Straight Razor Hip-Hop

Who are we?

Titled after a single by female Hip-Hop Pioneer Roxanne Shante, “Straight Razor” is an all female Hip-Hop review column. Journalism, much like Hip-Hop has always been male dominant. We believe that the lack of female voices in Hip-Hop does not have to equate to the lack of female journalistic opinions on Hip-Hop.The DFC aka “Dope Female Critics” aka “Def Fresh Crew” (also a single by Roxanne Shante) is a group of women writers and Hip-Hop lovers who chop up new music bi-weekly then bring the conversation straight to your devices for your reading pleasure.

What do we review?

Straight Razor reviews Hip-Hop from all artist regardless of race, gender, creed, and locale. While our focus is on brand new Hip-Hop, we are Hip-Hop heads who enjoy flashing back into time every now and then. Each group

music review is called a “Chop.” Each Chop is numbered and will contain a review of at least four artist of which at least one will be a little known underground artist. We will attempt to include at least one female artist in each Chop, however due to the lack of female artists available this may not always be possible. Below is a list of columns possibly populating Straight Razor..

• A review written by one member of the DFC is called a “Hash.”
• A video/visual review is called a “Cut.”
• An event review/interview is called a “Slice.”
• An op-ed/news piece about a Hip-Hop artist is called a “Hackle.”

The DFC

The voices of Straight Razor are a diverse group of spectacular female writers and Hip-Hop heads from all over the country. DFC is an acronym for "Def Fresh Crew" which is a collaboration between Roxanne Shante and Biz Markie. DFC interchangeably stands for Dope Female Critics. Both interpretations of the acronym represent who we are and why we are.

S.B. Cooper (Editor) - Author/Journalist/Community Organizer

Bri (Contributor) - Journalist/Music Programmer at Sirius XM

B. Moore (Contributor) - Author/Educator

Chels (Contributor) - Poet/Software Tester

KB (Contributor) - Poet/Editor at Words, Beats, Life

Princess Best (Contributor) - Hip-Hop Artist/Theater Educator

Want to join The DFC? Email us at [email protected]