July 27, 2008 -- Nas Untitled DEF JAM It's been a long time since a major rapper made an album as politically radical as 'Untitled'. The presence of the Last...

October 6, 2006 -- AS NOTED last month, 2006 has been anything but a banner year for hip-hop. Amazingly, there's been only one rap album released thus far that's gone...

June 7, 2008 -- I was on a number 43 bus the other afternoon, on a sparsely populated top deck, on my way to pick up my daughter from school, when three teenage boys...

May 18, 2008 -- Emmanuel Jal Warchild SONIC360 There's a springiness to the beats and an optimistic vibe to the tunes on this Sudanese, ex-child soldier's second...

August 8, 2005 -- Berkshire Brewing Company Inc. has been growing by hops and bounds since its inception in 1992. Growth has been so quick and profound that principals...