The soul of New Orleans is in a trumpet and a low-ceilinged bar. Read More
Few celebrity endorsements have lingered like Bob Dylan's of Alicia Keys. "There's nothing about that girl I don't like," he told Rolling Stone in 2006 when asked why he had mentioned her in Thunder on the Mountain, the opening song of his Modern Times album. Read More
It was just necessary to sharpen our focus. Read More
J Dilla has only gotten more popular since his 2006 death, at age 32, from a rare blood disease. Read More
This week's Footage Fa Dayz features Chicago's pioneering Hip-Hop group Crucial Conflict from the South By Southwest music convention in 1996. Read More
When David Banner [ click to read ] released "Something is Wrong" [ click to listen ], he boldly ended the song promising to "save our kids." Read More
Blending Cypress Hill's weed philosophy with a self-styled hopalong hip-hop sound based on the Old West, Chicago's Crucial ... Read the full Crucial Conflict bio.