Read This First: An Introduction
Where does hip-hop music truly live and thrive? On which continents? In which languages? Since the music industry spotlight is still mainly aimed at the most shallow, narcissistic and destructive manifestations […]
Elevator 34: Akala
The hip-hop culture that formed in the 1970’s has splintered. There are arguments and counter-arguments about the sorry state of the culture and it’s future. One piece of evidence for […]
Elevator 33: Anton Serra
Here are four definitions of the term cipher or cypher: A code often created by an encryption algorithm A secret language A zero A circle made by a group of […]
Elevator 32: George the Poet
For the first time in a long time it’s cool to be poet in the UK. You have the license to speak a six-minute stream-of-consciousness verse and people will actually listen intently. […]
Elevator 31: Michael Stork
Michael Stork is arguably one of the most sophisticated, versatile and imaginative rappers to have ever grabbed a mic and he’s been my favourite rapper for years. I’ve been anticipating […]
Elevator 30: Emicida
Leandro Roque de Oliveira was born into a poor São Paulo family in the summer of 1985. He is now one of Brazil’s most popular rappers. Leandro aka Emicida is […]
Elevator 29: Andre 3000
Andre Benjamin aka Andre 3000 is hard to ignore. It’s very likely you’ve already heard this rap master as part of the hip hop duo Outkast, but is there more behind the […]
