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Only few emcees have managed to preserve organic, old-school quality in a rapidly-commercialized and constantly-evolving music culture—one of these emcees is none other than Phantasm.

Popularized as one-half of underground Hip-hop duo “Cella Dwellas”, Phantasm entered the scene under the legendary Loud Records, which also rostered other iconic groups and artists, such as Wu-Tang, Xzibit, Big Pun, and M.O.P.

The duo released Realms n’ Reality in 1996, and then returned with The Last Shall Be Firstin 2000, under the simplified “Dwellas” identity. Along the span of his traversing in Hip-hop underground, Phantasm has without a doubt proven his identity as a “timeless” artist.

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French producer Wax Tailor has teamed up with Ghostface Killah for the new single, “Worldwide," from his fifth studio album, By Any Beats Necessary. The animated video finds the Wu Tang Clan emcee navigating the track like the seasoned vet he is over a laid back, soulful beat. 

“Without going too deep into poilitics, the album’s title reflects my determination to use all kinds of sounds and textures to get to something musical,” says JC Le Saout, the man behind Wax Tailor. “The word ‘Beat’ also draws a line towards the Beat Generation, Kerouac’s famous novel On The Road, and the quest for a better place.  And so, in this time when each of us needs a little escape, I conceptualized this album as the

It’s been a pretty tumultuous year considering rising threats such as gun violence, police brutality, and the ever-recurring struggle against social injustice. Sound familiar?

Indeed, these were the same issues that first kindled the Hip-hop movement in the 1970’s. Fast forward to the current day and age, we still come face to face with familiar difficulties—but just like in days past, the Hip-hop movement calls out to the masses, like a voice chiding against a fierce storm.

We often refer to them as musicians and artists, and we are rightly-so to think that, but we often neglect that they are also revolutionaries, modern-day Luther Kings and Riders’, voicing out against recent crises, such as Alton Sterling and the murder of Mar

OVO Sound’s young founder has shown a rather cryptic way of encrypting messages to the media. It appears that certain “Drake Billboards” are becoming a trend, often seen in LA streets and on the social media posts via curious passers.

The most recent, however, presents itself in a straightforward sentence. Fashioned against an all-red backdrop and branded with OVO’s symbolic owl, the sign reads “Let’s all get along like they do in Canada”.

Drake’s blunt billboard statement perhaps alludes to his initial reaction to the growing issues of violence and social injustice becoming more rampant across the nation. Just this summer, the young rapper posted on Instagram what appeared to be a direct response to the Alton Sterling

Professional angry man and singer/songwriter Chris Brown was freed yesterday, after putting up a quarter of a million dollars in bail and a fourteen hour standoff with police. Depending on who you ask, this is either the latest attempt by the media and police to villify Brown, or it's simply the next chapter of Chris Brown being Chris Brown.

Brown's latest run in with the law began a couple days ago, when police showed up at Brown's home to question him about allegedly assaulting a woman (again.) Brown refused to let the police in, and after a fourteen hour standoff, he finally relented after police obtained a search warrant. Brown was then arrested on suspicion of assault for a deadly weapon, and was released after posting bail.

Brown is accused of assua

September begins with the Bronx—and by that I mean, Bronx-born Latino rapper, the one and only, Don Cartagena, aka Fat Joe. And what better way to kick off the beginning of the ber-months, than listening to Cartagena’s self-entitled third album.

On this day, 18 years ago, Fat Joe released Don Cartagena, the third collection after his debuting Represent album, and the 1995 hit Jealous One’s Envy—both of which are also highly-recommended listen-to’s by the way.

Released under Terror Squad, Mystic, Big Beat, and Atlantic Records, Don Cartagena entered the Hip-hop scene with much gusto. The album debuted at #7 for the Billboard 200, and peaked on Top R&B