Tag: hip hop
Still levitating: Kendrick Lamar’s “untitled unmastered.”
When I was in the 10th grade I had an internally self-declared archnemesis. He was my classmate and, internally, I hated him. He hated...
The Unruly Mess I Must Digress
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ second official studio album “This Unruly Mess I’ve Made,” feels like 14 different lectures condensed into a 140-character Twitter update....
Gotta Catch ‘Em Brawl
Saturday, May 2 is most notably acknowledged as the day of Spring Splash and the too-anticipated “fight of the century” between Manny Pacquiao and...
Step Brothers put on performance that any hip-hop fan would love
Two hip-hop brothers performed last Wednesday here at UCR — and it was awesome. Evidence and Alchemist recently released a long overdue album together...
Reveling in the Splash: Spring Splash 2014
The timing of Spring Splash is impeccable. It hits campus right in the middle of midterm season, at a time of ends and new...
“Illmatic” takes listeners to Queens, 1994
Within a rough timespan of a year, beginning mid-1993 and ending mid-1994, hip-hop presented some of the greatest and most influential albums within the...
Chuck Inglish barely misses the mark on “Convertibles”
Hip-hop is far from dead. But if you prefer underground music because mainstream artists are tainting the genre, you may have heard of Chuck...
Charlie Inglish barely misses the mark on “Convertibles”
Hip-hop is far from dead. But if you prefer underground music because mainstream artists are tainting the genre, you may have heard of Chuck...
Spotlight on 909 Hip Hop Troupe
After watching the 909 Hip Hop Dance Troupe perform and practice, one word comes to mind: passion. It is this exact passion that shows...
Gary Clark Jr. “Blak And Blu” Review
Shining in authentic old-school blues fashion, guitar virtuoso Gary Clark Jr.’s major-label debut, “Blak and Blu,” brings true soul and pain back to an...