Posted on 08/26/2009
The Good Doctor can't help but notice that the rap game has changed: newcomers like Cudi and Drake are putting hits on the board and getting the Twitterers Twittering with melodic slightly-weirdo largely devoid of rap, cliche styles that can really only be described as Post-Kanye rap. This celery-flavored beverage/music enthusiast is not particularly mad at this trend. I grew up on N.W.A. and Above the Law, but also on KMD and Special Ed and (yeah,...

Posted on 08/21/2009
Slaughterhouse, hip-hop’s fearsome foursome, dropped their self-titled CD Slaughterhouse recently amidst burgeoning turmoil with several members of the vaunted Wu-tang Clan. This on-again, off-again problem has sustained momentum through one of hip-hop’s strongest concert series - Rock the Bells. During the tour’s stop in D.C., OKP’s Mel Blunt had a chance to rap with Joe Budden, Royce da 5’9”, Crooked I, and Joell Ortiz about their impending group and solo...

Posted on 07/30/2009
Raekwon the Chef, the one of the 6-speed manual shift flow that causes major fluctuations in audible viscosity; one of hip-hop nation’s Big 3 circa 1994 with the likes of Notorious B.I.G. and Nas; regarded as one of the Wu’s most polished swordsmen and credited as author of arguably the best Wu solo project—the purple tape, the instant classic Only Built for Cuban Links (OB4CL). His lyricism is impeccable, his...

Posted on 06/22/2009
I think it was Will Ferrell, or maybe Ben Stiller, who said, 'The way to a girl's heart is through the emergency room.' I probably have that confused, but it's totally true. Case and point, the rooftop rendezvous I had with Black Eyed Peas beatsmith, writer and Filipino ninja warrior, Poet Name Life. As monsoon winds blew through Chelsea one wintry spring night, it felt like everything would be swept...