The end of this decade has arrived, but a new one is just beginning. As this decade comes to an end, the Umbilical Chord team decided to recall the songs that really made our ears bleed. So, let the mayhem begin!

Rave like it’s New Wave

No, it’s not the 1980s again. I’m just having a terrible time deciding what to buy my brother for the holidays. I’m sitting here surfing the web trying to figure it out and wondering “what do boys like?” and this song popped into my head.

New to the vault, Danger Doom, a hip-hop duo consisting of masked M.C. M.F. Doom and the newest top producer Danger Mouse.

Keeps Gettin’ Better is a greatest hits compilation of Aguilera’s featuring two new songs and two reprises of “Beautiful” and “Genie in a Bottle”.

So I’ve recently promoted myself to Rap-Hop director and thought I’d do a little retro review on the Blue Scholars to share the love.

We haven’t done an artist spotlight in a while, and I have been playing and replaying a lot of David E. Sugar so you know what this means.

Almost 15 years after its release I take a look at Nas’ hip-hop classic Illmatic