In 2018, Masta Ace and Marco Polo released their first album as a unit. <a href="https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2018/11/masta-ace-marco-polo-ms-brooklyn-gentrification-video/" ><em>A Breukelen</em> <em>Story</em></a> was a concept album—something the Brooklyn, New York MC has done for much his 35-year career. <a href="https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2018/12/best-rap-hiphop-albums-2018/" >That LP was named by <em>Ambrosia For Heads</em> among the best of '18</a>, and it featured <a href="https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2018/10/masta-ace-mar ..read more

Today (December 1), Brooklyn, New York veteran MC AZ released a new album. However, unlike AZ's respected back-catalog, <a href="https://sparta.ffm.to/truth-be-told" ><em>Truth Be Told</em></a> marks his first album-long partnership with a producer. Diggin' In The Crates legend Buckwild has been working with S.O.S.A. since <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9xgTtS9GzE" >"Ho Happy Jacky"</a> on <a href="https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2018/02/az-pete-rock-rather-unique/" ><em>Doe Or Die</em></a>. The Bronx DJ/producer has remained ..read more

This month, one of Hip-Hop's most influential and successful moguls is the center of multiple accusations from two women, including one of his artists and ex-girlfriends. In the wake of these allegations, including a recent eight-figure settlement, Sean "Diddy" Combs has stepped down as Chairman of Revolt. The decision comes as Diddy has achieved billionaire status for his work in music, fashion, spirits, and commercial pop culture. Combs founded Revolt in 2013. In addition to a digital cable television network that distributes programs on music, social justice, and entertainment, Revolt hosts ..read more

Earlier this month, André 3000 released his first album in 17 years. <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/33Ek6daAL3oXyQIV1uoItD?si=u0pGE2k3TE-zLKdiRuaTVQ" ><em>New Blue Sun</em></a> is not only noteworthy as a deviation from OutKast, but the LP also featured no rapping whatsoever. Instead, the Hip-Hop legend opted to play flute. In the days before releasing the Epic Records album, Dre spoke about his relationship with rapping. "Sometimes it feels inauthentic for me to rap, because I don’t have anything to talk about that way," <a href="https://ambrosiaforheads.co ..read more

Just moments ago, the documentary <em><span data-preserver-spaces="true">May The Lord Watch: The Little Brother Story</span></em><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> premiered for all to see. The film, produced by Little Brother, is directed by Holland Randolph Gallagher and written by esteemed Hip-Hop journalist "Yoh" Phillips (of documentary studio </span><a href="https://emgpresents.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=52c7ce25ad634124e54ac700a&amp;id=26a33c3386&amp;e=7df2776e1b" ><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Rap Portraits</s ..read more

Today (November 24), Busta Rhymes has released his 11th solo album. <em>Blockbusta </em>follows a three-year break from <a href="https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2020/11/busta-rhymes-ele-2-classic-album-review/" ><em>Extinction Level Event 2</em> (aka <em>E.L.E. 2)</em></a>, an album that some Busta fans—<a href="https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2020/11/busta-rhymes-ele-2-classic-album-review/" >including <em>Ambrosia For</em> <em>Heads</em>–considered a classic album well-into his 30-year career</a>. For <em>Blo ..read more

Treach and his group Naughty By Nature were a linchpin of 1990s Hip-Hop. The Grammy Award-winning East Orange, New Jersey trio had ties with a cross-section of the Rap scene, including Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls. These connections especially mattered by the mid-1990s, <a href="https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2017/06/outlawz-tupac-biggie-peace-after-beef-video/" >when Tupac and Biggie had entered a feud</a>, only <a href="https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2016/08/snoop-end-death-row-bad-boy-beef-video/" >fueled by their record companies, Death Row and Bad Boy Records, respectively ..read more

Earlier this year, respected Hip-Hop duo Black Sheep filed at $750 million class-action lawsuit against Universal Music Group. The duo of Andres “Dres” Vargas Titus and William “Mista Lawnge” McLean alleged that UMG agreed to a royalty agreement with Spotify in 2008 that violated compensation structures previously in place for groups including Black Sheep. Per the lawsuit, an initial 1990 Mercury Records contract required the parent label (now Universal Music Group) to pay 50% of all net receipts connected to the exploitation of Black Sheep’s outputs. The suit says that the corporation failed ..read more

On the most recent episode of Drink Champs, Naughty By Nature’s Treach appeared as the guest. The Grammy Award-winning veteran MC discussed over three hours worth of topics. Last year, the NBN co-founder vented frustrations about Top 5 lists and their impact on Hip-Hop. “I don’t think a lot of rappers get the credit they deserve ’cause it’s always like, ‘Who’s your Top 5 or Top 10?’” Treach told Math Hoffa’s My Expert Opinion in 2022. “It’s the most disrespectful question I get in Hip-Hop. Who’s my best five or 10 when we going back from the ’70s to now. From [Grandmaster] Melle Mel and Grand ..read more

Over the last quarter-century, Common and DJ Premier have made magic together. In 2000, Premier was a guest within The Soulquarians ensemble for Comm’s benchmark Like Water For Chocolate album. On Comm’s fourth LP, Preemo produced the masterful “The 6th Sense,” which featured Bilal. The video single showed new range for the Chicago veteran as he was diversifying his sound and mainstream appeal. In the years that followed, Premier and Common linked for a Sway & King Tech joint and a PRhyme collabo (alongside Royce 5’9). Preemo lent scratches to Finding Forever, on a song produced by Kanye ..read more