Several rap acts are up for this year’s PLUG Awards which recognize artists and music related media that don’t fit into the category of “mainstream.” The nominees for hip-hop album of the year includes the late J Dilla for two …

Stumbling into one of my favorite local music shops in Santa Monica, Hear Music on the Promenade, I became mesmerized by the track blasting from the surround sound. One of the salesman pointed to the …

Ten years later, this familial trio is back by popular demand. Breezly Brewin, Buddy Slim, and Queen Herawin, a.k.a. the Juggaknots, released Use Your Confusion in late October. And although it seems that they …

Most Americans are in the dark about the hip-hop scene, and maybe just the music scene period, in the United States’ great northern neighbor. Well, please, allow me to shine some light.

Rob the Viking, Madchild, …

Long Island duo, Darc Mind, have been the latest buzz. With the late-August release of Symptomatic of a Greater Ill, fans and critics are wondering what the hell took so long?!?!?!?!

Recorded between …

Planet Asia has been around since the beginning of time. Well, maybe not that long, but it sure seems like it. He is talented, has completed several projects, and worked with just about everyone in …