Dr. Dre | Compton | (Apple Music) For a decade and a half, the hip-hop world waited for Detox, Dr. Dres mythic and endlessly delayed full-length follow-up to his classics The Chronic and The Chronic 2001. Word was the record…
Adrian Jackson Class Act: Moor Mother Goddess, aka Camae Defstar, mixes art and activism. On a cold night in December, Moor Mother Goddess spat out a fiery sermon from the stage of the Vox Populi art space in Chinatown. Her…
Dexter Navy A review of A$AP Rocky’s new album A.L.L.A. (At Long Last Last A$AP) (RCA). On Jan. 18, Steven Rodgriguez better known as A$AP Yam$, one of this generations most influential hip-hop tastemakers and founder of A$AP Mob…
Stepping into the CRED Philly OnSite space at 325 South St., I am immediately struck by the busy, colorful and slightly scattershot look of the place, a mix of eclectic art, funky furniture and random paint splatter. All over the…
In the long and gloriously dysfunctional histories of punk rock and underground hip-hop, two general principles have always held true. Number One: If you gotta do something book a tour, release an album, break outta jail, etc. do…