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Tez & Manny Mozart: Rebranding Philadelphia Hip Hop
ALBUMS / 6 DAYS AGO


Philadelphia duo Tez and Manny Mozart are far from loafing as they prepare to beset the hip hop world with tenacious bars and finely-wrought beats.  With the aid of their managers and advisors Maya van Peebles and Kendra Murphy, each move the Lu...

Lauryn Hill Strengthens her Stride after Years of Faltering Elegance
EDITORIALS / MAY 13, 2013


As a singer, poet, rapper and warrior for dissolving conflict, Lauryn Hill has been a powerful figure in my life since I first heard The Score in middle school.  The Score was the universally popular album by New Jersey's revoluti...

Sam Lachow is Defying Gravity on his Rise to Prominence
MUSIC / MAY 12, 2013


I've mentioned Lachow before when I talked about his Sam Lachow Presents series, a project that featured Seattle's up-and-coming talent killing some of Sam's own production.  If you still don't know his name then you have just found a reaso...

Not Just Another OFWGKTA Affiliate
MUSIC / MAY 11, 2013


With every new release, Casey Veggies seems to be making a statement: "I'm not just the kid who used to be in Odd Future."  The Lee Bannon-produced cut that he let go May 11th, "Money Don't Buy Time," is the type of song that you'd never imagine...

We Did It Like That and Now We Do It Like This: HD Drops New Video "Dont Stop"
VIDEOS / MAY 11, 2013


Yesterday, HD released the first single off his next project.  Produced by Soulman Beats, "Dont Stop" leads off with a sample of "Crooklyn Dodgers" before "that 94[th street] nigga from [19]94" goes in like he's Big Daddy Kane in 1988.   W...

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...

Panera Bread: Rick Ross, Corporate Mastermind, Shifts His Game With Rockie Fresh
MUSIC / MAY 10, 2013


Say what you want to about overweight rap mogul Rick Ross and his music, but there's no denying the man knows how to hustle. Ever since his 2006 debut Port Of Miami released, Ross has split the game down the middle, creating an av...

Folk Music Meets the Underground with The Uncluded
ALBUMS / MAY 9, 2013


On paper, Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson's collaborative album Hokey Fright under the group name "The Uncluded" is absurd.  Aesop Rock is one of underground hip hop's foremost figures, characterized by his brooding, blunt rhymes, while Kimya...


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