BLOGGERS

Ode to J.Rocc

If you step into my cubbyhole of a bedroom or spacious cubicle, you’re bound to see one constant. Milk crates teeming with black wax and the walls of my workspace are lined with album covers. Five years and over 300 pieces of vinyl later, my addiction to get my fingers dusty with a new dig has yet to get old. It starts with the weight. Acetated wax nestled in aged packaging tattooed with heart-felt liner notes on the reverse side. There is nothing instant about this process. Even the act of listening to albums on wax is a practice ...

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Beaf.

Beef is as instrumental in hip hop as the snare is to a beat. It’s intertwined with the lyrics, makes love to its music videos ...

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Who Killed It?

So according to the dude in the Stop The Violence t-shirt on the G Train (in NYC) early Monday morning, Hip-Hop is dead…again. “It drowned ...

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Live At The BBQ

It's Flashback Friday time! Normally we pay homage to an artist who's been off the radar for a minute, but on this holiday weekend I'ma ...

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