Atmosphere

THERE ARE FEW THINGS more rewarding than settling the score. To paraphrase an old saying, writing well is the best revenge and Atmosphere’s Slug knows how to level the playing field. On the indie hiphop star’s great new record, You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having, it’s all about spitting powerful, vindictive rhymes. A […]

Until very recently, white rappers were connected with and introduced to the public by black rappers. Beastie Boys were inaugurated by Run-D.M.C.; Young Black Teenagers (who were actually all white) were created and forwarded by Public Enemy’s production team, the Bomb Squad; MC Snow was promoted by Marley Marl’s MC Shan; and Everlast was on […]