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Great Debate: Who Will 2012 Belong To?

by Alex Edelstein January 13, 2012 Debates

Now that I can definitively look back at 2011 from the objectively removed scope of 2012, the year in Hip Hop still feels as collectively chaotic now as it did during. Trying to single out an individual who ruled 2011, at this stage in the music industry, is nearly impossible. With so much week-to-week variation [...]

Commentary: T3′s Loyalty In Question

by Justin August 5, 2010 Exclusive

It’s not like Slum Village is the first group to break up (they’ve gone through their fair share of changes over the years) but there was something different about this one. As fans, we clamor for our favorite groups to reconcile and work together again. Most of the time, we see the tension build right [...]

Commentary: What Is Hip Hop?

by Kevin June 17, 2010 Exclusive

Photo Credit One of my fellow co-workers recently asked me, “What is Hip Hop?” after discovering that I run a Hip Hop blog. Of course, I stared at him like a deer in headlights. What do you mean…what is Hip Hop? He went on to ask, “What kind of music is it? Is it rap [...]

Commentary: Are Fans Selling Out?

by Jon Garcia June 16, 2010 Exclusive

With the release of the long anticipated (for good and bad reasons) album by Drake, Thank Me Later, the hip hop world seems to be divided and confused. Some are calling this album the project to save record sales, others are screaming for the demise of it. Amongst the underground hip hop scene, most do [...]

Commentary: Are Fans Responsible?

by Justin May 27, 2010 The Great Debate

About a month ago, Kam Moye (formerly known as Supastition) announced that his career in the music business was coming to an end. I highly recommend you read his letter to the fans but to sum it up, Kam couldn’t justify continuing his music career with no monetary reward behind it. It’s sad to see [...]

A Rebuttal To Unkut.com’s Five Zealously Overrated Hip Hop Artists

by Justin April 1, 2010 Exclusive

First of all, props to the homie H20 of Mass Influence who pointed me toward this article by Phillip Mlynar on Unkut.com [read article]. This is without question a provocative piece to write especially when artists with intense fan bases like the ones included in this. While I respect Mlynar for tackling a subject like [...]

Instrumental Albums Are NOT Free Beats!

by Kevin December 20, 2009 The Great Debate

In hip hop, emcees have been rapping over other people’s beats for years. Most of the time, it is done as a “freestyle” where the emcee heard the original song, liked the beat and wanted to do his thing with it. There is a fine line between freestyling over someone else’s beat and rapping over [...]

What is Your Golden Age of Hip Hop?

by Kevin December 11, 2009 The Great Debate

As an accompanying article to today’s Freestyle Friday, I’d like to discuss Hip Hop’s Golden Age and what period that is for you. As I mentioned before, there has been much debate concerning the actual timeline of the Golden Age of Hip Hop. Dates vary from the 80s to the 90s and everything in between. I’d like [...]

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