“All my life I been judged/ all my life I been put down,” raps Dizzy Wright on the opening lines of his successful single (one of the best independent singles of 2012), “Teamwork Makes The Dream Work,” from SmokeOut Conversations. Last year was certainly a turning point from being put down, but the judging still [...]

Huey Mack can say he’s joined the ranks of artists like Chris Webby, Hopsin, Macklemore and plenty others when it comes to building up a big fan base and then finally getting support from all the major blogs. Although, he’s not quite at that last part, Huey’s 2012 consisted of some big accomplishments that took [...]

“Cheese and chips is the ingredients for Nachos. Picasso, I paint a perfect picture,” Nacho Picasso says with a smile in an interview with Sermon’s Domain. Easily one of the most unique names coming out of Seattle, he stands out with his zany lyricism and consistent pop culture references that you wouldn’t expect him to [...]

A couple years ago, Snoop Dogg fans were first put on to Problem as he wrote and was featured on Malice In Wonderland. It was a great introduction that only did so much for his own career. Fast forward four years later, he came out swinging and taking full advantage of the growing Function movement [...]

We’ve seen the rise of artists like T-Pain and Future with their unique infectious sounds. Ty Dolla $ign has the potential to have the same exact impact on music. Channeling a 90s-like attitude with some of his subject matter mixed in with the ability to really write a good record, Ty’s year was very beneficial. [...]

Composed of Pittsburgh artists Franchise and Vinny Radio, The Come Up didn’t quite start out garnering a huge buzz. They dropped their In Good Hands EP in 2011, entirely produced by Big Jerm, that sort of combined what fans they both gathered from being solo while making some new ones. It was a small taste [...]

Riff Raff embodies the definition of music entertainment. While he’s not exactly the second coming of Nas or aiming to tear up clubs like E-40, Riff’s style is so unorthodox that it’s good. It’s zany but also has deeper meaning to it, most of which only Jody HighRoller can understand until he decodes. And nobody [...]

We’ve heard the phrase less is more and a lot of rappers don’t feel like that statement fits into their careers. An affiliate of Odd Future, Vince Staples does. Not only is the phrase true but he’s been keeping a low profile in the eyes of media and letting his music speak for himself. This [...]

Troy ave’s the name, allegedly he dealt cocaine. And eventually the Brooklyn native discovered he had a better talent for rapping instead of trying to be this generation’s Nino Brown. It’s his experiences and story-telling abilities through the music that make him stand out greater than most rappers who rap about the streets. The details [...]

Known for his production a little bit more than his rapping, Chase N. Cashe has been making all the right moves. This is without having to exhaust all his connections. One of the producers behind Lil Wayne’s “Drop The World,” Chase has been slowly rising in the game since. Whether it was producing on Drake’s [...]