Purplesmoke He has been around for a long time and has good songs out. However, he mainly focuses on the gangster aspect of the craft. Purplesmoke is the only person in the Nepali hip-hop scene who knows how to outsmart old-school styles. Every track he has is a killer. His new son...
BeforeDr. Drebecame a billionaireBeats mogul, the Aftermath Entertainment trailblazer was in the lab cooking up the World Class Wreckin’ Cru’s electro funk albumWorld Class(1985), N.W.A’s pioneering gangster rap albumStraight Outta Compton(1988) and, of course, his seminal solo debut,The ...
Albums: Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star and Quazarz Vs. the Jealous MachinesRelease Date: July 14thSeattle duo Shabazz Palaces are responsible for some of the most strangely alluring hip-hop of the 2010s. In July, Palaceer Lazaro (a.k.a. Ishmael Butler) and Tendai Maraire will drop tw...
Gangster-rap legend turned Reggae crooner, Snoop Lion has seen his change of genre merit rewards as his debut Reggae album, Reincarnated has topped Billboard’s … Listen to Snoop Lion’s Entire Album ‘Reincarnated’ Not rated yetIn the 20 years since Snoop Dogg released his genre-defining ...
Snoop Dogg defined what a cool West Coast gangster was post-Eazy E—even more so than 2Pac at times. Staying true to his roots as a Crip, Snoop codified the cholo-inspired Dickies, Chucks, and button-up look when he first stepped onto the Los Angeles rap scene in the early ‘90s. La...
Michelle Yeoh took on the project because she realized there was not a mother-centric “gangster-type” project in the vein of The Sopranos. 18. Yellowstone Genre: DramaIMDb Rating: 8.8/10 Tune into this one if you’re a fan of Western dramas! Yellowstone first aired in 2018 and soon gr...
Credits (Film): Thor, Thor: The Dark World, Prometheus, Pacific Rim, American Gangster 18 Bradley Cooper Person 107 votes Bradley Cooper, a distinguished American actor and filmmaker, has made significant strides in the entertainment industry throughout his career. Born on January 5, 1975, in ...
While Eazy-E's story tragically ended, fellow N.W.A. member Dr. Dre's tale is still being told. California gave birth to Dre as Andre Young. He first made his name as the group's DJ—but as a solo artist and the creator of Death Row Records, Dr. Dre took gangster rap mainstream...
I was struck by the obvious contrast between U2’s song lyrics and the gangster inspired filth of many current rap musicians. While U2 begs the world to find peace in songs like Sunday Bloody Sunday, some rappers promote violence and degrade women. ...
But all said this is a hellishly bleak and well-maneuvered gangster series—more Coppola than Guy Ritchie—and also an early insight into one of the most compelling actors of his generation. If there’s a reasonThe Takeonly has a 7.9 on IMDb, it’s probably because it’s too depraved,...