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Hip Hop Habit: Kleos & Davy

posted: December 28, 2010

Kleos and Davy, the so-called the last great babies of the 80s, hope to make a mark on the hip hop game not by becoming the next Nas or Jay-Z, but by using their arrogance, intelligence…
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Hip Hop Habit: Mick Lawrence

posted: December 21, 2010

A transitional year in the world of hip hop, 1998 straddled the change from the gangster rap of the mid 90s to the epidemic of suburban white boy rappers  in the early ’00s. There were many notable…
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Hip Hop Habit: Spits Nelson

posted: December 14, 2010

Anyone that goes by the name Spits is bound to be a character, for better or worse.  For Spits Nelson, there’s no question it’s for the better. A moniker most likely derived from his abounding…
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Hip Hop Habit: T.I.M.E Moves Infinitely

posted: December 7, 2010

Instrumental hip hop”rappers rhyming over beats recorded by real instruments as opposed to synthesized ones”has always occupied a strange slot in the musical landscape. For some, the organic percussion and other natural sounds come across…
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Hip Hop Habit: IbnTheWeirdO

posted: November 30, 2010

Some people just aren’t born to be team players. That’s not to say they’re incapable of getting along well with others, it just means”at least in any artistic realm”that their ideas and the emotions behind…
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Hip Hop Habit: Slant Da Kid

posted: November 23, 2010

Considering the self-indulgent nature of the traditional pop star, it’s refreshing to come across a musician who’s honest about the good and the bad that makes him who he is. Enter Slant Da Kid. Originally…
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