Lola’s, Venue on 35th, Great American Trailer Park Musical, Hansel and Gretel do opera, Fighting Jamesons, Sharx!, Belmont, JewMa, Freedom Marathon, MONSTER JAM, Plan B Comedy, Ramp Jam, B-boying, CRUSH…

Brand new Hip-hip video with introduction by its art director, Robert Simmons.

Be it recording, performing, or even being around family and friends, they all contribute to the best Tommy can give you. The episodes to come will show you the creative process and pursuit of success of Tommy Fly Guy.

His is a story of the American Dream; of being haunted by depression, disease and death; and being inspired and spiritually fulfilled despite it all.

If you had the chance to hear KRS-ONE spittin’ science at a lecture about hip-hop and you still didn’t immediately jump at this rare chance, then I’m afraid that the hip-hop culture just might have to look down on you a little bit.

Growing up I was always a big fan of hip hop, so when I moved to Norfolk from Fredericksburg I didn’t know what to expect. Being a freshman at ODU with no knowledge of the surrounding area, my music outreach was looking bleak. That was until…

Jarrell Williams sits down with two members of the 757-based hip hop collective Rebel E; Gabe Niles and Justin Battle. Conversation on fashion, inspiration, radio rap, and whether or not “hip hop is dead” ensues.

“Juno Had A Rough Day” is the title of the 84-second track that kicks off record/netlabel Error Broadcast’s indie collection. And indie is not quite a quirky clusterfuck on this album.
This is art pure and free.

The free internet release of Funk Man (the stimulus package) was a surprise, but a nice one. It isn’t a slapdash collection of odds ‘n sods thrown out there to maintain exposure. It’s not a mixtape.
Funk Man is subtler, as Del seems to have learned how to layer softer, fuzzier sounds into a more distinct whole.

Click here to read Nathan Rabin getting disillusioned by one of his favorites disappointing him with an out of nowhere homophobic manifesto.

Though Keelay & Zaire sound at an ear’s quick glance to be a quintessential West Coast production duo, many of the ingredients for their musical gumbo are SevenCities grown.

If there’s a lullaby racket, Koushik could be running the game.

Dalek comes from Newark and they are utterly distinct. Though they loosely share some ground with other indie hip-hop outlets, particularly the dystopian Definitive Jux camp and the self-consciously strange Anticon tribe, Dalek have spent the decade perfecting a genre only they seem to make.

GZA’s new release ProTools stacks up with Legend of the Liquid Sword as a post-classic highlight.

There are still many Dillas out there without lupus who walk among us. Black Milk is one of them.

There’s a time and a place for everything and Slow Burning Lights is sure to help you wind the party down, but it’s also sure drive you into a coma with its pulsing and far too steady beats laced with uninspired vocals.

Jerome touched on this in his blog, but it is very strange getting the distinct impression that your ethnicity has confused somebody when revealed. The reaction is rarely malicious, and I rarely get outright offended at it, but it does demonstrate that as diverse as we are growing as a society (as opposed to actively [...]