Hip-Hop’s transformation from an organic folk culture bred in the Bronx with roots in Afro-diasporic cultural practices into a commercially-successful zeitgeist of cool has put a lot of the artform’s core values at stake. After 30 years of popping, scratching, emceeing, tagging, Phat Farm, Def Jam, BET and The SourceContinue Reading
AN INCREDIBLE FIRST WEEK FOR AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST WITH… #6 ON BILLBOARD INDIE CHART #24 BILLBOARD RAP ALBUMS #48 BILLBOARD R&B/HIP HOP ALBUMS #69 ON BILLBOARD TOP 200 (10,781 SOLD) #1 SELLING ALBUM IN MINNEAPOLIS (2028 UNITS) #3 HIP HOP RELEASE ON ITUNES #63 TOP 100 ON ITUNES Brother Ali’sContinue Reading
Now that Sly has resurfaced to perform with comedian George Wallace in Vegas we would like to remind people of how nice Sly is! No related posts.Continue Reading
THIRD COAST fully explores the history of rap as it emerged out of the South through many crosscurrents. Sarig goes way back to the oral tradition of slaves in the South, field hollers, the blues and gospel, and connects the dots to early 20th century African American radio announcers whoContinue Reading