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EXCLUSIVES 1 2 3 4 There's Nothing like Some Good Ol Fashion Self-Promotion... And Self-Examination EXCLUSIVES / MAY 10, 2013 I’m not about to feign journalistic objectivity with this one. How can I when half the Cypher League writers we have critiquing hip hop—myself included—are also lyricists making it? But that doesn’t mean we don&rsq... The Underachievers Merk The Airliner (And Drop A New Track) EXCLUSIVES / APRIL 30, 2013 Last night my friends and I had the pleasure of catching Branchez and The Underachievers at another weekly installment of The Low End Theory in Los Angeles. After we all got in, we made our way to the pre-show party: the roof deck. The ... The Pillars (Part II) EXCLUSIVES / APRIL 30, 2013 In the first installment of The Pillars series, writer Clark Kent delineated on the 9 pillars of hip hop as set forth by Afrika Bambaataa & KRS-One and paired each one with the heads keeping hip hop's cultural foundations in tact. The serie... HD: Redefining Backpack Rap EXCLUSIVES / APRIL 28, 2013 At the beginning of the month, Cypher League hosted its first official event in Boston: The Cyphr at the Audio Jungle. Three of the four performers—Nick Garcia, Presidencee, and iamcounterculture—are Boston locals, however, HD... CRASHprez is Shattering the Myths of Pretentious America EXCLUSIVES / APRIL 26, 2013 Music is one of the most amazing creations in the whole God damned world. It doesn't matter what it sounds like, what it looks like, what it feels like or whatever you think it is, cause music can be literally whatever you want it to. Sur... BLQ MJK Will Free Your Mind With Kaballah And Clever Verses EXCLUSIVES / APRIL 19, 2013 BLQ MJK From left to right: Ollie Kaufmann, Qabala, Zion, and Ma$todon Recently, references to mysticism in underground hip hop have become somewhat commonplace; every day it seems a new rapper is espousing the benefits of psychedelics or making r... Go-Go, Graffiti, and Hardcore: Introspection into D.C.'s Right Brain EXCLUSIVES / APRIL 10, 2013 The Corcoran Gallery of Art just finished showing "Pump Me Up", which is "the first exhibition to explore the thriving underground of Washington, D.C., during the 1980s, giving visual form to the raucous energy of graffiti, Go-Go music, and a wo... Skinny Freestyle Tape: The Art Of The Freestyle EXCLUSIVES / APRIL 9, 2013 There ain't that much real freestyling in the rap game anymore. "Freestyling" as I understand it, is improvised free association poetry that has not been written before, and does not use any material from previous writtens. In order to be a true "Fr... 1 2 3 4 |
