Alternative Hip Hop Archives

Incubus Captivate In Denver, CO 9-9-24 w/ Coheed and Cambria

Rafi ShlosmanRafi ShlosmanSeptember 18, 2024

What makes a great album? Is it something as trivial as whether it is the band’s first album, second, or perhaps sixth album that does the trick? Is it something more complicated like producers, recording studios, specific amps or mics? Or is it kind of ... Read More

Interview – Mike Einziger of Incubus

CrypticRockCrypticRockAugust 1, 2024

When starting a band, most have elaborate dreams of success, but only a few ever find it. Proving just how difficult it truly is to make it, the name Incubus may be known by nearly all at this point, but like others, they had humble ... Read More

Interview – Imani of The Pharcyde

CrypticRockCrypticRockApril 30, 2024

Hip Hop music has shifted shapes and changed directions numerous times throughout the decades. A personal opinion as to which is the best era of the genre, many would argue that the golden age of Hip Hop lies somewhere between the latter part of the ... Read More

Arrested Development – Bullets In The Chamber (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockFebruary 7, 2024

Since the birth of Hip Hop in the 1970s there have been main twists and turns along the way, but through them all few have sustained longevity like Arrested Development. Brought together back in 1988 by Todd Thomas, famously known as Speech, Arrested Development would ... Read More

Interview – Matisyahu

CrypticRockCrypticRockJanuary 30, 2024

In a conflicted world that constantly aims to break our spirit, there are sometimes elements which remind us that there is always something more than what we are. The idea that we all yearn for something in our lives to transcend us into broader understanding ... Read More

Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty (4LP Deluxe Box Set Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockSeptember 27, 2023

Back in 1998 Hip Hop music was at a creative and mainstream popularity high. Still within the parameters of the Golden Age of Hip Hop, a few carryovers from classic ‘80s era of the genre were still making a huge impact, and one was Beastie ... Read More

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