In less than four years The Game has seen his hip-hop celebrity status rise at an unparallel rate. Through that time he has managed to drop one of the greatest debuts of the millennium, survive a beef with 50Cent but dominate the conflict, as well as lose the support of the great Dr. Dre and...

Over the past two and a half decades Ice Cube has been nothing less than staple of what gangsta rap is supposed to be. Credited as one of the undisputable originators through his work as the lead lyricist for the Compton bred NWA gang of the mid and late 80’s Ice Cube has seemingly conquered...

After becoming the mot successful rap group to come out of the state of Kentucky with their first two nationally successful albums Watermelon, Chicken, and Gritz and Wooden Leather Nappy Roots all but disappeared from the scene for the better part of a half-decade. With those five years behind them, one less group member, and...

NO RAPPER LEFT BEHIND: KY MOVEMENT Volume: 6 This past January Louisville’s very own DJ Empty Beats or EB for short dropped i4i media’s first official mixtape. Now some six months later after some major thirst from the streets your prayers have been answered. Step In2 The Bad Side Volume 2 is finally available.  First...

NO RAPPER LEFT BEHIND: KY MOVEMENT Volume: 8 The past few months have been filled with a bunch of local music venue appearances for the i4i media organization as well as myself. Just about everywhere we’ve gone we’ve managed to run into this sort of annoying little rappin dude by the name of Bonanza. Don’t...

NO RAPPER LEFT BEHIND: KY MOVEMENT Volume: 7 If you’re anything like me, you’re probably more than tired of listening to local rappers you grew up with talking about all the gangsta shit that they’ve either done or are currently doing. Luckily for the sake of music somebody forgot to tell Lee Da Rhymin Master...

It seems as though David Banner has managed the quickest rise in the rap game over the course of his five years of popularity. His latest album The Greatest Story Ever Told though nearly three years removed from his previous effort promises to be filled with even more socially and equality conscious messages than his past...

It’s hard to believe that it’s 2008, there’s a partially black man running for President, and race tensions seem like they’re only getting worse. Last year when Nas announced his next CD would be titled Nigger he almost immediately caused a hailstorm of media contraversy. Under the pressure of media scrutiny Nas decided to change...

I must admit that before you read this review you should take into account that I feel like this album is the best rap album of the year, the most anticipated (by me) album of the year, and probably one of the dopest CDs I’ve heard within this weak ass decade. And by album of...

After making an initial splash with the legendary duo Outkast earlier in the decade Killer Mike was been relatively quiet outside of the release of his debut Killer. With his 2006 smash double disk set I Pledge Allegiance To The Grind Mike silenced all his critics who thought that he wasn’t worthy anymore b launching...

Before the likes of Twista, Eminem, and even Bone Thugs-N-Harmony repped for the mid-west a spitter by the name of Tech N9ne ruled the middle of the map. With exactly twenty years in the game Tech has made a solid case for himself but he has yet to come close to cracking the mainstream code...

Sometimes it seems like I’m the only person in the world who will admit that they were actually mesmerized by what No Limit Records did ten years ago. Then again maybe I’m the only person in the world who is actually replicating Master P’s genius cross promotional business model. Anyhow, though it may seem that...