Heroes in the City of Dope, the first collaboration between Oakland-based hip-hop artists the Grouch, of Living Legends fame, and DJ-emcee duo Zion I, is a collection of songs about the artists’ experiences growing up around drugs and violence in Oakland, Calif. Group DJ/producer Amplive, along with emcee Zion, delivers a performance that dares the […]
Jun
15
ZION I & GROUCH Heroes in the City of Dope
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Jun
15
GHOSTFACE KILLAH More Fish
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More Fish is founding Wu-Tang member Ghostface Killah’s second album of 2006. Fish comes on the heels of last March’s Fishscale, a critically acclaimed album that many in the industry consider one of the best rap albums of 2006. In April, the first Fish scaled as high as No. 4 in Billboard’s top 200. Listeners […]
Jun
15
The Visionaries Interview
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Contributed by Kevin Lu on 6/15/07
Los Angeles-based hip hop group The Visionaries are an independent sextet comprised of emcees 2Mex, Key Kool, Dannu, Lord Zen, LMNO and DJ Rhettmatic. Key Kool co-founded the Up Above record label which the group has been under since 1998. Visionaries has released 4 albums: Galleris in 1998 Jinx in […]
