Doom

Whodini's 'Friends' is a classic song with an everlasting message--watch who you befriend. Booming 808s and crisp claps mark 'Friends' as a trademark of early-to-mid 80's hip-hop that would become dominated by RUN-DMC, but Whodini were some of the first pioneers to blend electronic elements of production with their rapping techniques...

Metal Face DOOM is certainly an enigma in hip-hop. Although he’s been reclusive, the veteran rhyme-slinger has come out of the shadows to collaborate with Clarks Originals to remix the Wallabees shoe.

Hip-hop wouldn't be what it is today without these artists who've been holding it down independently for years. Every one a trailblazer in their own right, these O.G.s showed the new generation how to be creatively free and how to make nice living at it...

Who’s better? Charlie Hustle or the Super MF’n Villain? We’d be remiss if we didn’t include E-40 Fonzarelli in a feature about indie rap hustlers. E-40 isn’t just a prolific game spitter, as founder of Sick Wid It Records he’s also the model of a successful hip-hop entrepreneur...

Bishop Nehru has more bragging rights than most up-and-coming rappers -- and he's only 16 years old. Fresh off the release of his 'strictlyFLOWZ' mixtape, which was hosted by Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg and BBC Radio 1Xtra's DJ Semtex, the New York kid has announced a collaborative project with seminal underground figure DOOM (formerly MF DOOM).

DOOM's signature "Gladiator" inspired face plate gets replaced with a security mirror in the new video for JJ DOOM's "Bookhead." ("JJ DOOM" is producer Janeiro Janel and DOOM's collaborative project.) Directed by legendary artist Stephen "ESPO" Powers, the clip for the song follows DOOM as he attempts to shoplift at a London convenience store only to have a

Madvillain, the 'America's Most Blunted' collaboration between DOOM and Madlib, are back in action and have contributed a new song entitled 'Papermill' for the Adult Swim Singles Program, so make sure you've got your Dutch Masters and Optimos ready...

At the beginning of 2009, many critics and fans had relegated Mos Def's turn-of-the-century successes in Black Star and his first solo record, 'Black on Both Sides' as his hip-hop peak. Wisely, he quickly turned the tables with 'The Ecstatic' -- one of the best, more innovative hip-hop records released this year...

Comic book culture Web site Comics Alliance put up a great piece on the long-standing relationship between rap and comics. It's no secret that everyone from the Wu-Tang Clan and DOOM to blockbuster artists like Jay-Z and 50 Cent have often name checked and compared their rhyme prowess to having otherworldly powers...

DOOM -- the wordsmith of all wordsmiths -- is back for a 2009 victory lap. Having dropped the MF in MF DOOM, and released the stellar 'Born Like This' earlier this year, the MC-behind-the-mask is slated to drop a new collaborative "mix cd" called 'Unexpected Guests' on Oct...