nonstophiphop :: DJ Hunnicutt reveals Winnipeg’s rap roots
by Harrison Samphir Most Winnipeggers know DJ Hunnicutt (Tyler Sneesby) as the local mixmaster whose choice cuts punctuate events and...
Open Mike Eagle – Dark Comedy
If Open Mike Eagle’s self-coined “art rap” designation means anything, it’s that the same reflexive musing and deprecatory tone which...
Nonstophiphop :: Open Mike Eagle and the LA sound
by Harrison Samphir In 2008, Ava DuVernay’s documentary film This Is the Life chronicled the rise of LA’s alternative hip...
Heavy fOnk and high vibrations :: Finding peace with Dudley Perkins
by Harrison Samphir Before I spoke with Dudley Perkins (aka Declaime), the emcee from Oxnard, CA, I was half...
NONSTOPHIPHOP – What ever happened to the hip hop duo?
by Harrison Samphir “It takes two to make a thing go right / It takes two to make it...
Swollen Members :: Finding Balance After the Bad Dreams
by Harrison Samphir Will the real emcees please stand up? (more…)
Sean Price – Mic Tyson
I’ve heard this dude on so many mixtapes. Sean Price always seems to get overlooked in the mixtape circuit. (more…)
Vancouver’s Cityreal keeping a close to ear to the pavement
by Harrison Samphir When Stylus asked Remi Huot, otherwise known as Cityreal, how he began making hip hop music in...
Cityreal & Wes Mackey – Good Morning Blues
In the framework of Vancouver hip hop – a scene synonymous with names like the Rascalz, Sweatshop Union, and Swollen...
nonstophiphop – Brother Ali talks latest record
by Harrison Samphir “You’re now rocking with the champion” Hip hop is a fascinating medium, not only because it lends...