Journals
What happened in the room. Sessions, guests, and what went on the turntable.
Journal
Specially created and curated content to immerse you in #RetroHiphop and #VintageLagos Culture. Read, listen, watch and go down memory lane to relive the moments that made old school hip-hop culture and the great city of Lagos special.
Album Review: Eminem ‘Marshall Mathers LP’
My initial impression of Eminem is that of another white rapper, Vanilla Ice, who was quite a hit but faded away as quickly as his fame came. A…
Warren G Regulate… G Funk Era – by Timilehin Salu
‘Regulate… G Funk Era’ is the debut studio album by American rapper Warren Griffin III a.k.a. Warren G. It was released on June 7, 1994 by Violator Records and distributed by Rush Associated Labels. The…
Hip-Hop & Lagos
Hip-hop began in New York City in the 1970s, driven largely by African Americans, Latino Americans, and Caribbean Americans in the streets of the Bronx. The formalization as…
2024! 8 Lagos Underground Rappers to Watch
Lagos vibrant and diverse music scene has consistently produced some of Africa’s most influential artists. While mainstream acts continue to dominate the airwaves, the rap scene in Lagos…
2024! 12 Nigerian Rappers to Watch
Nigeria has long been a hotbed of musical talent, especially in the realm of hip- hop. As we enter 2024, the Nigerian rap scene continues to evolve, with…
Album Review: Vector’s “Teslim: A Lover Boy’s PTSD”
The title of the latest Album (and 6th studio album) by Lafiaji Lagos born & bred, Hip-Hop Legend, Vector (Olanrewaju Ogunmekan), has a refreshing shock and disturbing factor.…
Dr. Dre is the Best – Rap Joint Lagos
Andre Romelle Young known professionally as Dr. Dre is considered the most commercially successful hip hop personality of all time influencing both hip hop and mainstream culture throughout…
A short history of Hip-hop
Hip hop began in New York City in the 1970s. Found by African Americans, Latino Americans, and Carribean Americans in the streets of the Bronx, the formalization as…
DJ Disco Wiz
Luis Cedeño is an American DJ and is noted as being the first Latino DJ in Hip-Hop music. After being inspired at a Kool Herc jam by the emerging hip hop movement taking place in The…
Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent. he first achieved fame as part of SAMO, an informal graffiti duo who wrote enigmatic epigrams…
Lovebug Starski
Kevin Smith was an American MC, musician, and record producer. He began his career as a record boy in 1971 when hip-hop first appeared in the Bronx. He…
Grandmaster Flash
Joseph Saddler is an American hip hop recording artist and DJ and is considered to be one of the pioneers of hip hop DJing, cutting, scratching and mixing.…
Andre Harrell gave us the Real Black Culture
“My goal is to bring real black America — just as it is, not watered down — to people everywhere through music, through films, through everything we do,”…
DJ Kool Herc
Clive Campbell is a Jamaican native that moved to the Bronx and is widely credited as the originator of Hip Hop. In the early 1970s he hosted dance…
Afrika Bambaataa
Lance Taylor is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenced the development of hip-hop culture. He is one of the originators of breakbeat DJing and is…
Andre Harrell Joints
By Jean Petit Jean “My goal is to bring real black America — just as it is, not watered down — to people everywhere through music, through films,…
Majek is still fighting for our freedom
As Majek Fashek leaves us, his over three-decade long call for black people around the world to unite for progress, rings true now more than ever before: “Arise…