Check this video from the early 90s, featuring interviews with rap’s biggest (female) stars: Roxanne Shante, Salt N Pepa and Queen Latifah. Who else could get away with wearing a top hat in an interview?
Vintage Video: Women In Rap 1990
October 12th, 2011Sunday Jam: Oddisee
October 2nd, 2011Laid back joint from Washington’s Oddisee, fresh off the ‘Rock Creek Park’ mixtape.
Sunday Jam: Vado – Always On
September 18th, 2011Brand new video for ‘Always On’ from Harlem’s Vado.
Brianna – Marilyn Monroe
September 18th, 2011Download the mp3: Brianna – Marilyn Monroe
T-Shirt – Ode To Raekwon
August 31st, 2011Guess T-Shirt is a pretty strange choice of name for a rapper, but hey his flow on this tribute to the Chef is impressive. If you dig, you can download his whole album for free at his bandcamp.
Death Grips
May 3rd, 2011
Death Grips is possibly some of the hardest, least compromising and rawest sounding rap music there has ever been. Not much is known about the guy (or possibly group) beyond what you can guess from the smattering of videos that have surfaced in support of the new and completely relentless mixtape, Exmilitary. There’s also some speculation that Death Grips is one of a handful of side-projects involving Sacramento, CA based Zach Hill, the drummer phenom of experimental tech-rock group Hella.
Sunday Jam: Memphis Bleek
April 10th, 2011Get Low Records CEO Memphis Bleek delivers this laid back ode to his two favourite things: Serato & Blunts. Maybe one day, when technology has moved on this will go into the vaults along with songs about Betamax and Mini-Disc, but for now he’s right on.
Smoke DZA ft. Kendrick Lamar & Mara Hruby – Uptown81
January 30th, 2011
Leading the way in the new school of blunted-out lyrical beasts (although he strikes me as the kind of guy that skips class to smoke doobs behind the gym), Smoke DZA AKA George Kush is set to have a good year.
Fresh from profile-raising Smoker’s Club collabs with artists such as Big K.R.I.T., Mac Miller and the Hot Spitta Curren$y DZA is finally releasing his debut proper ‘THC’ (The Hustler’s Catalogue, I know what you’re thinking..) later this year.
This track (featuring man of the mo Kendrick Lamar) is from said project and I think you’ll agree that it is one of the mellowest beats pretty much ever, producer Hit Boy is on some Henry Mancini type ish.
