News
Rage Against The Machine To Return?
It seems Rage Against The Machine have something up their sleeve. The band launched a countdown clock on a new website, prophetsofrage.com.…
Hip-Hop & Rap
Albums
AltWire Review: Aesop Rock – The Impossible Kid
Aesop Rock has built his career on his massive vocabulary, abstract wordplay, and a talent for taking the mundane and making it sound…
News
Chance The Rapper Debuts New Single Live
Chance The Rapper has been in a state of constant beast mode since the release of 2013’s Acid Rap mixtape. He has been chalking…
Albums
Album Review: Drake, VIEWS
International rap superstar Drake released his much anticipated fourth studio album on April 29th. Prior to it’s release very little was known…
Albums
Beyonce “Lemonade” Visual Album Review
*Please note that this review is based on both the visual and musical version. Beyonce released an album called Lemonade on April…
News
Blueprint talks Vigilante Genesis
If one line Blueprint ever spit on a record could serve as a mantra for his career path, it might be this…
News
New Collab from Blueprint and Aesop Rock!
On the morning of April 20th I woke up to an exciting e-mail! Once a year, at least one e-mail like it arrives.…
News
509 artist Space says, “Everything is going to be “Alright”
You guys have heard about my streak of finding “feel good” music right? No?! Well, I have a story to tell…like to…
Interviews
Philly-Bred: My Interview with Lou Anthony
When you listen to Lou Anthony’s music, you can hear “The Struggle”. Yes, The Struggle is a proper noun. The Struggle consists of people, places,…
Interviews
“Me AF” – My Interview with Kevin Flum
It’s refreshing when you meet a young person with the gonads to put everything on the line in order to reach his…
News
D. Ridley uses the Force to spit some BARS!
Apparently, Daisy Ridley now has another accolade to add to her resume. The bombshell actress is now a rapper. On the Target…
News
Skrillex + Rick Ross = Suicide Squad?
Skrillex dropped an atomic bomb on us over the weekend. The dubstep-remix king dropped an unreleased record featuring Rick Ross while performing at Atlantic City’s new WAV Nightclub.…
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Royce 5’9″ Trusts the Shooter
Royce 5’9″ (He will always be Royce da 5″9 to me!) is taking a short break from the supergroup Prhyme, which consists…
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The Mic Check – New Hip-Hop This Week: 03/20/16-3/27/16
1.)Come and See – PartyNextDoor ft. Drake Pretty much everybody is anticipating the new Drake album, but maybe we should all be…
Albums
Album Review: Domo Genesis – Genesis
Former Odd Future rapper Domo Genesis has finally broken out of his shell with his debut album “Genesis”. Genesis is a far…
News
The Mic Check – New Hip-Hop This Week: 03/13/16
1.)BUS RIDE – KAYTRANADA Infamous SoundCloud producer KAYTRANADA not only released a fantastic song this week, but also announced the release of…
News
The Mic Check – New Hip-Hop This Week: 03/06/16
AltWire Songs of the Week 3/6/16 1.Finish Line – Daye Jack Daye Jack returns with his fourth single since releasing his fantastic…
Albums
Album Review: Lil Yachty – Lil Boat
Lil Yachty seemingly dropped out of the sky. I, and most other people, had never heard of him until February 11th after…
