LIL BOOSIE - Da Beginning The title of this mixtape is misleading. Da Beginning, indeed, is in no way Lil Boosie's start as a rapper. By 2008, when it is released, Torrence Hatch already has a substantial discography, inclusive of solo albums, […]
JEAN GRAE & 9TH WONDER - Jeanius With time, the messy underground hip-hop scene that created so much expectation by the end of the 90's, coalesced into something better defined. While it was originally so diverse, so creative, and so original, though it […]
GUCCI MANE - The Movie The story of the hip-hop mixtape is, for a large part, related to Gucci Mane's career. The two converged with Chicken Talk, in 2006. Their relationship continued in 2007 with several other releases, No Pen, No Pencil […]
RICH BOY - Bigger than the Mayor Originating from the city of Mobile, Alabama, Rich Boy started making some noise in 2006 with "Throw Some D's", a single about his new Cadillac – a luxury car he had seemingly bought with dirty money. The […]
TRICIA ROSE - The Hip Hop Wars Assessing a musical genre on moral criteria is simplistic. It is narrow-minded. Most often, it means setting useless boundaries, spoiling one's pleasure and, at the end of the day, missing the point. It is legitimate, […]
