The Coup, an Oakland based hip-hop group, have been releasing politically radical music since Kill My Landlord in 1993. I, however, had never heard anything from The Coup other than the rants and raves their music has caused from friends and critics alike. And after seeing their unique brand of fresh, smooth, jocular, and […]

Stylus Magazine has a good article discussing the unknown legends of hip-hop. It discusses many of the people who laid the groundwork for today’s rap and analyzes scenes development. It’s a good, quick read.

In the early 1990s New York hip-hop was at a creative peak. Sure, NWA had arrived from the west, laying the […]

Remember that name, because one day soon you’ll be able to tell your friends, “Oh I was listening to Kristin Diable before she was ever famous.” It’s going to happen. Seriously, and I’ll tell you why after the drop.

In 2003 the Baton Rouge native took part in what was to be a one semester exchange […]

The 80s marked a cataclysmic time for music. Big hair, big riffs, leather, pastels, and all sorts of other things you’d probably rather not think about. Despite its disasters, the decade produced some very enduring music (look at the current 80s night craze). One such example is Metallica’s Master of Puppets. released 20 years ago […]