He was born and reared in a borough of Hip-Hop elitists, purists, and pioneers.  He brokered his first deal to the tune of $300,000 off the strength of a now classic verse [“Give Up The Goods”] from Mobb Deeps seminal The Infamous.  His debut album (really an EP), aptly titled, Episodes of a Hustla landed […]

If you listen to popular music enough, It’s not uncommon to be able to name the producer who designed that particular track, without reading the credits.  Simply by studying the patterns,  keyboard sounds, and grooves, you can often place a trackmaster with it. Hip-Hop producers can pigeonhole themselves into a certain style that they can […]

Jody Breeze on his new independence, putting Boyz N Da Hood on hold, irritating ringtone rappers and his desire to give back to the community.Jody Breeze has seen his share of the spotlight as a fixture in the Southern underground Hip-Hop scene and a member of the Atlanta based rap group Boyz N Da Hood. […]

As the country picks a side in the presidential race, Russell Simmons, the music and business entrepreneur, finds himself torn between his heart and his brain. Guess what? He’s not alone. Russell Simmons’ logical side and his emotive half are at odds with each other. And he wants to talk about it. “I have been […]

By no means a new face in the realm of Hip-Hop production, DJ Khalil still exudes the energy of a rookie who just landed their first placement. Perhaps it’s because after a decade of recording, he’s only now reaching his prime, and beginning to receive the recognition his peers feel he deserves. Underground enthusiasts will […]

Five and Done; quick questions to keep it moving before a full fledged interview on this here site. We caught up with Fat Joe while he was in NYC’s Chung King Studios, playing his new album, The Elephant in the Room, set to drop March 11. “The room is Hip-Hop,” said Joe Crack regarding the […]

Missed opportunities, bungled promotion, poor timing; all the aforementioned are just a few of the reasons a promising rap career can find itself stalled. Michael “Killer Mike” Render knows this intimately. The once star nouveau Dungeon Family delegate won a Grammy with OutKast (“The Whole World”), dropped an underappreciated debut (Monster) and nevertheless rolled with […]

Prodigy: The Prodigal Son, Part 1 AllHipHop.com: So what’s up with that Saigon incident? Prodigy: Let me start off like this, I don’t like talking about ni***s like Saigon, and certain ni***s I got beef with. It’s like I’m giving them free promotion. They’re no where near the caliber of artist that I am, so […]

Prodigy of Mobb Deep infamy was to begins serving a three and a half year jail sentence for unlawful gun possession on January 8, but was granted a 30 day reprieve. AllHipHop sat down with Capital P so he could set the record straight. Even as one half of Mobb Deep, Albert “Prodigy” Johnson always […]

Ice Cube in the movies did a lot for fans as a rapper too. So when he speaks, listen. All these years, and O’Shea “Ice Cube” Jackson is still the n***a you love to hate. That is, if you think a rapper who got started over twenty years ago cannot still be relevant in 2008. […]

When did DJs start getting so much publicity, start producing full length albums, and begin booking shoe, clothing, and other financially viable endorsements?  Although some think this is a recent occurrence, DJs such as Grandmaster Flash, Marly Marl, Jazzy Jeff, and others were at the forefront of the Hip-Hop scene in the late 70s and […]

What a year! 2007 will probably go down as one of the strangest, loudest, most interesting years that Hip-Hop has ever gone through.  The highs of many comebacks. The lows of fleeting record sales and dropped artists. A host of collaborations both expected and non-traditional.  Khaled was the BESSST!!! The Hip-Hop cops were the worst.  […]

Industry Spotlight: Sujit Kundu A lot of artists are confounded with getting on the radio. When you hear somebody like Lil’ Wayne, Akon, Nelly or Chamillionaire on the radio, you can thank Sujit Kundu. It didn’t start with the radio though. Kundu started his career in rave parties in the Orange County area of California […]

To the uninformed, Killa BH is a mere microbe on Planet Hip-Hop. To the Hip-Hop fanatic, Killa BH is one of the contributing factors to one of the preeminent artist mixtapes in recent memory, Joe Budden’s Mood Muzik 2: Can It Get Any Worse? On that album and its successor, Mood Muzik 3 (2007), the […]

Just like Hip-Hop artists, there are several DJs that are under-rated and don’t really get the credit and ‘shine’ they deserve. DJ Sir Charles Dixon is the perfect example. Sir Charles, although not widely credited for doing so, changed the sound of mainstream radio as we know it today. While holding down the mixshow slot […]

December 18, 2007 was an important day for Radric “Gucci Mane” Davis. It had nothing to do with the release of his album, or with media drama about Young Jeezy. On this day he visited an Atlanta school in his neighborhood, Dobbs Elementary, to talk with students about getting good grades while rewarding them with […]

AllHipHop’s Media Zone has been one of the top places on the Internet to find  the hottest, most exclusive Hip-Hop online.  We’ve broken a lot of new music and made the area home to get your daily fix on what’s hot in the rap game.   With a last look at the music in 2007, […]

Sometimes, a rapper’s induction into the mainstream appears so fated that people mistake it as effortless.  After all, Carol City native Flo Rida had the support of heavyweights such as Rick Ross and the music of sought-after production duo The Runners to help deliver him into the national limelight.  And for his record “Low”, the […]

Rick Ross’ album got pushed back to February ’08 but it’s only giving him more time to preach his gospel of the hustle.Not many rappers can attest to getting a cosign from Jay Hova, moving over a million units, and becoming the first artist to attain platinum status off the strength of ring tone sales, […]

Method Man goes in on his acting, cartoons and smart dumb cats who read rumors. As for Wu-Tang; we tried. As a founding member of the legendary Wu Tang Clan, Method Man was originally considered the stand out star of the nine man crew. His break out hit “M.E.T.H.O.D. Man” from their classic Enter The […]