Torii learns about Julia's start as a magazine publisher, the many subjects and interviewees of 'Trill Life,' and the time Julia thought Snoop and Bishop Don Magic Juan were about to kiss.
| An Interview with Legendary Rap-A-Lot Producer N.O Joe | October 19, 2015 |
Jimmy Ness talks with Rap-A-Lot legend, N.O Joe about producing for Scarface, Bun B, Pimp C, Jay Z, Ice Cube, LL Cool J, 2Pac, and more!
| Legends in H-Town: Ridin’ Dirty with UGK & DJ Screw | August 4, 2015 |
With almost 300 chapters in DJ Screws discography, Torii MacAdams highlights one of the most essential.
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| Summer Mixtape: Jimmy Ness | August 7, 2014 |
Jimmy Ness only fools with charcoal “Welcome to the land where it just don’t stop. Trunks pop, tops drop, and the front-end hop.” I like to imagine summer is a lot like the world Houston rapper Fat Pat [RIP] describes on “Tops Pop,” where the music is funky, the cars have impractical modifications and the […]
| Summer Mixtape: Torii MacAdams | July 10, 2014 |
Torii MacAdams just finished wiping his car down Summer jams are supposed to be breezy, feel-good anthems, girding the assumption that shit is sweet. It’s easy to view summertime with soft-focus nostalgia, especially in Southern California, a supposed paradise marketed to doe-eyed outsiders since the mid-Nineteenth Century. The truth is, the proverbial shit ain’t sweet, […]
| The Continuing Saga of Bad Azz: A Round Up of Recent Lil Boosie Tracks | November 11, 2013 |
2013 has regrettably arrived and vanished without a single 10-year anniversary article on Ghetto Stories, the album that broke Webbie and Boosie outside of Louisiana. I understand it’s not easy to wrangle Mel and Turk, Webbie or Boosie, but someone could’ve at least called up Mouse on tha Track to rattle off a few memories. […]
Juicy J: a simple man who just wants a Louis bag, some lean with mud in it and the finest of herbal vapors. Other verses contributed to the “Show Out” Remix” courtesy of T.I. and Pimp C’s ghost. This might be one of the better posthumous verses of Chad Butler — a fitting tribute for […]
