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…
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(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…
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…
The social media sensation, turned rapper, now onlyfans star, has been invited to speak at Oxford University. The Oxford Union Prez said in the invite to Bhad Bharbie “It would be an…
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…
Considered a sonic blueprint for Hip Hop, today in 1991 Cypress Hill released their self-titled first album that had the commercially successful singles, “The Phuncky Feel One”/”How I Could Just Kill a…
The original human beatbox released his debut album, Oh, My God! today in 1986. The Electro style takes you back to the early sounds of Hip Hop as Doug E. Fresh &…
StrictlyCassette is best known as a tape label, but its elusiveness is strongly tied to the mystery shrouding the man behind it. I got to sit down with Mark Bijasa, whose transdisciplinary…