An Imaginary remix ft Black Thought & Bahamadia called “Philly Monsters”

Two of my favorite Philly emcees spitting straight bars.  It’s pretty safe to say that I’ve been a Roots fan since Organix and over the years bumping into the crew art parties and shows.  They naturally led me to Bahamadia once researched other Philly lyricist and so on… I had no plans of doing a …

Ski Beatz Creates A Synthesized World with the release of “Switched On Bap”

I get an email package. It’s from one of Rocafella’s original producers, Ski aka Ski Beatz. I know the brother is busy getting ready for the new release, so the call and package was pleasant gift. “Hell yea”, i’m thinking! The snippets have been bananas, can’t wait to rock this. I get the speakers ready …

Review of Kanye’s “Ye” Release & It’s Worse Than We Thought

The Brooklyn Word’s opinions are just that and based off the art of Rap. We are unbiased, unfiltered and unapologetic. While we love the culture, we do not feed into the bullshit or culture vultures that plague Hip Hop today! – Crown Heights, Brooklyn So with that, let’s get it poppin! I Thought About Killing …

Review of “Streams of Thought” Vol.1| Black Thought & 9th Wonder and The Soul Council

Aight, here we go…  “Stream of Thought” is now out and this is our breakdown of the concise yet powerful 5 Track release: TWOFIFTEEN: the intro and quick speed switch-up is always a nice touch.  The beat comes in real smooth, with the kicks/snares knocking harmoniously with the melody. The balance of rhythm and rhymes …

Vashni Korin|Documentarian & Director

To say Vashni Korin’s work as a director is dope is an understatement.  One must first digest the content and then make a sound interpretation based of innate feeling.  So with that, let’s peep the video she directed for Brooklyn native and certified emcee Cavalier. Aight, now let’s lightly analyze the energy of the video. Cavalier spits …

Black Thought & 9th Wonder are taking over Hip Hop on June 1, 2018 with “Streams of Thought”

In less than a week, one of Hip Hop’s most lyrically revered is releasing his first solo project with one of the culture’s most talented producers. We anticipate it to go down as as an essential classic. Tariq Trotter aka Black Thought is joining forces with 9th Wonder & The Soul Council on production, to …