There’s probably 120+ years of age combined on this track and they still manage to make it sound as fresh as ever. AZ, Rae & Starks team up for “See The Light” off Kay Slay’s upcoming More Than Just A DJ.

While they still need a supergroup name, you could them Shaolin Noodle Soup and it wouldn’t affect the quality. The hierarchy of the Wu-Tang Clan politic/ditto’s in Yolanda’s House to do what they do best: spit poisonous darts on rap tracks, this time over a soulful Mike Jack sample.*...

The album may have decreased in monetary significance over the years, but few can deny the calibration it stacks onto an artist’s creative worth. Who can come the most original, pick the best beats, wedge through that sliver of possibility of reinventing the wheel, all of those ideals factor into...

This 2009 Slept-On list covers the gamut of artists in the Hip-Hop realm. Old G’s from the mid-90s who still got the goods, even if they don’t resonate with the younger crowd. Underground super groups. Young artists on the cusp of breaking through into bigger circles. Southern legends riding...

Tony Montana blow creamy white Havana Joes with a George Washington for the nostril! With a new decade to purpalize, Raekwon wastes no time slangin’ that hard white with DJ Whoo Kid & DJ Scream for the Coke Up In Da Dollar Bill Mixtape. Familiar names like AZ, Busta Rhymes and Ghostface Killah...

A couple of weeks ago, the Blackberry’s Messenger crashed, sending panic to a world of cell phone-dependent addicts. When it happened, I thought to myself, “what could be worse?” Well leave it up to AT&T to answer my question. Right around prime New Year’s hours, I received a few “stop...

Even in our single-driven society, the truth is that most rappers can still reel in listeners influentially by simply reciting the honest realities observed through their rearview mirror. The irony in keeping rap one hundred, however, is that the realness is killing one of it’s building blocks;...

It’s been a long, winding road for Melanie in ‘09 from her early buzz to actually seeing her album release.  For her perseverance, she was able to meet The Wizard Of Poetry and he granted her one request.

Even though Wu Massacre has been pushed back to next year, 2/3’s of the team are at it.  Ghost is, for the lack of a better word, ghost as Meth & Chef duel it out once again in their personal chamber.  So on this day as families gather around the table to massacre turkeys & hams, let...

Ghost fans might want to add this to their action figure and imitation golden eagle bracelet. As part of their Originals series, Adidas put out a Ghostface version of their Stan Smith sneaker including details on the heel, ankle and his mug on the tongue, reminiscent of Jam Master Jay’s shelltoe.

In my past life, I majored in English at Davidson and came across a multitude of poetry. Naturally, I would look for connections between the fathers of poetry and our modern-day Hip-Hoppers. I’ve been able to find a few similarities and parallels that I’m going to show you from time to time.

Ghostface Killah bites his tongue for no one. If he said it, he meant it, simple as that. Still red-hot from doing his part in fellow Wu-brethren Raekwon’s critically-acclaimed Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II, Tony Starks is proceeding with his solo career without delay, releasing the colorful Ghostdini:...

When mainstream media outlets like The New York Times decide to do interviews with artists of Ghostface Killah’s caliber, you feel compelled to find out what was said. Obviously if you heard Mayer Hawthorne’s music and knowing Ghost’s affinity for Soul (evident in the Ghostdini project),...

First off the audio quality on this is excellent. I usually don’t enjoy live footage but Ghost and company make me think otherwise. If you don’t feel like watching the entire ten minutes, here’s some notable points:

We should have all seen an album of this nature coming from Ghostface. While Brother Starks has had his feet planted firmly in the Shaolin slums with legendary street tales, his catalogue has always featured a smattering of songs displaying the triumphs and tragedies of attempts to conquer the fairer...