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Grouchy Greg

Follow me on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/grouchy.tv - I am Grouchy Greg. I founded AllHipHop in 1996. In addition to running the site, I enjoy breaking news stories. My stories have been cited in The LA Times, NY Times, NY Post, TMZ, Yahoo, Billboard, The Associated Press, CNN, and more.

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Threat Of Violence Cancels Beenie Man/Foxy Brown AIDS Concert In New York

LIFEbeat and The Music Industry Fights AIDS has canceled their charity fundraiser Reggae Gold Live concert, due to alleged threats of violence. The concert, dubbed “Reggae Gold Live 2006 Summer Jumpoff,” was to be presented by with E.A.R.S. Entertainment Group and New York’s Power 105.1 FM. The concert was scheduled for Tuesday, July 18 at […]

Young Dro: Killer Instinct

A true-chain smoker will light one cigarette off of another, it prevents from having to use matches or a lighter. Perhaps that’s what Atlantic/Grand Hustle Records considered when they piggybacked Young Dro’s Best Thang Smokin’ off of TI’s highly successful album, King. After three years of making powerful appearances on albums from T.I., P$C, and […]

Timbaland’s Mosely Music Group Launches With Chart Success From Nelly Furtado

Timabland’s Mosley Music Group (MMG) label has launched with success, as the label’s first release Loose from singer Nelly Furtado entered Billboard’s Top 200 chart at #1 last week, while the single "Promiscuous" featuring Timbaland has hit the top of Billboard’s Top 100 Singles chart this week.MMG, a joint venture label with the Interscope/Geffen/A&M, is […]

B.I.G. Family Says Police Officer On Duty During Rapper’s Slaying, Requests Lawsuit Expansion

The family of the late Notorious B.I.G. has requested an expansion to their wrongful-death lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles. According to a 94-page motion, the family contends that Los Angeles Police Department officer Rafael Perez was on duty at the Petersen Automotive Museum the night of the killing. The motion also referenced a […]

Snoop, Busta Rhymes and Celebrities Compete for “King of Bling Crown.”

Hip-Hop artists, Snoop Dogg and Busta Rhymes, along with other music artist and world class athletes, will be competing for the General Motors 3rd annual Spring Bling Crown tonight (July 11). The event will take place this year at the Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood. Snoop and Busta along with others will be presenting new […]

Blue Collar

Artist: RhymefestTitle: Blue CollarRating: 4 StarsReviewed by: Max Herman As much as the masses love to cheer on a hustler turned rapper, Chicago native Rhymefest is living proof that you can make it big in the game even if the only thing you’ve sold on the corner is your music. ‘Fest spent years working random […]

Gangstress

Artist: KhiaTitle: GangstressRating: 2 1/2 StarsReviewed by: Sidik Fofana Sex is too raw for metaphors. At least according to Khia, whose 2002’s “My Neck, My Back”, branded her oral sex’s chief advocate. True, the song’s bass had clubgoers chanting “that one durr is a hit”, but by the time their alcoholic slur corrected itself, the […]

SMACK: The Album Vol. 1

Artist: Various ArtistsTitle: SMACK: The Album Vol. 1Rating: 2 1/2 StarsReviewed by: John Burnett The S.M.A.C.K (Streets, Music, Arts, Culture & Knowledge) series is renowned for providing viewers with street journalism in its grittiest form. S.M.A.C.K. The Album Volume 1 CD/DVD continues the trend of past S.M.A.C.K. DVDs with a compilation of their signature street […]

The Purple Album

Artist: Purple CityTitle: The Purple AlbumRating: 2 1/2 StarsReviewed by: Bill Zimmerman Just like their Dipset brethren, Purple City stays on their grind. Since dropping 2005’s Road to the Riches: The Best of the Purple City Mixtapes, Un Kasa, Shiest Bub and Agallah kept releasing a stream of mixtapes and a collaboration album with French […]

Daz: So So Daz

For more than 14 years, Daz Dillinger has known survival. Daz watched a Death Row dynasty being built from his early days as an MC while living off of Popeye’s Chicken. Five years later, he saw it all unravel even though he left with a Dogg Pound Gold solo album, Revenge, Retaliation, and Get Back. […]

Body Armor Executive In Hot Water Over 50 Cent Party, Alleged Stock Fraud

DHB Industries Founder/Chairman David H. Brooks was placed on indefinite “administrative leave” Monday (July 10) by the company’s board while DHB is being investigated for state, federal, and internal inquiries. In a federal lawsuit filed by DHB shareholders, Brooks is cited for “a history of serious securities law violations,” as well as making “false and […]

I Eat You Eat

Artist: A-AlikesTitle: I Eat You EatRating: 3 1/2 StarsReviewed by: Abran Maldonado Chuck D sets the tone for the album on it’s opening lines: “You cannot talk above the people/You can’t talk to the people/You gotta talk with the people.” A-Alikes’ K and Ness have achieved a great feat with their debut album, I Eat […]