After reading his bio, someone emailed Jaz-O a MySpace message that read something like, "If you're 'The Originator' and you put Jay-Z on, then how come I don't know who you are?" The write  

Of all the CDs Wise Intelligent has released since 1990, Wise Intelligent Iz ... The Talented Timothy Taylor is his most personal. Wise wears his own name on the new album and opens up about his e  

So fresh and so clean in her pressed white polo, Atia Evans can't wait to get the dirt off her shoulders. Her popped collar stands up to afternoon humidity as she thinks back to B.C., life before  

Juice Lee's name is a play on the name of cult martial arts hero, Bruce Lee, whose moves laid rows of men out like fallen dominoes. But his name is just props because he's nowhere near as aggres  

Sure, there are goo-gobs of MCs worldwide, but how many MCs actually marry another MC and record music side by side? Wonder twins Vibe One and his wife Phiyah are one answer to this conundrum. La  

Never mind that he's smiling while gray clouds pass overhead. The first thing that strikes from K-Drama's Web site is a vicious beat that detracts attention from those clouds over Cincinnati's   

Something's been tugging at the veil in front of Glue. If you pay attention, their latest single presses "play" on this concept: They have "A Lot to Say," but most of all they want to estab  

Twenty-five years ago, Melle Mel put South Bronx's "jungle" on blast, pointing to blighted buildings, streets lined with broken glass pipes and burned out, depressed people. Melle Mel wasn't g  

Cincinnati's urban club scene responds to DJs in varying measures. Some DJs command response; some become disregarded centerpieces on the tables. For one, few club-goers expect to hear anything   

Take it from Loud Minority Records' newest roster addition, Tanya Morgan: Image means nothing. Study the album cover all you want, but nothing there says, "Hip Hop," "trio" or "men," for th