Hip hop legend, trailblazer and all-around weirdo (and I say that with love) Missy Elliott returns with the banger that we didn’t know we were missing until we heard it. Continue reading What’s Poppin’: Missy Elliott — WTF feat. Pharrell (Video)
Today, Oct. 13, 2015, A Tribe Called Quest will reissue its classic debut album, “People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm.”
If there was ever an album that reshaped the landscape of the hip hop culture, this was it. Continue reading A Tribe Called Quest Reissues Classic ‘People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm’
In a world where states, one by one, are legalizing marijuana and the president is taking steps in addressing our country’s problem with imprisoning low-level drug offenses, the consequences of the failed War on Drugs are felt now more than ever. Continue reading What’s Poppin’: KRS-One — Drugs Won (Audio)
This week, there have been quite a lot of freestyles from known and unknown artists popping up. Let’s dive right into it. Continue reading #FreestyleFriday — Unreleased Jay-Z & Method Man, Jadakiss Goes in…for a Minute
In 1993, Tupac Shakur’s legend as an outspoken critic of police brutality in the black community was beginning to grow.
It was in this atmosphere that Shakur made a fateful decision that made him simultaneously the most hated and most beloved figure in early 90’s hip hop: He shot two drunk, off-duty police officers for harassing a black driver. Continue reading #TBT — This Week in Hip Hop History: Tupac Becomes A Legend
Gangsta rap pioneers NWA have been nominated to be inducted in the 2016 class of Rock & Roll Hall of … Continue reading NWA Has Been Nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — Right or Wrong
It’s Wednesday morning and you’re looking for links to the only reason any of us watch the B.E.T. Hip Hop Awards: The cyphers. Here you go, all the links you could need, because no one needs to start working immediately.
(Apparently Def Squad killed it!) Continue reading BET Hip Hop Awards 2015 Cypher: Because We Know You’re Looking…
Imagine lying at the edge of a cliff, with arms outstretched over the precipice and holding some terrible weight.
That’s what it’s like to hold onto anger, perceived slights or the accumulated bitterness that accrues through the everyday natural process of living. It happens to everyone. It’s happened to Eminem. Continue reading The Death of Slim Shady
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