9th’s stock began to soar. Cultivating mainstream smashes like Destiny’s Child’s “Girl” and [cont.]

The Justus League definitely keeps busy. As the final phase of preparation for the impending release of his Streetwise LP, Edgar Allen Floe gives us Floe Almighty: The Remixture. Now, in the world of modern Hip Hop, the art of the remix has become lost and somewhat misconstrued. Once upon a time, a remix improved [cont.]

After receiving platinum status, winning a Grammy, and gaining commercial success, one would think that an artist would be on top of the world and on their next LP he or she would gloat about all their newfound happiness that they are now able to enjoy.  This is not the case for Chamillionaire.  The Mixtape [cont.]

One of the south’s rising new entities is no doubt Block Entertainment.  With the success of Boyz in the Hood and Yung Joc, the newest stallion to come out of the gate is Gorilla Zoe with Welcome to the Zoo.  With the popular single “Hood Nigga,” the self-proclaimed “king of the jungle” plans to show [cont.]

The subject of hustling has been pretty well covered by rappers over the last two decades or so. That doesn’t stop many of today’s artists from throwing in their two cents on the matter, and with Yung Joc’s sophomore effort, Hustlenomics, you can pretty much bet the house you’ll be getting numerous songs about the [cont.]

Ever since Andre 3000 released The Love Below, it seems that every creative hip-hop artist out there wants to try to make an album with as little rapping as possible. This isn’t really anything new, as Rhyme Syndicate members Ice-T and Everlast reinvented themselves as Body Count and Whitey Ford, respectively. Even Q-Tip – who [cont.]

The collective hype of David ‘Mac Lethal’ Sheldon’s 11:11 release has been tainted with mixed reviews and forum rants. Bypassing the near slander Scratch magazine printed about 11:11 before they folded, this critic disregarded opinions altogether before listening to the record. Mac announced signing with independent powerhouse, Rhymesayers in 2005. He began writing and recording [cont.]

Without listening first or reading a review, it’s difficult to determine what type of product you’re getting with accomplished platinum and gold Queens-native recording artist, N.O.R.E. With four previous albums making billboard charts, he’s not a stranger of making club hits. We, however, are strangers of hearing club hits on Babygrande Records. With a solid guest appearance line-up [cont.]

Compilation; No Rating Given. Rappers have been making video game references for years. Biggie immortalized the two major game consoles of the 90s with his line, “Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, when I was dead broke man I couldn’t picture this.” Thirteen years later, the relationship between hip hop and video games has developed an even [cont.]

Arguably misunderstood, there’s no debating that Necro has been an independent hip hop fixture since the late 90′s. His label, Psycho+Logical-Records has controlled hip hop’s hypocenter for years by seismicly bullying the epicenter of the underground, thus, shifting the Richter and upping the antee on splatter rappers worldwide. Necro’s fifth studio album, Death Rap, is [cont.]

Several months back, Blockhead threatened on his MySpace blog that he was working on an album of “happy beats”. Besides his work with Aesop Rock, he’s primarily known for constructing sample based masterpieces like Music By Cavelight and it’s worthy follow-up Downtown Science. Block’s moody beats have become the safe alternative for those still wondering when DJ [cont.]

In hip-hop, the land of India is not as sampled as the land of say…Motown…so there’s plenty of beat mining to be done in the country. And some hip-hop producers have already started. Timbaland has carved out many-a-hit record (and accompanying lawsuit) from the region’s sample rich resources, while artists like Jay-Z and Eve have [cont.]

It begins with a shrieking female vocal sample followed by a filthy, hypnotic guitar riff. The drums contribute a funk aesthetic, and the result is modern snake charmer music–for acid heads. And thus begins the adventure that is Oh No’s latest project, Dr. No’s Oxperiment. In the fashion of his brother Madlib’s Beat Konducta series, [cont.]

A super group is defined as being a music group comprised of members who had already gained fame or notoriety as solo artists or members of another group.  This phenomenon is not new.  In the rock n roll genre, many super groups ranging from Cream to Velvet Revolver have all had enormous success.  In hip [cont.]

Plugging the words “Rugged” and “Intellect” into the Rap Name Database would probably bring up a collection of grimy, tri-state area, camouflage and Timbaland boot wearing rappers that had their heyday in the 1990′s by making hardcore hip-hop. Well, Rugged Intellect is white and is from Montreal, Canada so he doesn’t exactly fit the mold [cont.]

Listening to Percee P rhyme on virtually any track on Perseverance makes it easy to envision him standing outside of Fat Beats NYC, slanging self-produced CD’s to backpackers, just as he’s done over the past few years. You can hear the hunger in his voice and his seemingly endless cache of run on rhymes flow [cont.]

Student kills the teacher? Who would have thought that Roc-A-Fella’s “least marketable artist” would become their hottest commodity in years, perhaps even surpassing Jay-Z in terms of popularity. Well, maybe not quite, but “Golddigger” was a bigger commercial hit than the last few Jay-Z singles we remember. With his third LP, the aptly titled Graduation, [cont.]

Embarking on his third full-length LP for Interscope, 50 Cent returns with Curtis. Originally titled Before I Self-Destruct, 50 changed the title of the album after a public bout with Cam’Ron. Cam made a dis song aimed at 50, where he taunted him with cries of “Cuuuuurrrrtis”, 50′s real first name. After becoming a running [cont.]