Andre The Giant has traveled a long and consistent path throughout his ten year career, first catching heads’ attention with “Soul Clap” in 1992. More recently, A.G. helped renew interest in himself, with the release of ’98′s Full Scale EP, with his production partner Showbiz. With “The Dirty Version”, A.G. asks Show to step aside, to [cont.]

    ?Yes, Ja Rule’s an R&B singer.  Yes, his collaborations with Ashanti are redundant.  Yes, he’s not as street as when he was DMX’s dawg in ’98.  But to fully understand the impact of 50 Cent’s verbal snuffs requires listening to Ja Rule’s new album Blood In My Eye.  The word obsessed comes to mind.  Eight [cont.]

     EDITOR’s NOTE: We have decided not to review Dangermouse’s Grey Album due to cease and desist orders and 9th Wonders Black Album remix in order to protect the LP’s sanctity, per his wishes.     While the remix is certainly not a new medium, 9th Wonder’s renovation of Nas’ God’s Son (God’s Stepson) not only opened [cont.]

    The fifth album from The Artist Formerly Known As Sense will probably end up being the most widely criticized release of his career, although it may also prove to be his most defining moment as well. With each release Common has given to us, we have seen him change. He has evolved from a squeaky-voiced [cont.]

From DJ Clue getting a record deal to some kid taping CDs in his basement for his friends, the mixtape is as much of an art form as the DJ puts into it. Some DJs just want to capitalize on the latest beef, hot artist, or whatever exclusives they can hustle. Some want to promote themselves [cont.]

Over six years after his death, Tupac Shakur still remains one of hip-hop’s most relevant artists.  Whether Pac’s work studio-rat work ethic can be attributed to trying to fulfill his contract with Suge, or because he knew his time was running out, we’ll never really know.  Whatever the case, 2Pac has another album from the vaults, [cont.]

In the indie world Game has managed to garner some respect at the same time gaining use of credible artists.  Avoiding any loss of momentum, Game did what any other label with a dope roster would do–put out a compilation album to display their artists and what guests they could conjure up. Game Tight opens up [cont.]

    With his sixth official solo effort, Bigg Snoop Dogg breaks from the shadows of Dr. Dre, Suge Knight, and Master P, with his first true solo release saving the executive producer credit for himself. While it’s been said that without Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg will never release another classic record in the vein of Doggystyle, with [cont.]

On “Last Real Nigga Alive” Nas states “I’m the last real nigga alive that’s official.”  Now while nearly every emcee currently holding a mic (sans Eminem) will take some offense with that statement, to be blunt, there are only a handful of emcees breathing who can honestly claim that they are putting there life between the [cont.]

When you think of hip-hop and Texas only group seems to come to mind, the hardcore rhymers from the 5th ward the Geto Boys. It’s a sound so closely related to location that when I first heard that the Jazzy sample loving group K-Otix were from the same city and state I had to do a [cont.]

Though it took nearly a decade for the “record buying” public to acknowledge their obvious talents, the inevitable finally happened in 1999 as The Roots took a major step out of the underground with Things Fall Apart and the Grammy award winning single the LP spawned “You Got Me” featuring Erykah Badu. If we have come [cont.]

For the past two years, it has been hard to ignore Ja Rule and his Murder Inc. crew.  From Irv Gotti’s production to guest vocals from Ja and Ashanti, teaming up with the Murda fam has brought success to quite a few acts. Hell, it even got Fat Joe to go topless on MTV. The last album [cont.]

Those familiar with Planet Asia’s work over the years should already know the name Skhool Yard as being Planet Asia’s Fresno, California based crew. This Cali combo of Planet Asia, Kubiq, Shake, Supreme, and producer Protest make their EP debut with A New Way Of Thinking.  Although they are billed as “West Coast hip-hop’s next supergroup” on their [cont.]

Detroit native Royce Da 5’9 has had his fair share of ups and downs in business aspect of the music industry.  After going through label problems like every seasoned Hip Hop artist has, Royce presents us with a revised version of his long-delayed opus Rock City; now appropriately titled Rock City V.2.0.  Though Rock City has been [cont.]

While many of Rawkus’ former starting line-up have departed the label, each with their share of very public pot shots (Company Flow, High & Mighty, Shabaam Sahdeeq), Talib Kweli remains one of the Rawkus originals during the label’s transition from rusty to platinum razor-logos. As the first post Soundbombing 3 release, it’s evident that Talib Kweli’s [cont.]

On Loyalty’s blazing pre-amble, “Take A Look At My Life”, Fat Joe asserts his new Big Willie status—”Not Crack with a Platinum plaque/no.”  However, if anyone told you last year before J.O.S.E. dropped that Fat Joe would go platinum, you would have probably just chuckled slightly under your breath and went about your business.  Granted, Joe [cont.]

    Whether people will admit it or not, the hip-hop industry – from underground to commercial – is somewhat like a rich, exclusive tennis club, made up of a small, elite group of people. Within this club there are several competitors (i.e. Nas & Jay-Z), and even people that seemingly would hardly cross each other’s [cont.]

Swollen Members want you to know that this isn’t a real album. No, seriously. The crew put together an album of B-sides and unreleased songs for their fans to enjoy.   The album opens up with the very electronica sounding “Steppin’ Thru”, a song that blurs the boarders of Hip Hop. Prevail takes the opportunity to display [cont.]

It’s been over 4 years since we last saw a Boot Camp Clik album, and The Chosen Few is the welcomed return of the Brooklyn based conglomerate. From the very first track, “Intro: Yo Boot Camp!”, the BCC acknowledges they haven’t been on the scene for a minute, but assure their fans that its still the [cont.]