You’ve been hauling around that stale vanilla Christmas tree on the rearview mirror of your dropped El Camino since 1991, so the smell has long since turnt burnt. Maybe you changed it out to something more gangsta with the delightful bouquet of Hangin’ With the Homies first release last year (remember their awesome Dr. Dre & Eazy […]
12
Sep
In aromatic memoriam of a Houston hip-hop legend
22
Aug
Yeah we know it's corny, but why do we want some then?
Ha ha — do y’all remember when people used to lament the corporatization of hip-hop? Like, when it first started to go mainstream and everyone was up in arms because N.W.A. and Body Count were being banned from record stores (Google “Tower Records” kids), and Public Enemy had middle America experiencing Tea Party-like fainting spells […]
10
Aug
Photoshop + Tumblr + the glorious internet = Emceez Ansari
Today, like most days, we’re thankful for the internet and the wondrous ways of Photoshop as we’ve been gifted with a new face of hip hop: Emceez Ansari. The meme is taken from a Tumblr page, where actor/comedian Aziz Ansari’s face has been Photoshopped onto a handful of hip hop album covers. It’s amazing how […]
6
Jan
Cos when you're a DJ, sometimes it pays to look especially stupid
You know how Paris Hilton said her latest venture is to become a DJ? Now that nobody gives a shit about her anymore and she needs to find another profession where she pretends to do stuff while being paid for it, it’s no surprise the vapid famewhore chose DJing. Press “play” on a pre-recorded mix […]
18
Mar
You'll be missed Nathaniel Dwayne Hale
As most fans of hip hop know, we lost the greatest hip hop crooner of all time this week to heart failure. Nate Dogg’s gangsta lean vocals defined the 90s, especially if you lived anywhere on the West Coast — a day did not go by from 1993 onward where at some point you didn’t […]
20
Aug
Los Angeles glitch masters drop free mix for the weekend
Do you like your glitch? Do you like it with M.I.A., Paul Wall, La Roux and plenty of Nas thrown in? Then you should download The Glitch Mob’s latest mixtape, Drink the Sea Pt. II. Pick it HERE for free. As a bonus, they’re also giving away their Bad Wings vs. La Roux’s “In For […]
words by Aldo Davalos // photos by Ellei Johndro (Shadow Scene) On December 31st 1996, Los Angeles hosted one of the largest massive raves that the city had ever seen. Entitled Seventh Heaven, over 10,000 people from across the southland descended upon the Grand Olympic Auditorium to usher in the New Year. I remember this […]
So we’ve been receiving a bunch of free music lately and a lot of it is just too good to keep to ourselves. Besides, it’s Monday so we all need a couple good reasons to get our weeks rolling. Yes, this list is hip-hop heavy, but ever since watching The Wackness I’ve been hitting my […]
