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27 Posts By Andrew Hickey
Interview: Mac Miller
The Pittsburgh MC talks about the white rapper stigma, inspiration and making bluegrass music
“Parents just don’t understand,” the Fresh Prince said in the ‘80s. Wonder what happened to that guy. Since its inception,…
Interview: Q from WorldStarHipHop
The founder of the controversial website speaks on presenting realness to the public, and what he sees as the positive impact that online video sharing can have on civil rights
Lee ‘Q’ O’Denat’s infamous creation WorldStarHipHop is known as many things: a platform for upcoming artists, a grassroots hip-hop empire,…
Interview: Ultramagnetic MCs
Andrew Hickey chats with Kool Keith and TR Love from the idiosyncratic, pioneering Bronx hip-hop crew
Like aliens crash landing in the projects, Ultramagnetic MCs reinvented hip hop. It could be argued hip-hop would not be…
Interview: Kendrick Lamar
"You can’t really get into the studio with Jay-Z or Eminem and look at them like 'they’re my big homies'; you’ve got to go in there trying to cut their head off. Period."
Preparing for a last-minute interview is a challenge. When that interview happens to be with the hottest rapper in the…
Review: Kendrick Lamar – The Palace, Melbourne, December 21, 2012
Andrew Hickey joins the throng of Kendrick disciples, is not let down
There’s no easier way to feel like you exist in a bubble than by going to the Melbourne debut of …
Interview: The Underachievers
ACCLAIM speaks with the shamans of Hip Hop
Have you ever stood in the ocean as a big wave approaches? You see it coming but you don’t budge,…
Hit & Miss: Wu-Tang on the Screen
Some may say that, when it comes to film and TV, the Wu-Tang oeuvre ain't nothing to fuck with. The intrepid Andrew Hickey jumps in to sort the good from the bad.
Who doesn’t love Wu-Tang Clan? Well I could take or leave Cappadonna, depending on what verse I’m listening to, but…
Interview: Apollo Brown
Andrew Hickey talks to the Detroit producer about how to put together a good collaboration
In this era the term “hip hop producer” has become ambiguous and almost lost meaning. If one person could embody…










