Although a large portion of my writing tends to focus on electronic music, hip-hop and rap have always been my first love. I fell in love with the genre 20 years ago and it’s one of the few things that’s remained constant over the greater part of my life. One of the elements that always made rap so special is…
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Biggie
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Today marks 20 years since the release of The Notorious B.I.G.’s classic Life After Death. Released just two weeks after his untimely passing, Life After Death is a haunting portrait of one of the greatest MCs of all time. From the title to the many references of what Biggie felt would be his imminent death, it’s a chilling listen given his…
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Label us “Notorious”. It’s been 17 years since the death of Christopher Wallace or as the world knows him as, The Notorious B.I.G. (Biggie, Biggie Small, Frank White). No doubt Biggie was one of the illest and a major inspiration to a handful of rappers in the game right now. His flow was impeccable and his lyrics were always on…