ALBUM REVIEW: Gym Class Heroes – The Quilt
It seems like everyone has it out for Gym Class Heroes. Since the release of 2004s The Papercut Chronicles, GCH has often been on the receiving end of criticism from an extremely fickle fan-base. After the band released the more accessible As Cruel as School Children, the band became too Hip-Hop for Rock and too […]

Keri Hilson: It’s Showtime
Keri Hilson has probably been busy since birth. Having penned, produced, and arranged her first song at age twelve, she was quite possibly the musical prodigy that others in this new wave of “songwriters turned singers” boast themselves to be on their resumes. On a hot summers day, you can find her in the A […]

Sunday Selection: The Keri Hilson Collabs (R. Kelly and Lil Wayne)
Ive been checking out Keri Hilson ever since my editor put a bug in my ear about her earlier this year. Now that she has emerged from behind the scenes to develop herself as an R&B artist, Im watching her every move. Keris written songs for artists such as Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige, Britney […]

The Last Word: Eva Mendes Reveals Naked Fetish, Aubrey O’Day Reveals a P### Fetish, and Mariah Reveals a Bible Fetish?
Whats good, weekenders? Man, what a slow week. If it wasnt for the government planning a $700 billion bailout of Wall Street and the financial system at the potential expense of us taxpayers, Obama and McCains first presidential debate being in danger of cancellation because of said financial crisis and Clay Aiken finally coming out, […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Jazmine Sullivan – Fearless
It would be hard to blame those who havent paid Jazmine Sullivan much attention so far. Most R&B chicks end up on a milk carton before the second single drops, and it isnt always easy to tell which ones we should get too attached to. Sullivan, however, actually deserves the second glance that most of […]

Dollicia Bryant: Vixens Killed the Video Star
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 […]

Karina Pasian: War Stories
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 […]

Saul Williams’ Response to Kanye West’s “Love Lockdown”
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 […]

Sunday Selection: Jennifer Hudson – “I’m His Only Woman” ft Fantasia
I cant stress over and over how much I love a good ol duet! And its 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 […]

The Last Word: Mariah Is Tennessee Bound, R. Kelly Speaks On Child P### Acquittal, Ne-Yo Calls Out the Phonies, and VIBE Responds to Ciara’s Nude Cover
Hows 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 […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Raphael Saadiq – The Way I See It
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 Bs little sister re-lit the torch, Raphael Saadiq has grabbed it and carried it across the finish line for The Way […]

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

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

Sunday Selection: Kanye West “Love Lockdown”
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 Id be doing a write-up on Kanye on the Alternative side of AHH. But then again, hes so unpredictable […]

The Last Word: Chris Brown Writes For Britney Spears, Pussycat Dolls Say No to Stripping, and Beyonce Talks Her Role As Etta James
Whats 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 […]

Ryan Leslie: Diamond in the Rough
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 […]

Chester French: WTF Do THEY Have To Do With Hip-Hop?
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, its supposed to make it easier to find what youre looking for. When you want to find The Rolling Stones or Run-DMC or […]

The MTV VMA’s: A Running Diary
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 […]

Sunday Selection: Ciara – “Go Girl” ft T-Pain
Its 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 youll never grow tired of hearing. I will admit the song makes you […]

The Last Word: Kim Kardashian To Release An Album, Akon Goes On Trial, and VIBE Responds to Robin Thicke’s Remarks On Racism
Whats good, everyone? Nothing much to say about this week aside from John McCain making this years 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 […]