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Prominent Buffalo MC and Griselda Records chief, Westside Gunn, decided to give us all a treat on Halloween by releasing the 6th installment in his Hitler Wears Hermes series. Gunn is fresh off his release of Supreme Blientele, an album that will most certainly be in the “album of the year” talks at the end of 2018. Hitler …
The evolution of hip-hop in the Internet Age has given birth to a myriad of different sounds and trends over the past several years. The music birthed in the “SoundCloud era” of rap has become part of a larger movement that embraces some of the tenets of the ‘70s punk movement: loud music, transgressive fashion, …
by I.S. Jones & Jake Milgate Editor’s Note: I couldn’t tell you exactly when I slipped into this depression and subsequent fear of writing and reporting–quitting a job amidst family turmoil, making ends meet in such an expensive city, and on and on–I retreated from things I love, things that remind me why I fight …
I’m not going to mince words with you here my friends, Roc Marciano in my humble opinion has beyond proven that he’s the best emcee to exist this year. Before you get your Twitter fingers ready let me explain. Roc has released two other albums this year in “Rosebudd’s Revenge 2: The Bitter Dose” and …
California emcee Illsamar dropped her debut project “Foreign” at the end of last month. Eight tracks of covering everything from mental health and the “Voices” that come with it, to a beautiful acoustic remix at the end. On the day of the EP release, Illsamar hosted a listening party for the project. While I wasn’t …
Cincinnati’s own Devin Burgess isn’t your average emcee, live shows dressed in robes, he even called his latest project “Trash”. The packed LP though is anything but and as was calculated by Burgess himself, these are only tracks that didn’t make it onto an upcoming project. I had a chance to sit down with the …
