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,...
Posted on 05/04/2009 The times they have-a changed in Roots World. After ten albums and damn near twenty years of almost constant touring, the band has finally settled down into their nightly gig at 30 Rock with funny man Jimmy Fallon. But there’s one Root who beat the rest of them to the “Man, I’m tired of this shit”-punch: Mr. Leonard Hubbard aka Hub. It turns out though, for Hub, who admits that...
Posted on 04/29/2009 Geechi Suede of Camp Lo can back flip off of an eighteen-wheeler. Ok, could. He can still give you a front tuck, back tuck no hands, back handsprings, twist offs, you name it. It’s a stunning secret that very few people are aware of, but no one is more surprised than rhyme partner of almost fifteen years, Sonny Cheeba. “How old were you when you were doing all this?”...
