DJ Carnage is a young producer who doesn’t care about old school rap values. He’ll make authentic gutter music for grill wearers and annoy them next week with poppy dubstep. Sneaking on the internet radar after producing Kreyashawn’s collaboration with... »
Jimmy Ness is telling you that trill ain’t dead. Bring the menacing shit. Razor blades in larynx, Bodega Bamz snarls all over “Told Ya” and treats apocalyptic Baltimore like a crack Disneyland. What Bamz lacks in technical street slang, he makes up for... »
Tyga feat. Kurupt & YG – Bitch Betta Have My Money from Terrell Johnson on Vimeo. Tyga is like some unholy swagtation of Mase and Ja Rule. In five years, he very well could be a punchline. Hell, Spaceghost made him a punchline last year. However, he wi... »
One of the first times in which Gibbs pays any mind to contemporary rap trends, while sounding at home over a minimal menacing West Coast riff a la DJ Mustard. As Gotty pointed out, with a clean edit, this could conceivably be a radio hit. Of course, t... »
We’re at that point where we might have to unanimously acknowledge that Kendrick Lamar is the best rapper alive. Feel free to a dissenting opinion. But when I talk to people who obsess over rap with the intensity of John or Steve Nash, the conversation... »
Guido continues to throw his hoodie in the arena for the award of best songwriter in bass music. That’s a rarely used word for instrumental tunes, but what makes Guy Middleton unique is how carefully he’s attuned to melody, odd filigrees of sound, and ... »
There’s something brewing with Portishead. After the release of Third in 2008, the Bristol-based trio lay relatively low, focusing more on family and pet projects than driving the wheels off the tour van. But over last summer Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons... »
Exile deserves every ounce of renown he receives. The LA native is an MPC maestro, a producer, a rapper, and now a Nas collaborator. But first he was Aleksander Manfredi, who started with a pre-fame Aloe Blacc in rap duo Emanon, recording several sing... »
Verse two, coming with that Heineken brew…. See Also: Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Albums (#50 – 26) See Also: Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Albums: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 25. Big K.R.I.T. – Return of 4Eva [Self-Released] Big K.R.I.T. rose to “next”... »
This list was inspired by the guiding light of Liberace, Billy Martin, Ali, and Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff. A Zip file will be arriving in the late morning, so check back here. See Also: The Top 50 Best Hip Hop Songs of 2011 (#50-26) 25. The Game ft. ... »
Previously: The 50 Greatest Producers of All-Time #50-31 30. The Alchemist Overlook the Beverly Hills roots for a second, no producer represents raw underground material better than Alan Maman. Stepping on the scene with Cypress Hill affiliates Soul As... »
See Also: The 50 Greatest Producers of All-Time #50-41 40. Battlecat At the risk of excluding forgotten pioneers, you can trace the local roots of LA hip hop production to five names: Dr. Dre, Joe Cooley, Egyptian Lover, Arabian Prince, and DJ Battleca... »
