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2016 was a strong year for rap with a ton of great new records from a multitude of artists, ranging from Drake to Macklemore. The variety and output of music over 2016 was exceptional in comparison to previous years. No matter what kind of hip-hop fan you are, there’s a...
Prophets of Rage rapper Chuck D says publications ignore the “Importance of the Group” in Hip-Hop. The rap mogul told Billboard that “the journals and blogs and everyone threw hip-hop down the stairs by praising the individual,”. Specifically citing the celebrity of Kanye West as an example. Chuck D Is...
Using our patented KTB BreezeScope™ to look at potential futures, we located a news report from April 30, 2021, 100 days after Kanye West was sworn into office as The President of the United States of America. Many called him crazy when he announced his presidential aspirations 5 years ago at the MTV...
This past week Kim and Khloe Kardashian visited their ancestral homeland (on their father’s side) of Armenia. Now it may just seem one in a long line of frequent vacations for the family, but the timing of this trip was chosen for a semi-political reason. Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day It’s...
I don’t know what was going on in hip hop this week but it felt like we’ve got more hoaxes than music to talk about. This week sparked a couple of stories that would be tragic, if only they were true. Instead, they were both revealed to be hoaxes...
While the whole world (and by whole world I essentially am referring to the Twittersphere) was consumed by Kanye’s almost virtual reenactment of the stunt he pulled at the 2009 VMA’s, I ask that we look past that and recognize the powerful messages that were sent by artists Pharrell...
Killing The Breeze dissects Kanye’s Yeezus. We go through all ten tracks offering strong opinions on both the work and the man himself. Courtesy of Wikipedia: Yeezus Yeezus is the sixth studio album by American hip hop recording artist and producer, Kanye West. It was released on June 18, 2013...
Drake’s third studio album, Nothing Was The Same, shows that Drake is not only at the forefront of a genre of music I like to call “singing rap”, but that he is also not afraid to step out of his comfort zone even if he stays within the realm...