Detroit‘s Guilty Simpson is not only one of my favorite emcees, he is arguably one of contemporary hip-hop’s sadly unheralded and under-appreciated artists; in fact, 2013’s Highway Robbery, a collaborative effort featuring the production work of […]
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Live Concert Photography: Rabbi Darkside at The Blue Note 6/7/15
If you’ve been following over the past month or so, it has been an incredibly busy; in fact, I’d say that the past month has arguably been the busiest in JOVM‘s history, as I’ve covered […]
New Audio: The Incredible Madlib’s Latest Single “Trouble Will Find Me”
Simply put, Madlib may arguably be one hip-hop’s most inventive, wildly original and prolific artists and producers. Rappcats will be releasing his latest effort, Trouble Will Find Me, a limited release 12″ vinyl which will […]
New Audio: Madlib, Freddie Gibbs, Action Broson, Joey Bada$$, and Ransom Team Up on Some Dopeness on “Knicks (Remix)”
Soundcloud is an amazing place for a blogger. i’ve mentioned this on several occasions but while scanning tracks for consideration for JOVM, i’m good for multi-multi-tasking: listening to tracks while watching Yankees, Rangers, Giants, Nets […]
If you’ve been frequenting JOVM for some time, you may recall that I interviewed the Pittsburgh-born, Brooklyn-based producer maticulous, and as he told me in that interview the Steel City has a rather vibrant and burgeoning […]
Copious amounts of ink has been spilled over the last few years on how New York’s importance and influence and contemporary hip-hop has dwindled, and of how East Coast hip-hop has dwindled in importance. These […]
Early last month around here, you may have remembered coming across a post on the collaboration between Mega Ran, a Phoenix, AZ-based hip-hop crew and Storyville, a Philadelphia, PA-based emcee who both developed reputations through […]
Life has a remarkable way of throwing a variety of obstacles in front of you – some of those obstacles are the result larger forces and circumstances beyond our control; while others are the direct […]
As a native born Queens kid, I have a particularly interesting relationship with my home borough. I’ve joked that it’s mostly a hate/hate relationship but in reality it’s probably much more along the lines of […]
if you were born in the US or immigrated here, you were often told that America was a place of equality and justice for all; where all are created equal and born with certain inalienable […]
I’ve been lucky enough to have seen quite a number of incredible things live and among the things I’ll likely remember for the rest of my life is this: the incredible New Orleans-based brass band, […]
As many of you who follow JOVM know, I’m extremely active on Twitter and as a result, musicians and musician friends routinely hit me up with links to their new singles. Recently, a very dear […]
Hot Sauce Committee Part Two was the last Beastie Boys album to be released, and the album featured a collaboration of New York hip-hop legends – the beloved trio of MCA, Ad Rock and Mike D, […]
As I’ve mentioned countless times on this site, I receive an enormous amount of email on a daily and weekly basis, and naturally some emails fall down the unfortunate wormhole of my inbox. And as […]
“Searchin’” the latest single by Kyle Rapps and Hefna Gwap featuring Aaron Cohen was produced by Fudge and employs the use of a horn and keyboard sample from Roy Ayers track of the same name, […]