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Side Hustles: 7 of Hip Hop’s Most Ridiculous Product Endorsements & Part-time Gigs

From strange to just stupid, here’s the rundown of product up-selling gone awry

Guest Blog: Apollo Brown

The Detroit producer talks about living in the shadows of legends, clinging to his brand of boom-bap and bumping into his crewmates from The Left

Bumbershoot 2010: The Hip Hop Guide

Seattle’s Bumbershoot isn’t just for indie rock kids, and we’re going to prove it. The definitive guide to Bumbershoot — a la hip hop.

The Big 3: Miami’s Got One, Shouldn’t Hip Hop?

We’d like to copyright each of these groups, because when they come to fruition and blow up, we want our cut

Crack Down: How Will Limewire’s Demise Affect File Sharing?

Will file sharing as we know it come to an end? Or, will internet music-swappers just find new means to the end?

The Vinyl Countdown: Are Records Winning The War Against Technology?

A look at the resurgence of the vinyl market and what it means for the format

The Ultimate Guide to Finding Hip Hop in Boston

We got Boston covered. Here’s the ultimate guide to happening upon some raps going down in the home of the Red Sox.

6 Hip Hop Comics That Got It Right

A list of 6 hip-hop comic books that make the grade

Aerosol 2.0: Graffiti Goes Digital

Art is evolving. In all forms. There’s no question that things have changed for music and literature, and will continue to shift as new technologies come to fruition. Nothing stands still in the face of innovation and even graffiti is no exception. The medium that visually reflects hip-hop culture is beginning to show what the [...]

Producer’s paradise: Big Quarters fuels twin-city beat making with Last of the Record Buyers

I got a chance to sit down with Brandon Allday and Medium Zach, two brothers that go by the name Big Quarters, prior to July 16′s installment of the Last of the Record Buyers. We talked beats and life and then headed up the road to Fifth Element for LRB featuring special guest I Self [...]