Aminé – Calling Brio [Album Review]
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…
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…
Hi, my name is Brenda…I’m a current OMMP card holder, and I smoke weed. Lots of weed. All sorts of weed. So much in fact I want to give advice,…
Faces dropped a spacey new track today over a characteristically epic beat from Seattle’s MackNed and I like it! The THRAXXHOUSE crew stays at work so if you’re not familiar, you should…
“Killin’ n****s with shit I wrote in oh-ten / 45s holding you down like you’s in Gold’s Gym.” One of 3 Seattle rappers who’ve blessed #TheTHESIS, La is back with…
Mikey Vegaz has been active lately. His new video for One Ways might just be his best yet, combining sharp visuals and rap star bravado with an actual storyline that…
A late Friday drop from Chris Lee conjures the feel of his first big single, Addicted. The slow paced, melodic, catchy hook plays well over a synthy beat, and leaves room for anthem-friendly,…
(Main photo credit to @RapGrid) “You think Patty can play with me hell no/ he was handed his legacy, branded creatively, Canada’s reigning king, battle’s complacency, snatching the chain to…
Well on his way to being Portland’s second most famous ‘Sheed, Rasheed Jamal dropped his 2nd video from SANKOFA, this time for the trunky ZumZum’s & WamWam’s. Shot by Versace Van…
When Straight Outta Compton debuted this past weekend, there was concern nationwide about whether the film’s subject matter, coupled with a recent string of violence at U.S. movie theaters might…
When Cool Nutz dropped Top 10 last summer following the #FreshestInTheNW series, he insisted the timing was coincidental. 12 months later, the lists have wrapped up again, and Nutz is…