For those of you searching for some hope in the game, believing that hip hop is dead, look no further, Fashawn is the future. Fashawn, only 21 years old, has been noted by some of the greatest rappers of all time, including Talib Kweli, Black Thought and the Legendary Roots Crew, and Dialated Peoples, and he’s also been recognized as the biggest up and coming rapper of our time by XXL magazine and HipHopDX. Don’t be fooled by his age, he’s been ready for this for years and seems to have all the angles covered. His beats and his rhymes…

I am often scanning Myspace for new artists that catch my eye, sometimes hearing about them through friends, sometimes finding them on my own. DeskHop was playing in a friend’s car when I first heard him. Shocked and dismayed by the sounds blasting from her car, my immediate response was to ask, “Is this Girltalk?” She responded with an astounding, “No, this is Deskhop.”

I wasn’t too far off however, Deskhop sounds a lot like Girltalk, mixing together songs we’ve all heard and love and creating musical fusion in an innovative way. In my opinion, Deskhop’s genius is undeniable, and…

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Let me first start off this review by letting you all know that I am a huge Common fan, owning every line of verse that he has spit out, dating way back to his first album Can I Borrow a Dollar? in 1992. I’ve seen him in concert 4 times, 2 times he was in his hometown Chicago. I own every unreleased track, mixtape, live concert, collaboration, and remixed album by various producers featuring Common, and all eight of his released albums up to his most recent addition Universal Mind Control. Obviously, as soon as the opportunity arose, I jumped…

Devin the Dude is, in essence, the love child of Snoop Dogg, Tenacious D, Mickey Avalon and Andre 3000. In his fifth album to date, Devin the Dude truly outdoes himself. His previous success has really remained underground, having not been as popular in mainstream hip-hop due to his insane lyrics about alcohol, women, an absurd about of weed smoking- topics not exactly fit for the radio. Clearly, Devin the Dude is still up to his old games, and still smoking too much weed. I’d say the newest addition to his legacy, Landing Gear, is mediocre at most as far…

I’ve waited, 9 years, almost a decade, for the release of Q-Tip‘s new album The Renaissance. I can now say with full confidence that it was worth the wait. The Renaissance couldn’t be a more appropriate title. If there were ever a time when Hip-Hop needed a Renaissance, it would be now. With what’s been playing on the radio recently, we are in dyer need of a breakthrough artist, Q-Tip stepped up to the plate in a big way. It’s been a long time since we’ve heard anything from Q-Tip, but it’s clear that he hasn’t been wasting any time.…

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