A Business Based on Harmony (Entrpreneur.com)
Chris Lighty veered from the front line of the music business to become a marketing maven for musicians.
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20 years later, 'Straight Outta Compton' remains a hip-hop masterpiece (Contra Costa Times)
Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and the rest of N.W.A. stunned the world with its explosive soundtrack to urban street life
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How and Where to Blow Your Cash (East Bay Express)
And pick up some amazing finds in the process.
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My Album's Out: GZA (Vibe Magazine)
My Album's Out: GZA The Genius of the Wu-Tang Clan breaks down his new solo album, Pro Tools
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The Beatz Goes On (Forbes)
Records produced by Swizz Beatz have sold over 100 million copies. Now he wants to become an industry.
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Somalia native K'Naan gives new meaning to hard-core rap (Miami Herald)
Like a lot of things that we Americans complain about, Minnesota winters aren't so bad in the view of Somalian hip-hop star K'Naan.
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Somalia native K'Naan gives new meaning to hard-core rap (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Like a lot of things that we Americans complain about, Minnesota winters aren't so bad in the view of Somalian hip-hop star K'Naan. "I remember it being like 40-below or something crazy like that," the rapper and activist recalled of the nine months he spent in the Twin Cities a decade ago, a time he called "pretty monumental in shaping me." "But winter is really a breeze when you think ...
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Summertime means a flood of new local album releases. Here's a generous handful of them reviewed (Las Vegas CityLife)
The Black Jetts remind me of Phish: Their recordings are but teasers to the live show. Relax -- that's where the likenesses to the defunct jam band end. But if the comparison is true, the quartet's new album, Sever the Serpent's Head Before It Strikes, is already a letdown. Well, not really.
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Chris Lighty: Politics Unusual: Hip Hop's Hopes for Obama (HuffingtonPost)
We know that we in the world of hip hop music can be a liability, but we still expect Obama to act accordingly when he are empowered. He doesn't need to lower himself to speak to rappers.
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Kanye on Keyboards (The Gadsden Times)
How a master rapper-producer is remixing social media.
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