Hip Hop and Urban Music Pioneer Passes: Good Bye to Mr. Bobby E. Davis
It was brought to our attention the Mr. Bobby E. Davis, founder of the legendary S.U.R.E. Record Pool in the Bronx has passed away. Bobby was one of the nicest people in the music business. Since the '70s, he's...
Tubeify- a new way to consume music: 10 Questions with the platform’s creator
Tubeify is a free online service that has recently started to make some waves with music fans seeking a better way to experience music online. It mines established services such as Last.FM and Billboard for data pertaining to music...
AndYouDon’tStop! Radio Show with Chuck D, Johnny Juice, and Wild Man Steve
Public Enemy front man and Hip hop Icon Chuck D recently announced the launch of “...ANDYOUDONTSTOP! " is a 2 hour radio broadcast on New York terrestrial radio station WBAI 99.5 FM. The show airs Friday nights from 8...
Bad Brains are Iconic Hardcore: The World’s Greatest and Still Active Punk Rock Band
During the later 70s, punk music began creeping up from the underbelly of the Bowery in New York City with the help of a Queens' based band called The Ramones. The Clash and Sex Pistols bashed the establishment in...
Choppin’ it up with Greg Nice
WORDS BY KHALID STRICKLAND a.k.a. BLACK PACINO
Greg Nice, who along with Smooth B forms iconic rap duo Nice & Smooth, has plenty of classic verses on his resume. On October 26th, Greg Nice drops his solo debut album,...
Teena Marie- 3 Decades of Soul, Funk and Classic R&B
In a day and age of commodity artists who are forgotten shortly after a year or so of a radio hit, and in an environment where hit artists of yesteryear are remembered only by those who were raised on...
So you’re a fan of Hip Hop?
Among many others, if you don't know the following artists' work, you don't know Hip Hop:
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Grandwizard Theodore and the Fantastic Five
Cold Crush
Soul Sonic Force
Jazzy Jay
Kurtis Blow
Spoonie Gee
Funky Four
T La Rock
Kool Moe D
Too many artists...
Hip Hop icons Public Enemy rock the Paradiso in Holland
Hip Hop's most esteemed group, Public Enemy, has been rocking the music industry for a quarter of a century; this month they rocked the Paradiso in Holland. Check out photographer Ron Abelskamp's images of Chuck D, Flavor Flav and...
What a Hip Hop artist (or any artist for that matter) can learn from...
"The Worst Best Movie" is a great documentary about what some people call the worst movie ever made (good news for Ed Wood and his "Plan 9 from Outerspace"), "Troll 2" (no connection to "Troll," it was named this...
The “Scenario” with TES by C73
1. Is Hip-Hop Dead?
Hip Hop is neither dead or alive, it just is! It is a cornerstone in our culture constantly showing up and blending in with everything around it. It's in our...
