June 2001 - HipHopHotSpot.Com
MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD CONCERT REVIEW
Back in the mid- to latter 1990s when Michael Franti had shed the angry-young-manliness of his Beatnigs and Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy periods, his politically charged, performance art mic-controlling of the more laidback Read More »
CunninLynguists – “So Live!” b/w “Thugged Out Since Cub Scouts” & “616 Rewind”
If I told you to peep this new Deacon shit, you would probaly think its some internet battle, but this is not the case. Deacon The Villian isn’t just some “internet emcee” and Read More »
Royce Da 5’9″ – “Boom” b/w “We Live”
Royce Da 5’9″ – “Boom” b/w “We Live” Royce is always referred to as Eminem’s “protege” on mainstream television like MTV and BET, especially since this 12″‘s A-side video, “Boom” has gotten a Read More »
Afu Ra – “Big Acts, Little Acts” b/w “DJ Premier RMX”
Afu Ra feat. GZA – “Big Acts, Little Acts” b/w “DJ Premier RMX” What’s so amazing, to me at least, is that I haven’t really stuck my ear to the speaker since I Read More »
Ras Kass – “Home Sweet Home” b/w “4 Much”
Ras Kass – “Home Sweet Home” b/w “4 Much” This is one of those 12’s with the serious difference between the A and B-sides. The styles on both are completely different. To put Read More »
Alley Life – That’s The Way We Roll
Thus far, Detroit is known for lyrical geniuses like Royce Da 5’9″ and Eminem, who are respected above- and underground. Alley Life shows his pride for the Motown in his first single off Read More »
D12 – “Purple Pills” b/w “That’s How”
I’m sure many are non-believers in Eminem since his unfortunate LP, The Marshall Mathers LP. I don’t blame you, I was, too. Eminem groupies, never fear–it is confirmed that Eminem CAN put down Read More »
CHICAGO CONCERT OF BOSTON, WEST COAST, MIDWESTERN ACTS
Despite lingering presumptions that Roxbury’s Edo G. was with Da Bulldogs and not the other way around, the Boston mic-controller incontrovertibly proved Friday at heavily billed concert at Bucktown’s Congress Theater that his Read More »
LOS MARIJUANO NAME-JACKING
Chicagoland’s premier chicano rap group Los Marijuanos has enjoyed a close relationship with its Los Angeles area contemporaries in the Cypress Hill camp for several years dating back to the late 1990s. Cypress Read More »
