Apollo Brown announced that he has completed his full length collaborative album with legendary New York emcee OC (Word…Life, Jewelz). The album, titled Trophies, will be out March 27th on Mello Music Group. Apollo Brown has been locked away the last 6 months working on an amazing emcee/producer collaboration with the legendary OC. After trips [cont.]

Its been over 14 years since the Funky Man, Lord Finesse dropped his third album, The Awakening back in ’96. The album boasts a shlew of guest features, including O.C. & KRS-One who both appear on one of the album’s standout tracks, “Brainstorm”. Confidence, the MA-based beat smith, puts an extremely dope twist to the [cont.]

Do you listen to Poetical Prophets, Brick City Kids, Original Flavor, Ricky D, Kid Wizard Rakim, Simply II Positive, or Darkman X? You probably do, but just don’t know it yet. A blog called Onetwann digs into the archives and unearths a treasure trove of lost pre-major label demos from the likes of Jay-Z, Slick [cont.]

The legendary D.I.T.C. duo speak on New York City, their new LP Oasis, politics of the business, and 40 Glocc’s excessive jewelry.

The legendary D.I.T.C. crew has had it’s ups and downs over the years, delivering numerous classic albums and singles, but also plenty of missteps. For every Runaway Slave there’s The Dirty Version, for every Word…Life there’s Smoke & Mirrors. Usually the problems with D.I.T.C.’s later releases came from them trying to adapt to the commercial [cont.]

     In a perfect world rappers would be paid based on their rhyming skills and not the label’s marketing skills. Unfortunately we do not live in an ideal world and rappers like O.C. have yet to achieve the financial success they deserve. By refusing to conform to the candy rap standards, O.C. may never experience [cont.]

By Darin Gloe It’s a real pleasure to be sitting down with you, so what have been up to? First off, what’s up and peace to everybody.  I just finished the album like a few works ago, we just got the master in.  I’m touring with Hiero, I’m like a kid in the candy store, [cont.]

If Omar Credle (O.C.) has learned anything in his seven-year recording career, it’s that while skills are a widely appreciated commodity, they are not enough to pay the rent. Reason being, though O.C. has been warmly embraced by critics, and fans alike, there has always been one thing that has eluded him: record sales. O.C.’s [cont.]