Once naming himself the dopest lyricist on the west coast, The Alkaholiks’ Catashtrophe aka Tash aka Rico, hopes to prove that to the rest of the world with the release of his solo album, “Rap Life”, coming soon on Loud Records. We sat down with him and entered the mind of one of the most [cont.]

Pioneers of the New York independent scene, The High & Mighty, a duo consisting of emcee Mr. Eon, and DJ Mighty Mi, dropped two albums last year – their debut “Home Field Advantage” and a compilation album of their previously released vinyl only singles, entitled “Eastern Conference Allstars”. This year, on their imprint label distributed [cont.]

HHSite: Who are Blackalicious? Chronologically, break it down as far as the other formed groups within the Quannum umbrella? Chief Xcel: Blackalicious recorded on CD is Chief Xcel and the Gift of Gab. Blackalicious live, when we touring is Chief Xcel, Gift of Gab, Versatile, Joyo Velarde and Lateef the Truth Speaker. Quannum is DJ [cont.]

The Alchemist first got his start as a fourteen-year-old emcee in the Whooliganz, a Cypress Hill offshoot that made little noise. As he got older, Al decided to concentrate more on the aspect of making beats, rather than rocking the mic. For a while, Alchemist studied under DJ Muggs and the Soul Assassins camp, making [cont.]

Future star. Maybe I am completely off on this one, but listening to the humorous, threatening battle raps of Thirstin Howl III, combined with his completely marketable (like it or not) Polo obsession, and a huge underground buzz, that is what I predict for him. After stealing the show in one verse on Rawkus’ recent [cont.]

HHS: It’s kind of impossible for me to not touch on your past, A Tribe Called Quest. On the last album, The Love Movement, where were each of you’ll as far as being a unit for the future? Phife: “Definitely not, everybody was spread out, doing their own thing already. The vibe was kinda… Well, [cont.]

When we arrived in Los Angeles, we met with Kool Keith’s manager, Jeremy Larner to interview the legendary Kool Keith, and to sit down with him and design HipHopSite.Com’s latest offshoot project, KoolKeith.Net. Keith wasn’t there yet, so I started to shoot the breeze with J. We got to talking and I started to ask [cont.]

Oh no, the snow gotta go. I was thinking to myself “What else could go wrong?” I was all set to kick it with rapper A.G. (aka Andre The Giant) about his new CD and got a call from my daughter’s school that there would be early dismissal. The interview was scheduled for 1 pm [cont.]

With the buzz of artists like Eminem, Cage, and even Insane Clown Posse, the ever-emerging scene of shock-emcees is on the rise, but don’t get it twisted, Necro’s been there and done that, dropping sick rhymes on the NYC freestyle circuit since the mid-nineties. He recently built his name up on the underground circuit, dropping [cont.]

It’s the battle that no other magazine would cover, because the artists weren’t as large as Canibus or Cool J. As followers of underground and independent hip-hop may already be aware, there’s a little beef between two artists who are both putting down on the scene. El-P is virtually one of the kings of the [cont.]

It’s the battle that no other magazine would cover, because the artists weren’t as large as Canibus or Cool J. As followers of underground and independent hip-hop may already be aware, there’s a little beef between two artists who are both putting down on the scene. El-P is virtually one of the kings of the [cont.]

When even mentioning the Philadelphia hip-hop scene one crew (The Roots) seems to garner most of the attention, and very deservedly so. However, with the release of their critically acclaimed debut “Self: Vol.1″, the next best bet to blow up from the city of brotherly love is the Mountain Brothers (Chops, Peril-L & Styles). Granted, [cont.]

(This interview is being reprinted by permission of the author for hiphopsite.com. Distribution of this interview is not allowed without proper credit and compensation to the original author.) I fell in love with the Freestyle Fellowship instantly, the first time I saw them on the steps of UC Berkeley’s Sproul Hall. It was a spontaneous [cont.]