Once a member of the St.Louis R&B group Soul Tyde Black Spade’s dissonant keyboard pieces from Worrell world, doleful belting and earnest rapping has pulsed since the ’90s. To Serve With Love is his first proper album hip-hop version 3.0 for a prominent triage of soul, R&B and funk that take sonic favor. Rapping in [...]
One of the most critically acclaimed West Coast emcees of all time, Ras Kass is renowned for his complex lyricism, sharp battle rhymes and witty punchlines. 1996′s debut “Soul On Ice” established Ras as one of the front-runners of the post West Coast gangsta rap movement pioneered by seminal acts such as N.W.A. and nationally [...]
NEW YORK, June 23, 2008 – With just days until its star-studded “VH1 Rock Honors” concert event saluting The Who, VH1 has announced the upcoming date for its next A-List tentpole event the “VH1 Hip Hop Honors.”