The Numbers Game: Lyfe Jennings, Fabolous, DJ Muggs, Ill Bill, KRS One, & True Master

Even though four new releases hit the charts this week, I only listened to two of them (Fab’s EP and KRS-One & True Master’s album). One new album I didn’t get to check out last week was Lyfe Jennings 4th album I Still Believe (Which landed #6 on the charts). This is also supposedly Jennings’ [...]

KRS-One & True Master – Meta-Historical [Review]

KRS-One returns with yet another collaboration album. Last year, he recorded Survival Skills with Boot Camp Clik emcee Buckshot. This time around he hooked up with Wu-Tang producer True Master who has produced some of Wu-Tang’s finest beats, such as, “Fish”, “Brooklyn Zoo”, “R.E.C. Room”, and more. He has been absent from the Hip-Hop scene [...]

Concert Review: Rock The Bells 2010

August 21, 2010 @ NOS Events Center, San Bernardino, California Photos by Arkitekt (Click photos for larger versions) I arrived at the NOS Events Center fifteen minutes before the doors opened at noon. Unfortunately, the venue’s security didn’t know what the hell they were doing. The entrance was backed up nearly four blocks and it [...]

BET Hip Hop Awards 2009: The Cyphers

By now, we all should know that the best part of the BET Hip Hop Awards is the cyphers. Last year’s crop of rappers involved were good but this year they got such talent as KRS-One, Mos Def, Joe Budden, Nicki Minaj, Wale, and Eminem. Cypher Part 1: Joe Budden, Nicki Minaj, Buckshot, Crown Royal, [...]

The Numbers Game: Jay-Z Still #1 + Kid Cudi, Drake, Lil’ Boosie Debut In Top 10

I guess we can stop bitching about the lack of Hip-Hop album releases (Well, at least for this week), because we have 7 Hip-Hop debuts on the charts this week. Yeah. I can’t even do any rambling in this intro. Let’s just get to the numbers…. I’m most happy for Kid Cudi this week as [...]

KRS-One & Buckshot – Survival Skills [Review]

Typically, when we think of Pro Black, prideful, conscious rap, KRS-One tends to triumphantly erupt from our souls as the poster child and is highly regarded as a top 5 emcee…probably more like top 3. It doesn’t take much effort or digging to get into a

Boogie Down Productions – By All Means Necessary [1988]

The Golden Age in Hip-Hop was essentially a Harlem Renaissance of the Hip-Hop community. Hip-Hop wasn’t even 20 years old when we it reached the mastery and embrace of the Golden Age. Creativity, expression, and various

Song of the Week: Old School Edition

CLASS IS IN SESSION! I know a lot of our readers know their history, but for the ones that don’t…I got a some gems for you right here! Normally, SOTW is just that..a song, but you know that King Jerm lives by his own set of rules. I gave you SIX. I know B-Easy will [...]