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Nas rocks the bells

The rapper fronts the tour that erased lines between commercial and underground, white and black, alternative and trendy
Six months ago my teenage cousins told me they'd been listening to Big Pun. And Nas, and Ghostface, and every other artist who inspires regular road rage in male rap fans between the ages of 28 and 35.
By CHRIS FARAONE | September 09, 2011

Listen to Dem

Plus Sarah, Six Star, and Dox
Last call for 'BRU Rock Hunt finalists LAST ONE OUT at Ri Ra (401.272.1953) on THURSDAY (the 2nd).
By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | June 01, 2011

Kings of Queens

Why Mobb Deep are still the fittest
When it comes to legendary hip-hop duos, Southerners salute UGK and OutKast, whereas nostalgic heads anoint EPMD, and eclectic contrarians endorse Organized Konfusion.
By CHRIS FARAONE | June 26, 2010

25 Hip-Hop acts to see at SXSW 2010

The best boom-bap on tap in Austin
As usual, I've got you covered.
By CHRIS FARAONE | March 12, 2010

Ivory and ebony

Jake One and Freeway aren't hip-hop's first multi-racial tag team
Hip-hop will never be post-racial. Pigment plays a major role at every level, and that's not always a bad thing.
By CHRIS FARAONE | February 16, 2010

Clik tracks

Buckshot and Black Moon get live
Hide your naughty daughters and aspiring MC sons: Brooklyn’s Duck Down is that kingly retrofitted, incomparably propped hip-hop label that all of the boys and all of the girls are begging to fuck with.
By CHRIS FARAONE | April 13, 2009

Scenes 4 tweens

Troy, Gabriella, and the HSM2 crew put the music in them. Now our two quasi-theater critics are trying to get it out.
When I was a teenager, all I ever longed for was to live in a world where it was socially acceptable, nay, a social requirement , to frequently burst into song.
By SARA FAITH ALTERMAN AND CHRIS FARAONE | January 07, 2009

2008 Listravaganza Part 2

The lighter side of music in 2008
Everything you wanted to know about the year in music, in tidy lists of 10.
By BOSTON PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | January 05, 2009

Millenium thug

Rough, rugged, raw reality rap essentials from a redefining year
Forgive me for listing only New York classics here.
By CHRIS FARAONE | November 11, 2008

McCain in the membrane

The Maverick-iest candidate has hip-hop support from R.A. the Rugged Man
Four tracks into his Monday Monster Jam performance, Brooklyn rap czar Jay-Z stops the music and points to a freeze-frame image of George W. Bush on the titanic screen above the TD Banknorth Garden stage.
By CHRIS FARAONE | November 03, 2008

If you don’t have anything nice to say . . .

Five outrageous Immortal Technique moments
Five outrageous Immortal Technique moments
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

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

Prodigy

H.N.I.C. Pt 2 | AAC
By the time this goes to press, Prodigy will be roughly 10 books and 2000 push-ups deep into the three-and-change prison term he picked up last year for illegal gun possession.
By MARTÍN CABALLERO | April 22, 2008

Styles P

Super Gangster (Extraordinary Gentleman) | Koch
P at least belongs in rap’s upper echelon.
By LAUREN CARTER | February 19, 2008

Reconstruction project

JV Darapsinga gets a new lease on life
Twenty-five-year-old Javon Townes (a/k/a JV Darapsinga) shows up for interviews as if he were about to hit the stage — as if he were expecting someone to call with a gig any minute.
By MATTHEW M. BURKE | December 12, 2006

Big business

The majors gear up for a promising spring
Now that the music biz has licked its wounds from a nasty 2005, things are finally starting to heat up, and an indie-heavy winter is giving way to a more major spring.
By MATT ASHARE | March 10, 2006

Dynamic duo

Termanology and Ed Rock step toward the national spotlight
It’s a late Tuesday night in February, and Lansdowne Street looks like a ghost town.
By MATTHEW M. BURKE | March 07, 2006