Up-and-coming Chicago rapper Bump J faces a minimum of seven years in a federal prison after admitting his guilt in a 2007 local bank robbery earlier today (August 26). In November 2008, the former Atlantic Records artist was arrested during a routine traffic stop in Carbondale, Illinois, about two hours east of St. Louis, […]
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 […]
Sunday Selection Omarion ft/Lil Wayne – “I Get It In” What’s up everybody! Hope all is well. If you haven’t heard the latest, rumors have been flying around all week about singer Omarion’s alleged departure from Young Money Entertainment. Is he with still rolling with Weezy and Company? Is he dropped? Or did he leave […]
Lil Flip has announced his latest album, Respect Me, will land in stores on September 29 via High Powered Entertainment/E1. According to the 28-year-old rapper who also goes by the name Flip Gates, the new 15-track album is a reflection of his life. “The thing about this album is that it’s so reflective of me, […]
“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 […]
Sunday Selection Beyonce – “Poison” What’s up everybody? Hope all is well. I came across some interesting new music this week. I got my hands on two new Chris Brown tracks, even heard some new Bobby Valentino and Tank, but the track from Beyonce titled “Poison” I received was the most noteworthy this week. ”Poison” […]
What’s up everybody? Hope all is well. This week I came across a few new tracks, but only one in particular motivated me to want to write about it. I had tracks from Queen Latifah, Marcus Houston, Amerie amongst others but the one I got by Whitney Houston titled “Million Dollar Bill” was by far […]
DISCLAIMER: All content within this section is pure rumor and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have whispered in our ear. Read on.THE DAILY TWO SENSE The weekend is gone and it wasn’t really a weekend. There were storms all over the place. Makes me think of the “signs” I post. […]
Sunday SelectionJosh Xantus – “First Time”By: Nia Beckwith What’s up everybody!?? It’s been a minute! Some of you may remember my column “Sunday Selection” from last year where every week I would pick an R&B single and add my two cents. Well I’ve been on hiatus for a while, but now I’m back! Big ups to […]
Kanye West has dispelled rumors that he’s publicly dubbed himself the ‘King of Pop’ following the tragic death of Michael Jackson. The rumor began to gain legs courtesy of media personality Wendy Williams, who lent credence to the supposed statement on her radio show. According to various news sources, Kanye is reputed to […]
How’s it goin’ folks? A week away and I’m glad to be back. From the looks of things, the week had a lot going on. If it wasn’t the hype surrounding Obama’s beer summit with Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the officer who arrested him at his home, it was the NFL giving Michael Vick […]
Vivendi Entertainment has announced a September 15 release date for the highly anticipated documentary titled Big Pun: The Legacy. The documentary tells the life story of the Grammy nominated rapper, who died from a heart attack due on February 7, 2000 due to obesity. The documentary uses unreleased concert footage, videos and interviews with rappers […]
Kanye West will be featured in an upcoming special on Fuse TV this Saturday (July 25) titled “Fuse Presents Kanye West: Live From the Chicago Theatre.” The special features an exclusive interview with Kanye West about his mother’s aspirations for his non-profit, The Kanye West Foundation. West’s mother, Dr. Donda West, established the […]
Immediately upon reading reports of the recent accusations brought against his client, Yung Berg’s manager and attorney contacted AllHipHop.com vehemently denying the allegations reported Tuesday afternoon (July 21). Chelsea Berry, who claims she filed a police report in an LA suburb last Thursday evening (July 16), accused Berg of assaulting her while she visited […]
In this vintage clip, AllHipHop.com and Footage Fa Dayz brings you veteran rapper Ice Cube. This 5:11 clip was taken in 1998, as Ice Cube was touring the country as part of the Family Values tour. This was the first year for the Family Values Tour, which was created by members of the […]
“Euphemisms are misunderstood as mistakes/ But it’s a by-product of the ghetto music we make/” —Canibus, “Poet Laureate II,” Rip the Jacker, 2003. Of the many reasons Hip-Hop music dogged for, one of the most unremarkable is that it teaches bad English—broken English—Ebonics. Critics argue that it celebrates anti-intellectualism, with an emphasis on rhyme rather […]
In the closing months of 2003 Kanye West, while introducing himself, reintroduced the hip-hop world to his fellow Chicagoan, a rapid-fire spitter known as Twista. Despite several break-out verses on projects from Do or Die, Puff Daddy and the Ruff Ryders, Twista had achieved limited mainstream success prior to the Kanye-featured-and-produced “Slow Jams,” and the […]
It is pretty common knowledge that it is high time that the recording industry re-evaluate its practices and business M.O. This is a direct result of the digital era, however I have an archaic response to the resurgence of the new indie and internet movement. Record labels need to make the record deal […]
The Game’s efforts to humiliate Jay-Z have entered a new phase with “I’m so Wavy,” a new recorded dis of the Compton MC’s Brooklyn-based counterpart. In the four minute and 50 second song, which hit the Internet on Saturday (July 11), The Game degrades Jay-Z as he references Jay-Z’s looks and age throughout the […]
“Half these rap lyrics ain’t thought-provoked/ Just a lot of beef till they get caught and smoked/” —GZA, “Illusory Protection,” Grandmasters. “If I rhyme about home and got descriptive/ I’d make 50 Cent look like Limp Bizkit/” —K’Naan, “What’s Hardcore?,” The Dusty Foot Philosopher. Nowadays, nothing seems to annoy this writer more than the fecklessness […]
