Charlietape is a labor of love, an ode to the mixtape era, and homage to early 2000s underground hip-hop. Rapper Charlie Smarts invites us to enter his world via storytelling carried by…
Cluck. Cluck. Cluck. Then, with the authoritative gravity of a minister, Rufus Thomas sings, Y’all come on in now. Come right on down front. And they did. Hundreds of them. As soul…
Dilla Time by Dan Charnas Designed by Rodrigo Corral Illustration by Matt Buck Big ups to Dan Charnas for Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who…
Located in Alphabet City, NYC, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe became a place where lyricists went to cultivate their craft. It has now been around for almost 50 years, cementing itself in NYC…
(Rap so strong And Rap so def), I got Methods! – “Methods” I was in high school the first time I heard a Peanut Butter Wolf track. With no concept of where…
MF DOOM’s debut solo album, Operation Doomsday, was released today in 1999. It was released through Fondle ‘Em Records in 1999, reissued by Sub Verse Records in 2001, then released by Doom’s…
Finding myself as I find new styles. – Dodo Coming from 59th Street, I hopped on the 6, which took me to the Lower East Side. I was headed to an unfamiliar…
Madlib…and J Deezy Doin’ it like we doing it for TV – “The Official” by Jaylib Champion Sound came out today in 2003. Its release initiated by Madlib messing around on some…
Can I talk my shit again? – “We Major” by Kanye West Released on this day in 2005, Kanye West dropped his second studio album, Late Registration with Def Jam Recordings and…
Notoriously known for the BDP diss record, “South Bronx,” and self-proclaimed Hip Hop’s Malcolm X, KRS-One turned 57 on August 20th, 2022. Just a few days prior, on August 15, 2022, he…