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The Evolution of Jaime Meline

A good artist moves with the times. The signature sound remains, but evolves and adapts just enough to stay relevant as the years go...

Thoughts on the De La Soul Kickstarter

The recent news that De La Soul have launched a Kickstarter campaign to get their new album out is part awesome, part sad. Its awesome...

How commercials ruined the hip-hop classics

There’s no other art form that has been spoofed and lampooned as much as hip-hop. It was the butt of everyone’s jokes for decades,...

J-Zone on NW3Radio

We've been down with J-Zone from the very beginning, and since then, in addition to growing as a musician, he's also become one of the...

Why the Wu’s Once Upon A Time in Shaolin is ridiculously smug

The decline in music sales over the last 15 years has had a huge impact on record companies and artists. For us listeners though,...

Here’s why Rhymesayers and Duck Down hitting 20 years is a huge deal

Making an independent record label run successfully is hard. Many have tried, and most have failed (including the editor of this very site)....

Our fears for the new Cannibal Ox album

Cast your mind back to 2001. Years before Run the Jewels, El-P was already a hero of New York's underground hip-hop scene. Four years...

Why we are all just hypocrites (but with good taste)

The Music Snobs is one of our favorite podcasts, and on the latest episode, the panel of experts discuss that age old problem. In...

Here’s why 2015 will belong to Action Bronson

It’s that time of the year when everyone looks back at the best albums from the last twelve months. It has been a stellar...

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Donwill – ‘SPACE’

Another stellar set of new songs from the prolific Tanya Morgan artist.

IceRocks – ‘Crossing the Rubicon’

Impressive new album from IceRocks, with a who's who of emcees lending him their vocals. https://open.spotify.com/album/2pPxIm2KicYqe4uP0c6aXx?si=K1y6k_rTRBCdoGlB1uK9ZA

O Finess – ‘89 Ice T’ feat. The Musalini

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