archives: Hip-Hop
Breakfast Mountain
Portland electro-hip-hop outfit Breakfast Mountain doesn’t take itself too seriously, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t serious about pumping out tasty jams. Like a lot of sample- and programming-heavy groups,...
Big Freedia
In case you aren't aware, "Diva" is the female version of a hustler, and Bounce-rapper Big Freedia is one Queen Diva. We've seen entire audiences - men, women and children...
Ghostpoet
The cover of Ghostpoet's 2011 full-length, Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam, features the image of singer-songwriter Obaro Ejimiwe blurred and set back behind a semi-opaque wall—appropriate imagery for an...
tUnE-yArDs
The first time I saw Merrill Garbus, aka tUnE-yArDs, was at a small venue in San Francisco about a year ago. I'd never heard the name before, and only attended...
K.Flay
In a genre that has seen far too few powerful women, K.Flay is set on changing the game. Wielding a deft flow on the mic and showing increasingly impressive...
Humble Dinosaur
DJ and producer Humble Dinosaur has been cutting his teeth in his local scene long enough. Possessing an edgy and innovative combination of Dubstep and Drum & Bass, it was...
