Drop On A Classic - Remembering "Bonita Applebum"
"Bonita, bonita, bonita…" With the utterance of an iconic, early 90?s hip-hop phrase, and reminiscent of one of hip- hop's most beloved groups, "Bonita Applebum" shines forth as a classic example of everything that we fell in love with in hip-hop and representative of the legendary group that is A Tribe Called Quest.  | 
| Album Reviews of Shad's Flying Colours and Latyrx's The Second Album
DJ AFOS takes a look at Canadian rapper Shad's fourth full-length LP, Flying Colours, released October 15. An album full of thoughtful verses, inventive sampling and memorable wordplay, the album passes our rigorous test--with flying colors, of course. It offers candid looks at relationships, success and failure and music and even questions of national identity. Also reviewed was Latyrx's just-released The Second Album, the duo's first LP together since 1997. Lateef the Truthspeaker and Lyrics Born offer adventurous production and dense, politically-charged lyrics.
 | | | | Top Weekly Articles |  | |  | | Oddisee--Tangible Dream | Marco Polo--G.U.R.U. feat. Talib Kweli and DJ Premier (Video) | Oddisee's new mix-tape is out as a single release, and it's one of the dopest mix-tapes of the year. Originally released in conjunction with The Beauty in All, this joint can be grabbed free of charge on Bandcamp. Oddisee explains the impetus for his project: "Tangible Dream is a mix-tape dedicated to the deconstruction of our traditional ideas of success and shedding light on the possibility of a sustainable rap life." It's a stellar listen.
| Canadian producer Marco Polo offers a scintillating tribute to Guru, the late Gang Starr rapper who succumbed to cancer in 2010. He recruits Brooklyn's hip-hop poet laureate, Talib Kweli, to speak to Guru's thoughtful worldview, his influence and his features his long-time partner-in-crime, DJ Premier. The song samples Guru liberally and the video is something of a highlight reel for one of hip-hop history's most important figures. | | | | | |
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