When you look at the larger narrative around Portland Hip Hop, it usually boils down to an ongoing quest for respect. Who’s going to be the next to blow up?…

Proper Knocks spinoff group the Menticidalists released their first single, “Monster Knocks,” over the weekend. The group, which consists of Diction Uno, Elton Cray, and Flynnstone, get dark over this…

To commemorate his late father’s birthday, Rasheed Jamal dropped the latest video from SANKOFA, “Japanese Mammoth.” Laid back and lighthearted, the video could easily be a companion piece to “ZuZu’s…

With “Truth About The System,” Diction Uno enlists Serge Severe and HANiF (formerly Luck-One) to drop some knowledge about the realities and consequences of capitalism. Produced by J-Hoch, with cuts…

With the release of albums like D’Angelo’s “Black Messiah” and Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp a Butterfly,” 2015 has shown it still pays to make multi-layered, nerd-out-friendly projects. A little over…

Drae Slapz, one half of LunchTime Legends, is out with a new project, Late Nights: After Hours. The beatsmith showcases his acclaimed production and enlists Rasheed Jamal, Lang, and DookDaGenius,…

If you couldn’t get enough of Stoned & Dethroned, Nacho Picasso is back with 88 Ultra of Blue Sky Black Death and they recently dropped The Witchtape. Dark, spacey, and…

K.L.O calls himself a “Millennial Author” so it’s only fitting that his new, national reading initiative is #WHATAREYOUREADING? With this social media initiative, the Portland author hopes to build one…

The word of the day is ruthless. It’s not a word I can use to describe Baltimore protesters. It’s the word that comes to mind when I see things like…

Throughout the history of hip-hop, there have been many unsung heroes who were willing to play the background and focus on creating fresh, engaging media to get the word out.…