The next “next hip-hop star,” born and raised in Harlem, inspired to rap by his brothers murder, influenced by the Harlem based Diplomats (the likes of Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, and Cam’ron), ASAP (or A$AP) Rocky … Read More →
Creativity: such an interesting concept, especially in music. Time and time again do we see or hear some “coincidences” of similarities in riffs, lyrics, or song names. There are only so many words in the … Read More →
Short, but sweet.. today’s Sample Sunday is of course dedicated to one of my favorite Christmas Songs – Snoop Dogg’s Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto, featuring Daz Dillinger, Nate Dogg, Tray Deee and … Read More →
Today I came across a Sample Sunday post I wrote earlier in the year on De La Soul’s Eye Know track which samples a Steely Dan track. I felt like sharing with you guys another … Read More →
If you were looking for super dirty heavy beats to jam out that to then Slugabed is the guys you should be listening to right now. I’ve been listening to his 2009 Ultra Heat Treated … Read More →
One of my favorite artists of this past decade (and some) has officially left one of my favorite labels (G.O.O.D Music). Although this isn’t new news (being a week or more old) I just wanted … Read More →
I took the above photograph in my bedroom some time around 2004 – 05 . It sort of reads as a story board of that time. Just above Bob Marley and nestled between Roots Manuva and early DMZ flyers is … Continue reading →
Now here is another artist who should be making splashes in the near future, as he has been refining his lyrical and production skills with each passing day. With Beautiful being his first release off … Read More →
Just a couple days ago, one of my favorite lesser-known musicians came out with a great new track that he is considering to be a “single”. Now i really don’t understand why it is a … Read More →
Friday was one of the first days here in Toronto that we got some real May weather, and it was about time we did too… lately it’s been a bit chilly and it’s really been … Read More →