No Politics. No B.S.
I was first introduced to K.Sparks from Dead End Hip Hop with the “Tomorrow Today” review. K. Sparks had me at “Sunshine”. I’ve always felt as though he was a great emcee and his “Manic Mondays” proved to the industry and culture that he was going to be here for a while. With that being …
Hip hop is a product and we are all consumers. Over the years, there have been many people who have elevated the genre, whether they were in the spotlight or not. Calvin “Mr. Cee” Brun is not an exception as his hip hop resume makes these new age rappers look like the janitors in the …
One of the things I value most in a writer is subtlety, or at least the ability to be subtle. There’s nothing more powerful than something that’s resonant without obviously trying to be. This is not that. I’ve admired the crew here at Dead End Hip Hop since they first started, so naturally when they …
September 13, 1996 and March 19, 1997 are two dates that changed the entire landscape of hip hop forever. These are the dates that mark the historic losses of the extremely prolific rappers, Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. Their mark on hip hop, which is almost as immeasurable as the effects of their music, as …
At what point does an artist's bars stop being lyrical and become lethal?
Beef among rappers has become as much of a part of the hip hop culture as the lyrics have. Over the years, it grew from harmless rivalry to the death of many of our beloved artists. Even though it’s been longer than a decade, the greatest (or worst, depending on how you look at it) rap beef between …