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The Legacy of Zion I’s Steve ‘Zumbi’ Gaines, who Passed at Age 49

In 2000, hip-hop was in a very different place than it is today. Outkast’s Stankonia, Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP, and Jay-Z’s The…

Aug 17, 2021

The Legacy of Zion I’s Steve ‘Zumbi’ Gaines, who Passed at Age 49

Aug 17, 2021

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‘The House Is Burning’ and from its Ashes, Isaiah Rashad is Reinventing he and Hip-Hop’s Future

There’s abundant courage required to redefine oneself at the peak, but with no way to go up any further without the invention of something…

Aug 17, 2021

‘The House Is Burning’ and from its Ashes, Isaiah Rashad is Reinventing he and Hip-Hop’s Future

Aug 17, 2021

JMSN, Alexa Demie & the Cinematographic Masterpiece that is ‘Love 2 U’

Take a little bad boy glam, add a string of falsetto perfection, blend it into a filmic nonreality, cut jet black with neon color, and…

Aug 10, 2021

JMSN, Alexa Demie & the Cinematographic Masterpiece that is ‘Love 2 U’

Aug 10, 2021

Nashid Chroma is Capturing the Innate Humanity of our Favorite Figures through his Neo-Pop…

There is quickly a point at which recreating cultural imagery can take on a cultural identity itself. Art these days boasts nothing if not…

Aug 5, 2021

Nashid Chroma is Capturing the Innate Humanity of our Favorite Figures through his Neo-Pop…

Aug 5, 2021

Pink Siifu’s ‘GUMBO!’ is a Rangy Southside Experiment of the Most Nuanced Kind

Pink Siifu wanted to make an album that reminded him of the music he and his crew used to listen to while cruising through the country…

Aug 3, 2021

Pink Siifu’s ‘GUMBO!’ is a Rangy Southside Experiment of the Most Nuanced Kind

Aug 3, 2021

‘The House Is Burning’ and from its Ashes, Isaiah Rashad is Reinventing he and Hip-Hop’s Future

There’s abundant courage required to redefine oneself at the peak, but with no way to go up any further without the invention of something…

Aug 3, 2021

‘The House Is Burning’ and from its Ashes, Isaiah Rashad is Reinventing he and Hip-Hop’s Future

Aug 3, 2021

An Essay on the Subconscious Power of Art through April + VISTA’s ‘Pit of My Dreams’

Much of art, music, and culture at large becomes unnecessarily categorized. It’s the fault of journalism — of which we are undoubtedly a…

Mar 25, 2021

An Essay on the Subconscious Power of Art through April + VISTA’s ‘Pit of My Dreams’

Mar 25, 2021

Joyce Wrice’s Debut Album is ‘Overgrown’ w/ Harmonious Understanding of Emotion

A sun-soaked reminiscence has always tethered the auditory aesthetic of California soulstress, Joyce Wrice not only to the Golden State…

Mar 25, 2021

Joyce Wrice’s Debut Album is ‘Overgrown’ w/ Harmonious Understanding of Emotion

Mar 25, 2021

‘To Kill A Sunrise’ is to Acknowledge that Kota the Friend & Statik Selektah are Cohesive Bliss

From the very beginning, it’s obvious that Kota — as he so fervently addresses in his opening lines — is in a different place — ‘ain’t the…

Mar 25, 2021

‘To Kill A Sunrise’ is to Acknowledge that Kota the Friend & Statik Selektah are Cohesive Bliss

Mar 25, 2021

Noname is Focused on More Than Music with Further Reach of the Noname Book Club

There is an undeniable discourse to the framework of Chicago’s hip-hop history. And more than any other nuance towards the past, present…

Mar 16, 2021

Noname is Focused on More Than Music with Further Reach of the Noname Book Club

Mar 16, 2021

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