Words I Manifest

Hip-Hop: A Culture of Four Elements?

Is hip hop really still a culture of four elements, or are we way past that now?

Death of the Mixtape DJ?

“I hate tagless mixtapes! Shit defeats the purpose of the DJ. The DJ will be non existent soon, cause nobody supports them…” writes Don Cannon (on his Twitter) shortly after the long delayed release of G.O.O.D music artist Big Sean’s “Finally Famous Vol.3” mixtape. The rant comes as a result of fans enquiring about the [...]

Words I Manifest: The Intro

Hi, I’m Grant and I write about Hip-Hop. This isn’t some Hip-Hop-a-holics meeting, but an introduction to me; a relatively new Hip-Hop journalist, who has been given the honour of writing a blog here at aboveGround Magazine. Since I have a lot to live up to, writing alongside the site’s editor and founder, Tyler Hakes [...]