JYAGER ALBUM REVIEW - WWW.OLDTOTHENEW.WORDPRESS.COM |
Jyager Encrypted Scriptures (YNR Productions)A relatively new name to the UK rap community, youd never guess that Portuguese-born emcee Jyager (pronounced Yay-ger) started his musical journey as part...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:31:00 GMT |
CAMP LO ALBUM REVIEW - WWW.OLDTOTHENEW.WORDPRESS.COM |
Camp Lo"Stone And Rob: Caught On Tape"(Soul Fever)Camp Los debut album "Uptown Saturday Night" stood-out like a pair of snakeskin gators in a room full of Timberlands upon its release in 1997. In the...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:40:00 GMT |
LORD FINESSE ALBUM REVIEW - WWW.OLDTOTHENEW.WORDPRESS.COM |
Lord Finesse Rare And Unreleased Volume 2 (No Sleep Recordings)Having already blessed back-in-the-day rap fanatics with retro releases from the likes of Godfather Don, Buckwild and Kwest Tha Madd Lad,...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:27:00 GMT |
FREE AGENTS COLUMN (PRINTED IN HIP-HOP CONNECTION / BIGGIE, JAY-Z & NAS COVER / APRIL 09) |
Anytime an album comes with the promise in its liner notes that it was "created on alcohol and drugs", you know youre either going to hear some next level shit or some self-indulgent garbage. Thankfu...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:42:00 GMT |
FREE AGENTS COLUMN (PRINTED IN HIP-HOP CONNECTION / 50 CENT COVER / MARCH 2009) |
So here we are party people. A new year, a new column, and a new writer to shine some light on the inhabitants of the diverse US underground rap scene. Yet why waste my word count with a pointless int...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:43:00 GMT |
Q-TIP ALBUM REVIEW (PRINTED IN SHOOK 04 / BLUE COVER / WINTER 2008) |
Q-Tip
"The Renaissance"
(Universal Motown)
There's almost something poetic about the fact that, some six years after he foreshadowed Nas's claims of hip-hop being dead during an interview with The Sou...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Dec 2008 05:51:00 GMT |
CALLING ALL STATESIDE INDIE HIP-HOP ARTISTS - NEW MAGAZINE COLUMN |
Greetings people
Hope everyone's doing ok and getting ready to make the most out of the festive season etc.
Just wanted to give all you Stateside artists out there a heads-up about a new writing proje...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:09:00 GMT |
UNIVERSAL MAGNETIC: HIP-HOPS GLOBAL UNDERGROUND - WWW.STREETCRED.COM |
BROTHER, BROTHERFollowing in the large footsteps of a talented Hip-Hop sibling can be a daunting task for any upcoming artist. Just ask Warren G, Lil' Daddy Shane and Jungle. So with that in mind, all...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:12:00 GMT |
NEW BUTTA VERSES INTERVIEW - WWW.STREETCRED.COM |
Regardless of how many supposed overnight success stories the music business might have generated over the years, it's a game that offers no guarantees of riches, fame and CD sales. One moment an arti...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:02:00 GMT |
NEW BLACK MILK INTERVIEW - WWW.STREETCRED.COM |
Ask any Hip-Hop fan about their favorite producers and you'll probably get a variety of names as an answer. Older heads might mention Juice Crew maestro Marley Marl or record-collector extraordinaire ...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:07:00 GMT |
