Category : Music

What De La Soul’s Big Mistake Cost Hip-Hop

In 1991, only one album into its career, De La Soul tried to pull off an unusually audacious move. The hip-hop trio’s 1989 debut, 3 Feet High and Rising, was a dense but accessible bricolage of dad-rock samples and flip-it-and-reverse-it nursery-rhy...

Students experiment with clean graffiti project

East Carolina University students merged artistic expression and environmental responsibility in a clean graffiti project at Jenkins Fine Arts Center. Instead of painting on the sidewalk, Dan Elliott’s students laid down stencils they created and t...

De La Soul’s Mistake and Hip-Hop’s Lost Opportunity

Has Banksy returned? New graffiti by mystery artist

A very bright orange fox has been painted onto the bottom of Caversham Bridge, on the corner by the Thames footpath. The mysterious artist has painted the animal, which is orange with pieces of white fur on it’s chest, over the weekend...

DJ Ironik and more bring hip-hop, R&B, and amapiano to Burnley

Rapper: Jail changed me!

Zain ‘Ziggyx4’ Allie has a new style of rap. FAST-RISING hip-hop sensation Ziggyx4 says jail has changed him. Growing up in the violent streets of Manenberg, Cape Town, the rapper, whose real nam...

John Breiner Explores Graffiti and Community in “Vanishing Playgrounds”

Local artist John Breiner gave a talk to Marist College students on Friday, Nov. 1, titled “Vanishing Playgrounds,” which focused on the thriving graffiti scene that once existed in Poughkeepsie, New York. Hosted by English professor Moira Fitzgibbo...

DJ Cash Money Aims To Put Philly Hip-Hop Pioneers Back In The Spotlight

Roughly 104 miles north of the Bronx—the New York City borough that birthed Hip-Hop—lies Philadelphia, home to DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, Bahamadia and The Roots. It’s also where DJ Cash Money honed his skills as a prolific turntabl...

Artist proud of Greenwood pupils who took responsibility for anti-social actions

After the incident, the students joined Tragic to work on a restorative youth work project, painting a mural at the centre. The artist said: “Thanks to the Irvine Locality Partnership and the Irvine Locality Team, I have been able to de...

The Source |Today In Hip-Hop History: Ice Cube Released His Third LP ‘The Predator’ 32 Years Ago

On this day in 1992, gangsta rapper turned actor/filmmaker Ice Cube released his most successful solo album The Predator. Released months after the 1992 Los Angeles riots, this album follows the same tone that existed in Ice Cube’s music from his so...

Graffiti artists now able to use ‘legal wall’ to express themselves

The Bath Road underpass has long been used by the town’s young people to paint tag images, slogans, and sometimes obscenities, on its walls. Now Wiltshire Council has given the go-ahead for a new pilot scheme to make it a new legal art wall i...

Vince Staples Trolls Predominantly White Crowd At Camp Flog Gnaw

Image Image Credit Robert Okine / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt Vince Staples Image Size landscape-medium Image Position center Vince Staples has never been afraid of controversy. In a clip of his performance, the popular emcee...

Wonder walls – Leader Camera Club’s ‘street art’ challenge

Inspired by the Wrexham mural trail, the group’s members set about finding street art. Wrexham already has some iconic work in place, and the new trail is set to impress further. This gallery features some unique graffiti and colour...

The Source |Today In Hip Hop History: Dr. Dre’s Sophomore Solo Album ‘The Chronic 2001’ Turns 25 Years Old!

On this day in 1999, legendary super-producer Dr. Dre put out Chronic 2001, his last album before a 16-year hiatus. Containing some of the most known tracks in rap, Chronic 2001 has been extremely successful over the years. As of July 2013, the albu...

SOUNDSCAPE: THE AGE OF HIP-HOP

It’s always awkward telling people what I do for a living. I’m a rapper. I also work as a professor of hip-hop. I work at the intersection of art-making and academic research. I write music as part of a greater effort to challenge antiquated ideas a...