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http://allhiphop.comNFL All-Pro receiver Terrell Owens recently tried a hand at rapping by recording a diss track aimed at his former team, the Philadelphia Eagles. In a lengthy rap posted on his Web site (www.terrellowens.com), the newly acquired Dallas Cowboy openly taunts the Eagles about earning a guaranteed $10 million this season from Dallas. "When it […]
Ten-time Grammy-award winning vocal group Take 6 has been thrilling audiences throughout the world for years with their immaculate harmonies, and their ingenious ability to incorporate elements of pop, jazz, and R&B in their music. What was formed by Claude McKnight in 1980 as a quartet eventually blossomed and matured into the awesome recording sextet, […]
The name translates to “10 mo’ [more] brothers buried” or 334 MoBB, a tribute to their fallen friends. This dynamic duo represents the mighty region of Montgomery, Alabama. Flexing on many Southern underground mixtapes, the group has surfaced and signed with Island Def Jam. With that backing, the brothers are in a position to become […]
Bubba Sparxxx has consistently been a victim of bad timing. Although ?Ugly? was a hot record in 2001, the Georgian suffered as the press took jabs at him following Eminem?s newly laid footprints. Then, as Bubba returned for an imaginative follow-up album, Deliverance Hip-Hop turned away in search of Crunk ? then, all the rage. […]
Sales of the Notorious B.I.G.’s debut album Ready to Die were halted on Friday (Mar. 17) after it was ruled that a portion of an Ohio Players song was used without permission. The lawsuit is one of 477 filed by Bridgeport Music and Westbound Records against various companies and individuals for sampling records by Parliament-Funkadelic, […]
Artist: E-40Title: My Ghetto Report CardRating: 4 StarsReviewed by: Paine Every once in a while, a veteran makes an album that serves as a reintroduction. Scarface achieved this with The Fix and Snoop had R&G. A thirteen-year Vallejo veteran, E-40’s My Ghetto Report Card (Reprise/BME) is an iconic rapper’s buck-wild Spring Break of his senior […]
Artist: Junk ScienceTitle: Feeding EinsteinRating: 3 1/2 StarsReviewed by: Kevin Polowy Positive. Backpack. Street sh*t. Nerd rap. Junk Science frontman Baje One fires off a checklist of rapjectives to brand his style at the very onset of this Brooklyn duo’s scientifically stellar debut Feeding Einstein (Embedded). And we damn sure appreciate the input. This review’s […]
Artist: Code RedTitle: All AboardRating: 3 StarsReviewed by: Brandon Edwards The members of Code Red all have tall tales and personal demons, each focusing a unique talent to make a healthy contribution to All Aboard (Madacy). The refreshing challenge is that they don’t sound like any other act on the scene which will make them […]
Artist: Five DeezTitle: KommunicatorRating: 3 StarsReviewed by: Mark Cilantro I first heard of the Five Deez and particularly Pase Rock and Fat Jon The Ample Soul Physician from J Rawls of The Lone to The Cata. Back then in ’99 the Five Deez were a contender in the then burgeoning indie renaissance. As most of […]
Break the Cycle, a charity aimed at stopping domestic violence, filed a $10 million lawsuit Thursday (March 16) accusing German sporting goods maker Adidas-Salomon AG of improperly using its name and logo on a line of clothes by rapper Missy Elliott. According to the lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan, the charity alleges that […]
Professor X of X-Clan has died in a New York-area hospital after a bout with meningitis, sources close to the situation told AllHipHop.com. As a member of X-Clan, Professor X gained notoriety for his catch phrases "Vainglorious" and dissed fools by calling them "sissies." Additionally, Professor X, whose real name was Lumumba Carson, was the […]
A new group of detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department’s robbery-homicide division have been assigned to investigate the murder of the late Notorious B.I.G. When questioned how the city lost a costly lawsuit alleging LAPD involvement in the case, assistant city attorney Don Vincent told (LA) City Council public safety members Thursday (March 16) […]
Three 6 Mafia could visit a Pittsburgh, Pa., court as early as next month to face a subpoena from a fan who claims that associates of the rap group assaulted him during a concert last year. Ramone Williams, 19, filed a lawsuit against the Memphis trio, alleging that two of their associates assaulted him as […]
Kanye West, Common, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are among over 100 acts that will perform at the annual Lollapalooza festival The three-day festival will take place in Kanye West and Common’s hometown of Chicago, Illinois, in Grant Park from Aug. 4-6. The lineup is almost double the amount of performers that participated in last […]
The Ave is self-proclaimed as “a street movement in print.” The magazine has created a niche for taking the same artists and celebrities found in the other magazines, and showing them in different lights. The Brooklyn-based publication currently finds 40,000 readers, but has plans to quickly double that. Near it’s second birthday, The Ave has […]
In the Gang Starr classic, “Mass Appeal,” Guru opens with, “No way, you’ll make it, come with the weak s**t, I break kids.” Though Mass Appeal got its name from the Hard to Earn gem, they have certainly made it for themselves. A hobby magazine turned into one of the leading culture publications out there. […]
Anybody’s who has ever picked up an issue of Elemental remembers the comics. “Aight” uses a recurring character who whips pristine Cadillacs, guzzles 40’s, bumps Steady B, and always gets the girl and the gusto. The character is drawn by “Phat Matt” Wright, creator and Publisher of Elemental magazine. As this feature affirms, the cars, […]
The head of Atlantic Records, Craig Kallman, has dispelled rumors that Bronx rapper Fat Joe has been dropped from the label. The rapper’s status at Atlantic was the subject of speculation after the New York Post ran a gossip item implying that he had been released from the label due to poor sales. Fat Joe […]
Corey "C-Murder" Miller will officially be a free man in the next 24 hours, as the rapper will be released from prison today (Mar. 16). Miller has been incarcerated since 2002. He is currently being held in the Concordia Parish Jail in Ferriday, Louisiana, where he has been held since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city […]
It is no easy achievement living up to a show business name, especially if that name is legendary. R&B singers across the board can attest to the name “Hathaway” as being one of the genres most recognizable and well-respected. Troubled as his life may have been here on this earth, Donny Hathaway left behind a […]
