Consisting of 5-Star, O'Nill & Nivek, Dezert Eez formed at Western Michigan University, located in Kalamazoo, MI (the "Microbrew Capital") and after performing on the local circuit for a year, the trio began making waves in Detroit's underground scene. In early 2005, Dezert Eez released its first...… Read more

Blockhead’s Top 10 Hip-Hop Tracks By Kyle Eustice (and Tony Simon) New York City-based producer Tony Simon, better known as Blockhead, has to know music inside and out to even function in his chosen field. As the architect behind albums such as 2004’s Music By Cavelight, 2009’s The Music Scene a...… Read more

DJ EFN has just released "Revolutionary Ride Music" - the second single from his upcoming album - and he continues to honor his mixtape past as he rounds up Your Old Droog, Royce Da 5'9", O.C. and Reks to drop gems over a crazy Buckwild beat. DJ EFN’s Another Time will also feature INS Deck, Gui...… Read more

One of the best perks about being a music journalist is the moment you meet an artist you've admired for years and they are as cool and down-to-earth as you'd imagined them to be. Granted, it can go completely the other way and someone whose music you've always loved can turn out to be an arrogant b...… Read more

With the first release featuring O.C. selling out completely, the Australian label We Play Records is back with their second release featuring Connecticut's own Apathy. 'The 45 Killer' is a funky platform for Apathy (Demigodz/AOTP) to spit some of his braggadocios word play and he destroys the DJ...… Read more

The great Ray West, based in the Bronx, has just released the instrumentals for Ray's Cafe, the joint album he produced with O.C. - legendary lyricist from the D.I.T.C. crew. Ray's Cafe found itself on many year end, best of 2014 lists and should not be missed as it really is one of the best albu...… Read more