Known for their amazing live show the People Under The Stairs hit Colorado’s Boulder neighborhood with one thing in mind: bringing the sounds of their most recent release to their loyal fans. And to this end, they did not disappoint. Playful, back-and-forth rhymes, bolstered by high energy, live deejaying—Double K did dual duty behind the […]
Once again Rhymesayers delivers. This time it’s with the incredible duo Soul Position, comprised of rapper Blueprint and producer RJD2, who comes directly from their follow up to 2003’s 8 Million Stories. Although not as cohesive or dope as Blueprint’s acclaimed solo LP 1988, or even as groundbreaking as RJ’s Deadringer or its follow-up Since […]
Audition, the newest release from the artist P.O.S., is less concerned with lush instrumentation and pretty compositions than it is with the release of pure, raw emotion. Titles like “Half-cocked Concepts,” “Stand Up (Let’s Get Murdered),” “Bush League Psyche-Out Stuff,” “Safety in Speed (Heavy Metal),” and “Suicide Uma Schrantz”–as well as the track “P.O.S. is […]
“I look at music,” said Rhymesayers resident Muslim MC, Brother Ali. “Not just hip-hop, but music. I’m not competing with any of my contemporaries when I make music…I’m looking at Stevie Wonder as the standard; Otis Redding, that’s [the level] I’m aiming for.” Ali, a resident of Minneapolis, MN is the new breed of rapper, […]
Slug from Atmosphere has always been honest about what’s on his mind. He’s built a reputation on it; from his “god loves ugly” attitude to his female escapades and the pain they’ve caused. Through the years fans have seen Slug and Ant grow, from two guys trudging from city to city in a van to […]
I Self Devine is no stranger to struggle. From the streets of L.A. (Compton, Watts and South Central all played a part in his upbringing) most days it was a major challenge to simply survive, especially after his father left him and his mother on a Christmas day when Devine was only eight years old.
Rhymesayers is the new Def Jam. This isn’t to say that Def Jam is obsolete, or that those cats from Minnesota are on some copy-cat shit! Rather, it’s to say that if you’re looking for good rap music in this day and age, you know you’re going to get some quality joints if it’s got […]
Former frontman for Weightless and Soul Position cohort with RJD2, Blueprint goes solo with 1988—and I’m not quite sure… This starts out with some old-school beats and an onslaught of “one-two one-two keepin’ on” kinda stuff. Sounds like another attempt at a modern day classic, but I can’t tell that it’s intentional, except that he […]
Can Rhymesayers do no wrong?! Grayskul is the collaboration of old-new-school underground rappers Onry Ozzborn and JFK, palin’ it up with Rob Castro. Together, they form the dynamic trio Reason, Fiddle Back Recluse and Phantom Ghost El-Topo—a.k.a., Grayskul—and they are plotting your destruction.
Minneapolis bred Brother Ali, the Albino with the mostest, is the new crown prince of hip hop. While Slick Rick set the bar pretty high with his oft-imitated, but never duplicated, classic debut album The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick The Ruler, Ali rises to the challenge with his, under-rated, slept on debut, Shadows On […]
