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Grit and growth have always been key themes in hip hop culture. Hip hop is much more than just music; it is a culture that celebrates overcoming adversity and achieving success through hard work and determination. This has been the case throughout the history of hip hop, from the early… Read more »

I think I’ve lost track of the number of projects Buffalo emcee Ché Noir has released in the past two years. Given the caliber of rapper she is, the volume of her output seems less focused on oversaturating the market and more on a chance to sharpen her pen game… Read more »

Good question. The inaccurately named DaBaby is full grown, and “HOW TF IS THIS A MIXTAPE?” is a full grown album. Okay… full grown by today’s standards. It’s 14 tracks and clocks in at 32 minutes. That’s far enough above the average for me to call it an album. Even… Read more »

The south has many regions that get their share of representation in hip-hop. But with the release of 2024’s “The Spirit Is Willing, But the Flesh Is Weak” by Jabee, this may be the first time I’ve heard of hip-hop coming from the state of Oklahoma. The Oklahoma City emcee… Read more »

Odds are better than not that if you’ve heard of 40 Glocc it’s because of his extensive record of legal problems dating as far back as 1996. Things have been remarkably quiet since he caught two hot ones at a funeral in 2017 though. He survived (thankfully) and released two… Read more »

If you don’t know Vincent E. Williams b/k/a DJ Spinna, I get it. Even his own Wikipedia bio (which currently has a note begging for “additional citations”) notes that he has “remained strictly an underground artist despite his astonishing talent.” Can’t argue with that. Even I forget to bring his… Read more »