The last decade has been phenomenal for hip-hop. With artists like Drake and Kanye West stringing together hit after hit and artists like Chance the Rapper and Kendrick Lamar proving that mainstream artists can also say something “real,” hip-hop has become a global, cultural force that is matched be few artistic styles less than a … Read more
This is Part II. If you haven’t read Part I yet, you should go read Part I before reading this. Or, don’t. I’m not your mother. ScHoolboy Q – Habits & Contradictions (January 14, 2012) If 2009 was the greatest year ever for mixtapes, 2012 might be the greatest year ever for hip-hop at large. … Read more
Since its inception, the sounds of hip hop were inherently tied to geography and space. The deep, rolling basslines of the west coast g-funk classics pioneered by Dr. Dre were fundamentally different from the grimy beats and kung fu samples produced around the same time by RZA in New York. The dirty trap sound started … Read more