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They Grow Up So Fastnew
Little Brother did the unthinkable with last year's The Minstrel Show, maintaining their initial crop of fans while providing young hooligans with an alternative to fantasy thuggery and oversized Fruit of the Looms.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
02-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Little Brother
Seattle Hip-Hop's Dark Appealnew
Weaving intricate and unbound tales of paranoid illusions, Onry, JFK and resident bassist Rob Castro plow into unmapped status quo antagonist territory.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
02-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Grayskul
Kings of Queens Ante Upnew
Flush conjures a golden era when it wasn’t enough just to say you could out-rhyme opponents -- you had to rep your hood and actually do it.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
01-06-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Holy Shit!new
When Disciple steps to the altar, church girls get giddy and dudes pump their fists.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
12-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Disciple
This Dust Buster Doesn't Sucknew
Cage has dropped the drugs and reinvented himself; and he doesn't care what those white-dudes-representing-black-stereotypes say.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
12-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cage
Gritty Girl MC Poised for Grime Timenew
Is this tiny English MC -- recently observed throwing up on stage -- geared to become hip-hop's first credible female rapper?
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
11-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sucka MCs and Happy Couples, Bewarenew
Slug is so cool that he helped light skin, love songs and the state of Minnesota get props in the rap community.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
10-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Atmosphere
A Neo-Soul Boom-Bap Jacko Without the Stinky Glovenew
Arguably the sickest lyricist in hip-hop, Lyrics Born takes it to the next level.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
10-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Later That Day, Lyrics Born
Ex-Arsonist MC Puts a Flame to the Fusenew
Q-Unique burns bright on his first solo album, trading in-your-face battle lyrics for more introspective rhymes.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
08-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Q-Unique, Vengeance Is Mine
Battle Rhymes Primed for the Big Timenew
Copy has “a way with words like alphabet soup on a triple beam.” His quiver is bloated with hedonistic darts for anyone who likes to unscramble wordplay.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
05-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Copywrite
The Man Behind the Self-Cleansing Filmnew
Meet the Utah-based head of CleanFlicks.com: the man who claims to have started the whole DVD-sanitization craze among various Values Belt boobs.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
05-19-2005 |
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