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http://allhiphop.comDr. Ian Smith’s middle name might as well be multi-task. While millions of people know the young doctor as the intensely polite nutrition expert on VH-1’s Celebrity Fit Club, he is also a scholar (Harvard, Columbia University, Dartmouth and Chicago University’s Pritzker School of medicine), author (five books and contributing editor for Men’s Health […]
How far can a joke on Hip-Hop go? According to Ivan Matias, far enough. Matias is the wizard behind the invention and rhymes of Jason “Caushun” Herndon, Hip-Hop’s first openly gay rapper. Garnering media attention for an openly gay MC proved to be no small feat. After calling into Hot 97’s Funk Master Flex’s show […]
Russell Simmons’ new book Do You! 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success has landed onto the New York Times’ Bestsellers List. Do You! currently sits high with a debut at No. 4 on this week’s Hardcover Advice list. “I am very grateful, humble and excited that so many […]
Whether sales are through the roof or below average, one thing that remains constant at all times with G-Unit is drama. Minus the infamous awards show melee, Young Buck usually plays it cool, staying below the gossip radar. Now with recent allegations of members of the crew assaulting a minor, unsanctioned truces with enemies, and […]
AllHipHop.com: How did you come out about speaking to Game to dead the beef? Young Buck: I was on a promotional tour for radio. I was making sure that all my records get played around, being I got a hit record “Get Buck.” Once I got to L.A., the politics of the music had people […]
Finding substance in the South isn’t hard to find, in Lexington, South Carolina, Gemstar Da Goldenchild is a prime example of an artist that sticks to kicking raw rhymes as opposed to leanin’ and rockin’. Gemstar embodies the essence of a MC capable to spitting metaphoric rhymes and witty punchlines, a style once thought to […]
Usually when popular producers take young, unknown MCs under their wing and unleash them on the industry, the results make Hip-Hop history. Puffy did it for Biggie, Dre did it for Eminem, and Large Professor did it for Nas. In 2007, enter Sean Kingston, the first artist to be signed by super-producer Jonathan ‘J.R.’ Rotem […]
Legions of rap fans love to scan websites for forgotten gems of the video era while others comb MP3 databases looking for the next talent to tell their friends about. These worlds collide at Music Nation, where hopefuls enter their videos for the chance to win some cash and a contract with Epic Records. Amidst […]
A decade ago, then-Snoop Doggy Dogg with the help of L.T. Hutton, freaked a Zapp sample for what would become “Beware of My Crew” for The Line Thin Between Love & Hate Soundtrack. The period found the rapper on a frugal label, taking responsibilities into his own hands to make hit after hit. Following his […]
When full story of Hip-Hop is told, much more credit will be given to the West Coast rap scene. While many of the world’s hardest Bronx-centric Hip-Hop historians might try to downplay the lyrical and political impact of the West, it cannot be ignored. Case in point, MC Eiht. Before most of today’s so-called gangster […]
We’ve all heard about that one kid with talent. The one guy where the world is literally waiting to be his oyster. It’s the kid that’s about to get the full scholarship to Princeton. It’s Len Bias coming out of college. It’s Ryan “Royce Da 5’9”” Montgomery spitting rhyme for rhyme with Eminem circa ’98. […]
While Def Jam MCs are complaining left and right about slow release schedules and lackluster marketing, the label’s R&B artists don’t seem to be having any problems. Like labelmate Rihanna, singer/songwriter Ne-Yo is quickly following up his successful debut with Because of You (Def Jam), a focused and mature look at the artist that puts […]
With the hyphy (or hyphie) craze invading the music industry and permeating the ears of the Hip-Hop lovers the last few years, it was only a question of when – not if. With Bravez Team Hyphy, the sub-genre’s first foray into the boy band idiom has officially started. Unfortunately, it’s not All Systems Go (Stand Up/Green Light), as […]
In the words of Sage Francis himself, “A lot of s**t has happened since A Healthy Distrust.” The poetic, lyricist, battle MC, political dissident and one-time ice cream server has amassed a collection of thought-provoking songs and molded them into his latest album, Human the Death Dance, out this month on Epitaph Records. With a […]
Women rappers don’t get nearly enough credit. Often times, radio pushes messages about “Lip Gloss” or “No Panties” when there are some truly ferocious or groundbreaking MCs out there. AllHipHop.com tracked it back, not to the biggest, the most successful, or even the most underground moments, instead, we’ve highlighted 10 tracks that show that the […]
Phat Kat has a lot to be passionate about. As a matter of fact he should be pretty damn frustrated. Aside from the passing of his longtime friend DJ/Producer J Dilla, the lyrical go-getter rarely gets the credit due for putting Detroit on the map. His name is often lost when Eminem, Slum Village and […]
Akon didn’t knowingly steal a song from rapper Loon says Bu, the co-CEO of Akon’s Konvict Muzik. Loon, formerly of Sean “Diddy” Combs Bad Boy Records, claims that his vocals were stripped from the song “Who Is That” and another artist was added with vocals from T-Pain and Akon. “Akon had heard the instrumental with […]
Working to establish respect among the elite MCs in the rap game, Hip-Hop enthusiast Lucy Diamonds came along way from taking shots at Jay-Z, to now working on receiving the stamp of approval from common ears. Often in Hip-Hop struggle is used as fuel to aspiring artists teaching them to be hungry yet humble. Lucy […]
If you’re a quality DJ you better know how to juggle. Not just the one’s and two’s, but actual multi-tasking: deejaying, production, mixtapes, life. Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ve heard about January 16, 2006—the day the RIAA sent federal agents to arrest DJ Drama and DJ Don Cannon of the Aphiliates Music […]
Artist: SlaineTitle: The White Man is the Devil Volume 2: Citizen CaineRating: 3 StarsReviewed by: Kathy Iandoli The heart of Boston Hip-Hop is forever held in the arms of its independent artists. Logistically, Beantown can give New York a run for its money in the number of lyricists that flood the underground. Almost impossible to […]
