Original Anticon artists reunite for the first time in over a decade. Taken from Sole and The Skyrider Band’s Hello Cruel World, due 7/19. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] LISTEN: Sole – “Progress Trap” (feat. Sage Francis)

Approaching its tenth year in existence, the Anticon record label is still showing listeners that a creative paradigm in music production is nothing but an afterthought to its roster of talent. Many of Anticon’s releases float in the purgatory of classification, although they almost always end up in the “hip-hop” section of record stores and [cont.]

    By now you must have heard of Sole (of Anticon), the once Maine rooted Live Poet who destroyed and rebuilt his foundation in the Bay Area, heading up the don’t-label-it-anything (abstract-smart-experimental-deep-pretentious-nerd-white-poetry-rap) Anticon collective. One thing most people already know about Anticon is that it is not radio friendly, not mix-show friendly, and more college indy-rock [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.]