Those beats on the first few Tribe albums were amongst the best beats in Hip Hop. Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders were both 5 mics in my opinion. He might not have been as good as Nas or Biggie but his lyrics got better with each album. Also, he was down with J Dilla who could have...

Why Spike Lee’s She Hate Me deserves a second look Dismissed by critics at the time, this sometimes ridiculous corporate satire from 2004 has lost none of its bite. How much do you think Michael Jordan would get for his sperm?” So begins the pointed political and satirical journey of Spike...

Really good article on pause tapes and how they were at one point a crucial element of Hip-Hop. I started making pause tapes (mixes not beat tapes), when I was in jr. high and I made them up til 9th grade then I moved and everything changed. Good memories...