AHH ALTERNATIVES YEAR IN REVIEW 2007:R&B/Hip-Hop Collabo Commandments
When it comes to duets between rappers and singers, there is a formula that I believe undoubtedly leads to success. Straying from this formula often leads to very bad things i.e. embarrassment, poor record sales, and sparse airplay just to name a few. 07 definitely saw its share of winners and losers when it […]
Public Enemy #1: AllHipHop’s Year End Spotlight
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. […]
Hip-Hop Producer Dr. Dre Debuts New Headphone Line
Producer Dr. Dre and Interscope chairman Jimmy Iovine have teamed with Monster Cable Products to design “Beats by Dr. Dre” high performance headphones. The headphones, which utilize newly developed driver technology, were conceived by Dr. Dre and mutually designed with Jimmy Iovine and Monster’s sound engineers over the past two years. The high […]
Industry Spotlight: Sujit Kundu, VP of Radio Promotions at Universal Records
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 didnt start with the radio though. Kundu started his career in rave parties in the Orange County area of California […]
The Wire Tap: Jermaine Crawford
When you think of the average teenager, the first things that come to mind usually dont involve Shakespeare or long term career goals. Jermaine Crawford, known to most of us as Duquan Dukie Weems on HBOs The Wire, is not only a consummate actor hes also a singer, a dancer, a budding […]
Gangsta Rap Ban Possible In Reading, UK
A possible ban on gangsta rap music could be on the horizon pending the outcome of a police investigation of a New Year’s Day brawl in Reading, England. According to the Reading Evening Post, authorities are looking into whether gangsta rap played a role in a fight that took place at 2:30 a.m. at […]
2007 Rewind – Kelly Rowland: On My Own
The last decade has been an extremely successful time for Kelly Rowland. Being part of the hit trio Destinys Child has garnered her accolades as an R&B solo artist, songwriter, actress and four-time Grammy Award winner. Over the years, Kelly has gracefully matured from a teenage girl into a beautiful Southern bombshell. Shes shown […]
KILLA BH: Joe Buddens Keeper
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 Buddens Mood Muzik 2: Can It Get Any Worse? On that album and its successor, Mood Muzik 3 (2007), the […]
NFL Wild Card Weekend Preview
All Hip-Hop NFL Wild Card Weekend Preview Happy New Year, and with a New Year comes a new season: the NFL post season. The NFLs post season is the one time of the year when the terminology, win or go home, is at its truest. Theres no best of five, or best of seven […]
Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker and Nate Parker: Young Guns
Film writer and director Kasi Lemmons once wrote: Memory is a selection of images, some elusive, others printed indelibly on the brain. These eloquent words were recited by 10-year old newcomer Jurnee Smollett in 1997s unnervingly sexy family drama Eves Bayou. Both powerful memories and words play a part in her most recent role […]
Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine To Announce New Product At CES Show
Legendary producer Dr. Dre and Chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M Records Jimmy Iovine will announce the debut of Monster Cable’s latest product at a press conference tomorrow (January 6) in Las Vegas. Dr. Dre is expected to reveal the details about a new product tomorrow during the press conference, which will take place at […]
2007 Rewind – Lily Allen: Knock ‘Em Out
Its been a bizarre ride to the stateside for Lily Allen. While jousting with the medias incessant need to place her and Amy Winehouse at war, Lilys been keeping her head above water through harsh paparazzi and missing her family and friends back home. The UK starlet may have canceled half of her US tour, […]
Hip-Hop Rumors: Saturday Morning Cartoons With Illseed – Part 6
THEY ARE BACK!This is the official return of the Saturday Mornings with illseed. I took the holiday season off, because people were out worried about getting gifts and eggnog or whatever. On top of it, Bill Cosby removed every single video of the Fat Albert Christmas special on the internet. That messed up my X-Mas […]
TI, Tiny Expecting Second Child
Atlanta rap star T.I. and his girlfriend and former Xscape group member Tameka “Tiny” Cottle are expecting their second child together, AllHipHop.com has confirmed. The child is the second the couple have together and the fifth for the 27-year-old rapper, who is currently under house arrest, while awaiting trial on federal gun charges. […]
LL Teams With Jim Jones; Talks New Album
Queens, New York Hip-Hop icon LL Cool J and Harlem rapper Jim Jones have collaborated on a new track for LL Cool Js upcoming album, Exit 13. The album, which features appearances by Jim Jones, Method Man and Lil Kim thus far, is due in stores this year. [Jim wrote his verse with] No […]
Violator CEO Seeks Brand New Talent
Working alongside Brent Walker and Du Love, Violator CEO, Chris Lighty is on the prowl in search of the next “money making artist”. According to Lighty, the Who Got Skillz competition was started in order to find, “The next artist who can take over Violator worldwide and really take it to the next level.” […]
Gangster Rapper C-Murder Hosts Book Club Discussions
Rapper Corey “C-Murder” Miller is continuing to connect with fans through his literary endeavors by taking part in a new venture with Conversations Book Club. The event, which is called the Tru Conversations Hour, will give fans a chance to discuss Millers best-selling novel Death Around the Corner. Readers will be able to […]
