Since the original Hip-Hop powerhouse Death Row Records was acquired by WIDEawake Entertainment for $18 Million in January 2009, both fans and critics of the iconic label have speculated about its future. Questions have arisen about not only the marketability, but also the purity and relevancy of a ‘new’ Death Row brand. With managing partner […]
In this week’s Footage Fa Dayz, we take you back to a cold, Winter night in downtown Detroit. Rap group Cypress Hill had sold out the legendary Saint Andrews Theater. In this episode, Champtown caught the Los Angeles based rap group on their tour bus, shortly before they took to the stage. This […]
It’s been a long time coming and the self-proclaimed King of Memphis still sticks to this basics- and this is what’s up. Meet Mario Mims, better known as Yo Gotti who is respected as one of the realest Southern rappers in it today. From the streets of North Memphis into the rap game, Yo Gotti […]
Blitz The Ambassador has traveled many miles to get to this point. The Ghanaian-born, Brooklyn residing Hip-Hop artist is a testament in hope, patience and belief in one’s self. Amazingly, he has been on course for with artists like Fela Kuti, KRS-1 and Big Daddy Kane as his influences with a sound that resembles a […]
Over the past decade the mixtape game has taken major leaps and bounds. With the internet playing a key role in free distribution artists like Lil’ Wayne have been able to keep a constant buzz in our ears by the click of a mouse. No stranger to this game is Hakeem Seriki better known as […]
In Part 2 of AllHipHop.com’s Legend2Legend interview with Scorpio of The Furious 5, the rapper digs deep into the origins of Hip-Hop, their “beef” with Bronx legend Kool Herc and their relationship and influence on guys like Prince and Rick James. AllHipHop.com: There was a lot of Jamaican influence in the early days, because the […]
Throughout his career as an artist and music industry executive, Baby aka Birdman has seen his fare share of controversy, from beef to lawsuits and everything in between. He has seemingly remained undaunted by what others may have to say about his style of music, business practices and even his lifestyle. But behind the music, […]
Legendary rapper/activist Chuck D. of Public Enemy is the subject of this week’s Footage Fa Dayz. The year was 1998, the place is Atlanta, Georgia. This clip was shot during the first time the now defunct-Rap Sheet magazine held their convention in the city. A lot of people were in attendance, including The […]
Sticky Fingaz’s has seen some extreme highs and some lows, but he’s made it farther than anybody imagined when Onyx hit the scene with “Throw Ya Gunz.” The raspy, rugged baldhead clique pioneered a heavy metal, hyper-masculine brand of music that’s still seen in live shows. Now, he’s created a Hip-Hop movie where actors do […]
What a shame it would be if CunninLynguists never pierced America’s mainframe. The trio of Deacon, Natti, and Kno continues to the boundaries of Hip-Hop by melding a consistently impressive blend of rock, blues, polka and any other form of music that tickles their fancy. America knows Kanye West, which whom they once shared the […]
Any emcee who rhymes on beat owes a debt to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. When Hip-Hop was just a newborn baby this crew gave it a name, then brought a musical language and a culture which has since flourished into a worldwide phenomenon. Scorpio, along with group members Melle Mel, Kidd Creole, Cowboy […]
Admit it, you’ve missed Floyd Mayweather. His trash-talking and lavish lifestyle aside, “Money” Mayweather is one of the most skilled and gifted athletes sports have seen in the last 25 years. In boxing, pound for pound talent like him comes around once in a lifetime, and has guided Mayweather so far to a perfect fighting record […]
Since today (August 11) is considered to be the birthday of Hip-Hop by many, it is only fitting that this week’s Footage Fa Dayz features pioneering rap group The Beastie Boys. This footage was shot in 1998, backstage at The Continental Arena in New Jersey. On the bill that evening was Rage Against the […]
It was 36 years ago to this very day that a young Clive Campbell aka DJ Kool Herc and a handful of kids in a small, sweltering rec room of 1520 Sedgwick Avenue on August 11, 1973 started a music and cultural revolution that changed the world forever! It began from very humble beginnings in […]
With New York rap fighting for relevance, very few rappers truly helping change the reality for the Big Apple. However, the underground scene has bred a handful of potential candidates in recent years, and Konvict Musik’s French Montana may just be the help New York needs. People may only know him from the widely successful […]
Listening to Bryan “Baby” Williams speak, you get a sense of a man who is at one with his inner and outer self. And if you’ve ever visited New Orleans, you’ll quickly see that he doesn’t lie when he tells you he is his city. He doesn’t ever get too agitated about any topic, even […]
The viewing for founding Slum Village member Titus “Baatin” Glover is being held this afternoon (1pm-8pm) at Detroit’s New Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church. In the wake of another sudden loss for Detroit’s close knit Hip-Hop community, several of Baatin’s friends spoke to AllHipHop.com about the colorful and eclectic rapper’s memory. Baatin grew up along […]
Imagine this: You grow up getting abused by a psychotic father that leads you to numb your pain with drugs. After spending time in a mental institution as a test subject for fluoxetine (an antidepressant), you trade the straitjacket for a microphone, and begin a critically acclaimed—if commercially overlooked—rap career. That would be a […]
Welcome back to another week of AllHipHop.com’s Beat Melee. Thanks to all of those offering constructive feedback, insightful discussion topics, and big ups to the contestants. The homey Denada took some jabs last week for his sample heavy style but still came out on top with about 59 percent of the votes. JRB The Producer […]
Since the inception of the Soul Assassins movement in 1992 the artist collective has birthed clothing brands, radio shows, records, internet ventures, and the most general parturition, a movement. Starting in 1997 the Soul Assassins took their artistry to the recording studio, crafting Chapter 1, which became a classic Hip-Hop acclaimed compilation. Now, in 2009 […]
