Rap & Hip-Hop

It's hard to believe it's taken this long for a proper retrospective of legendary Los Angeles collective CVE. "We Represent Billions" is a crucial portrait of one of the West Coast's most low-key influential crews - a hydra-like collective of rappers,...

It's hard to believe it's taken this long for a proper retrospective of legendary Los Angeles collective CVE. "We Represent Billions" is a crucial portrait of one of the West Coast's most low-key influential crews - a hydra-like collective of rappers,...

It's beginning to look like the Madvillainry album just might top Jaylib. If the bootleg that's been floating around didn't confirm it for you, Doom and Madlib's chemistry on this 12" should. The Beat Conductor gets extra dirty on "All Caps," with that...

It's been roughly 2 decades since the Jigmastas first emerged in the late 90's. With a classic album, a classic EP, a worldwide fanbase and stacks of timeless singles under their previous imprint, Beyond Real, indie Hip Hop as it exists today would not...

It's been a long time coming but it's here. For the first time ever, Von Pea & ?on present "Duly Noted" AND "Duly Noted 2" on vinyl. Duly Noted dropped in 2013 to rave reviews and rabid excitement as the duo sold-out of their initial pressing of the...

It Takes A Thief is the debut studio album by Coolio. Originally released in 1994, the album contains the song "Fantastic Voyage" which peaked at #2 on the Billboard 100 chart. The album was certified platinum and received praise for bringing a humorous...

It shouldn't really matter where The Mixtapers hail from. But on the other hand, their music in the midst of Future Funk (? la The Internet, Dam-Funk and James Pants) and classic hip hop reminds of the sound from LA and Toronto, which is conquering the...

It seems like just yesterday when Gary, Indiana's Freddie Gibbs linked up with The Bay Area Legend DJ. Fresh to collaborate on the famed "Tonite Show" series. á Both legends from their respective regions set out to create a project that doesn't...

It may seem unimaginable now, but there was a time when veteran Minneapolis-bred, Brooklyn-based hip-hop artist Ecid was unsure if anyone would want to listen to his musical creations. "I didn't really think there was gonna be much of an audience for the...

It all started in 2020 when producer The Breed and guitarist Richard Holzmann decided to start their own project called PAPI CHURRO. The two German musicians came up with a unique combination of latin-folk and HipHop Sounds. Almost like a Lo-Fi Beat...

Issued for Record Store Day 2023 in a special colored vinyl pressing with one LP in Canary Yellow & the second in Tangerine In the early 2000s, Slum Village was riding high on the success of their Fantastic and Fantastic Vol. 2 releases and upped the...

Isatta Sheriff and Koralle join forces on "Eat The Kiwi Skin" - six tracks that unites the talents of the East London MC and the Bologna-based beat smith. The duo's first collabo 'Laid Back' was released in 2021. Even though the music is made in Italy...