Artists
No longer is it a crime to mash a hip-hop acappella into a techno track. In this arena, A-Trak, aka Alain Macklovitch, leads the pack. The 27 year-old Montreal native rides the line between hip-hop and electronic beats in a refreshing… (Read More)
Eddie Hayes, better known by his stage name Aceyalone, is an American rapper. He is a founding member of the Freestyle Fellowship. Apart from his role in Freestyle Fellowship, Aceyalone is also a member of Haiku D’Etat (with Mikah 9 and… (Read More)
To describe Air Dubai as one thing, one sound, or one genre would be missing out on the other 100 things this band is. Whether soft and sweet like a love song or hard hitting and brash as a thunderstorm, Air… (Read More)
If there is a spare minute in Alex B’s life, it is spent in the studio working on music. Although he is classically trained on violin and an array of other instruments, he is best known as the outstanding bass player… (Read More)
Alex Peace is among a select few in the changing electronic dance music realm that is accepted as not only an artist, but as an entertainer. In addition to working as a DJ, producer, MC and radio personality, AP has been… (Read More)
Amp Live is building a rep as one of Cali’s most talented and diverse music producer/djs. After his dreamy soulful beats for the hip-hop group Zion I, he has been able to produce for major and independent artist such as Akon… (Read More)
Amp Live is building a rep as one of cali’s most talented and diverse music producer/djs. After his dreamy soulful beats for the hip hop group Zion I, he has been able to produce for major and independent artist such as… (Read More)
Formed as the musical brainchild of Curt Heiny and Justin Aubuchon (Telepath, MO Theory), Archnemesis creates its distinctive sound by combining original music with samples ranging from early 20’s blues and jazz to modern hip-hop and soul. With their first EP… (Read More)
One of the major success stories of 1992, Arrested Development are a progressive rap collective fusing soul, blues, hip-hop, and Sly & the Family Stone-influenced funk with political, socially conscious lyrics. The group was founded in the late ’80s by rapper… (Read More)
Imagine how many cigarettes, beers, tour dates, international flights, all-night drives, backstage shenanigans, countless hours in a van, low-budget hotel rooms, notebooks filled with lyrics and endless hours of recording sessions have been consumed, experienced and sustained by Atmosphere over the… (Read More)
In today’s super-crowded rap game, it’s not too hard to forget who paved the way for the “players” of today, but in order to really “keep it real,” the truth must be told. Before the rise of the Notorious B.I.G. and… (Read More)
=Big Gigantic, whose blend of mind-bending beats, thunderous bass, and frenetic melodies has developed a rabid following since forming in 2008, will take their sound to yet another dimension this October when they release ‘Nocturnal.’ The album, by Boulder, CO-based saxophonist/producer… (Read More)
Binary Star is back to change the game once again. The duo of emcees One Be Lo and Senim Silla possess a lethal chemistry greater than the sum of its parts. Trading verses effortlessly, the two can create magic on the… (Read More)
Bionik Brown is the ultimate DIY artist. Not many others have been able to tour nationally and internationally and move thousands of cd’s without major label push. Bionik is the artist, the CEO and the street team (all in one incredibly… (Read More)
Black Star arose from the underground movement of the late 1990s. They released one album “Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star” in 1998. The album rose to critical acclaim and is praised as one of the greatest hip-hop albums… (Read More)
Self-described “everyday brothers,” the Bay Area native Xavier Mosley (Chief Xcel) met the San Fernando Valley native Tim Parker (Gift of Gab) at John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento, California in 1987, and immediately struck up a friendship over hip-hop… (Read More)
Blockhead produced nine tracks on Aesop Rock’s critically acclaimed album Labor Days. Additionally he produced half the tracks on Aesop’s follow up EP, Daylight. He has also worked with other indie giants such as Slug of Atmosphere, Murs, Mike Ladd and… (Read More)
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony is an American hip hop group from the Glenville section of Cleveland, Ohio. They are best known for their fast-paced rapping style and harmonizing vocals. In 1997, the group was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance with… (Read More)
Raymond “Boots” Riley is founder of hip-hop activist group The Coup and is also an active political/social organizer and speaker. He has been known to work with speakoutnow.org amongst other groups. "I think that people should have democratic control over the… (Read More)
For a short period in the early 90’s the parallel worlds of hip-hop and skating went askew and converged. At the time both were still perceived by the mainstream as antisocial behaviors and temporary fads. Hip-hop was not “real music.” Skating… (Read More)
Chali 2na MC. Musician. Actor. Painter. Renaissance Man. Chali 2na has done it all. From his days growing up on the hardscrabble streets of Chicago’s south side, to his subsequent explosion onto Los Angeles’ burgeoning hip-hop scene, to his tenure as… (Read More)
Clyde Carson does not wait for opportunity; he creates it. The 25 year-old rapper-cum-entrepreneur is best known as the front man of The Team, a locally-successful rap group that lit up switchboards with their major radio hit in 2004 "It’s Gettin… (Read More)
Fresh back from rocking shows in NYC, Cobraconda is back in their home, the 303, and has the fresh taste of blood in their mouths. Members Spencer Foreman and Graham Nation have shed there inhibitions and are ready to bare it… (Read More)
Since meeting on MySpace, The Cool Kids (Chuck Inglish and Mikey Rocks) have brought hooky rhymes and club cramming beats by blending old-school sounds with new-school jams, creating the perfect soundtrack from skate sessions to dance parties. * Featured in Rolling… (Read More)
Coming to you from the historical streets of Detroit, Michigan, Critical Bill is the latest offering in a long legacy of musical Innovators from the Motor City. This five piece urban rock outfit features Powerdise on vocals (son of Motown legend… (Read More)
What happens when you combine trained musicians from the world-renowned Berklee School of Music in Boston, with an articulate emcee and breathtaking beat-wizard both born and raised in sunny, southern California? Crown City Rockers, that’s what – a genre-blending hip-hop sollective… (Read More)
New Orleans native, Shante Franklin, is also known as the acclaimed indie rapper Curren$y. Curren$y began his recording career as an artist on Master P’s No Limit Records. After developing a relationship with Lil’ Wayne, he later left No Limit Records… (Read More)
Born and raised in upstate NY, DVS* was educated in audio production at Middle Tennessee State University, and in guitar performance at the University of Colorado Boulder. In addition to playing various guitars, Derek doubles on the mandolin and electric bass… (Read More)
In the post-Motown landscape of Detroit, brothers rocking the mic are still being considered the voice of young America. Yet, instead of dreaming of blue skies and white picket fences, the unruly boys known as D12 create surreal universes of wild… (Read More)
Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip (Dan Stephens and David Meads respectively) is a collaboration between Dan le Sac and Scroobius Pip, both originally hailing from Stanford-le-Hope in Essex… (Read More)
