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

Austrian producer Flip has just released the second video/single, "Without Warning," from his upcoming album Reflections which will be available worldwide 2-17-15. The album is being released via Ill Adrenaline Records and will be available on CD, vinyl, cassette and digitally. Please visit https...… Read more

Rhyming While Black is the latest offering from HBO Def Jam poet, emcee, college professor, and award-winning playwright Idris Goodwin. The album includes nine meditations, celebrations and frustrations in rhyme and features talent from Detroit, Minneapolis, Oakland, Colorado, Chicago, New York, and...… Read more

Canadian producer/DJ Factor Chandelier has been making a solid name for himself in the States since 2009 after teaming up with Fake Four, Inc. and Myka 9 of Freestyle Fellowship. As producer for Myka's sixth solo album 1969, the 32-year-old proved he could hang with the big dogs. In support of the a...… Read more