Common Breath Presents: The Top 10 Hip Hop Songs Of 2011

2011 was a historic year for hip hop, taking a giant leap forward as an influential global culture and voice of the voiceless. From the revolutions in Egypt to the Occupy movement, from the growth of the independent artists to the upstarts flooding the internet with new sounds, the music took on a new life [...]

Rebels on the Mic: Hip Hop and Middle East Revolutions

Like most people keeping in tune with the news, I’ve been witnessing this year’s uprisings in the Middle East through the lens of the media, a collection of web reports, videos of the demonstrations and Facebook status updates detailing the story of an incredible movement. When the people of Egypt erupted in revolution, the importance [...]