It can be hard for anyone to express themselves when it comes to the subject of love and affection for another person, considering no one really wants to be in a position where they are vulnerable. Hip Hop certainly has had its fair share of people who refuse to put…

Though most of the American public by now knows how the original story behind how the holiday came to be, it is safe to assume that with the unfortunate circumstances that have plagued this year’s Thanksgiving and 2020 overall that focusing on the good aspects that the country has adopted…

Oftentimes in hip hop listeners tend to forget that the cultural aspects of the genre run deeper than just the person rhyming and what they see marketed to them in the media. At certain points in time different elements of hip hop have reigned supreme as the most popular parts…

As important as it is to have a great opener to an album to pull someone’s attention, to end it on a high note and leave the listener with the notion that from front to back they just experienced a dope record is what really makes it complete. Whether they…

You ever have those moments where your day just wasn’t going right and you needed a way to pick yourself up? Music is obviously a choice of outlet people take to put themselves at ease and hip hop is not an exception to this rule. Today, rather than going for…

There have been a number of emcees over the years who haven’t received the amount of accolades that their talent should provide them due to their more non-conventional views of making music and Open Mike Eagle certainly-though unfortunately-belongs in that category. Since the mid-late 2000’s the Chicagoan/Los Angeles-based emcee has…

In the last decade Denzel Curry has established himself as one of the premier creative minds amongst the current crop of emcees in hip hop. From his time as a member of the Miami-Collective Raider Klan to the growing discography he has amassed as a solo artist, the Carol City…

Few people in hip hop have been able to build the type of revered status like James Dewitt Yancey, better known as J Dilla. Though it’s unfortunate that his death in 2006 helped create this pedestal for him, people who hadn’t heard the Detroit-bred producer’s work prior were now introducing…

It was announced Thursday that California will have to continue wearing masks as more businesses start to reopen throughout the state per mandate by Governor Gavin Newsom. In a statement from Governor Newsom that was posted on the official website for the California Department of Public Health, he explained how…