“Be Real. Be Righteous. Be Relevant.” This is the creed that David Augustine Jr. lives his life by. Professionally known as Dee-1, the New Orleans, Louisiana emcee spent some time as a teacher in Baton Rouge before deciding to pursue…
It’s been twenty years since Snoop Doggy Dogg’s debut album “Doggystyle” and he’s still as prevalent and relevant as he’s ever been. In the time since the Dogg made his first appearance on the “Deep Cover” soundtrack, he’s released twelve…
1988 was a very good year for the then-still blossoming music form of hip-hop. Many critics and historians have even gone as far as to refer to this time period as the Golden Age of Hip-Hop. The dubious title doesn’t…
Over at PopMatters, we put together a list of 2013’s best hip-hop. Yeezus isn’t #1. Feel free to check it out. My contributions are a blurb about Big K.R.I.T.‘s ‘King Remembered In Time’ which comes in at #8 and The Stuyvesants‘ ‘Refined’ which…
