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Mirror Music
''Mirror Music'' is the debut solo studio album by American rapper Wordsworth. It was released by Halftooth Records in 2004. Title Regarding the album's title, Wordsworth commented: "I felt the songs reflected the emotion, time or period that either I went through, someone next to me went through or somebody that might not even know me went through." He added: "And when I look at people, the audience, and they look at me, I think they see a reflection from me in my music." Critical reception Kenny Rodriguez of AllHipHop wrote: "''Mirror Music'' is proof that Words is much more than simply a freestyle MC with clever one-liners." He added: "Without totally immersing himself into the conscious genre, Words successfully jumps from dropping similes to dropping jewels in mid-sentence." Meanwhile, Nathan Rabin of ''The A.V. Club ''The A.V. Club'' is an online newspaper and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wordsworth (rapper)
Vinson Jamel Johnson, better known by his stage name Wordsworth, is an American rapper from Brooklyn, New York. Biography Wordsworth grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He started rapping in fifth grade. He graduated from the State University of New York at Old Westbury and the University of Miami. Wordsworth recorded with his partner Punchline on A Tribe Called Quest's '' The Love Movement'' and on Black Star's '' Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star''. He was involved in the MTV comedy sketch series '' The Lyricist Lounge Show''. He also appeared in the Kevin Fitzgerald film '' Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme''. In 2004, he released his debut solo studio album, ''Mirror Music''. In 2012, he released another solo studio album, '' The Photo Album''. Discography Studio albums * ''Mirror Music'' (2004) * '' The Photo Album'' (2012) * ''New Beginning'' (2015) * ''Our World Today'' (2017) * ''Champion Sounds'' (2019) * ''Fragility of Life'' (2021) EPs * '' Punch n' Words'' (2000) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hip Hop Music
Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music Music genre, genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African Americans, African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip-hop includes rapping often enough that the terms can be used synonymously. However, "hip-hop" more properly denotes an entire hip-hop culture, subculture. Other key markers of the genre are the disc jockey, turntablism, scratching, beatboxing, and hip hop production, instrumental tracks. Cultural interchange has always been central to the hip-hop genre. It simultaneously borrows from its social environment while commenting on it. The hip-hop genre and culture emerged from block parties in ethnic minority neighborhoods of New York City, particularly The Bronx, Bronx. DJs began expanding the instrumental Break (music), breaks of popular records when they noticed how excited it would make the crowds. The extend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayatollah (record Producer)
Lamont Dorrell, known as Ayatollah, is a hip hop record producer. He has mainly produced music for New York–based rappers, including Mos Def, Talib Kweli, R.A. the Rugged Man, Tragedy Khadafi, Wordsworth, Vast Aire, Afu-Ra, Guru, M.O.P., Inspectah Deck, Cormega, and Ghostface Killah. Career Ayatollah first received mainstream recognition after producing Rawkus rapper Mos Def's 1999 single "Ms. Fat Booty", the first single off his ''Black on Both Sides'' album.Strock, Owen (2005)Ayatollah ''Now Playing'', ''CMJ New Music Monthly'', Issue 137, 2005, p. 40, retrieved February 5, 2010 He went on to produce Cormega's "Rap's a Hustle", from the 2001 album ''The Realness'', and Styles P's "The Life (Styles P song), The Life", featuring Pharoahe Monch (2002), among others. Ayatollah has also released numerous solo albums, starting with his 2003 debut, ''So Many Reasons to Rhyme''. In 2015, he formed the trio COLOSSUS with the hip hop production team Widowmaker (record production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Da Beatminerz
Da Beatminerz are an American hip-hop production team from Bushwick, Brooklyn that is popular with the underground hip-hop scene. History The crew, originally composed of brothers Mr. Walt (born June 2, 1968) and DJ Evil Dee (born May 24, 1971), formed in 1992, making their production debut with Evil Dee's group Black Moon, on its debut single, "Who Got Da Props?" The duo produced the entirety of Black Moon's acclaimed debut album, '' Enta Da Stage'', in 1993, then continued production work with Black Moon's Buckshot and his crew Boot Camp Clik. In 1995, along with its third official member, Baby Paul, the group produced the entirety of Smif-N-Wessun's debut album, '' Dah Shinin'''. It continued work with fellow Boot Camp members Heltah Skeltah and O.G.C. in 1996, contributing multiple beats for their respective debuts, ''Nocturnal'' and '' Da Storm''. In the late 1990s, da Beatminerz expanded its client list, producing popular hip hop artists such as Afu-Ra, Black Star, Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oddisee
