Homeboy Sandman – Conjugal Visit To The Prison Of The Mind (From Homeboy Sandman Is The Sandman EP; 2014/YouTube; 2021) This older Homeboy Sandman song…

Black Rob – Up North (This is What it Is) (From Game Tested, Streets Approved album; 2011) This month is starting to feel like a…

Nowadays my main Friday night ritual is watching BBC4’s re-runs of old Top Of The Pops episodes, and two hall of fame Pop-Rap classix were…

“Mosh pit, I’m ’bout to put a hole in ’em Better have on Calvin Kleins ’cause I’ma knock ya out your denims” CupcaKKe – Mosh Pit…

Major Weight Media – Natural (From Music Speaks Louder EP; 1997) Fave song on that recently reissued Major Weight Media EP. Some late 90’s earnest…

Talking about the Chili Peppers’ Give It Away and Metallica’s Enter Sandman in this post got me thinkin’ about other elite examples of songs I…

The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu – It’s Grim Up North (From single; 1991) Was 1991 as good a year for Other Genres™ as it…

P-Lo – Boomerang (From Boomerang single; 2020) Since my comments turned into a surprise P-Lo fanclub meeting the other day, here’s another of his recent…

Obligatory wrap-up post of those songs I’ve played most during the month when Necro’s brother from Non Phixion was lookin’ a bit rough. DJ Jazzy…

You, a square: upon initial contact with this trendy new drumless Rap album, I can deduce that it has redefined how Rappers use negative space…

Rippin’ up Showtime At The Apollo in 1989, it’s Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince performing Jeff Waz On The Beatbox. Alas, the Apollo crowd…

Transitional, pan-regional, transcendent, pandemonium… Best way to describe Rap in 1991 – all of the above or with this 50 song list below? A Wonderful…

Duke Deuce ft. Offset – Gangsta Party (From Duke Nukem album; 2021) WHAT DA FUUUUUUUUUUUUUK are Rappers thinkin’ by adding Migos guest verses to their…

First another member of The Fat Boys carks it, then some unreleased Money Boss Players songs come out, now KLC’s shelved The Drum Major album…

Something I learned today: Ed Lover & Doctor Dré had a 1990 Yo! MTV Raps spin-off called Da Show where Faith No More performed Epic…

Things done changed on the Rap Internet when I’m findin’ out about a new album of unreleased/rare Money Boss Players songs via Bobby Dee rather…