R.A.P. Music
On R.A.P. Music, Killer Mike hooks up with El-P and Adult Swim subsidiary Williams Street for the 2012 equivalent to Ice Cube and the Bomb Squad's similarly inspired bicoastal union on AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted.
It’s a sign of how deeply the battle mindset is ingrained in hip-hop that, even decades removed from the heyday of rap battles, listeners consider guest spots not in terms of collaboration but competition. Fans eagerly rank verses and opine on which rapper topped another—a silly preoccupation, given that rappers who…
“A no concession policy remains in force,” thunders a familiar voice on “Reagan.” As the right wing in American politics…
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music review: A hip-hop masterpiece to be remembered for years to come