What’s good, weekenders? Man, what a slow week. If it wasn’t for the government planning a $700 billion bailout of Wall Street and the financial system at the potential expense of us taxpayers, Obama and McCain’s first presidential debate being in danger of cancellation because of said financial crisis and Clay Aiken finally coming out, […]

It would be hard to blame those who haven’t paid Jazmine Sullivan much attention so far. Most R&B chicks end up on a milk carton before the second single drops, and it isn’t always easy to tell which ones we should get too attached to. Sullivan, however, actually deserves the second glance that most of […]

It would seem that ever since Karrine Steffans’ Confessions Of A Video Vixen hit bookshelves, girls appearing in music videos everywhere had some serious explaining to do. With the perception of most being that listing “video girl” as an occupation was less than honorable, the difficulty in going from music video starlet to legitimate actress […]

At 17, Karina Pasian is a trained pianist with a soulful voice to match. Crediting jazz as her favorite genre of music, she frequently listens to Billie Holiday, Natalie Cole, and Sarah Vaughn. She is not your average teenager. After all, how many kids do you know have been invited to the White House to […]

The views expressed in this response are not the views expressed by AllHipHop.com.Poets over Rappers Vol.1Listening to Kanye’s “Love Lockdown” and reading the comments beneath it on AllHipHop.com, it brought me back to the conversation I had yesterday, sitting in the barber chair while images of an old me flashed on MTV in a Goodie […]

I can’t stress over and over how much I love a good ol’ duet! And it’s ironic because in the last seven days, all the new music I came across were all collaborations. I think I heard close to eight new duets this week and initially I wanted to place at least half of them […]

How’s the life everybody? This week proved to be nothing to write home about as Texans deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, a tainted milk powder scandal results in thousands of babies being sick in China and a YouTube video surfaces that features Dallas Mavericks forward Josh Howard disrespecting the national anthem at a […]

With everyone so busy ripping off T-Pain ripping off Roget Troutman, everyone forgot about the other big trend of the past year – ripping off Mark Ronson ripping off Motown. A few weeks after B’s little sister re-lit the torch, Raphael Saadiq has grabbed it and carried it across the finish line for The Way […]

At 17, Baltimore’s Rye Rye is in her final year of high-school, but she’s already a graduate of the place from where she got her real education: the club. Growing up in a city known worldwide for it’s home-grown brand of dance music, it’s only natural that Rye Rye would absorb the beats into her […]

For the third time in as many years, one of the industry’s most consistent hit-makers takes a break from putting everyone else on the charts to provide us with an album of his own. Ne-Yo’s Year of the Gentleman is exactly what his fans will be looking for and, while only incrementally so, is probably […]

In light of all the headlines that Kanye West has grabbed in the last week, I only saw it fitting that I pick his new single “Love Lockdown” for Sunday Selection.It never crossed my mind that I’d be doing a write-up on Kanye on the Alternative side of AHH. But then again, he’s so unpredictable […]

What’s new, world conquerors? The end of the week is here and all we have to show for it is Obama and McCain coming together on the anniversary of 9/11 on Thursday, the federal government officially taking over mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as they battle this whole housing crisis, Lance Armstrong coming […]

Perhaps the resume of a music hopeful praying for superstardom in 2008 should detail how well they can multitask. Within the past several years, while witnessing the large scale success stories of singer/songwriter/producers like Ne-Yo and singer/songwriters like Amy Winehouse, it would seem that multitasking is the music business’ newest craze. Before the end of […]

If people still went into stores and bought albums like we used to, more of us might notice a trend in modern music. Most stores divide their music into genres because, theoretically, it’s supposed to make it easier to find what you’re looking for. When you want to find The Rolling Stones or Run-DMC or […]

Okay, so we’ve survived the new episode of The Hills and laughed our way through the red carpet ride. It’s time for the MTV VMA Awards. I have Entourage DVR’ed so I can be your official running diary throughout the Award show. Don’t feel like watching it? Just keep visiting here and drop some comments […]

It’s been a minute since we got a hot track from Ciara. Her newest single “Go Girl” featuring T-Pain is something most of her fans are going to appreciate. It’s definitely radio friendly, and I actually think it’s one of those joints you’ll never grow tired of hearing. I will admit the song makes you […]

What’s good, everyone? Nothing much to say about this week aside from John McCain making this year’s Presidential election even more historic with his running mate Sarah Palin being the first woman Vice Presidential candidate since Geraldine Ferraro to make run for the White House and Hurricane Gustav sparing a Katrina-like repeat on New Orleans […]

As a camera-shy journalist, there have been very few moments in my career that I have wished a video camera was present during an interview. While sitting in front of the four members of the Miami-based group, Pretty Ricky – in the Midtown Manhattan offices of Atlantic Records – I wish I had brought one […]

“I’m your desire, I’m your supplier,” Donnie seductively coos as he attempts to channel his inner Prince on the vocally mediocre debut single, “Take You There” off his album Just a Rolling Stone. The performance is interesting, considering that Diddy swears up and down he picks artists on vocal merit. Even Diddy’s featured rap shows his […]

When talented singer Syleena Johnson sang on the hit “All Falls Down” with Kanye West, she expected her label Jive to get behind their breakout star and help push her 2005 album Chapter 3: The Flesh to the next level. Instead, she found that her label was content to let her career tread water, and […]