Developer/Publisher: Electronic ArtsPlatform: XBOX 360 Players: 1 – 4 (Online)Release Date: 8/14/09 Rating: A   It’s that time of the year again, and for gamers we all know what that means. Yes a new season of Madden NFL Football is upon us. While this title continues to be the premiere sports franchise across all platforms, […]

“I want to be the next youtube star.” – Nicholi Flav, Da Apple Store Kid   I just happened to be on my homey Combat Jack’s Blog over at daily-math.com and I stumbled over a particular post that ended up holding my attention for about 30 minutes. Now, my online attention span is about that […]

Whutupdoe…shout out to all the folks that read my inane ramblings. I honestly appreciate ya’ll because without this outlet for my madness I would probably start carrying an aluminum bat wrapped in barbed wire w/ a bayonet welded to it, don a catchers mask and transform into a serial killer called “The Umpire.”   Don’t […]

The sky is falling. No need to go outside and look for yourself. Trust me. I’m on the Internet so what I say must be true. The sky is falling. Rush to your neighbors and tell them too. Keep your head down as you do this as not to look at the sky because its […]

Should The Hip-Hop Community Go On A Month-Long Fast? “May God deliver us from the curse of carelessness, from the thoughtless ill-considered deed. The deliberate evil of the world, we know is great, but how much of fortitude and strength and faith could we have to cure this and put it down, if only we […]

I just couldn’t believe what I was seeing.   My boy DJ Neptune hit me up on Instant Messenger last week and asked me if I saw what “they” were doing to rapper Ace Hood on social network Twitter. I told him no, but that I would check it out as soon as I was […]

Earlier today, former New York Giant, Plaxico Burress, pleaded guilty to weapons charges which will land him in jail for a minimum of 20 months and two years of supervised release (plea agreement). It was best that he took this route because if this case went to trial, he faced a minimum of 3 ½ […]

[Hexmurda is a columnist for AllHipHop.com. His views don’t necessarily represent those of AllHipHop.com, but this one is pretty close to how many of us feel, you know minus the grammatical brutality.] Well, kiddies it’s that time of the week again. Yup, I’m back. Two columns down and I haven’t received my pink slip (yet). […]

Health Care Reform for Dummies Can someone please tell me why these people are mad?   Haven’t they watched SICKO? Well maybe their Senators should hold a town hall meeting where they watch the Michael Moore documentary about health insurance in America and let see if they continue to b#### and moan about Prez Obama’s […]

“Watch what you’re watching/” —Nas, “Sly Fox,” Untitled, 2008. Images matter. The age of denying the insurmountable effects graphic material masters on the minds of young, impressionable viewers should be far behind us. In the last decade alone, we have witnessed the dramatic possibilities an irresponsible media state is capable of producing when held to […]

The other day, I was really sitting down and thinking. I was playing with one of the kids and a wave of happiness-slash-sadness just splashed down on me. It was weird.   I was thinking of my own plight. You probably didn’t notice, but I haven’t written in the last couple of weeks. Life has […]

I’ve watched the video of Hillary Clinton spazzing out on that poor Congolese college student at least 10 times and each time it gets me hype. She was in the Congo to speak on behalf of women’s rights specifically the epidemic of Congolese women and girls being raped and used as weapons of war. During […]

“Am I wrong for wishing somebody would get killed? I mean, it just doesn’t seem like Hip-Hop gets it until somebody gets killed.”   -illseed  August 10, 2009, posted in rumors   “It ain’t Hip-Hop til some one gets killed? Thanks. That has to be the most reckless, insensitive statement I have heard against our […]

            “And all you coon-a** rappers—ya’ll should all get lynched/ And all you fake-a** gangsters—ya’ll should all get lynched/” —NYOIL, “Ya’ll Should All Get Lynched,” Hood Treason, 2007. The stakes are higher than they’ve ever been, and it seems some would hate nothing more than to see Ni**adry completely blotted out from Hip-Hop music. After […]

Hexmurda is the latest columnist at AllHipHop.com. His views are his own and don’t necessarily represent those of AllHiphop.com or its employees. We had to say that. Now, allow hex to articulate his feelings.   If you didn’t see this coming, then you’re blind as a f###### bat. Some n***a finally punched Joe Budden in the […]

  One could easily dismiss Melody Ehsani as an exotic fashionista…if one is the sort to judge books by covers. However, upon further review and acquaintance, it is apparent that there are several layers to Melody. She is of Persian decent, but born and reared in L.A. She’s oddly, b-girlish yet unapologetically couture. One that […]

Lubna al-Hussein is facing 40 lashes for wearing tight jeans. On July 3, Sudanese “morality police” burst into a restaurant arresting 18 women, and al-Hussein, for wearing what they morally deemed to be inappropriate clothes. A journalist and former employee of the U.N, al-Hussein is making her case public in hopes of bring attention to […]

Lil’ Wayne, “Whip It Like A Slave,” and the Crisis of Coonery   “Music is said to soothe the savage beast, but it may also powerfully excite it. … At an emotional level, there is something ‘deeper’ about hearing than seeing; and sometimes about hearing other people which fosters human relationships even more than seeing […]

(Editor’s Note: This was supposed to be the start of a regular column from hexmurda, a staple of the Detroit Hip-Hop scene. However, the death of Baatin of Slum Village preempted the column and hex has written a column about his fallen comrade. It was originally titled “F**K THIS RAP S**T, I’LL LISTEN TO CLASSICAL.”) […]

When I read the headlines of the death of boxing legend Vernon Forrest, I was stunned, but not nearly as stunned after a friend told me what he released to the internet. I was shocked after seeing what the former champ had sent out on Twitter a mere week prior to his murder.   On […]