Tagged Hip Hop

After a few months hiatus, me and the rest of the team over here at TheHipHopDemocrat have decided to once again bring back our New Artist Spotlight.  After last time highlighting upcoming new Westcoast ar...

Last week, legendary Hip-Hop group, A Tribe Called Quest, surprised fans with the release of their first album in nearly 19 years, We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service.  Nearly a week later, the...

JamRoc artist Rapsody has been on a tear this week.  Releasing three new tracks, including last night’s highly-anticipated Ab-Soul collaboration, 2 AM.  So earlier this morning, the emcee put on her crown,...

Arguably one of the dopest lyricists and possibly even emcees of all-time, Joe Budden dropped last month, what could arguably be his best album to date with Rage & The Machine.  Earlier today Joey deci...

Chicago emcee Common released his latest album, the very uplifting and socially political, Black America Again, nearly a week and a half ago with features from everyone from Bilal to Marsha Ambrosius, John ...

Over the many years since Hip-Hop's inception, there have been many great emcee and producer duos, from the master of all emcee and producer/DJ duo's Eric B & Rakim to GangStarr, Mobb Deep, M.O.P., Pete Ro...

Run the Jewels recently announced they were going on tour, so you knew it was just a matter of time before they released new music.  Whether it was new music from their highly anticipated new album, RTJ3 o...

Fellow Chicago native, The Boy Illinois reflects on his memories, for his latest appropriately titled track, Memories.  As over the hypnotic horns and triumphant production of Cartier Jones, he raps about ...

Today marks the 2-year anniversary of the tragic shooting of a teenaged Laquan McDonald at the hands of a Chicago police officer on Chicago's Southside and to commerate the event fellow Southside Chicago ra...

You can never go wrong with Twista catering to the ladies over a smooth instrumental.  As it's always like musical heaven whenever he does and when you add fellow Chicago native Jeremih to the mix, the che...