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Watch Q-Tip Talk New Solo Album, Heritage, And Tease "Cruel Winter" Details

posted: October 22, 2012

I hope you all had a G.O.O.D. Cruel Summer. It’s time to head back to Cruel School, just in time for Cruel Fall. And it’ll be Cruel Winter before you know it. Q-Tip, one of the…
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Soundcheck: Meet British Beauty VV Brown

posted: December 27, 2011

You may not be familiar with this beautiful British import, but VV Brown is no newbie. Born Vanessa Brown in Northampton, England, the beautiful singer-songwriter-model-actress is already a star overseas.  Her debut album Travelling Like…
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Rapper's Delight: The Greatest Story Never Told

posted: March 26, 2011

Many people know Saigon primarily for his role on Entourage, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been busy. With seven mixtapes and four street albums, it’s surprising that he has yet to release a full…
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Jeremy Helligar's 10 Best Things About This Year in Pop

posted: December 20, 2010

The year seems to be ending as it began: with Susan Boyle practically interchangeable snoozaks ruling Billboard’s Top 200 album chart. Who would have guessed? Well, I did, but enough dwelling on the bad. Let’s…
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Putting Back the Boom-Bap in Rap: Q&A with Nottz

posted: November 9, 2010

Nottz wants to restore the boom-bap in rap.  He misses the kind of hard-hitting bass patterns that formed the undercarriage of so many of hip hop’s no-frills golden moments before Diddy added glamor to the street…
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