Stevie Stone – New Kid Comin’

The intro caught my attention, just a list of a few Gangster Rappers/Groups that I consider legendary. I was hoping that those names would foreshadow what were to come, not really. The bass…

I hope there is a little more content to 6treg’s album than on this “fresh” single. I’m sorry, but I can’t take someone who raps about rocking Ed Hardy and thinks its “fresh” seriously. His flows were simple and…

etnies is re-creating the skateboarding classic shoe the Rap. Coming from the first skateboarder-owned shoe company, the etnies Rap was different than anything else on the market at the time. etnies is bringing back the Rap model…

For the rapper known as Skillz, hip-hop music is a passion that comes with a price. Surviving the game as an underground emcee took both talent and the realization that the business had entered…

RZA as Bobby Digital

Digi Snacks

Koch Records

Rating: 3/4

Parliament-Funkadelic once sagely recognized that “America Eats Its Young,” but I doubt even those forefathers of rap could’ve predicted how hip-hop would eat its old. While the rock…

The Hip-Hop Generation. It’s the label that’s been affixed to everyone who has grown up involved in hip-hop in any way, shape or form. According to Ice Cube, however, it’s a tag that was created with the intent to…

Killer Mike

I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind II

SMC Recordings

Rating: 3.5/4

“This is not your regular rap album.” While most rap albums set the mood by expressing how many hoes they’ve got, how…

Shaya

Fallen Awake

Interdependent Media

Rating: 3/4

Rappers like Shaya often have distinctive repertoires that consciously flirt with the golden-era formula.  For those too young to have experienced that time in all its glory, the good ole days of…