In hip hop culture, the rap battle is when two emcees get together for a combination of bragging and degrading one another to decide who will reign supreme. Since geeks and nerds are always battling ...

“If Andre 3000 came out right now they’d call him hipster rap,” says The Bronx’s Mickey Factz. “Right now it’s a trend for 50 Cent and Lil Wayne to sing with a vocoder. What we’re doing isn’t a trend, ...

Last year for Black History Month, I marathoned as many 1970s Blaxploitation classics, deep cuts, and spoofs as I could stomach. This year, though, there’s only one movie I want to recommend. A few ...

Ambivalently melancholy nerd rap sounds like it should be an oxymoron, but in Open Mike Eagle’s compellingly odd forebrain, it’s the foundation for the sublime. The Chicago-born hip-hop artist’s mix ...

The 80’s sure were a fun time for rap music. No one had to worry about hardcore gangstas bustin’ caps in our respective asses, and gold chains, Adidas shoes sans laces and a ghetto blasters on ...

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