Trenton, New Jersey artist Nu Jerzey Twork drops off his official music video for his record entitled “Strapped In”. Spyy vs Spyy is the first of a new Battle Rap compilation album series showcasing the newest music from today’s hottest Battle Rappers! Nu Jerzey Twork, Goodz, Chess, Jus Daze, Crystal Renee, Strapped1700, O.T.M to name […]
Tampa, Florida artist Funkghost is preparing to release his third full length LP entitled “Life Is How You Paint It” via Illsboro Records/Symphonic Distribution. The album’s lead single “For The Time Being” featuring Dynasty, is an energetic, Hip-Hop, Soul-Funk, infused jam that’s sure to get any party or live event rocking.
“Sometimes you have to get rid of everything” —Kanye West Ye… Yeezy… Yeezus… Kanye To Tha West… “Is Mr. West in the building?”… to MAGA hat wearing Trump supporter… and possibly the most hated celebrity living right now. This year has been an interesting one for the hip-hop legend. It’s almost safe to say that […]
“Bruce and I grew up watching the same TV shows. Roy Rogers used to say ‘Yippee ki yah, kids.’ So it had to become ‘Yippee ki yah, motherfucker’ in the movie. That line was from me. Whenever you think you’re writing a line that’s going to catch on, it never does. A lot of people, […]
When it comes to writing on Queer film and studying its history, you have to become an archaeologist— dig through archives of film, and like an excavator— discover a small piece and somehow place it among the rest of the pieces in order to analyze the foundations of it. Film studies of Queer representation is […]
Hip-hop, the aesthetic lifestyle of breakdancing, street art, and rap music has always been a celebration of the culture around it, namely the culture of Black America. Rap music, in particular, became a cultural doorway that allowed African Americans to deliver their message to the world around them. At the same time, rap was always […]
“I was in the living room of Dondy Bastone’s house, I was 15 and it was 1977. The song that he put on was Psycho Killer and I absolutely freaked out, it was like nothing else I had ever heard and made me feel things I had never felt… Some very strange things happened to […]
“But listen, you don’t need to be worried about these Alt-Right guys. They don’t want to fuck with Black guys. They just really hate the Jews.” It is one week after 32-year-old Heather Heyer was struck and killed by a James Alex Fields with his silver Dodge Challenger while protesting the White suprematists’ rally to […]
Star Trek: Discovery premiered Sunday, September 24, 2017 to less than stellar reviews. Set a decade before Star Trek: TOS (The Original Series), Discovery follows the exploits of the USS Discovery during the Federation/Klingon Cold War. (For the uninitiated, the Federation is a sort of interstellar United Nations, while the Klingons are, well, the bad […]
“You go through things like we went through as a band, and people started to split apart, become more like oil and water. But early on, you see the sweetness that was there. It was the three of us against the world, trying to establish ourselves, and that’s the experiment of a band.” – Andy […]
“Musicians are like politicians. They’re the last people who should be making music, just like politicians are the last people who should be running things.” -Nigel Godrich It sounds “busy.” It sounds “layered.” It sounds “sparse.” It calls to mind this band or that band, and it sounds like something new and different. Something integral […]
In the previous article, I discussed the theme of James Cameron’s catalogue of movies involving humanity vs. technology. Cameron goes back and forth about how the use of technology can be both a benefit and a burden for mankind, and we as an audience will know how he will pose technology in the movie depending […]
James Cameron burst onto the scene in 1984 with The Terminator, and two years later in 1986 he released his second feature, ALIENS (to pretty much near-unanimous praise); thus Cameron had already begun a love/hate relationship with technology. As a storyteller and a director, he was well aware of the possibilities of technology, both as […]
“You’re driving in a hurricane and you see three people at a bus stop. One is an old lady and she’s sick. One is your best friend and he saved your life. And the third is the lady of your dreams. Now check it out, you only have room for one in your car, which […]
I was watching the new Showtime series, White Famous, this past week and this line jumped out at me… “Diversity’s real important to me right now.” There’s something so funny about it. Though it’s spoken quite earnestly, the intent is very clear… Diversity is only important because that’s what networks and large conglomerates think the […]
“People were literally scared of my records. There have been so many rumors about me and my records. People got the first album, and they would just make up stories. They’d get into an accident and be like, ‘I got into an accident because I was playing that tape.’ It wasn’t like we helped ourselves […]
“My whole thing was, just being me. Now, you look around the NBA and all of them have tattoos, guys wearing cornrows. Now you see the police officers with the cornrows. I took a beating for those types of things.” -Allen Iverson It’s a hot day in September, New York’s frenetic energy is juiced by […]
To get myself in the mood to write about the impact of bloghaus on pop culture for a real-life magazine (SHOUTOUT CONTROL FOREVER)… On Saturday night August 5th, instead of schlepping out to HARD Summer to see the breakout superstars of the beloved musical era, I went to Echoplex to check out a $10 bloghaus-themed nostalgia […]
“Everyone calls it hip hop, but we aren’t hip hop. Our records are always like “yeah that UK Hip Hop”, we are like grime music, its a completely different thing.” -Jelacee, Stooki Sound Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo, Jr. has made it. Last year he charted on the UK billboard top 10, wen’t #1 with […]
Atlanta based artist PB Rio was born in Davenport, Iowa and developed his versatile style crossing the Midwest and the South. His personality flows straight through his fun and playful sound, mixing it up with hard hitting, gritty lyrics that ring with reality. He won Atlanta’s #1 Internet Station K100 contest which landed him the opportunity […]
“Bubbly’ packs lyrical heat with an ice-cold delivery. This is independent hip-hop done right. Detroit artist Thurgo has maintained his reputation as an independent artist who has managed to turn heads without the aid of labels or other intermediaries. Once again stepping up to the plate, he’s now returned with his very first high-octane freestyle. […]
Pittsburgh rapper J-HAZE is back and has recruited the assistance of Philadelphia-bred producer BhramaBull for their Happy Fiends Happy Dreams mixtape. Channeling the creative synergy he and BhramaBull recently synthesized on their collaborative 7-track mixtape The Mainline, J-Haze runs it back for their new Happy Fiends, Happy Dreams project. With features from AdELA , 5ive […]
Stinc Team affiliate Rassy Bugatti continues to release new music despite currently being incarcerated fighting a years-long legal battle. After delivering his slick-talking “Getting Money” record, Rassy Bugatti is getting back active again on his latest single “Blacc Out.” Taking the sauce Drakeo The Ruler used to create his fan-favorite Thank You For Using GTL […]
Cleveland-bred artist-producer Myrycle Mahn has revamped his fan-favorite project for his latest release, his Party Time (Remixes) album. The 12-track Party Time (Remixes) effort showcases his ambitious musical composition by marrying elements of 80’s era Hip Hop Hip Hop and modern rap sub-genres such as trap music. Inspired by the influence of artists the Myrycle […]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin artist Popi Xo releases his second instalment in his “Sincerely Xo” mixtape series. “Sincerely Xo 2” is a seven track mixtape that includes his singles entitled “Where The Pape” and “Shoot At Em”. Music has been a dream of Popi Xo since he was seven years old and he recorded his first song in […]
$peedyyy has returned with Almighty Suspect for his blazingg “In N Out” music video. Building on the momentum he created with Fenix Flexin and JI Bands on his recent “Hotspot” release, $peedyyy and Almighty suspect post the block and the studio with their squads, seemingly contemplating operating on demon time in broad daylight. $peedyyy launches […]
