This year marks the 20th anniversary of Nassir Jones’ classic Hip-Hop album Illmatic. Today, Nas drops Illmatic XX, the 20th anniversary edition of the ’94 debut of one of the most prolific rappers of our generation. Nas not only dropped a classic album, but changed hip hop as a whole with his gritty poetic street […]
[SXSW Interview] Bishop Nehru Embodies ‘The Twenty Year Loop’
Photography by Asia Ashley For the length of my career covering music, one theory has always stayed planted firmly in the back of my mind. Explained to me in one of my first interviews, with 9th Wonder in 2009, the ‘Twenty Year Loop’ has shaped much of the way I have consumed and understood music, […]