Everybody who is anybody in the east coast rap scene has spit over at least one beat courtesy of Havoc, otherwise known as Prodigy’s significant other in the infamous Mobb Deep. After a lengthy and storied career in the hip hop industry Havoc is showing absolutely no signs of slowing down as we gear up to embark on yet...

Oakland, California duo Zion I has remained under the radar for pretty much all of their professional career. Consisting of MC Zumbi and DJ/resident producer AmpLive the two have put out five previous and critically acclaimed efforts since the beginning of the millennium. With their sixth effort, The Take Over the two west coast underground legends in the making...

Almost exactly two years to the day since RZA dropped the original Afro Samurai soundtrack I’m pleased to say that the east coast legend is still acclaimed and underappreciated. Of course most of the efforts that have transpired from the Wu during that time frame have been sorry to average at best; most notably that last group effort. With the...

Since your time is probably more valuable than mine is, I’ll start by letting you know that as soon as you pop this round shit cake into your CD player that you’ll be asking yourself; is it over yet. Over the past year I’ve heard some chatter about this character OJ Da Juiceman but I never really felt the...

Last year I didn’t review Soulja Boy’s mainstream debut because I didn’t really respect him as an artist. This year I’ve managed to gain enough respect for him due mainly in part to the fact that he’s actually managed to come out with a second album. I will be blunt in saying that I don’t give two shits about...

Fort Myers, Florida native Plies has quickly ascended to major hip-hop heights in such a short period of time. Plies’ 2007 debut The Real Testament easily scanned 500,000 plus sold as did his sophomore effort The Definition Of Real. If you haven’t noticed the pattern here Plies loves to keep it real and with his third disc in less than...

NO RAPPER LEFT BEHIND: KY MOVEMENT Volume: 11 With an array of genres and a melting pot of personalities Louisville is on the way to becoming a musical Mecca. Over the course of this past summer I’ve had the chance to watch Skyscraper Stereo perform three or four times; all on Bardstown Road. One thing...

  In my rather short existence on the face of earth EPMD has gone through more retirements and comebacks than the great Michael Jordan. The last time the duo called it quits; nearly a decade ago everyone thought they were indeed for real that time around. Of course time is always the determining factor in what happens as the...

After a decade and a half plus career Common has managed to see his status soar to space heights off the strength of his last two releases. Both Be and Finding Forever have been well received both commercially and critically. His latest effort Universal Mind Control finds him substituting his wining formula with the Neptune sound. The Virginia based producers end...

As one of the founding members of the Geto Boys Scarface has lived to enjoy one of the most respected careers in the rap game. From his very first album Mr. Scarface Is Back all the way to today no one has ever questioned Facemob’s skills on the mic. Labeled as one of the best...

For the majority of the last two decades Vallejo, California native E-40 has been a staple in bay area hip hop. Though he’s been doing it big since his 1993 debut The Mail Man he didn’t hit the cross over mainstream until 2006’s My Ghetto Report Card. Two years and some change later 40 Water...

Thanks to rappers like San Quinn the state of California has been on a somewhat steady rise over the past few years. Though it’s been nearly three years since Quinn dropped his last joint The Rock: Pressure Makes Diamonds he has a 15 year long catalogue of staples in the bay area. His latest collection...