It’s kismet that hip-hop, one of the biggest genres in music, is experiencing a renaissance just over 50 years after its birth. If rap is known for anything, it’s pushing boundaries, and that’s exactly what we’re witnessing right now: a rap renaissance. While rap music is undergoing another transition, some might say it’s reinventing itself,...
Consider ourselves lucky because Andre 3000 decided to grant us a candid in-depth interview with GQ Style. Mr. Benjamin remains off-the-radar, but often pops up on a guest appearance here and there for our listening pleasure. In the latest GQ Style issue, the mystic rapper, who makes up one half of the rap duo Outkast,...
If you want to make your apology count, just write a hit song. That’s what Andre 3000 did. During a podcast interview for Rap Radar Erykah Badu revealed how she and her mother both felt about Outkast‘s song “Ms. Jackson.” The song, which became a smash in 2000 was meant to be an apology from...
Ms. Erykah Badu, Analog Girl in a Digital World, Low Down Loretta Brown, Fat Belly Bella, Sara Bellum, Medulla Oblongata, and any other nickname of hers known, returns with new music since her 2010 “New Amerykah, Pt. 2: Return of the Ankh.” Hopping on the wave of Drake’s successful tune “Hotline Bling” the singer dropped...