We’re still a month a month out from the start of 2017, and the incoming year is already shaping up to be a pretty solid one for fans of old-school East coast hip-hop. First we learned that not only will A Tribe Called Quest likely be embarking upon one last world tour, but their now-deceased founding member Phife…
Five years ago, Kanye West dropped what many consider to be the greatest album of his career, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. With its expansive production, built-in redemption story, and memorable flows, it was nearly guaranteed to be a critical success, but that wasn’t enough for West. Like any artist, he also…
The last 20 years of hip-hop history have been pretty dramatic. You’ve had assassinations, shifting alliances and constant battles for supremacy. Writer Lev Novak noticed this, and decided to re-imagine the world of rap as a pair of Shakespearean dramas, Watch The Throne and Watch The Sequel.
For the past few years, Wu-Tang Clan rapper Raekwon has leaned heavily on the classic gritty, cinematic sound and aesthetic that first made him a star back in the days when he was an unknown underground artist coming up out of the slums of Shaolin. It’s not like anyone has been complaining. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt.…
On November 9, 1993, a fully formed collective of outer-borough underground rappers calling themselves the Wu-Tang Clan released their debut record, Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). Loaded with an array of gritty beats, kung-fu film snippets, and masterful flows that alternate between over-the-top hilarious and…
This August marks the 20th anniversary of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…, and to mark to occasion, Raekwon intends to serve up a documentary about his album. According to Rolling Stone, the video will include interviews with industry professionals discussing the album’s legacy and presumably telling Raekwon how dope his…
With the 20th anniversary of Raekwon’s seminal album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx coming up this August, MTV is reporting that he and collaborator Ghostface Killah are releasing a documentary about the making of the album. Titled The Purple Tape Files (for Cuban Linx‘s purple cassette) the film features interviews with…
