Skillz (Rapper)

Q&A: 4th Pyramid On Touring With Too $hort And Wu-Tang, Hooking Up With Cosmo Baker, And The Makings Of A Good Hypeman

Back in February, Adam Farag sat at the bar of scuzzy East Village drink spot The Library with an envelope stuffed with $500 in singles. It was early afternoon and he was alternating pints of beer with whiskey shots while telling stories about touring with the Wu-Tang Clan, recording in El-P's basem ... More >>

The Top Ten "Otis" Freestyles

​ In the run-up to yesterday's release of Watch The Throne, the project's first official single, the Otis Redding-sampling "Otis," was re-done and freestyled over by many a rapper. So to tide you over until the physical version of Watch The Throne (packaged with a bonus CD-ROM containing a vec ... More >>

RISING UP

Wale’s about to hit the big time

Status Ain't Hood Podcasts 25 & 26

Diddy's Little Helpers

Why hip-hop ghostwriting is an art now, and an actually respectable one

Skillz's 05 Rap Up: Saving Rap?

Young Buck Isn't Going to Prison Because Young Buck is Awesome

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