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“I took all my anger and disappointment in current events and transformed it into art,” says Slaughterhouse MC, KXNG Crooked.

The veteran rapper had fans locked on his much-awaited Good vs. Evil album, so it came as entirely unexpected when he dropped Valley of the KXNGS just yesterday. October 27^th. The six-track EP releases two weeks prior to the forthcoming album, which debuts November 11.

Continuing off of his latter statement, the veteran rapper addresses that his upcoming projects concentrate on current social issues, such as police brutality, racial prejudice, and economic inequality, through his creatively-designed concept of an other-worldly domain.

“I designed an alternate reality

“A Tribe Called Quest has one more album to put out,” teased Epic Records executive, L.A. Reid back in August earlier this year.

Last October 27^th, Tribe member Q-Tip finally provided a concrete answer to silence the speculations running around, by posting an actual handwritten letter addressed to media followers worldwide. The New York MC follows along a brief narration of how the idea of a final album came to be.

The note begins with Q-Tip recollecting their memorable reunion performing last year on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon”, telling that the event “sparked creativity”: “It was our first TV performance in eighteen years,” the rapper wrote, “The energy for us that night was on

Rapper J. Stalin first debuted with his unfiltered funky memoirs anchored upon street life in the Bay area, taking the form of his On Behalf Of The Streets album released back in 2006. Ten years following, Stalin returns with a follow-up album, dropping its Part Two today, October 28.

In an interview with HipHopDX Stalin shares, “I had to make [the album] for the streets, for more than just me. When I say it's on my behalf, I went from rapping just not about me, but speaking on behalf of the streets [and] my friends.”

“I'm talking about selling dope, busting guns, trying to have a different life. I picked up exactly where I left off from On Behalf Of The Streets ten years ag

This day in Hip-hop acknowledges the following past album releases from their respective debut years in 1997 and in 2008. And since its Friday, this will make a great addition for those retrospect playlists and throwback sound-trips that we all crave and need.

IV: Blazing Hot (1997)

• The fourth and last album from the East Coast Hip-hop duo, Greg Nice and Smooth B, released under Scotti Brothers Records, and showcased production from both Nice & Smooth, as well as DJ Premier, Easy Mo Bee, and Kid Capri.

The Black Bossalini (1997)

• Authored by The Source's Top 115 Hip-hop Artists from 1988 to 2003 list's

Prominent in Hip-hop as Mellow Man Ace from the iconic rap supergroup Cypress Hill. In Latin Hip-hop, however, fans simply refer to him as, “The Godfather”.

Hailing from South Gate, Los Angeles County and of Latin-American heritage, the name Mellow Man Ace directly headlines the chapters of Latin rap's earliest years, being the first artist to release a bilingual single, listed off of his memorable debut album back in 1989.

Escape From Havana features the platinum-certified single, “Mentirosa” which was inspired from Chicano rocker Carlos Santana's “Evil Ways”. Being the first rapper to successfully incorporate Spanglish rhymes into mainstream audiences , Mellow Man Ace became known as, “The Godfather of L

Momentum keeps building for twenty-year-old artist, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, who recently gained recognition when he dropped his Artist mixtape earlier this year.

With breakout singles such as “Friend Zone”, “Jungle”, and “My S—t”, fans await the release of his latest project, TBA.

Scheduled for official release both digitally and physically tomorrow, October 28, the EP features six tracks, which are now currently accesible via streaming, as released beforehand by the Bronx MC.

Recollecting his humble beginnings, Boogie narrates in an interview with XXL, “I was sitting in front of the computer and [learning] everything, Fruity Loops, Pro Tools. My dad brought m