Talib Kweli and 9th Wonder drop the video for "Pay Ya Dues," the Eric G.-produced, Problem- and Bad Lucc-featuring single from their 'Indie 500' album.
Music is free now, or at least that's what people born after 1988 are conditioned to believe. To combat piracy (and, now, streaming), artists have employed a variety of tactics to coerce fans into handing over cold, hard cash in exchange for new songs...
There are a handful of Compton rappers who currently sit atop the major label hierarchy. Kendrick Lamar is nearing a point of total saturation; YG's 2013 debut was one of the most beloved records in some time. But if Problem can't quite reach those commercial heights, it won't be because he's been out-worked...
God bless the mixtape. As he continues to tease his newest compilation, DJ Holiday taps Compton menace Problem, DC's mainstream hope, Wale, and French Montana, America's favorite social climber. The resultant track, "Let Me At Em," skews toward the left side of the map, owing to DJ Mustard's recent run of radio dominance and his Bay Area forefathers...
There's something very interesting to be written about how rap music migrated back and forth between America's deep South and California's Bay Area. Separated by most of a continent, Memphis and Oakland are an awful lot closer than one might think. K C...