"the sweet balance of vinyl" by ssilence
Ether:
Open Letter To Def Jam by Shyne
Music Analysis & Reporting:
300 Slept-On Tracks From The Last Decade (Eric’s Picks 1-10) by Eric
300 Slept-On Tracks From The Last Decade (Trav’s Picks # 1-10) by Travis
300 Slept-On Tracks From The Last Decade (Eric’s Picks #11-20) by Eric
The Hip-Hop Heritage Society by Angus Batey
Where Are All The Hip-Hop Greatest Hits Collections? by Jacob Ganz
What Was That? An Exhibition? We Need Emotional Content. Now Try Again! © Bruce Lee by Dart Adams
How Eminem Won & Lost At The Same Time by Robbie
How Can U Mention Who's One The Best, Without Mentioning Lord Finesse? by Brandan E.
Shyne Wants Out Of Def Jam, "L.A. Reid Don't Care About Hip-Hop" by Cyrus Langhorne
If You Don’t Know Me By Now… Pea’s Gotta Have It by Von Pea
How Lupe got a release date by Byron Crawford
Sa'id's Mental Memoir: "When I'm Famous" by Amir Said
4 Reasons Why Fans Are File-Sharing Your Music (And Why They Can't Be Changed) by Kyle Bylin
T.I. didn’t really save anybody by Byron Crawford
New rap rule: Be better than Bieber by Blockhead
L.A. transplant Freddie Gibbs drops 'The Ghetto Remix' featuring Rek and Sean Price by Jeff Weiss
Souled On Samples: The Wonder Steady Edition by Scholar
2 Busy Saying Yeah - Ninety-Now: East Coast Indie Raps Pt. 1 by DJ Matthew Africa
Chain Snatching, Jerking Your Jewels by Amanda Bassa (check out her new website!)
Vado, Slime Flu and Celebrations by Jeff Weiss
50 Cent: The new Tyler Perry? by Byron Crawford
8 Rap Clichés to Avoid Like the Plague by Alex Delarge
Was The Firm Really A Flop? by Brandan E.
Curren$y - ”Michael Knight” by Jeff Weiss
BeatTips Editor's Re-Up: Time-Stretching Samples by Amir Said
Eminem: 10 Things '60 Minutes' Forgot To Ask by Chris Yuscavage
Converse To Musicians: Strike Up The Brand… by Dallas Penn
Rap mogul busted for living the 'high' life: feds by John Doyle & Doug Auer
Album Reviews:
What’s New In Dart’s iPod #23 AKA The Neverending Story by Dart Adams
Shad - T.S.O.L. (U.S. Version) by William E. Ketchum III
Flying Lotus - Pattern + Grid World by Nicholas Candiotto
Ski Beatz - 24 Hour Karate School by Ryan Monk
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Pt. II (Gold Edition) by Max
Von Pea - Pea's Gotta Have It by The Company Man
K-Rino - Annihilation of the Evil Machine by Mitchell Hanna
Lil Wayne - I Am Not a Human Being by Jeff Weiss
Belle and Sebastian - Write About Love by Benjamin Ewing
Belle and Sebastian - Write About Love by Douglas Wolk
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans by Luke Gibson
Cut Chemist - Sound of the Police by Nate Patrin
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz by Ryan Dombal
Mark Ronson - Record Collection by Stephen M. Deusner
Amiri - The Recipe by Ali Elabbady
Morrissey - Bona Drag [20th Anniversary Edition] by Scott Plagenhoef
Zola Jesus - Valusia EP by Zach Kelly
Profiles & Interviews:
AZ Remembers His Classic Debut, “Doe or Die,” 15 Years Later by Adam Fleischer
Tragedy Khadafi – The Unkut Interview, Part 2 by Robbie
Insane Clown Posse: And God created controversy by Jon Ronson
Question in the Form of An Answer: Elzhi by Aaron Matthews
Question in the Form of An Answer: Black Milk by Jonah Bromwich
Shyne: The Redemption by Paul W. Arnold
Underground Report: El Da Sensei & Q-Unique by Sean Ryon
We Just Inherently Do Things Differently: An Interview With The Niceguys by Zach Cole
The Far East Movement go platinum, discuss alternative pop and G6's by Jeff Weiss
Terry Kennedy, “Skateboarding Was a Hobby… Then I Got Shot.” by Amber McKynzie
Malcolm Gladwell's Elusive Roots by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Obituary:
Remembering Solomon Burke: The genius and effect of 'Cry to Me' by Randall Roberts
R.I.P. General Johnson by Jacob Ganz
Politics:
Policy at Its Worst by Bob Herbert
Open Letter To Def Jam by Shyne
Music Analysis & Reporting:
300 Slept-On Tracks From The Last Decade (Eric’s Picks 1-10) by Eric
300 Slept-On Tracks From The Last Decade (Trav’s Picks # 1-10) by Travis
300 Slept-On Tracks From The Last Decade (Eric’s Picks #11-20) by Eric
The Hip-Hop Heritage Society by Angus Batey
Where Are All The Hip-Hop Greatest Hits Collections? by Jacob Ganz
What Was That? An Exhibition? We Need Emotional Content. Now Try Again! © Bruce Lee by Dart Adams
How Eminem Won & Lost At The Same Time by Robbie
How Can U Mention Who's One The Best, Without Mentioning Lord Finesse? by Brandan E.
