Master The Moment. Years ago, I wrote a personal editorial on AllHipHop.com, because I felt like the culture itself has finally learned to “master the moment.” This write up referred to the period affectionately known as the second Golden Era. I’m not certain if that the “Master The Moment” phrase had ever been used before,… Read more »
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Dont Dumb Down, Just Speak The Language Of The PeopleAllah gives to every creature the ability to communicate with its own to be able to share with other members of its species, what its aim is, what its desire is and the fulfillment of the natural inclination of the species.The highest manifestation of communication is… Read more »
Originally published by Boston.com. Click here for the original story. Positivity, thats how Im livin.. So goes the lyric from my brothers early hip-hop song, Positivity. My brother Keith Elam, the hip-hop artist known as GURUGifted Unlimited Rhymes Universaldied this week at the too-young age of 48 because of complications from cancer. Positivity was what… Read more »
HIP-HOPS STATE OF EMERGENCY: OUR HEALTH CRISIS State of Union Address to the Hip-Hop Generation by Supa Nova Slom, The Hip Hop Medicine Man Part I: Hip-Hop Is Dying Dear Hip-Hop Generation: This is a call to my fellow hip-hop artists, community, and generation at large: WAKE UP!!! HIP-HOP IS DYING!!!! IT IS A STATE… Read more »
[Original Source]Im not a whistle-blower, rat or any other term synonymous with snitch. With that said the following stories shall leave the guilty nameless. My agenda here is to crystallize my point, not expose wack behavior. Before I state my premise Ill first explain my need to. Last month I received an assignment to interview… Read more »
One morning in 2003 I had the honor of being with both the WWEs Vince McMahon and Russell Simmons at a political gathering announcing their collaboration in Washington, D.C. I love Russell to death but I already knew him and decided to take the opportunity and limited time to say something to Vince McMahon. Obviously… Read more »
Remember what Commissioner Gordon did when he wanted to summon Batman? He took the “bat sign” and shined it over the city and Batman would know it was time to come through. I would imagine, in the comic book world, the whole city of Gotham knew that Batman was on the way upon seeing the… Read more »
Editor’s note: The views expressed inside this editorial aren’t necessarily the views of AllHipHop.com or its employees.Last week, I penned a firey editorial flamed toward the recent rise of rich kids in Hip-Hopthose who out of suddenness developed an interest to Rap music-making, and in a few months only had multiple labels vying for their… Read more »
[Editor’s note: This post is a direct response to Tolu Olorunda’s editorial entitled, “Rich Kids in Hip-Hop: Who Let the Gates Open?“]Editor’s note: The views expressed inside this editorial aren’t necessarily the views of AllHipHop.com or its employees.Im writing this because Im so sick of limiting beliefs in rap music. Im sick of the idea… Read more »
Another classic post, where J-Smooth discusses T-Pain’s brief political tango with Sean Hannity.
A month ago, Tavis Smiley and a group of Black intellectuals and activists, which included Minister Louis Farrakhan, Dr. Cornel West, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Michael Eric Dyson, and others got together to discuss the importance of President Barack Obama addressing of a Black Agenda. Apparently the goal was not for the group to address the… Read more »
The New Synth Pop: Ke$ha, Young Money and Justin Bieber Got This!When it was raging about 4-5 years ago I never participated in the Is Hip-Hop Dead? debate. Partly because I thought it was E & J (envy and jealousy) coming from the culture and industrys New York wing and because I was already in… Read more »
Editor’s note: The views expressed inside this editorial aren’t necessarily the views of AllHipHop.com or its employees.We survived winters, snotty nosed with no coats/ We kept it real, but the older brother still had jokes/ … Check it, fifteen of us in a three bedroom apartment/ Roaches everywhere, cousins and aunts was there/ Ghostface Killah,… Read more »
Editor’s note: The views expressed inside this editorial aren’t necessarily the views of AllHipHop.com or its employees.…Continued from the “Top 5 Worst Name Changes In Rap.” This ain’t serious.1) Killer Mike to Mike Bigga We know the change takes some getting used to, but Killer Mike had to do it. Sadly, America simply wasn’t ready… Read more »
Ice Cube weighs in on the recent rumors that he’s dissing Dr. Dre and others on a recent song, “Drink The Kool Aid.” He’s actually working with Dre on the looming Detox album.What up fam, I met Dr. Dre in the studio last night. When I got there Snoop was in the booth laying the… Read more »