Category Archives: Review

This past week, hip-hop made headlines, though sadly not for anything musical. The Drake/Chris Brown spat was the top story in tons of news outlets, with the associated feverish speculation — was it over Rihanna? If not, then what? We … Continue reading →

This week saw the release of Ice-T’s documentary Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap, an event that had lyric geeks everywhere drooling. We could have filled up this whole list just with contributions from the film, which includes amazing … Continue reading →

This past week was a great one for the freestyle. Common, long a master of the art, reeled off a five-minute-long live one in front of an Illinois audience, complete with breaks for picture posing, blunt passing, and book signing. … Continue reading →

This past week saw the explosion of a long-simmering beef between Pusha T (now backed by Kanye, Kid Cudi, and their G.O.O.D. Music affiliates) and Lil Wayne (riding with YMCMB’s Drake, Nicki, and co.), one that expanded into both their … Continue reading →

Hey everyone, we’re teaming up with Rap Genius and introducing a new weekly segment here at HMC called Lines of the Week. These are top five lines (decoded) from songs that dropped this week. This past week was a good one for politically … Continue reading →

Our good friend here at Hold My Coat, Gurrbles, put together a brief review of Eric Prydz’s new album, “Pryda,” that he would like to share with you all. Hit the jump for the review.