The kids nowadays, they’ve got no sense of history. If it didn’t happen in their lifetime, well then, it didn’t…
Wyclef got ridden pretty hard in these pages last time around, but it’s not all rage and conflict on The…
Before the Cash Money Millionaires even enter Long Island’s Nassau Coliseum, host T.K. Kirkland, raunchy comedian about town, is setting…
No one truly knew Aaliyah Dana Houghton. Just 22 years old, she’d already lived a life most veteran entertainers would…
Since the mid-’80s, Divine Styler’s been on a wild ride that epitomizes, perhaps more than the experiences of any artist,…
Fallen icons Bob Marley and Notorious B.I.G. get worked over.
P. DIDDY & THE BAD BOY FAMILY The Saga Continues . . . (Bad Boy) Hey, Sean Combs! Less than…
REVOLUTION IS A COMMODITY these days—the capitalist system works at such an accelerated pace that voices of dissent find themselves…
Blame rappers’ alter egos for all those one-dimensional records.
The gift of some singers has very little to do with songwriting, vocal tone, or ability to perform glottal histrionics…
It was strangely dark last night—black-gray, thick, billowy. The kind of weather that heralds a redemptive rainstorm, a fresh summer…
Anerae Brown is one of hip-hop’s least-known, most unlikely prolific MCs. Since 1992, Brown—whose nom de rap is X-Raided (or,…
This can’t be said of many things in hip-hop, but it was Ed O.G. who started it all. Well, he…
ALICIA KEYS Songs in A Minor (J Records) On “Girlfriend,” Alicia Keys’ debut single, Ol’ Dirty Bastard is growling in…
For a moment—nothing. Earlier this spring, just after “Back That Azz Up” had finally waned from radio playlists, we had…
Can Marshall come out and play? On his new album, Em just wants to be unremarkable.
Aceyalone was just a scant 15 years old when he composed the following rhyme, which would soon appear as the…
Though it wasn’t in the televised part of the show last Wednesday, Eminem’s winning two rap Grammy awards certainly qualifies…
Last month, MTV bestowed the latest in a series of increasingly bombastic tributes upon one of its leading lights, Miss…
This week I continue my quest to sift through the white noise and bring you the gems you so richly…
