WPGM Commentary: The Defiant Arsenal Of ‘Straight Outta Compton’
N.W.A. hits harder than a wrecking ball on Straight Outta Compton. The LP’s wide-ranging attacks grab the listener by the scruff of their neck, demanding...
WPGM Revisits: MC Ren – The Villain In Black (Album Review)
The Villain In Black is the second album by former N.W.A rapper, MC Ren, released April 9, 1996, on Ruthless Records and distributed by Relativity...
WPGM Revisits: Dr. Dre – 2001 (Album Review)
Dr. Dre had a lot to contend with, more or less, in the years after releasing his 1992 debut classic, The Chronic. Once he was...
WPGM Revisits: Method Man & Redman – Blackout! (Album Review)
Method Man and Redman are American rappers from Staten Island and New Jersey respectively. They’ve collaborated since way back in 1994, but only really, despite...
WPGM Recommends: Good Charlotte – Youth Authority (Album Review)
Good Charlotte are an American pop punk band from Waldorf, Maryland, that formed in 1996. Since 1998, the band’s steadfast members have been lead vocalist...
WPGM Commentary: Hip-Hop And The Often Unheard Artists It Samples
There’s the recent curious news of Afeni Shakur’s death, mother of 2Pac, which came not so long after the death of Prince, who in turn...
WPGM Revisits: N.W.A – Straight Outta Compton (Album Review)
In August of last year, N.W.A’s very own feature film, Straight Outta Compton, earned hundreds of millions at the box office. The film, of course,...