By shelz.
It’s Halloween and time for creepiness to take center stage as folks tip-toe through the dark side to get their yearly fill of generally horrific stuff.  Murder, mayhem and the macabre become entertaining as …

By Malice Intended
Our children are sacred to us, and for a long time American movies treated them with kid gloves (no pun intended).  In the late 1960’s and early 70’s a new subgenre in horror …

Hey there to our Planet Ill crew and supporters during this Halloween ‘09 Week!
While waiting for November 1st to roll around for the candy to get on sale, it’s time again to drop the goods …

By shelz.
In a massively crowded and competitive market, it’s important to keep your name at the forefront.  Even if you aren’t churning out albums like GUCCI! kicks out features, you have to do something to …

By Odeisel
In a world of skinny jeans, and entire albums filled with overly emotive guys, 50 Cent stands as perhaps the last action hero; the last link to mainstream hardcore that isn’t strictly crack rap.  …

By Jordan Forrester
When I was a small child my father hit a young man with his car…on purpose. He didn’t run him over.  He just tapped him.  The young man wasn’t hurt, but the incident …

By G.I.N.A. (Game Is Not Allowed)
Not too long ago my daughter said to me “mommy isn’t it weird that you can’t see yourself unless you look in the mirror but other people see you all …

By Elianne Halbersberg    
The advent of the Digital Audio Workstation, or DAW, singularly revolutionized the way musicians and producers create and record music. With an infinite number of sounds, beats, plug-ins and options at their fingertips, …

By Odeisel
To start your morning off properly, the good folks at UNDRCRWN, and a heads up from the homie Aqua over at Slang Rap Democracy have allowed us to brin gyou this Tasty morsel of …

By Odeisel
Idols are to be worshipped. Idle is inactive and war ships blow things up. Idle Warship is a group that has graciously hit you with some freeness today as they drop their new mixtape …

By Malice Intended
It’s easier to shock and disgust an audience than to truly terrify them.  That is why gore dependent subgenres such as “Torture Porn” have overtaken the Horror genre as of late.  Those kinds …

By Malice Intended
Robert Fitzgerald Diggs aka The RZA has long been the eye of the storm that is the Wu-Tang Clan.  His sonic backdrops provided the canvas upon which clan members would paint abstract lyrical …

Are men and women really that different?  We often find ourselves on opposing sides of most issues and we tend to see things very differently.  We all go through similar things in our lives but …

By shelz.
Even with a year of no major Lil Wayne release, Mr F. Baby has managed to stay atop the Hip-Hop totem pole.  His father/business manager/money handler Baby has been talking some real cash money …

By Odeisel
Through the many beefs, controversies, and issues that he has dealt with in recent memory, Rick Ross has persevered.  While public opinion on him waxes and wanes like the tides, one thing that can’t …

By Odeisel
Hip-Hop and R&B have had a very tumultuous relationship over the past few decades.  In Hip-Hop’s adolescence, R&B was something to be frowned upon.  It was too soft and bad for the image.  But …

By Hot Rod! The Rowdy One
To the tune of Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’”
Come gather ’round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
I have a story to tell
It’s about Jim …

 
By Odeisel
Successful Hip-Hop shows are generally based on unity of the bill. Festivals are a bit different because they have the size to accommodate different flavors, but for the most part, indoor venues are subject …

By shelz
When Joss Stone appeared on the music scene back in 1993, she threw everyone for a loop.  The 16 year old English chanteuse stood head and shoulders above all the adolescent pop tarts and …

By DJ Fusion
What’s the good word this week to all of our our Planet Ill Folks!
It’s that time of the week again for a some Indiesent Exposure – Planet Ill’s weekly writeup and music download …