To most historians, the term “Black Tuesday” refers to the collapse of the stock market in October of 1929, which resulted in the Great Depression of the 1930′s. However, this past Tuesday, the term was used to describe the larger than life, double-headlining concert held by Columbus emcees Searius Add and Sinatra.

The Regiment :: A New Beginning Long Range Distribution Author: Steve ‘Flash’ Juon “The Regiment first caught our attention in 2007 when Jesal Padania took the time to review their debut album “The Come Up.” Jay Soul was impressed by the musical and lyrical direction of kids barely out of their teens who made up [...]

Brother Ali :: Us Rhymesayers Entertainment Author: Patrick Taylor “I first heard Brother Ali last year on “The Truth” off of Jake One’s “White Van Music.” I had heard of him, but only knew that he was a white albino Muslim. Then I heard him rap and I was sold. “Hungry pacing in a bus [...]

Del the Funky Homosapien & Tame One :: Parallel Uni-Verses Gold Dust Media/!K7 Author: Steve ‘Flash’ Juon “The year of hip-hop superteams continues. We’ve already had the all-star Slaughterhouse team, the New York dynamic duo of KRS-One & Buckshot, the Brooklyn to Boston duo of Masta Ace & Edo.G among others, and at long last [...]

Tash :: Control Freek Amalgam Digital Author: Steve ‘Flash’ Juon “Tash has tried to go the solo route once before on “Rap Life” with equally frustrating results, but you can’t keep a good rapper down. After all Tash was so determined and focused that he stayed in California when his parents divorced rather than moving [...]

Here’s the other half of my photos from the Ohio Hip Hop Awards ceremony for this year. Hopefully next time around I’ll be accepting the award for best photographer, but they need to create the category first. We’ll see, I guess.

Amidst all of the pomp and circumstance that makes up these award shows, there was a nasty undercurrent bubbling underneath it all, and whether not it was intentional or not, it came to the surface during the city roll call. Read the story.

“DJ Quik is in the muthafuckin’ house!”, was the proclamation made by a young rapper-slash-producer known to the government as David Blake. The proverbial house that Quik entered was one that was more or less built by acts such as Above The Law, Ice-T, and of course, NWA. Read the review of Quik Is The Name

Two years after dropping out of high school and releasing his critically acclaimed debut album, “Radio”, LL Cool J returned with 1987′s “Bigger And Deffer”.Many critics feel that this album pales in comparison to its predecessor, but it was still commercially successful thanks to albums singles. Read the review of Bigger And Deffer

I once read somewhere that green tea can aid in weight loss by increasing a person’s metabolic rate. I’m sure that Plug Label’s own Green Tea wants to accomplish the same feat with his full length debut release. It’s about an hour of 1980′s boogie influenced hip-hop, electronica, and disco music. Read the review of Places + Spaces