Sometimes artists are born to be wild and it suits their hustle and flow just as well as the skin they’re in. Alchemist and Oh No — collectively known as Gangrene — couldn’t live up to their vilified title anymore better. The latest concoction in their laboratory, Vodka & Ayahuasca, Read the rest of this entry »

You would think that Jamie Kennedy’s comical depiction of a wannabe rich MC from Los Angeles would transfer well from film to reality. However, check Alchemist for biographical credentials and you’re bound to find he’s bucking the stereotype, as the man behind the boards hails from Beverly Hills. Read the rest of this entry »

Are you sick with the flu or post-Turkey tryptophan blues? Willie The Kid claims to have the anecdote yet again with the sequel to The Cure, which includes the assistance of Alchemist, Don Cannon, Krondon and a few other rap doctors you may have heard of. Read the rest of this entry »

Up onto this point, STS has by far exceeded the expectations for a hungry rapper. He’s given you his nonfiction story on the uncut tip and even wrestled with an Alabama bear to give you the full range of his character. The Illustrious is the full scope of an emcee who turned his unique vocal talents into something that transfixes listeners to give their undivided attention. Read the rest of this entry »

Schoolboy Q goes for dolo minus the rest of Black Hippy but with Alchemist providing adequate support on the production. Read the rest of this entry »

N.O.R.E. spitting the raw. Alchemist on the beat. Lil Gunz riding shotty. This here is the type of street commodity that will have the fiends asking “what do we get for $10?” If you follow the dollar on this joint, the paper trail will tell you that the S.U.P.E.R.T.H.U.G. didn’t completely abandon the hood, contrary to most of the music heard from the project as of late. Read the rest of this entry »

For just under three minutes, the world belongs to Roc Marciano on “Jaws,” his latest collaboration with Gangrene. The man flows with the greatest of ease, weaving together gully quotables into another intricate, pulse-pounding verse. Read the rest of this entry »

Dear STS Newcomer,

As a literary scholar, gentleman and soul mic controller, Sugar Tongue Slim wants you know exactly who you are dealing with. This kind of geniality doesn’t come too often in Hip-Hop, seeing the bigger the facade, the bigger the payoff rule stays in effect. Read the rest of this entry »

Roc Marciano, Oh No and The Alchemist are coming together to put out a joint project, entitled Greneberg. To start things off, they’ve let “Jet Luggage” loose on the world. Roc Marci is the first on the scene, and as always, he makes me want to quote his whole verse in this writeup. Read the rest of this entry »

Despite having a lineup of emcees that sounds like it was drawn randomly from names in a hat, the Statik Selektah and Alchemist co-produced “On The Corner” works surprisingly well. Read the rest of this entry »

Raekwon’s Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang is über slept-on in the Wu kitchen, but in no way, shape or form is that a direct reflection on the quality ingredients sprinkled in his Twenty Eleven gumbo pot. Take the gruesome cinema of “Ferry Boat Killaz” for example. Picking up right where their killer collab “Surgical Gloves” left off, Rae and Alan The Chemist give the moonlight new energy without the association of a club. Read the rest of this entry »

Every rapping pothead plans to drop an “exclusive” on 4.20 but Spitta Andretti’s one of the best known for firing up the dope and Covert Coup will most likely be the only release of substance today. Complete with production duties handled by Alchemist and a handful of features, it’s free so “spend the bucks on buds” as advised and leave stoner music to the man who knows it best. Read the rest of this entry »

Fresh out the cell block to dusting off his writer’s block, the Infamous is back in the house once again to drop gems in the name of Frank Lucas’ alleged mentor. The Ellsworth Bumpy Johnson Story EP is Prodigy’s formal introduction to independence after serving nearly three years in the bing and he’s got the “home team” in his corner for a short and sweet familiarization to the outside. Read the rest of this entry »

After being recently immortalized in statue by the Bulls organization, Scottie Maurice Pippen has now been immortalized by two of our always favs, Spitta and Gibbs, on “Scott Pippen.” In true homage to Chi, both artists’ deliveries incorporate high levels of tongue-twisting as they spar over Alc’s ghostly production. Read the rest of this entry »

SP The Ghost ain’t for jokes and games, so he probably hasn’t used his tear ducts in ages. Good thing for Reks, the Boston bomber with the boom-bap sensibility. He’s the reigning Rhythm Eternal King Supreme and he most likely wears Carhartt overcoats in the summer. Together, they’re steady at work mopping up crocodile tears from rappers crying over spilled cognac. Read the rest of this entry »