January/February 2018 Vandala Magazine:

2018 has started out with a bang! Music of all sorts in full force in the winter months. On the cover we have the multi-talented Ryan Shuck of Dead By Sunrise and […]

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SNEAK PEEK: This Is What Influential Hip-Hop Sounds Like! An Interview with Madd Maxxx

Are you craving lyrical hip-hop that may leave you in a musical coma (but still smiling ear to ear) upon first hitting play? Then the east-coast emcee Madd Maxxx is exactly what you’re looking for! For over ten years this cat has slayed beats like a Kakuranger slaying Yōkai Phantoms. His lyrics may dive straight into

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“If I had to live or die based on radio play, I’d have had to get a day job by now. I survive on cultural currency.” The Talib Kweli Interview

When future generations looks back on the story of hip-hop music, there will be a handful of albums which they will looks to as the benchmarks for the level of […]

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Special Feature: The Ten Best Albums of 2017 by Female Artists

I realized when looking over my list of the ten best albums of 2017 that they were all by male artists. I found that strange given how many amazing albums came out this past year by female artists. For fun, I expanded my list to twenty and, not surprisingly, eight of the next ten best albums were by female artists. What I like about the albums on that list is how much more diverse they are than my first ten, which is mostly hip hop.

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