Author Mark Harris

  Dag Savage is the combination of Exile on the beats and Johaz on the rhymes. I named Exile first because it seems as if he has mastered the “one producer/one emcee” format. With a classic (Below...

It is time for me to be honest: I had no idea that Beezy was taking producing seriously. Of course I understood/admired his access to all of the instrumentals that hip hop had to offer. I also thoroughly...

  Oddly, it has been five whole years since Algebra Blessett has released an album. For many artists, that could be close to career suicide in this ADHD infused musical landscape. However, this...

  I have been hearing Paranoid so much on the radio that it is sickening. Yet, I couldn’t get enough of its infectious chorus and foolhardy lyrics. Easily, Ty Dolla $ign had a hit on his hands....

If you are in the know, then you would understand that Evidence and The Alchemist has some of the best emcee-producer chemistry there is to have. Anything that they have worked on together has been...

 Jamla is 9th Wonder’s label. The biggest issue is that many keep thinking that 9th is the work horse and not the label owner/mastermind. Yet, with the success of Rapsody at the helm, people are realizing...

  When I first caught wind of the signing of Isaiah Rashad to TDE, I really didn’t know what to expect. I knew very little of the emcee to begin with. Also, I wondered how he would fit into a league...

Kenyon Dixon is a case of the background trying to come to the forefront. His career has been spent either playing as a background singer (Usher, Kimbra, Kelly Rowland, Faith Evans) or writing tracks (Tyrese,...

  Fabolous has actually had a worthwhile, and slightly underachieving, career. He has had albums that have moved plenty of units and singles that received plenty of radio rotation. However, he...

Phil Beaudreau is a man that came out of nowhere. At a certain point, in early 2013, he dropped his Dawaun Parker produced “Anyway”. Ever since then, he has released a string of singles to test the...

  B.O.B has seen what this industry has to offer. From the mixtape circuit to the major label backing and worldwide acclaim, Bobby Ray has made his mark in hip hop. Yet, he hasn’t become as big...

  To state the obvious, the internet has changed the world around us. It has changed how we access the news and media. It has also changed our ways and habits of communication. Even our...

  Representing Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mars Jackson has been doing his thing for the last couple of years. He first worked on developing his buzz when he released the lofty Loft Music in 2012....

    Sometimes, it is necessary for one to embark on the atypical and unusual. Within that journey, one should actually seek to see the worth in what they worked hard to not fully figure...

  What hasn’t already been said about Troy Ave that I can actually express? I’m not sure. We all know that he is helping to bring NY street music back to the prominence that many actually...

  December 6th, 2013 As I strolled into the venue extra early (before most people), I peeped the inside of the venue. Rose Bar is big enough to have a chill event like this. With enough space to fit a...

  There are albums that actually know how to stick to the theme/storyline given. When this happens, we usually are blessed with music that can actually either reach many or can be known as one of...

  Jhene Aiko has been by the sea for quite a while now. Sailing Souls, her premiere mixtape, made some noise for those seeking some good R&B in their lives. From there, it seemed as if nothing...

Danny Brown is probably hip hop’s most enigmatic emcee. While he is quite the “hood cat”, he wears a Mohawk reminiscent to 80’s rock. He spits about drug abuse and urban madness. Yet, he can turn...

  Robert Glasper Experiment has witness a slight “meteoric rise” in popularity. Things became different once he released the sonically profound and rewind worthy album Black Radio. After that,...

Pusha T has been hyping this new album up since he appeared on Kanye’s track “Runaway”. Then again, that was the true emergence of Pusha T the solo artist and not ½ of The Clipse. He threw a test...

  I don’t know what others have to say, but I am still getting used to the idea of all this “movement” between venues. When I first started frequenting the A3C, everything (and I mean...

  Regardless of how things may go, John Legend is always liable to have some good music. It all started with Get Lifted, his introduction into R&B solo music. After that, he came with the...

  The marriage between Stalley and MMG has been a tricky one at best. Many people have been happy that he has a “bigger platform” for his music. However, others were worried about him losing...

  Joey Bada$$ has hit the scene with an immediate smash (safe to say). With the super luminous “Survival Tactics”, he took himself to the upper echelon of underground’s “next to blow”....

  Mr. MFN Xquire is quite the irregular artist. As much as he can be esoteric, he can be equally as raunchy and hood. Being such a conflicted being can be costly. Right after being signed with...

  Last year could have been easily considered a great year for both El-P and Killer Mike alike. After the seminal release of R.A.P. Music and Cancer 4 Cure, nothing but endless acclaim and a great...

  Have you ever been in a situation where you knew you had to switch things up or go back to your previous approach to get things right? Well, Mac Miller sure knows about this. He gained notoriety...

On the underground, Statik Selektah is becoming more of a household name. Due to producing plenty of compilations and “one producer/one rhymer/group” offshoot projects, his name is ringing bells at the...

  Kanye is the habitual envelope pusher. No album that he has created sounds the same as the previous. One can go from College Dropout all the way down to “Dark Twisted Fantasy” album and see the...