…Lead MC, Buckshot, was only 18 during the creation of the album. He was simultaneously balancing his membership in Black Moon with his budding management company Duck Down and boosting…
…19 years to grab the first “classic” Hip Hop album I had ever fallen in love with. I bought an OG copy of Illmatic on CD at the tender age…
…earned a feature in the pre-eminent Hip Hop periodical of the time, but they couldn’t shake the fact that they weren’t yet commercially viable. As such, they were only able…
“One wrecks, the other destroys And if you think that you’re ready to mess (Kill the noise)” – Erick Sermon on “So What Cha Sayin’” How could the young Hip…
…won’t have as many essential indie/underground releases as 1998. For that reason, we’ll have 25 seminal/essential/classic Hip Hop/Rap projects in this list spanning the 52 weeks of 1998. Let’s begin:…
…a little kid in it. Little Brother really put Durham on the map for Hip Hop, and not a lot of other artists have been making noise in the city,…
…networks of Southern rappers to really achieve national significance, then No Limit Records certainly solidified the South’s permanent imprint on Hip Hop. If you thought they were just Pen &…
…first verse alone. The best part is that it doesn’t feel forced. He’s performing hip-hop in its purest form He’s finding cool and unique ways to tell us how good…
…– people who know about NYC Hip Hop will know about Uncommon Nasa. He’s not only known for the albums he released under his own name, but also for being…
Gang Starr is undoubtedly one of the most revered, beloved and influential groups in Hip Hop. Over the course of their distinguished career, they became a cultural institution and a…
…and underground Hip Hop heads alike, this record is heralded as a timeless classic. Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars is heavily laced with a combat war zone theme, terrorism subject…
…with the hip hop duo Mobb Deep as Havoc was a friend from early youth as well. Despite the miscommunication and failed plans, Cormega became a successful solo artist in…
