Hip-Hop autographs are something you begin to take for granted once you reach a certain age. When you are young, meeting the smallest indie rapper and having him even acknowledge you seems like the biggest deal in the world, but as you age, you realize most of these guys are just regular dudes. You become [cont.]

 While the name Mike Patton is celebrity among dedicated rock listeners, for many hip-hop heads it remains faceless. For those that don’t know, Patton is the creative force behind Faith No More, and if that’s still not ringing any bells, the infectious hook to the band’s turn-of-the-90′s hit “Epic” should: “Yoooooou waaaaant it all but [cont.]

    The success of Built From Scratch made the X-ecutioners a little bit more than your average DJ’s it seems, and they are once again primed to stake their claim as the most underrated turntablist crew in the game. Being that “It’s Goin’ Down” introduced the masses to X-ecutioners with a little help from Mike Shinoda from [cont.]

Compilation album; no rating given. – Editor Usually from the listener’s perspective, DJ-focused records concentrating on the cutting and scratching skills of hip hop tend to detract from one’s listening enjoyment. Time and time again, the nature of what you hear isn’t always best enjoyed unless seen performed, reoccurs as a flaw. Somewhat like listening [cont.]

On Built From Scratch’s blazing preamble, “XL”, Large Professor asserts, —”this is how it started, two turntables and a microphone.” Yet, as hip-hop has progressed from park jams to Wall Street, the core elements of the culture have been indubitably blurred in the process. The X-ecutioners (Roc Raida, Mista Sinista, Total Eclipse and Rob Swift) are [cont.]