Author: Demetrios

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Last time I wrote, it was about Atlanta trap’s revitalization through dark plugg and the cyclical influence of the city’s hip-hop eras, as heard on Glokk40Spaz‘s latest project…

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Atlanta’s position at the forefront of mainstream hip-hop and inventive new trap alike might be indebted to the city’s cyclical influences. Early trap being lyrical enough to hang…

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere It should surprise nobody to learn that a rapper like $ilkmoney is jaded by the rap game. The former Divine Council member has placed a value in himself…

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Metal and hip-hop are diametrically opposed in many ways – both culturally and sonically – but I need an excuse to write about Ozzy Osbourne. Like most kids,…

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere The Blues are at the core of Chicago culture. Their musical DNA has been passed down and has evolved across generations and genres, but their bare-souled perspective is…

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Continuing to cover some hip-hop acts local to Cincinnati here as I pick up more CD’s. While the last article was focused on somewhat forgotten 90’s and 00’s…

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Previously, I explained how I found local mixtapes to be a great balance between collecting physicals and tapping into my own hip-hop community in Cincinnati – there’s a…

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere As an Ohio native, it’s always been disappointing that there historically haven’t been many clear-cut sounds or scenes here. There were breakouts like Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Kid Cudi,…

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Let me preface this by saying I have done virtually no research on Drain Gang, so prepare to hear some ignorant, disrespectful shit. I’ve always had a complicated…

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere Over the past year, Dave Blunts has become one of the most consistently viral artists in hip-hop. It seems like every week there’s a new clip circulating of…

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere It’s a classic hip-hop trope and a constant failure of society, that Black culture is so widely enjoyed and imitated, but rarely respected. So often do the biggest…

Follow @DopeGoAnywhere The East Coast underground is full of busy producers who churn out dope albums on a near monthly basis. Think of V Don, 38 Spesh, Nicholas Craven, even…