Last week, Compton's own Buddy released an ASAP Ferg-assisted single, "Black." At the time, I enjoyed it for what it was—a dope song, but it was after a deeper listen to the hook that I caught ...

‘CB4’ TURNS 20 YEARS OLD AND WE’RE STILL LEARNING FROM IT Twenty years ago, a movie debuted that tackled the absurdity of Hip-Hop music, it poked fun at the music industry and the depth some will go ...

On this date 27 years ago, Gusto and the gang showed us what gangsta Hip-Hop is all about. In 1993, Chris Rock, Allen Payne and Charlie Murphy gave their own take of how things go down behind the ...

With the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton hitting theaters this week, it’s time to take a look back at Chris Rock’s cult hip-hop mockumentary CB4 that ridiculed the rap group. August 14, 2015 is a ...

“CB4” doesn’t have a nice thing to say about anybody, which is what’s good about it. Billed as rap’s “Spinal Tap,” it lacks the sophisticated humor or form of that masterpiece and all too frequently ...

I always wondered why authenticity is paramount to hip-hop. It sounds silly to ponder since you would think we all would expect a certain level of authenticity, but I never got the notion from fans of ...

CB4, an insiders’ parody of hip-hop culture, is supposed to be a funny, good-natured dig at gangster rap culture and its excesses. Instead, it’s dull, insipid and crass. The story takes place in ...

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On this date 26 years ago, Gusto and the gang shows us what gangsta Hip-Hop is all about. In 1993, Chris Rock, Allen Payne and Charlie Murphy gave their own take of how things go down behind the ...