Vinnie DeWayne’s “The St Johns Scholar” In Review
Before hearing any of the songs on The St. John’s Scholar, I saw the album art with the St. John’s Bridge and that made me happy. My relationship with Vinnie…
Before hearing any of the songs on The St. John’s Scholar, I saw the album art with the St. John’s Bridge and that made me happy. My relationship with Vinnie…
I’ve long referred to Grind Time battle rapper turned feature assassin Mic Phenom as my favorite rapper without an album. His 2011 mixtape and a plethora of monster features aside,…
Sacramento rapper C Plus aka Plus Money dropped a new album at the top of the month produced entirely hometown heavy-hitter Trox. The talented Team Back Pack rapper is known…
Coming up with Sandpeople and being immersed in Earth Fire Music’s instrumentals made by the likes of Smoke and Zebulon Dak for your first album, I imagine it didn’t take…
If an artists’ goal is to show society to itself, the pictures Nacho Picasso paints have definitely achieved this, and depending on who you ask, people either love it or…
On his previous release Hoop Dreams, Brookfield Duece positioned himself as an elder statesman in a young man’s game, an adult making complicated art in a world surrounded by immature…
From Calhoun & Fessenden, the North Portland native Mat Randol has long been one of Portland’s more curious hip-hop artisans. From blazing local features and helping to found the well-dispersed NB…
With the release of Casino Carpet, Myke Bogan’s future looks bright while he admits he’s right where he’s supposed to be. There aren’t too many rappers who I would like…
From the first skittering hi-hat, Portland artist Aminé suggests another world, a hip-hop landscape divergent from the one we actually live in. A world where dead prez were as influential as…
With Blak Friday, Silas Blak provides a suitable opportunity for evolution and growth, all the while staying true to what we know him for. In a climate where listeners obsess…