[RH Interview] Rapsody

  Three years ago, while a junior in the Journalism school at the University of Iowa, I hooked my first artist interview for a small blog I had established for a class. The artist’s name was Rapsody, then a new signee to super-producer 9th Wonder’s then-new imprint, JAMLA. At the time, she was full submerged […]

[Album] JAMLA: “JAMLA Is The Squad”

Years ago, while in college and attempting to make an initial name for myself in the writing game, I somehow found myself interviewing 9th Wonder from my tiny apartment bedroom in Iowa City, Iowa. Since then, 9th and his team, JAMLA, his record label/hip-hop team that has made a distinct effort to bring soul and […]

[Video] Add-2 Interview with FUSE

Chicago’s Add-2 and recent JAMLA-signee Add-2 slid through the FUSE offices earlier this week to sit down and talk about the whirlwind of an end to 2013 he had. Add chats about signing with 9th Wonder and what it was like working with the legend himself while crafting his latest mixtape, Between Heaven & Hell, […]

[Video] Add-2 Toca Tuesday Freestyle

Chicago’s own Add-2 has been consistently adding to the great year he’s had already and the other day continued to do so, stopping by Shade45 to spit a freestyle on Toca Tuesdays. Riding over a beat set down by Tony Touch, the witty lyricist mashed together a healthy helping of rhyme scheme and wordplay to […]

Add-2: “Club Church”

Add-2 signing to 9th Wonder’s JAMLA imprint is easily one of the most exciting link ups I’ve seen recently. Ever the quintessential lyricist, the Chicago MC made a wonderful career move by getting together with the sample professor himself in 9th and will have full access to JAMLA’s talented stable of producers and artists such […]

Rapsody: “Mass Hysteria”

Rapsody’s verse on last night’s BET Cyphers was one of the most talked about freestyles. To keep the momentum going, the female emcee decided to unleash a new record entitled “Mass Hysteria”. The record was produced by her label-head, 9th Wonder and it holds a distinct smooth sound that features an Erykah Badu sample. Listen below […]

Add-2 Signs with JAMLA, 9th Wonder

Add-2 has been doing his thing on the underground circuit for awhile now and things are really starting to roll along for the Chicago MC. Along with announcing today that he has signed with 9th Wonder’s JAMLA label via a tweet from 9th himself, Add also dropped a new track with JAMLA artist Khrysis, titled […]