Who’d have thought that out of all the MC’s on Big L’s “Da Graveyard” it would be Jay-Z that’d become the most famous? This song is where I first heard Party Arty, a rapper from the Bronx with a gruff voice and a menacing delivery; someone I was […]
Three things I don’t particularly like and aren’t a fan of: nepotism, the noughties, and Cash Money Records. But, as Charles Dickens wrote (and Justin Bieber later bastardised): “Never Say Never”. Cory Gunz is the son of Bronx rapper Peter Gunz, he had a burgeoning career during the […]
Before ZillaKami, before Meechy Darko, and before DMX, there was Nine (real name Derrick Keyes) a gruff-voiced rapper from New York who injected a lively and energetic style into the Hip-Hop genre. Like the episode “The Mark Of Satan” in Hammer House Of Horror, the number “9” appeared […]
It’s great to see and hear a group move with the times rather than getting stuck in a rut, many rappers from the 90s and 00s can’t help but hark back, endlessly making music that is no longer relevant. How fantastic it is then, to hear a group […]
‘The World Is Mind’ is the latest album by KRS-One after 2015’s ‘Now Hear This‘. This, his thirteenth studio album which dropped on May 9th doesn’t disappoint, in fact after listening to it I can say that Kris Parker keeps going from strength to strength. It’s great to […]
“On The Way Uptown: The Uptown Saturday Night Demo” was released last year in late December and it acts as an accompaniment to Camp Lo’s début album “Uptown Saturday Night”. The album cover for “On The Way” features silhouettes of the four dancing characters from the “Uptown” artwork […]
Camp Lo, a Hip-Hop duo consisting of rappers Geechi Suede and Sonny Cheeba epitomised the slick, multisyllabic lyricism of mid-nineties rap music. The group’s impressive début album “Uptown Saturday Night” was released in 1997 and it introduced us to the pair’s unique style juxtaposing elements from the 70s […]
Sadat X has never been the most lyrical Rapper in the game, in fact his lax almost conversational style can sometimes sound jarring and off-beat. Having said that, his unique voice and casual flow is also part of his charm and the one thing that Sadat X has […]
Responsible for six albums with the group Boogie Down Productions, eleven solo releases and numerous collaborative albums, “Now Hear This” is KRS One’s twelfth solo record, and with around thirty years of his life devoted to Hip-Hop, I’m glad that he’s still releasing not only entertaining, but credible […]
Ever since the song “Coolie High” dropped in 1996 I’ve been an ardent fan of the group Camp Lo. Once I heard their début album “Uptown Saturday Night” the following year, I’ve always felt that their style was refreshingly different. The duo’s fusing of abstract lyrics concerning sex, […]
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