By Amanda Mester, Ambrosia for Heads On July 13, 1990, the first album to be adorned with a parental advisory sticker hit the shelves,...

By Chris Yuscavage, Complex Remember when album covers were a really important part of rappers' albums? Now that most people steal or buy...

By SPIN Staff, SPIN Magazine At times, particularly during the first half of the '90s, the number of institutional attempts to push back...

By Erik Adams, Marah Eakin, Josh Modell, Noel Murray, Emily Todd VanDerWerff, Tasha Robinson, Keith Phipps, Nathan Rabin, and Scott...

By Alexisgarrettstodghill, The Grio In 1991, rapper Ice Cube bashed his then nemesis, Eazy-E on his dis song “No Vaseline” with the line...

By Malcolm Azania, Vueweekly.com Paris is easily one of the most accomplished MCs and producers in the history of hip hop, and for his...

By Charlene Muhammad, Finalcall.com Imagine being a father fighting foreclosure and trying to keep your family off the streets, a single...

By Nate Seltenrich, Eastbayexpress.com Not since NWA's "Fuck tha Police" has overtly political hip-hop enjoyed any real measure of...

By J. Quintella, Soulsandsounds.com In the midst of an economic collapse, an endless war, and the flux of Election 2008, the Black...

By J. Quintella, Soulsandsounds.com Shocking album covers are nothing new for Bay Area activist emcee Paris. Going back nearly 20 years...

By Ismael AbduSalaam, Allhiphop.com After years of being shunned by mainstream media outlets, militant Bay Area rapper Paris has secured...

By Muhammad Sajid, Illume Magazine "...everyone is responsible for the faults and redemption of the black Muslim, even the black Muslim...

By J.H. Thompkins, S.F. Bay Guardian Paris tackles the big picture on Acid Reflex, a gloriously irreverent deconstruction of the state of...

By David Jefferies, Allmusic.com The "preaching to the converted" problem San Francisco rapper Paris shares with so many other...

By SC, wackbeats.com Direct. Volatile. Impassioned. Litigious. Debatable. Dubious. These are all words you could use to describe Acid...

By Thickonline.com Releasing an album that has Uncle Sam presenting a black child and a hand-grenade on the cover automatically says...

By Pedro 'DJ Complejo' Hernandez, RapReviews.com It seems that all the "new" political rappers who have emerged in the last few years are...

By Yaminah Ahmad, allhiphop.com Never one to hold his tongue on issues like politricks, violence, and poverty in the Black community, it...

By LAS Magazine Paris is back with Acid Reflex on his own Guerrilla Funk imprint. As usual, his hardcore politics and slinky West Coast...

By Tom Chandler, East Bay Express Oakland rapper Paris lets his inner P-Funk shine on Acid Reflex. Listening to Paris in 2008 is like...