Vinz Vega and Indigo Phoenyx Find Beauty in the Darkness on “The Last Lotus” Some Hip-Hop records announce themselves with volume. Others establish their presence through atmosphere. On “The Last Lotus,” Parisian producer Vinz Vega […]
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Sam R I & Castle Money Beats Recruit Imam T.H.U.G. for “Potentially Dangerous”
The warning is right there in the title. “Potentially Dangerous” does not arrive making empty threats; Sam R I and Castle Money Beats build the record around the kind of tension that makes you pay […]
G Fam Black & P-Ro Drop “Off-Brand” Featuring Sankofa
G Fam Black & P-Ro Keep It Authentic On “Off-Brand” Featuring Sankofa There is a certain kind of Hip-Hop that does not need to convince you that it belongs underground. You hear it in the […]
Street Da Villan Declares His Ambition On “Pic With The Greatest”
There is a difference between calling yourself great and putting in enough work to believe you have earned the right to say it. Street Da Villan understands that distinction on his new single “Pic With […]
Damien Smith Breaks Generational Patterns on New Cycle Breaker Album
Damien Smith Chooses a Different Road on the Deeply Personal Cycle Breaker The title “Cycle Breaker” tells you almost everything you need to know about where Damien Smith is headed. The album is not built […]
Piff Penny Revisits His Childhood on “Kid in Compton” Produced by Get’em Rizzy
Piff Penny Turns Childhood Memory Into Hip-Hop Storytelling on “Kid in Compton” A place can leave you long before you ever leave it. For Piff Penny, Compton is more than one of Hip-Hop’s most recognizable […]
Ca$ablanca & ILL Sugi Recruit Grim Moses for New Single “DRAGON$”
Ca$ablanca & ILL Sugi Summon Grim Moses for the Menacing New Single “DRAGON$” There is something fitting about Ca$ablanca putting dragons on the cover of a record produced by ILL Sugi. His music has never […]
Cas Metah Drops “Bruce Wayne” Featuring D.V. Alias Khryst, Jerry Brown & Bronze Nazareth
Cas Metah Enters Gotham With D.V. Alias Khryst, Jerry Brown & Bronze Nazareth On “Bruce Wayne” Hip-Hop has always understood the power of the alter ego. From larger-than-life aliases to comic-book mythology, emcees have spent […]
