Grand Analog - Calligraffiti

Canadian hip-hop will probably never get the respect it deserves south of the 49th parallel, at least as long as there's a segment of the American pop audience that remembers the atrocious white rapper of the early '90s named Snow, possibly the only rapper with less street cred than Kevin Federline. (A licky boom boom down indeed.) That's mostly a shame for the United States, though, because collectives like Winnipeg's Grand Analog are releasing hip-hop albums as musically rich and lyrically inventive as any of the best underground rappers in America's cities. Read More