Shyne Wants Out Of Def Jam, "L.A. Reid Don't Care About Hip-Hop" by Cyrus Langhorne
If You Don’t Know Me By Now… Pea’s Gotta Have It by Von Pea
How Lupe got a release date by Byron Crawford
Sa'id's Mental Memoir: "When I'm Famous" by Amir Said
4 Reasons Why Fans Are File-Sharing Your Music (And Why They Can't Be Changed) by Kyle Bylin
T.I. didn’t really save anybody by Byron Crawford
New rap rule: Be better than Bieber by Blockhead
L.A. transplant Freddie Gibbs drops 'The Ghetto Remix' featuring Rek and Sean Price by Jeff Weiss
Souled On Samples: The Wonder Steady Edition by Scholar
2 Busy Saying Yeah - Ninety-Now: East Coast Indie Raps Pt. 1 by DJ Matthew Africa
Chain Snatching, Jerking Your Jewels by Amanda Bassa (check out her new website!)
Vado, Slime Flu and Celebrations by Jeff Weiss
50 Cent: The new Tyler Perry? by Byron Crawford
8 Rap Clichés to Avoid Like the Plague by Alex Delarge
Was The Firm Really A Flop? by Brandan E.
Curren$y - ”Michael Knight” by Jeff Weiss
BeatTips Editor's Re-Up: Time-Stretching Samples by Amir Said
Eminem: 10 Things '60 Minutes' Forgot To Ask by Chris Yuscavage
Converse To Musicians: Strike Up The Brand… by Dallas Penn
Rap mogul busted for living the 'high' life: feds by John Doyle & Doug Auer
Album Reviews:
What’s New In Dart’s iPod #23 AKA The Neverending Story by Dart Adams
Shad - T.S.O.L. (U.S. Version) by William E. Ketchum III
Flying Lotus - Pattern + Grid World by Nicholas Candiotto
Ski Beatz - 24 Hour Karate School by Ryan Monk
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Pt. II (Gold Edition) by Max
Von Pea - Pea's Gotta Have It by The Company Man
K-Rino - Annihilation of the Evil Machine by Mitchell Hanna
Lil Wayne - I Am Not a Human Being by Jeff Weiss
Belle and Sebastian - Write About Love by Benjamin Ewing
Belle and Sebastian - Write About Love by Douglas Wolk
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans by Luke Gibson
Cut Chemist - Sound of the Police by Nate Patrin
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz by Ryan Dombal
Mark Ronson - Record Collection by Stephen M. Deusner
Amiri - The Recipe by Ali Elabbady
Morrissey - Bona Drag [20th Anniversary Edition] by Scott Plagenhoef
Zola Jesus - Valusia EP by Zach Kelly
Profiles & Interviews:
AZ Remembers His Classic Debut, “Doe or Die,” 15 Years Later by Adam Fleischer
Tragedy Khadafi – The Unkut Interview, Part 2 by Robbie
Insane Clown Posse: And God created controversy by Jon Ronson
Question in the Form of An Answer: Elzhi by Aaron Matthews
Question in the Form of An Answer: Black Milk by Jonah Bromwich
Shyne: The Redemption by Paul W. Arnold
Underground Report: El Da Sensei & Q-Unique by Sean Ryon
We Just Inherently Do Things Differently: An Interview With The Niceguys by Zach Cole
The Far East Movement go platinum, discuss alternative pop and G6's by Jeff Weiss
Terry Kennedy, “Skateboarding Was a Hobby… Then I Got Shot.” by Amber McKynzie
Malcolm Gladwell's Elusive Roots by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Obituary:
Remembering Solomon Burke: The genius and effect of 'Cry to Me' by Randall Roberts
R.I.P. General Johnson by Jacob Ganz
Politics:
Policy at Its Worst by Bob Herbert
