Posted on 08/08/2008
It’s very rare in this age of the public’s know-all, tell-all relationships with its celebrities to find someone that is unanimously liked. People might like what Oprah Winfrey represents, but they surely don’t all agree with her views or watch her show. Or any male star, be it a sports figure or businessman, gets credit for his community outreach or entrepreneurship, but is criticized for his womanizing. It’s hard to...

Posted on 08/04/2008
With their latest release, The Bridge EP, garnering the group more attention than ever before, and their recent addition as opening act for indie hip-hop legends Hieroglyphics, it looks like another one of our own is on the cusp of breaking into a new sphere of success. Tanya Morgan is on the grind, having come a long way since the trio first linked up through Okayplayer’s message boards. ...

Posted on 07/28/2008
If you ask any rapper to come out of Chicago in the last 15 years, they can tell you how much of a hustle it is to break out.  In a game where connections make success happen faster, the reality in Chicago is rather inverted. You can know all the top heads, producers, and visionaries in the game, and still be a nobody- or a second class citizen- if you...

Posted on 07/22/2008
Skillz is something of an anomaly in hip-hop – he’s managed to maintain a healthy music career over the better part of two decades, and yet in many respects, his new album The Million Dollar Backpack is akin to a release from an up-and-coming artist.