The Hip-Hop climate of L.A. has always been alluring…In the 90′s and the aughties many an artist lavished their video’s with imagery adorned in the excess that pervades the southland en masse. Beautiful women of every flavor, palm trees, sun washed beaches and people from all over the world were about as everyday as the [...]

The word “opus” pretty much just means an artist’s musical composition numbered by their movements or broken down parts. This is term generally applies to classical music and in my musical reference it’s always been associated with an avant garde musician, i.e. Beethoven’s Opus Sixty One. But, in a non classical setting opus would come [...]

There will be few albums that ever manage to tap into a forgone era as mightily as this new mixture of innately golden era production and hardcore, no holds barred rhyming that is Nineteen Ninety Now. Enlisting the help and sound of a legend in Diggin In The Crates crew member and all-time great Hip-Hop [...]

From the lineage of Gang Starr (Guru and DJ Premier), Eric B and Rakim, Kool G Rap and DJ Polo we have the talented offspring Termanology and Statik Selektah with their strong effort, 1982. With Termanology’s body of work and strength being focused mainly in the mixtape/underground realm as well as Statik Selektah, the arduous [...]

If you missed out on the last installment of peer review, here’s how it goes down: 1. We provide you with a stream for a full album (just released today) 2. You check it out, give it a good listen 3. Submit a well-thought-out review, complete with a score ($0.01 – $20.00) 4. We pick [...]

There’s a lot of redemption that goes down on this album and that’s a great thing. Canibus has languished for years with the stigma that he’s not living up to the hype assigned to him as a budding young mega lyricist all those years ago. Having had various project’s succumb to wayward directives and of [...]

As underground Hip-Hop continues to move into a realm that explores much further the human condition and the broader questions that are posed toward our civilization, few emcees are talented enough to maintain an entire LP worth of music that can encompass so many of these new ideas. Sunz Of Man member and righteous solo [...]

Hip-Hop has long been waiting for a suitable queen to return and declare the vacant crown hers. Concurrently we’ve also been waiting for her to cast out all of the unfit females who erroneously claim that same crown for themselves, yet display none of the qualifications to hold it. Out of Atlanta by way of [...]

Calling your shot is always a tricky thing. If you prophesize great success and manage to deliver you have a chance to cement some serious legend and lore in your name. On the other hand, if you say your about to do something astounding and don’t manage to eek out your promises in full, well…hey, [...]

The coming together of great minds should always be celebrated and perhaps more importantly, scrutinized. Especially when the two minds that are going to be united are widely considered top notch in their craft. In this particular lane the two minds I speak of are none other than Hip-Hop’s greatest teacher and the 2nd most [...]