Doc Zeus never had baked alaskan. Age is not a valued commodity in the dog-eat-dog world of professional rapping. Aside from the young pups clamoring to rip the necrotic, fleshy careers of the flabby and sick, age often robs rappers of that certain youthful couldn’t-give-a-fuck attitude that made us love our most esteemed veterans in […]

It’s unfortunate that Mark Ronson’s music arrives accompanied by all the onerous celebrity DJ/producer baggage, because occasionally the man’s musical talents are undeniable. Certainly his gifts lie squarely in the “ringleader with a good ear” category of Puff Daddy, than in the camp of legendary beatmakers. But from Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse, to his […]

The Wu-Massacre trio clearly squandered Def Jam’s art budget on the official album cover, leaving the promo mixtape graphics to the jurisdiction of a stoned intern from Fordham with a rudimentary handle of Photoshop.  Were one to judge a mixtape by its cover, this one would involve Ghostface’s unsavory relationships with gilded eagles, Rae feebly […]