One of the benefits of having a magazine is getting access to vintage ‘advance copy’ releases of albums. One of the classics that came across my desk was the advance cassette release of C-Bo’s 1998 classic Til My Casket Drops. On February 24, 1998, (23yrs ago), AWOL Records released... Read more
It’s hard to believe that it has been over 30 years since Nas dropped his highly anticipated hip-hop classic Illmatic. In recognition of the timeless classic hip-hop sound of Nas’s debut we are proud to publish our original review of this album published in the July, 1994 issue of... Read more
Jadakiss Murdered Verzuz!
Reviews August 6, 2021
The August 3rd, 2021 The Lox vs. Dipset battle was a win for The Lox but it was a bigger win for hip-hop! The event pinned two of New York’s most popular rap crews against each other and brought battle rhymes and lyrics back to the main focus of... Read more
Kanye West is Back with Donda
Reviews July 21, 2021
Kaye West has been out of the public view until recently being spotted at a Donda listening event in Las Vegas, CA. and an undisclosed stadium location in Atlanta, GA. The Atlanta sighting makes sense since Live Nation and Apple Music are both promoting a listening party for Yeezy’s... Read more
Black Market Records has been the starting point of several successful artists from Sacramento, CA. Triple Beam is one of those success stories that you might have missed. Triple Beam consisted of rappers Shotgun, Pook, and Chopah. Their first Black Market Records release was the 1999 album 28g’s w/o... Read more
Mozzy and YG – Kommunity Service
Reviews May 24, 2021
Mozzy and YG team up for an extraordinary collaboration of Northern and Southern California street gospel. Their teaser track/video “Bompton to Oak Park” set the rap world on fire and built up an intense anticipation for the complete collaboration project Kommunity Service. The new album features guest appearances from... Read more
The hook on the track “Stay Up”, “Never enough food on my plate,” symbolizes the hustle that JDK Daundaboss applies to his music career and life. No stranger to the grind and hustle, JDK has five studio albums and even runs his own magazine called The Sac Report. His... Read more
DJ K5th of Venture Sound Recordings has recently released a new single featuring the infamous hip-hop emcee Fatlip from the legendary hip-hop group The Pharcyde. The track “Hip-Hop King,” is a collaboration that came to be over a mutual connection and a beat that Fatlip couldn’t resist. The track... Read more
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