Shafiq Husayn – Shafiq En’ A-Free-Ka Plug Research Records Rating: 4/5 Words by: Andres Reyes You’ve probably heard this ad nauseam at this point, but Los Angeles is the current musical mecca of the western world. While the rest of the domestic musical climate is stuck on tight jeans, soul-less snares, auto-tune and the death [...]

The Day After Forever is upbeat and has a positive vibe to it. The album is definitely something to listen to if you need to lift your spirit. This is soulful hip-hop for those who look on the Brightside of life. Crown City Rockers has a somewhat calming essence to them.

DOOM is as evil as ever. This album features some unexpected guests like, Talib Kweli, De La Soul and Jake One to name a few.  Slow flows over headnodic beats are what the album entails. There is a lot of familiarity in this project; DOOM hasn’t veered far from the style that he is well [...]

Lorin Ashton, the man behind the musical project called Bassnectar, once described his musical style as “maximalism”. More so than ever before that phrase really represents the songs that make up Bassnectar’s upcoming full length album, “Cozza Frenzy”. The tracks smash, destroy, and melt together every genre from hip-hop and drum & bass to the [...]

Speech Debelle-Speech Therapy Big Dada Recordings 2.5 out of 4 Words by: Chasen Queen Speech Debelle…who? Exactly, I had never heard the name before now either. Perhaps it’s because she is a female emcee. Perhaps it’s because she’s from across the pond, south London to be exact, or maybe she was just being drowned out [...]

Willie Isz-Georgiavania Lex Records Rating: 4 Words by:Christian Cipollini Willie Isz isn’t what or who you think it is. It’s a partnership between rapper Khujo (Goodie Mobb) and producer/singer Jneiro Jarel. Georgiavania is a not-so-imaginary place where this duo wants to take hip-hop. As they see it, Georgiavania would be the 51st state, one filled [...]

Why hasn’t this song come out any sooner? This pretty much sums up how the kanye wanna bee’s damaged the streetwear culutre. Not too mention the beat goes super tough. Download this and check out more goodies from Grip Plyaz on his Myspace. Download: Grip Plyaz – F^&* That Hipster Shit

  1. Q-Tip-Renaissance: The Renaissance was definitely worth the 9-year wait. The Election Day release date already gives it a special place in my heart. It somehow made that day so much sweeter. This was one of the few albums that I bought this year. It was worth every penny and more. If you don’t [...]

VIDZ BY AG Directors: John Lloyd and Jim Yukich (puppets created by Peter Fluck and Roger Law) I know I’ve been 80s-centric thus far in the column, but there are so many gems from this era that can’t go without mention. It was the birth of the music video medium, and everyone was experimenting. No [...]

Transworld Skateboarding Following in the footsteps of their last release In Bloom, And Now features skateboarding’s six newest rising stars flipping their skills on the plank. No comeback non-kids or top-tier pro parts here, just hungry ams ready to make the old pros look, well, old. Here’s a quick break down of the parts, and [...]