…The Chronic covers familiar gangsta rap territory – violence, guns, drugs, and misogyny are all here. But don’t get it twisted, this isn’t all posturing and party anthems. Take “Lil’…
…listeners with his unparalleled delivery and magnetic stage presence. “LL Cool J is hard as hell, battle anybody I don’t care who you tell. I excel, they all fail, gonna…
…clean. That power bleeds into Temple Of Hip Hop Global Awareness—his flow still bends, stretches, snaps back, outpacing rappers half his age. The beats might creak, but his bars don’t—they…
…quasi-commercialism, One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show (2004) may not have been great but it was a solid and underrated comeback (even without Cee-Lo who had left the group to…
…Hill or more recently Anderson .Paak’s Malibu. Anyway, here we go – just a list with 9 interesting albums some of which you may not know yet. If you don’t:…
…black people are walkin’ / But I don’t walk this way to portray, or reinforce stereotypes of today.” These lines showcase his unwavering commitment to authenticity and refusal to conform…
…Be Taken We Don’t Need The Key We’ll Break In Know Your Enemy – Rage Against the Machine Audioslave, The Nightwatchman, Prophets of Rage, Rage Against the Machine – What…
…after more than 2 decades since its release Jeru is still touring the globe, performing his classic material for old heads like me and the next generation. “You don’t know…
…stretched time itself, reimagining the way music could move and feel. Albums from this scene don’t just make you listen—they force you to sit with their weight, whether it’s the…
…you’re a fan of Bruce Lee you probably remember him saying, in Enter The Dragon, “boards… don’t hit back”, – one impactful line that we should all adhere to. In…
…was lost in the overflow of classic s*** that was coming out. Years after its release when I play the album for people who don’t know about Onyx, this track…
After six years of paving through the mist of blitzed expectations, High Focus Records continue to send sparks across all circuits of an evolving rap scene. From Lee Scott and…
