First Look: Asher Roth
School's out for the summer. While some students will be returning next semester, others get ready to step into the working world. For emcee Asher Roth, that means linking with Steve Rifkind and SRC, hitting the booth with DJ Drama and Don Cannon, and putting together his debut LP. Admittedly, Roth found his niche as a college kid, so the transition to working emcee is a work in progress. There's…
Del The Funky Homosapien
I think that as music fans, it becomes easy to take our favorite artists for granted. We come to expect the creativity, and in some ways, fail to recognize the practice and long hours that are necessary for its production. We"re not fully able to realize that a 3 minute song may actually take 3 or more weeks to finish before it hits our ears. I also think it's often the most creative, most…
Jake One: White Van Music
Jake One's name may ring a bell to the purists of Hip Hoppers, the most hardcore gangster rap aficionados, and everyone else in between. And if you don't know his name, you most certainly know his music. During the past year alone, Jake One was prominently featured on underground classics by Evidence (The Weatherman LP), commercial bangers like Freeway's "Its Over", and the super gangster G-Unit…