Conway The Machine has this weekend released the Deluxe Edition to his very well-received From King To A God originally a 14-track, 50-minute album on Griselda Records. The album went No. 1 on the US Heatseekers Albums charts upon release three months ago in mid-September in association with Drumwork and EMPIRE Distribution and now five […]
On this date in 1996, Gangstarr Foundation representative Jeru The Damaja of the Dirty Rotten Scoundrels dropped his sophomore LP Wrath Of The Math on the Payday/Polygram imprint. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Serving as a continuation from his debut album The Sun Rises In The East, Jeru’s second album contained more of the social […]
Legendary Brooklyn rapper Papoose is set to release his fourth and brand new 12-track album Endangered Species album tomorrow on Honorable Records / The Dispensary. The new album features the likes of French Montana, Conway the Machine of Griselda Records, frequent collaborator DJ Premier of Gang Starr, Nigel Hall plus additional production from New York’s […]
Blastmaster KRS 1 drops his first solo album 27 years ago today Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Sometimes the best way to things is to just do it yourself. This is the realization that KRS, the general of the Boogie Down Productions crew, came to when he dropped Return Of The Boom Bap. It was […]
Public Enemy will release their latest album What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down? this Friday, September 25. The legendary group’s first release for Def Jam Recordings in over two decades features a powerful lineup of guests including Nas, YG, Rapsody, DJ Premier, Black Thought, Questlove, Cypress Hill, Run-DMC, Ice-T, PMD, George Clinton, Daddy-O, Jahi, The Impossebulls, Mark Jenkins, S1Ws […]
GEAH!! Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information For two decades MC Eiht has been one of hip-hop’s most recognizable voices in hip-hop, and undisputedly one of Compton’s finest originators and emcees. After announcing his new album last week, Eiht returns with the visual for “Honcho” which features Conway The Machine & DJ Premier; the last time […]
For two decades MC Eiht has been one of hip-hop’s most recognizable voices in hip-hop, and undisputedly one of Compton’s finest originators and emcees. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information A straight menace, MC Eiht burst onto the scene with Compton’s Most Wanted Music To Driveby. Released just months after the LA Riots, Music To Driveby was a manifesto […]
One of the game’s most prolific artists would have turned 59 years old today, but The Source Magazine and the rest of the Hip Hop community will always remember the legacy of Gangstarr’s Guru. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Born Keith Elam in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1961, Guru founded the Gangstarr Foundation in 1987, but […]
On this day in Hip Hop history, famed rap duo Gang Starr released their first compilation album, Full Clip: Decade of Gang Starr. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Dropping a year after the duo’s most popular album Moment of Truth, this compilation album contained some of the group’s biggest singles stemming from their prolific 10 year career. […]
On this day in Hip-Hop history, prolific rap duo Gang Starr released their sixth and final studio album The Ownerz. Coming off of a five-year hiatus, the success of this project served as the perfect farewell to one of Hip Hop’s most acclaimed tandems. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Usually, an artist’s final album is a […]
Nothing beats a classic rap record, and few MCs were dropping them on the regular quite like legendary ’90s rap duo Gang Starr. The group, consisting of Guru holding things down on the mic and DJ Premier handling the head-bumping production, dropped six albums in their career before calling it quits in 2003. Visit streaming.thesource.com […]
31 years ago today, Boston native Keith Elam and Houston native Christopher Martin, better known as Guru and DJ Premier, came together to continue the legacy of Gangstarr and released the group’s first full studio album entitled No More Mr. Nice Guy. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Released by overseas label Chrysalis Records, Gangstarr and […]
On July 17, 1961, Keith Edward Elam was born into this world in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Sadly, 10 years ago today the late, great MC Guru lost his battle with melanoma, a form of cancer. April 19, 2010, was a tragic day for Hip Hop heads worldwide. We lost a true emcee and all-around great human […]
Hip-Hop heads have been lit on Instagram and Twitter when discussing the Verzuz producer battles but the one battle that even the creator of the event wants is Kanye West vs. Pharrell. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Ebro Darden of Hot 97 in New York jumped on Twitter to cast his ballot for Pharrell over […]
The culture anxiously anticipated this battle between two of the culture’s most dynamic Hip-Hop producers: RZA and DJ Premier. One responsible for interjecting blue notes and jazz samples into the ruggedly rough terrain of urban music. The other… for the xenomorphic presentation of emceeing with arguably the most influential group in rap music. Either way: […]
Verzuz is doing it again with another legendary producer battle. This time, Swizz Beats and Timbaland locked in RZA to go head to head with DJ Premier. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The battle will take place Saturday, April 11 on Instagram live. RZA is known for his production with the Wu-Tang Clan while DJ […]
On this day in Hip-Hop history, super producer and generational sound shaper DJ Premier was born in 1966. As a producer, DJ Premier has worked with Big L, Big Daddy Kane, Bun B, Common, D’Angelo, Dr. Dre, The Game, Joey Bada$$, KRS-One, Ludacris, Mos Def, Nas, Snoop Dogg, The Notorious B.I.G, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Immortal […]
On this date almost three decades ago, Chris Martin b.k.a the legendary DJ Premier and Keith Elam b.k.a the Guru (Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal) put together Gang Starr’s second and possibly most memorable album, Step Into The Arena. The duo was one of the first groups signed the newly formed Chysalis/EMI label after ditching Wild […]
While the world will have a chance to get a glimpse of the first Gangstarr album in almost two decades, the two producers who worked closest with Guru, the late founder of the famed chain and the star, have yet to settle on who will control the fate of the Gangstarr legacy. After the release […]
Meteoric Harlem rapper, model and actor Dave East, amassing millions of global views for his ongoing five-part Survival documentary film series, and soon to be opening his Survival Tour Part 1 across the U.S. and Europe, releases his long-awaited debut album Survival, today via Def Jam Recordings/Mass Appeal Records. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The […]
