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Today (February 15) marks 15 years since the passing of one hip-hop’s most gifted lyricists. That man was Harlem’s finest: Big L. In honour of his memory, we decided to take a look at 5 Big L songs that every hip-hop fan should know. Please bear in mind that this only a small sample of his astounding body of work.…

It’s hard to believe that it’s been five years since the release of Drake’s third official mixtape, So Far Gone. Originally released on February 13, 2009 the mixtape was the catalyst for Drake rise to superstardom. It also marked the first full project that the now famous duo: Drake and Noah “40” Shebib worked on together. Consequently So Far Gone…

“I swear this right here, history in the making, man…” Today marks the 10 year anniversary of producer-turned-rapper Kanye West’s debut album, The College Dropout. Easily one of the best projects in the past 10 years, The College Dropout set a new bar for new emerging and existing artists. As of recently, Kanye has been in the spotlight for his…

If you haven’t heard by now, Kendrick Lamar’s Good Kid M.A.A.D. City did not win the Grammy for Best Rap Album (sorry to disappoint you). The award instead went to mega popular Mackelmore and Ryan Lewis – The Heist. Originally I was going to write an article on why Kendrick should have won, but if you’ve thoroughly listened to his…

Early last spring unknown Twerk/Trap duo TWRK set the internet on fire, dropping 3 huge tracks out of nowhere within the span of week. They first posted their remix to Diplo & Lazerdisk Party Sex – Set It Off, followed by their bootleg of Koreless – MTI, and then released their own track Living Room (feat. Dan Gerous). The latter features a chopped…

Personally, I don’t dabble too much out of the Hip Hop/Rap realm but when Trap exploded onto the mainstream music scene it was extremely hard to ignore. Now, I’m constantly looking for fresh Trap music. A perfect combination of Hip Hop buzz lyrics, heavy bass, synths and snares that will slap you silly. There are a slew of producers out…

I stumbled onto Sydney, Australia’s Wave Racer at the end of last year and was instantly impressed. His music is upbeat, bouncy and has just the right amount of heavy bass. It’s so upbeat that it’s hard to listen to one of his tracks without a smile your face. The way he combines beautiful synths with distorted vocal samples and heavy…

With the explosion of trap music in 2012, it’s no surprise that its popularity continued to snowball through 2013. With so many producers jumping on the scene there was a ton of new material but also a bit of oversaturation. DJ Snake cut through the noise dropping some of the biggest and most original tracks in the genre. If you…