While many music critics say the look and sound of popular music has become almost standardized, up-and-coming music artist Wish has stepped out onto the scene to break those cookie cutter notions and ...

This week’s new music Friday also features Omarion, Cypress Hill, Kevin Gates, Ayra Starr and Terrace Martin. 21 hours ago Mixtape-spotter par excellence DJ Umb over at Generation Bass put us up on ...

Disc 1: Tape Intro; Afro-Caribbean Mix; ACM Remix 1; #BAMboula; Intro to Kimathi; Jazz is a Four-Letter Word; La Guajira; El Guajiro; ACM Remix 2; Madmwazel Ayiti; Kimathi (Main Theme); Disc 2:Jewel; ...

Hip-Hop music went through a genre-altering phase in the 2000’s when artists like 50 Cent and Cam’ron brought the mixtape to prominence. By 2004, rappers like Lil Wayne, T.I. and Young Jeezy would ...

Problem and IamSu! are two of the most promising up and comers in the world of California "function music" and were big parts of two of the biggest rap records of 2012 (E40's "Function" and ...

In 2011 New Orleans trumpeter Nicholas Payton set fire to social media with his outspoken views on the death of jazz, race and Black American music. The backdraft produced not only fiercely opposing ...

Problem and Iamsu! are two of the most promising acts coming out of California. Both appeared on big records like E-40’s “Function” and Loverance’s “Up.” On their collaborative effort, Million Dollar ...

At the end of the liner notes for his new album, Afro-Caribbean Mixtape, Nicholas Payton writes, "In Black culture, there is no beginning or ending, so feel free to let the tape run again, and again, ...