Rumours of the death of hip-hop have been greatly exaggerated. DJ Quik and Kurupt's BlaQKout album proves that the genre is in rude health, if you know where to lookDoes hip-hop need saving? It's a question that is asked each year. The latest attempt to throw down the gauntlet came courtesy of Jay-Z, who decried the "softening" of the genre in Death of Auto-Tune. The single fell flat for a number of reasons, partly because it was the sound of a man buying too fully into his position as an elder...
Guardian Music — Rumours of the death of hip-hop have been greatly exaggerated. DJ Quik and Kurupt's BlaQKout album proves that the genre is in rude health, if you know where to lookDoes ... more info