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Here we go, yo

Rock the Bells: Q-Tip reunites A Tribe Called Quest one last time
No Rock the Bells tour would be official without a godlike headliner at the helm.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | July 22, 2008

Edu Leedz blows out the candles
Boston hip-hop promoter Edu Leedz celebrated his 29th birthday in carnal mediæval-king fashion. The only thing missing was a three-pound turkey leg for Leedz to gnaw on.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | July 15, 2008

Future classic

Here, sit down and check out Moe Pope
No problem — your crib was on the way to the racetrack anyway. We’ll be able to meet Erik at the Hot Dog Safari in 20 minutes if the traffic holds up.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | July 01, 2008

Bigmouth strikes again

Immortal Technique goes on the offensive
The few college students who don’t watch The Daily Show get their news from Immortal Technique.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | June 24, 2008

Talk the talk

A local hip-hop critic puts his money where his mouth is
Music critics can’t win.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | June 17, 2008

Brick-a-brac

Hub-hop courtesy of Brick Records
Building with Bricks Volume 3, the double-disc anthology that drops this week, features a spread of classic material and glimpses into the future of Beantown’s reigning rap regime.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | June 11, 2008

Wu where?

Wu-Tang Wednesdays at Tommy Doyle’s
To be among 100-plus heads who rhyme along when the song asks “Remember when we licked the cream out of Suzy Qs?” induces straight-up euphoria.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | June 02, 2008

Qwel and Kip Killagain

The New Wine | Galapagos 4
Not only does he have that Midwestern Ewok look, but the Chicago rhyme icon Qwel is also the most linguistically developed cat in modern hip-hop.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | June 03, 2008

Braille

MC Braille at the Undergroundhiphop.Com Store, May 11, 2008
Only the blessed shall see him.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | May 27, 2008

All together now

A Boston Unity Fest sampler
Most Boston rappers who are talented enough to succeed beyond the Bean have been collaborating for a minute.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | May 20, 2008

The accidental gangsta

Elemental Zazen has been through some shit
Elemental Zazen wears Sauconies on stage and has “World Peace” tattoo’d on his forearm.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | May 21, 2008

Moe Pope + Headnodic

Megaphone | NatAural High/Koch
Megaphone is my favorite murder-free rap album since Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek’s Train of Thought.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | May 20, 2008

Calling for back-up

Slick Rick gets fly with a little help from his friends
Of all the tumult and talent swinging through town in 2006, I cherish most my memories of Audible Mainframe backing Slick Rick at Harpers Ferry.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | May 12, 2008

In with the in crowd

LA’s Time Machine lose the zeros
I knew a girl named Juliette who moved to Queens in her junior year of high school.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | April 28, 2008

Esoteric vs. Japan

Pterodactyl Takes Tokyo | Fly Casual
Anyone who considers Kanye West a genius for sampling generic Billboard toppers should be enamored of Esoteric’s second solo disc in two years.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | January 28, 2010