Nothing much to say about one who calls himself The Master. Rakim has been labeled by most likely everyone and their neighbor, as the dopest MC to ever play the game. That’s right kiddies… Not Jay… not Nas… not even Weezy (even if dumb ass Nicki Minaj did call him the greatest rapper alive). Rakim is the one all these rappers look up to and is still alive to prove it, Nicki. We all danced around and wrote on walls to all his classics Eric B and Rakim would release. Last... Read More →

Another history lesson is in session ladies and gentlemen, by none other than DJ Guilletine himself. Every now and again, Guilletine likes to keep you guys on your toes and bring you the tunes that actually inspired your favorite songs to be be born. The tunes that the someone listened to, learned and re-produced… Which then became one of your all time favorite songs. Now, I personally enjoy the sampling more than anything when we talk about making music. I like playing a little game called... Read More →

I saw MC Seven Star perform for the first (and definitely not last) time, back in ’04. He shared a stage with some homeys of mine, Soul What. After the performance, I needed to go up to this dude and buy his album. That album was My Mother and Father Were Astronauts. Thanks to that day and Seven Star, I grew such strong love for the local Hiphop scene. Till this day, I still own the actual album and I’ve purchased all his other albums since then. He’s worked with tons of really... Read More →

In 1996 I was 14 years old. This is when I started piecing together the fact that I could save the lunch money I got throughout the week, jump on some dirty ass public bus over the weekend, head to the nearest SPECS and buy a few CD’s. Two things happened at this time:  I started a collection of music that I would totally kill anyone over. (If anyone knows me personally, you know the amount of music I have.)  I started spending all my lunch money which led to this phenomenal physique that... Read More →