Rap & Hip-Hop

In an era where hip-hop has lost much of it's story telling element and social commentary, Jenuine J.A. gives you slick word play and detailed stories with a steady flow.1. Dyin' to Floss 2. Stackin' Bundles 3. What's Your Plan? 4. How Sick Am I 5. My...

In an era where every rapper claims to be a hustler, you'd be hard pressed to find an MC who actually defines every characteristic of the word like Yung Joc. Aside from soliciting over one million customers to buy his platinum debut, New Joc City, the...

In a setting dominated by crime, mis-education and economic hardship, Pearl Gates' third eye deflects darkness and spotlights the powers of thought on his debut EP "Diamond Mind". While finessing East Coast rap over edgy boom bap production, Gates...

In a blossoming hip-hop hotbed of talent, Malcolm "Mac Miller" McCormick is next up out of Pittsburgh, PA. a recent graduate of Taylor Allderdice High School, Mac caught the eyes and ears of Rostrum Records, inking a deal in July 2010. a multitalented...

In 2018, Mic Crenshaw and Micah Fletcher founded Portland Hip Hop duo Last Of A Dying Breed. In LOAD B we see two generations of master poet and emcee contrast and connect. Crenshaw was voted Portland's Best Hip Hop Artist by Willamette Week in 2016 and...

In 2014, K'Valentine linked up with Javotti Media, a label owned by hip hop star Talib Kweli, and began to work on her third mixtape, Million Dollar Baby. Million Dollar Baby finds K'Valentine rhyming over tracks that are new as well as her versions of...

In 2011, hip hop artists from Detroit have continued to create some of the most celebrated music in the genre, and no one is raising the standard in the underground as high as Black Milk and Danny Brown. After their collaborative track "Black and Brown"...

In 2006 we released the second in this series with a huge success and both are very sought after by the fans. So here we are with Mr Criminal presents WHAT THE STREETS CREATED PART 3, this CD is full of hardcore street banging heaters every track was...

In 2003, MF DOOM introduced us to one of his most intriguing alter egos, Viktor Vaughn. As the story goes, Viktor Vaughn was an interdimensional time-traveling MC from another realm where Hip-Hop was banned. He'd been exploring time and space looking for...

In 2000, Brother Ali joined Rhymesayers with a self-produced demo, RITES OF PASSAGE. Three years later he released SHADOWS ON THE SUN, followed by the critically acclaimed CHAMPION EP, which smacked hip-hop kids in the face worldwide. He spent the last...

In 2000, Aesop Rock released his first official album, Float, following his steady ascent in the underground from two previous releases, the collection of works CD of lore, Music For Earthworms (1997), and the Appleseed EP (1999). And, while every album...

In 1998 Zev Love X of the seminal rap group KMD re-emerged as a masked super villain known as MF Doom. The following Year he release only added to the mystery by creating multiple aliases (King Geedorah, Viktor Vaughn, etc.) and and taking a no holds...