Story originally published on The 5th Element Magazine Spring/Summer 2014 Issue Do you remember Hip-Hop in 1994? Some key events may come to mind: Warren G heralded the G-Funk era previously established by Dr. Dre, with his West Coast anthem, “Regulate.” Southern hip-hop flourished with OutKast’s debut and the release of Scarface’s The Diary . […]
Read moreMello Music Group has long been a purveyor in preserving what little is left from hip-hop’s underground (read: indie) boom-bap scene. The group takes on the role as an independent label seriously, but perhaps what they hold to an even higher standard is the platform with which they have built for themselves and using the […]
Read moreLast week Odd Future MC and talented wordsmith, Earl Sweatshirt, dropped his debut LP, Doris. Though the skills were already evident with the young spitter for quite some time now, there were always questions of whether or not he could hold down a complete album by himself. I got my hands on a copy and […]
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