Amir Mohamed el Khalifa (born on February 24, 1985), better known by his stage name Oddisee, is an American rapper and record producer from Washington, D.C. He is one third of the hip hop trio Diamond District. He was also part of the Low Budget Crew. He is based in Brooklyn, New York. Early life Oddisee was born to an African-American mother and a Sudanese father, at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. He was raised by his stepmother (who was also Sudanese) and father. He grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, as well as Prince George's County, Maryland. He moved back to Washington, D.C. after high school. Career In 2010, Oddisee released ''Traveling Man'' on Mello Music Group. His ''Odd Spring'' mixtape was listed on the ''Washington Posts Best Local Hip-Hop mixtapes of 2010. In 2011, Oddisee released ''Rock Creek Park'', which was ranked as a Mixtape of the Week by ''Stereogum''. ''Odd Seasons'', a collection of EPs released throughout the previous 12 months, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Photo Album (Wordsworth Album)
''The Photo Album'' is the follow-up studio album to the critically acclaimed ''Mirror Music'' album by hip-hop artist Wordsworth. It features Torae, Range Da Messenger and fellow members, Masta Ace & Punchline. The album is produced by Apollo Brown, The Are, Tzarism, Frequency, Hezekiah. The Album also features production by South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...n producers, Thir(13)teen and (Archbishop) Track listing Album Chart Positions Singles Chart Positions References Sources * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Photo Album, The 2012 albums Wordsworth (rapper) albums Albums produced by Apollo Brown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllHipHop
''AllHipHop'' is a hip-hop news website founded by Greg Watkins and Chuck Creekmur in 1998. History The website was founded in 1998 by Greg Watkins and Chuck Creekmur. In 1997, Watkins registered the allhiphop.com domain to promote the artists on Oblique Recordings, a small record label he operated. The website provided music downloads to promote the label's artists. After reaching 30,000 downloads a month, Watkins struck deals with eMusic and other retailers to sell downloads. Creekmur, a freelance journalist, had launched a website, ''tantrum-online'', in New York City. After merging the companies, they adapted Trantrum's exclamation point logo for ''AllHipHop''. By 2004, the business generated enough revenue for Watkins and Creekmur to work full-time on the website. In 2007, the revenue exceeded US$4 million. On August 12, 2017, ''AllHipHop'' announced a partnership with Maven, a company based in Seattle, to manage its entire digital media platform. Figures from May 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The A
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun '' the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exclaim!
''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly ''Exclaim!'' print magazine publishes seven issues per year, distributing over 103,000 copies to over 2,600 locations across Canada. In addition to music, the magazine also covers film and comedy. History ''Exclaim!'' began as a discussion among campus and community radio programmers at Ryerson's CKLN-FM in 1991. It was started by then-CKLN programmer Ian Danzig, together with other programmers and Toronto musicians. The goal of the publication was to support great Canadian music that was otherwise going unheralded. The group worked through 1991 to produce their first issue in April 1992, with monthly issues being produced since. Ian Danzig has been the publisher of the magazine since its start. The magazine had no official name for its first year of operations, with only th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HipHopDX
''HipHopDX'' is an online magazine of Hip hop music, hip hop music criticism and news. ''HipHopDX'' has over 3.5M monthly readers, the website encompassing hip hop news, interviews, music, and reviews. The website's founder and CEO is Sharath Cherian and the Head of Content is Jerry L. Barrow. ''HipHopDX'' is the flagship publication of Cheri Media Group. ''HipHopDX'' can be found on X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok. In September 2020, the website was acquired by Warner Music Group; however, the website was sold in 2024 to Uproxx Studios, managed by will.i.am, Jarret Myer, and Rich Antoniello. ''HipHopDX'''s Director of Hip Hop Journalism, Elliott Wilson, is a co-host (with DJ Hed and Jeremy Hecht) on ''The Bigger Picture'', a weekly hip-hop debate show managed by Uproxx Studios. ''HipHopDX'' was nominated for "Best Hip Hop Online Site" at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards. On September 3, 2013, ''The Source (magazine), The Source'' named ''HipHopDX'', n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenn Starr (rapper)
Kenneth Jones, known as Kenn Starr is an American rapper from Suffolk, Virginia, currently residing in the Washington, D.C. metro area. Starr is a member of the Low Budget Crew and also the duo Isaac Jones. His solo debut album, '' Starr Status'', was released in 2006. His latest album, ''Square One'' was released in 2015. Music career Low Budget Crew Low Budget Crew (also known as Low Budget Productions) is a collective of Hip hop musicians based in the Washington D.C. area. The crew was formed in the early 2000s, and Starr joined in 2001 with D.C. locals Oddisee, Kev Brown, Critically Acclaimed, and Cy Young. The first all-round Low Budget release was producer Kev Brown's ''I Do What I Do'', in 2005, followed by Kenn Starr's '' Starr Status'', in 2006. Solo career Starr's connection with fellow Low Budget Crew producer Oddisee landed him a deal with New York-based indie label Halftooth Records, which released his debut single, "If", featuring Talib Kweli and Asheru, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
