| Shabazz Palaces Know How to Take Cakes | June 24, 2014 |
Zilla Rocca divides cakes to rise the stakes Collecting cake is dirty business. Make the stakes too high and no one buys in. Make the punishment too soft and no one kicks back bread. You give a jackpot chaser a yard, he takes ten miles. Deadlines must be given, force used as a last resort. […]
| Spring Mix – Zilla Rocca | May 20, 2014 |
Zilla Rocca is a 5 O’clock Shadowboxer holding the sector After the hellish winter we suffered along the east coast in 2013-2014, where 60 inches of snow pelted us into psychological mince meat, the spring of 2014 has been a mirage of sorts – 80 degree temperatures overtaken by rain, cool nights, and beautiful sunny […]
| Thugs on a Computer: Wrecking Crew and Wu Wednesday | April 23, 2014 |
The Wrecking Crew consists of Philly emcees Curly Castro, Has-Lo, and Zilla Rocca. Has-Lo and Zilla Rocca go RAGU on the videos of the Wu-Tang Clan in the early 2000’s. You can download their highly acclaimed 2012 album Wu-Tang Pulp at your own price Zilla Rocca: I woke up this morning to the worst run […]
| Billy Woods & Blockhead: Dour Candy Dispensers | July 26, 2013 |
Zilla Rocca takes a break from life as a Bourbon general to break down why Billy Woods is every otherground rapper’s favorite rapper. Superman sucks. Spider-Man is a bitch. But they both have day jobs. Billy Woods has a day job. I don’t know what it is, but he has one. He released an album […]
Intro inscribed illiodically by Zilla Rocca. The Firm’s self-titled album sold a million copies…and was universally considered a colossal failure, so much so that Eminem took a shot at it when he ghostwrote Dre’s verse on “Forgot about Dre”. The project was such a travesty that it fractured the relationship of one the most talented […]
| Warrior Song: The Sacred Fearlessness of Nasir Jones | May 31, 2012 |
In light of Nas’ “Behind the Music” special and his recent string of stellar singles, Zilla Rocca breaks down the brilliance and maddening contradictions of the street’s disciple. You can check out Zilla’s own impeccably executed raps here. If you’re reading this, your relationship with Nas has probably been bumpy over the years. You’ve made […]
| I Can’t Go To Sleep: Hell Razah-Heaven Razah | February 3, 2011 |
Heaven Razah, the 3rd solo offering from Sunz of Man stand-out Hell Razah, not only is the most slept-on Wu-Tang release of 2010, it also serves as a surefire A&Ring homerun for Jay Electronica’s long overdue debut on an indie budget. Ready? 1.) Get beats from 4th Disciple, Allah Mathematics, Havoc, and Ayatollah. They will […]
Zilla Rocca will George the Animal Steele you and kill you. I have never been to Columbus, Ohio. When I listen to Electric Purgatory 2 from Greenhouse (Blueprint + Illogic), I imagine the streets on TRON but smoldering in industrial ash, lined with holographic brownstones, trees smacking against the power lines, grandmom’s Cadillac sliding by […]
| I Can’t Go To Sleep: Homeboy Sandman – “The Good Sun” | January 14, 2011 |
Homeboy Sandman’s The Good Sun is for Chip Fu. It’s for Sticky Fingaz. It’s for Fatlip and to some extent, Busta Rhymes. If Homebody Sandman was from the 90’s, he’d be the charismatic funkafied live crazy rhymer in a group. The standout. The breakout star. The verse rewinder. The guy you sat through lesser characters […]
| The Making of “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” | November 16, 2010 |
Zilla Rocca has never tried liquid cocaine, but he’s willing to give it a chance if it means he can record with Raekwon. Question: “Remember when Ye called this his “boom bap record”? It was all going according to plan….until Scott Mescudi pulled Kanye aside and asked him if he wanted to ride the […]
