Big K.R.I.T.: Long Time Coming
Overnight celebrities are in style these days. Tomorrow's most about buzzed about artist could literally show up tomorrow thanks to numerous blogs, countless aggregates, and dare I say, the speed of information. Artists such as Freddie Gibbs and Yelawolf seem to come out of nowhere to attract major attention and major deals. Certainly Big K.R.I.T. can be categorized as another future star…
El Che Speaks On Interracial Dating
Rhymefest has been doing a lot of writing leading to the release of El Che. He guest blogs for DJBooth, Honey Mag, and I think a few more spots... Today I was sent over this piece Fest did with HoneyMag regarding interracial dating. Check out the piece below. Read more
Esso: The Anti-Socialite Mixtape
I had the chance to meet and work with Esso in Texas during our Closed Sessions in Austin (see the trailer here), and today Esso dropped a new mixtape with our friends over at DJBooth. Some super-duper features and such on this one, and you can check out the download link and the track list below. Read more
RH First Look: Das Racist
photo: Jackie Roman Das Racist can be a tough group to figure out, and as our attempt shows, an equally tough crew to interview. With songs such as "Combination Pizza Hut Taco Bell" and Rainbow In The Dark" and the ever always fun, "Chicken and Meat" you may think the duo of Victor and Himanshu are just fun, games, and jokes. And for the most part, you might be right. We set out to discover…
The Best of Chicago ’09
Lupe Fiasco once said, "Really love my city, and I hope that G-D bless it." And bless he did, uh, musically at least. While Chicago got dissed from the Olympic Committee, saw their parking meters jacked, and all around sports failures, at least the arts and culture scene put forth something to be proud of. To celebrate the year that was in music, fashion, and culture, we put together a survey…
Schwerve’s Magnum Opus: Top 1000 Songs and 100 Albums of The Decade (2007)
Disclaimer: Years are fairly arbitrary time periods. The only thing that makes a decade is the human conditions' odometer fetish. Unfortunately, like you, I'm human as well and fall prey to these tendencies. I can't claim to know everything, I'm just an educated observer; and here are my educated observations. They are not perfect and neither you nor I will completely agree with them in a…
David Banner: “Something Is Wrong” (prod. by 9th Wonder)
"They call it the trap, cause most hoods are just that..." I got this song over the weekend, and meant to post it earlier, but didn't get a proper chance. The second time around it hits the RH pages. David Banner has teamed up with 9th Wonder for a project called "Death of The Pop Star". It is aimed at creating music based off real issue, and judging from the title, won't contain much boasting…
The RH Re-Up 9.5.09
With the first week of school finally over, its time to take a deep breathe, sit back and relax, and kick off the weekend with this weeks’ Re-Up. This week at RH we’re bringing you everything from the latest fashion trends to the hottest music updates and several in-depth interviews with some on the biggest names in Hip Hop. Brought to you by one of our favorite fashion friends and just in time…