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No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Old to the new?
This April, the infamous Mobb Deep are dropping their first proper album together since 2006’s controversial G-Unit release Blood Money, conveniently titled The Infamous Mobb Deep. Of course, all...
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No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Pologate – let us never forget
We’re through the looking glass, people. Thanks largely to the pioneering work of Internets Celebrity and Outfit Architecture evil genius Dallas Penn, who shared an already leaked Ralph Lauren...
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No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Why does Nick Cannon still exist?
You know it’s time to sit down once Killa Kam has taken the time to ether you on Instagram. Case in point – Nick Cannon. After he was pictured posing in a white trench and his wig piece dyed to look...
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No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Iggy Azalea’s The New Classic
So Iggy likes to remind us of her struggle as a sixteen-year-old outchea in Miami with no family, where she went chasing her dreams of being a 2 Live Crew back-up dancer or whatever her plan was....
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Interview: Pete Rock
Despite being one of hip-hop’s elder statesmen, with a phenomenal catalogue of classic records under his belt (as both an artist and a producer), 2014 marks only the second time that Pete Rock has...
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Interview: AG
Having grown up in Patterson projects in The Bronx during the ’70s, hip-hop was ingrained in AG’s DNA. After years of watching the local park jams from afar, he witnessed the effect that Rakim’s ‘My...
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No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Redman = Peter Pan
Do you know exactly how old Redman is? Apparently he’s the ripe old age of 44, yet he still seems to embody the lifestyle of an ageless party animal who will smoke all your weed, drink the last beer...
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No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Did we expect too much from hip-hop?
Every couple of months or so, an article appears bemoaning the lack of “conscious” hip-hop, or declaring that “Hip-Hop Failed Black America“. While Steve Stoute and VH-1 were quick to declare that...
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No Country for Old (Rap) Men: G-Unit is still a wash
Everyone is yapping about the return of G-Unit, who you may remember as being some of the more talented weed carriers of their day. Remember how great that No Mercy, No Fear mixtape was back in 2002?...
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No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Rap Game Scooby Droog
Sometimes you can hear a rapper’s influences seeping through every line. In the case of Nasty Nas, he was clearly a student of Kool G Rap and Tragedy Khadafi, yet he added on to their foundation and...
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No Country for Old (Rap) Men: The Worst of Cheque Cashed Rap
There have been some truly atrocious rap cameos on garbage R&B and rock songs over the years, many of which have made me question the CRC-approved status of the rapper dudes involved. With the...
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No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Cam’(W)ron(g)?
What’s really good, Cam’ron? After providing the outstanding music that was ‘Instagram (Catfish)’ and ‘My Life’ for 2013’s surprisingly enjoyable Ghetto Heaven, Vol. 1, which had me gassed-up enough...
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No Country for Old (Rap) Men: How Droog, Rast and two DJs from Nottingham...
It should be understood at this point that the term “bring New York back” has really just become a term to describe new rap that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Some examples of...
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No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Why Criminal Minded and Critical Beatdown are...
Every time I’ve been asked to list my favourite rap albums of all time, the top position is always a tussle between two clear favourites: Boogie Down Productions’ Criminal Minded and Ultramagnetic...
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No Country for (Old) Rap Men: The thin line between influence and biting
When does ‘influence’ become ‘imitation’ in rap? While there has always been a strong element of riding the wave of whatever sound is popular and the inevitability of adopting some of the the...
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No Country for Old (Rap) Men: A brief history of Porn Rap
Dirty Rapps [sic] have been an integral part of hip-hop since its humble beginnings. Big Bank Hank boasted about his “super sperm” on ‘Rapper’s Delight’, (albeit courtesy of the rhyme book he borrowed...
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No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Why is live rap such a let-down?
When I first caught the rap bug way back in 1987, it was primarily consumed through TDK tape dubs and the occasional record. Melbourne was only provided a limited trickle of tours from the reigning...
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No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Who are the most likeable characters in rap?
Recently I was congratulated for “hating on the most unhateable guy in rap,” after suggesting that rotund producer Statik Selektah had an affinity for Kenny G saxophone samples in his music. Clearly,...
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Interview: Angie Stone
Angie Stone has found success across the globe as a soul and R&B singer since she released her first solo album, Black Diamond, in 1999. Three Grammy nominations and five million album sales later,...
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The worst people associated with hip-hop
There are a number of annoying personalities in the wacky world of hip-hop. Some of them, such as Russell Simmons, his brother Reverend Run and The Root’s head honch ?uestlove are granted a pass from...
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