My top five favorite Jay-Z albums are as follows: 5. Unplugged 4. The Black Album 3. The Blueprint 2. 4:44 1. Reasonable Doubt I took a...

The Native Tongue collective started in the late 80’s and gained momentum entering into the early 90’s. However, for whatever reason,...

2019 was another incredible year in Hip-hop. It was monumental in the release of several new albums from Gang Starr, Black Moon, and Smif...

Lyrically no emcee has a bigger impact than Rakim. Every single lyrical emcee that came after Rakim can arguably be traced back to him....

So the morning this Little Brother album came out I sat down and listened to it. While I listened to it, I wrote about it in real time....

My social media timeline was filled with fighting. No. Not about Trump. Not about the immigration issue on the Southern boarder. Not...

The other week I drove a group of young teenagers down to Asheville, NC. They played me a bunch of Hip-hop music that they like. I didn’t...

Three years ago I was not in a very good place. I went from performing nearly 100 shows a year to performing nearly 1 every few months…...

I was at a used book/music store the other day and I saw two of my favorite Jay-Z albums (the Blueprint & American Gangsta) for $2. So,...

It is no secret that many Hip-hop artists use profanity in their music. Many of us use profanity all the time. Whether we are vehemently...

I was at the record store sometime around the summer or fall of 1995. I saw two CDs in the used section that I wanted: “2000” by Grand...

Are you feeling overloaded with Hip-hop music? Since December of 2015 one emcee, Tha God Fahim, has released 70 projects. He has already...

What’s a “Hip-hop Golden Era?” Is there only one? A few? Several? How does one define it? Knowledgeable Hip-hoppers can and probably do...

The other night I sat down with a group of friends to discuss A Tribe Called Quest. Specifically we talked about “Can I Kick It” from...

A Tribe Called Quest is one of my favorite groups of all time. Their album, A Low End Theory, is one of my favorite albums of all time...

Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Vince Staples, Joey Badass, Ab-Soul, Oddisee, Brother Ali, Mac Miller, Nipsey Hussle, Logic, Chance the Rapper,...

I never told my mom, but I’m going to tell you. My mom would give me $3 a day (Monday through Friday) for lunch. This was during high...