Editors' Review: Keeping with the theme for Q-Tip's election day album release "The Renaissance," remix extraordinaire J. Period teams up with the Abstract for an exclusive political freestyle over a classic Eric B. &... more »

Editors' Review: The classic hip-hop story--emcees getting all the buzz while producers go unsung--is at its extreme in the case of Queens' Large Pro. Though he's been a crucial boon to Tribe and Nas, you might not ev... more »

Editors' Review: It's too bad the term "seminal" has faded with overuse: it was made for work like this. The New York mixmaster was the influencer of influencers--the guy who raised sampling to new levels of eclectici... more »

From the artist: Philadelphia born DJ and producer working in conjunction with fellow artist to maintain the art of DJing and make relevant the point of making good music for the masses; young and old.

Editors' Review: As one of the greatest hip-hop acts ever, Gang Starr's success cannot be measured by record sales alone. Guru's monotone delivery perfectly complimented DJ Premier's often-imitated boom-bap production... more »

Editors' Review: If you can imagine an updated version of EPMD merging with Preast from Qualo and produced by Fat Joe, you've got some idea what A.G.'s about.

Editors' Review: Cool James' particular charm--a mix of boyishness and maturity, rap edge and R&B smoothness--hasn't waned a bit over the years, as his latest LP proves. The blend is especially heady on Lil' Mo collab... more »

Editors' Review: Eminem helped put Detroit on the national rap radar in the late '90s, but that spotlight missed some of the city's most compelling acts. As one half of Binary Star, One Be Lo (then OneManArmy) made sm... more »