Posted on 06/12/2009
Ivy Leaguers Maxwell Drummey and D.A. Wallach are not your average Harvard Grads.  Instead of heading to the investment banks, or law school, these two are currently making their mark on the pop music scene as Chester French with their freshman effort Love The Future, out now on Star Trak records.  OKP resident writer Sean Deezill worked out an email interview with the duo, figuring their Ivy education positioned them...

Posted on 05/26/2009
From cereal mascots to hidden talents, Donny Goines is a seemingly random commodity at first glance. New York bred, this up-and-comer is trying to leave his footprint in the concrete jungle of hip-hop. His methodology is one of organized chaos. After garnering a buzz with his first album, Minute After Midnight, Donny takes time out of his hectic schedule to show us that joy indeed comes in the morning with...

Posted on 05/22/2009
As a man of many means, Xzibit has evolved from underground MC to pop culture figurehead. This year he is working on his seventh full-length album, and is currently starring alongside actresses Alfre Woodard and Nicole Bahari in the heart-wrenching film American Violet. The true story follows a young woman who is wrongfully charged and taken to trial under the new drug laws, and chooses to fight.

Posted on 05/12/2009
Possessive Tanya Morgan fans would do well to savor these last moments that the hip-hop trio exists as their own ‘best kept secret.’ A brief sampling of their third release Brooklynati reveals a group that has entered the next phase of their career, making a worthy case for the Native Tongue comparisons that have been attributed to their brand of comfortably creative hip-hop by the likes of ?uestlove,...