Hip-Hop
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JC Poppe Interview Wraps Up
We’re back with JC Poppe. If you missed Part 1 of the interview you can go back and read it now, download the whole show to listen to, or stream it with the player below. Chase: “We just played ‘Foundation of a Moment’ by JC Poppe. I really like that track. It speaks to some…
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JC Poppe Interview
Chase: “All right everybody, this is Chase March. Daddy J is on the boards, and we have JC Poppe on the telephone all the way from Milwaukee. You can download this interview for free, stream it with the player below, or continue reading. Welcome to DOPEfm.” JC Poppe: “What’s up? How you guys doing?” Chase:…
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Mala Reignz Interview Wraps Up
7 Chase: “All right, we are back with Mala Reignz. If you’ve missed any of the show so far, you can download it for free, read it from the very beginning on the blog, or stream it with the player at the bottom of this post. So, we just heard the track ‘I’m the Bomb,’…
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Mala Reignz – Scholar, Rapper, and Musician
This is Part 2 of the Mala Reignz interview I conducted for DOPEfm. Go back and read Part 1, download the podcast for free, stream it with the player below, or just pick it up here and keep reading. Thanks! Chase: “We’re back with Mala Reignz. We just played ‘Dum Da Dum (OMG).’ I so…
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Mala Reignz Interview
Chase: “All right everybody, this is Chase March. Daddy J is on the boards. And we are lucky enough to have Mala Reignz on the phone. You can download this show for free, stream it with the player below, or just continue reading. Thanks! Chase: “I first took notice of your music with OMG and…
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Recommended Reads – Black Noise
Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America is a great read about hip-hop culture. It is written by Tricia Rose, who is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Africana Studies at Brown University. In fact, any of the people who tried to argue with me that Rap Isn’t Music, should read this…
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Know Your History: Women of the 1970s
Welcome to this special edition of Know Your History. Tuesday March 8th marked the 100th celebration of International Women’s Day. It’s a global day where we can recognize and celebrate the achievements of women, past, present, and future, It started back in 1911 and here we are 2011, one hundred years later. That is why…
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Hip-Hop in Black and White
I was approached by to write an article for Word is Bond over a month ago. The staff over there thought I would be a good choice to write about race relations in hip-hop as a guest contributor. We thought it would be a good idea to contrast the large white audience hip-hop has to…
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300 Tapes
This crate of cassette tapes had been tucked away in the bottom of a storage closet for quite some time. This weekend, I decided to unearth these old gems. I have hundred of tapes here, many of which are hip-hop mix shows that I recorded straight from the radio. I decided that I wanted to…
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Junos Failed to Represent
When the nominations for tonight’s Juno Awards were announced way back in February, I was very excited to see how well hip-hop had been represented. I looked forward to a great show. Now that the closing credits have rolled, I feel the need to vent my frustrations. The Junos didn’t live up to their incredible potential.…