GutterPutter

Boom Bap

McKinley Dixon – Magic, Alive! (Record Review)

Aug 12, 2025

2025, Art Music, hip-hop

2025, Abstract Hip Hop, Boom Bap, Conscious Hip Hop, Jazz Rap, McKinley Dixon, Neo-Soul, Southern Hip Hop

I have thought about writing a review on this for over two months now. This breathes hip hop in all its ways with Black American experiences.
The Urban Mythologisation of Nas’s Illmatic

Apr 19, 2024

2024, hip-hop, Retrospective Review/Article

2024, Boom Bap, Conscious Hip Hop, East Coast Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop, hip hop, hip-hop, music, nas, new-music, rap

Without the standards set by Nas, hip hop would not be seen as an epic tale about the lives of young Black Americans in the post-War on Drugs period.