• [Video] Chi'Codez - "Watch Ya Mouf"

    [Video] Chi'Codez - "Watch Ya Mouf"

    Fresh of a partnership with the legendary resident record breaker at Jam'n 94.5, DJ Chubby Chub, Chi'Codez is a Boston emcee breaking down the barriers of how traditional Rap music ...
  • [New Music] Shinobi Stalin X Marz Mello - 'ScumBag Jazz #1 An Exercise in Patience'

    [New Music] Shinobi Stalin X Marz Mello - 'An Exercise in Patience'

    [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/242299227" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true" /] From the Swamps of Orlando Florida. Beer Money UNLTD 's Marz Mello and Shinobi Stalin collaborate on Scumbag Jazz "An Exercise in Patience". ...
  • [Audio] Adam Reverie - "The Emancipation" (Prod. Rokk Mass Ent.)

    [Audio] Adam Reverie - "The Emancipation" (Prod. Rokk Mass Ent.)

    [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/264035110" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Following the success of his February release 'Remain', Detroit native Adam Reverie (rev-uh-ree) returns with his transparent 'The Emancipation'. An emotional display of ...
  • [New Music] Blu & Nottz - 'Titans in the Flesh' EP

    [New Music] Blu & Nottz - 'Titans in the Flesh' EP

    [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/241277797" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true" /] In 2013, underground rap heavyweights Blu and Nottz teamed up for Gods In The Spirit, one of the year’s most critically adored EPs. ...
  • Fifth Element Tent Soundset 2016

    5 Minnesota Hip Hop Artists You Should Know About

    This article has been a long time coming for a couple reasons. The first is that, I have been going to the biggest and best hip-hop festival (Soundset) for the ...
  • [Audio] Clever Best - "Melanin Worth More Than Gold" (prod. Alvie The Skywalker)

    [Audio] Clever Best - "Melanin Worth More Than Gold" (prod. Alvie The Skywalker)

    [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/182332097" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] “Oughta be proud of this afro blue/ How they dippin in the culture like it’s black fondu/” Cultural appropriation may take a backseat ...
  • [Audio] Ottie James - "Native Tongues" (prod. Mac Bassick)

    [Audio] Ottie James - "Native Tongues" (prod. Mac Bassick)

    [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/251370507" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Melody and flow are becoming more indistinct from each other in hip-hop. Thing is, you can always tell when a rapper is using ...
  • [Audio] Salomon Faye - "1984"

    [Audio] Salomon Faye - "1984"

    [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/255511271" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Many people complain about how message is often missing n hip-hop. As a fan of “conscious” hip-hop, however, I find that many people ...