AltWeeklies Wire
How do we even the economic scales for Americans?new
Wealth of knowledge
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
11-01-2013 |
Poverty
Arab Springboardnew
Omar Offendum explores the politics of identity and insurrection
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
01-16-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
IHOP Rapnew
Mac Lethal ventures beyond pancakes.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
11-28-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: hip-hop, Mac Lethal
Remembering Matthew Africanew
The legendary East Bay DJ was known for his encyclopedia knowledge of breakbeats.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
10-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Manifest destinynew
Indie-hop phenom K.Flay makes her way to the majors
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
10-08-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Review: Clicks & Whistles' Serious Bidnessnew
Embassy Recordings; Release date: Sept. 17, 2012
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Brittany Gaston |
09-18-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: review, hip-hop, trap, electronic, album, bass, CD, EP, freestyle, Jorge Hernandez, Petey Evans, Serious Bidness, Clicks & Whistles
Nicki Minaj: Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (Young Money/Universal Republic)new
The politics of Roman Reloaded are fascinating and bewildering. On the cover, Minaj dons birthday-cake-frosted whiteface. She's Paris Hilton by way of FLCL.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
04-05-2012 |
Reviews
Hip Hop Unpluggednew
Sunspot Jonz of the Living Legends hip hop crew talks about the current state of "conscious" hip hop.
Eugene Weekly |
Dante Zuñiga-West |
09-22-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Nas Rocks the Bellsnew
The rapper fronts the tour that erased lines between commercial and underground, white and black, alternative and trendy.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
09-12-2011 |
Music
Animal Magnetismnew
Sims, Dessa, and assorted Doomtree Collective colleagues search for the soul of underground rap.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
05-12-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Behind the Controversial Anthology of Rapnew
Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. called The Anthology of Rap "an essential contribution to our living literary tradition," while Chuck D said it "might just break the commercial trance that's had rap in a chokehold for the past several years." But it's also the hip-hop tale of AWOL fathers and fractured identities, of bitter duels and fiery smackdowns.
DJ Quik: Luvin' lifenew
West Coast rap pioneer DJ Quik returns to his roots on first new album in six years.
Chico News & Review |
Jason Cassidy |
04-22-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hey Atlantans, Show the Local Music Scene Some Lovenew
The city's artists have put in years of work here but only get recognition from those in the know.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
T. Chante LaGon |
04-20-2011 |
Music
Shoegaze Meets Hip-Hop, Againnew
Apollo Heights' decades-long mission to combine seemingly disparate genres.
New York Press |
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni |
02-16-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hip-Hop, Apollo Heights
Ghostface Killah: Apollo Kidsnew
Ghostface talks a lot, but he's hardly all talk.
The Inlander |
Leah Sottile |
01-31-2011 |
Reviews
