Lauryn Hill: Hip-Hop’s Madame Of Trainwreck
Before we get into this Lauryn Hill piece, allow me to take time to bury the megamix once and for all. I loved “Racks” when it was simply that regional song you didn’t know the words to. There’s no possible way you’re going to get <a title="Listen & Download!" href="“>its bloated remix on the radio [...]
On Budden, Baxter & Bossip
Relationships breed a different type of journalism. Anything with a little pulp to it, a worldly figure cheating on his wife with multiple women, famed running back becomes high profile murder suspect, the Lakers walking along the streets of Downtown Dallas like they’d just experienced a Zombie Apocalypse will get attention from every angle, covered [...]
On The Death of Osama
Ten years ago, I was excused from going to afternoon class for the rest of the day at Missouri City Middle School. Before leaving the house that day I saw the early news reports that there was a fire at the World Trade Center. Thought nothing of it and moved on to school. Wasn’t until [...]
On Odd Future, Privacy & Earl Sweatshirt
They found Earl Sweatshirt, but was it right?
On Mister Cee & Homophobia In Hip-Hop
Mister Cee’s arrest sparks controversy and hashes a topic that hip-hop won’t ever move past from.
Is Diddy Telling Us The Future & Did SXSW Jump The Shark?
Photo courtesy of Marco Torres When Sean Combs lands anywhere, the spotlight immediately falls upon him and blacks out nearly everyone around him. That isn’t a metaphor for his Last Train to Paris album it’s more of actual fact. Diddy has become larger than his name changes and varying product shill. In the age where [...]
The Saturation of Mixtapes
In a week span, the internet rap community had deemed March the month of Mixtape Madness. Seemingly every waking moment a Twitter post went up when a rapper dropped a project, acclaimed, nudged to mild skepticism or panned. Most within the inner circles of blogs, rap pages and zines have pegged this sort of saturation [...]
The Do’s & Don’ts of South By Southwest
Next week, hundreds if not thousands will be flocking to the Texas state capital for a week long music festival called South by Southwest. I’m sure you heard of it seeing that one of your favorite publications is probably hosting a showcase down there this year. However, unlike some of those in the know – [...]
Lupe Fiasco Failed Us All On LASERS
Note: This appears in today’s edition of Refined Hype My, my, how did we get here? It took three years and numerous oddball moments from an artist for us to almost completely write him off and then in the early hours of the day – his album leaks. Us being the society with a penchant [...]
From Odd Future to Blu, How The West Was Reborn
This appears in today’s edition of Refined Hype. It’s nearing midnight or later on the East Coast. A rousing comedic performance by a comic and his two interview guests have set the stage for an impending performance from a band or solo artist or group. It’s become a late night television staple since the days [...]
