Ralph Perez

Someone needs to run to the state of Minnesota, the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis and bottle what the fuck ever is running through thier water supply ASAP (no rocky)!!! If it isn't the Pappy's of indie rap grinding Atmosphere, or the X-...

The Pacific Northwest is full of gold in the form of artists far too slept on, creating some crazy ass music locals love, but nationally kids are ambien layered to the booms and baps. Fuck the blonde pomped noise made by certain groups, not that I dislike...

Here he is folks. Ecid. The Pizza/Yoga/Rap Based God, and Minnesota resident wizard of wondrous word play and wild imagery. I'm trying to say guys that my dude Ecid makes some really great music and loves to tell the under...

A long career isn't something promised in any of the fields of art, neither is being famous, especially when you are grinding on your own, putting out your own music, and hitting the road hard. I've been a fan of the Strange Famous Records...

From the first time I heard Lupe Fiasco on Ye's Touch The Sky I was interested to see what else he was coming with. Kick, Push made the old school skater in me happy, and long for the days of escaping my crazy ass parents...

You’ve probably heard his name spoken on early Def Jux records by the likes of Vast Aire, Aesop Rock, or El-P. You might have purchased one of the many albums off of his Uncommon Records has released over the last 10 years. If you’ve done...

He's been "sick of waiting..." for a long time. He's battle rapped his bearded, pancake ass into scribble jam folklore as Xaul Xan. He's got the sickest cat sweater game in the independent music scene, and the hairballs to prove it. Sage Francis...

Guys, I like weird ass hip hop sometimes. And I like to eat sugar sandwiches while cutting out death threats to Bokeem Woodbine while listening to said weird ass hip hop. While curating my most recent opus to said Dead Presidents actor, I ran through...

New York Telephone, ladies and gentleman, is the newest and honestly greatest album Uncommon Nasa has thrown at us since he tore his rotator cuff beating a cabbie for shitting on SONS OF ANARCHY. He loves that damn show, as much as...

If you’ve been a fan of Los Angeles underground at all over the last 15 years, chances are you’ve heard of Gajah, either as a part of Acid Reign along with beOND, or as an alumni of the infamous Project Blowed...