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http://allhiphop.comRevered lyricist Lord Finesse – who discovered Big L – is not impressed with much of the talent in hip-hop these days and refuses to look to radio for any inspiration. “So many ni**as is wack. If this is the best that the game got, I don’t need to be rhyming, because it’s not a […]
Spelman College, the Atlanta-based historically Black women’s college, forced Nelly to cancel a bone marrow drive on the school’s campus, because of the rapper’s portrayal of women. The event, which was through his 4 Sho Kids foundation, sponsored the drive and Nelly was set to appear on the campus today (April 2), but many female […]
Ja Rule has signed on to star in the remake of the 1976 film “Assault On Precinct 13.”Ja will star as “Smiley,” opposite of Lawrence Fishburne and Ethan Hawke in the flick, which will be directed by Jean-Francois Richet.The movie centers around a mobster (Fishburne) who is locked away in Precinct 13, a police station […]
Rapper Tab “Turk” Virgil, former member of Cash Money’s Hot Boys, had murder charges against him reduced at a preliminary hearing.Virgil is being held on charges of attempted murder, after two officers were shot while raiding an apartment complex in Memphis, Tennessee.The charges against him have now been lowered from First Degree Attempted Murder to […]
Wednesday March 31, 2004 We put up a lil’ rumor about Questlove and The Roots and him really wanting to play drums for Prince. Well, we got an email and Questie replied, but we don’t quite understand what he meant. Here is the reply that was posted on the coveted Okayplayer.com message boards: “classic case […]
Artist: IllogicTitle: Celestial ClockworkRating: 3 StarsReviewed by: Maurice Downes As of late, there’s emerged a Columbus, Ohio sound in hip-hop. It should bring to mind lyrically complex rhyme schemes, crazy soul samples, and epic-sounding productions. Illogic has been an important emcee in this scene for some time, and has managed to give up some memorable […]
The New York Press has released the 2nd annual "50 Most Loathsome New Yorkers" issue. "In defining the word ‘loathsome,’ we cast a wide net and caught all manner of frauds, blowhards and bloodsuckers," the New York Press wrote. "Sometimes the people displaying this behavior are representative of unseen forces and larger groups; other times […]
EA Sports and Def Jam will partner to bring gaming enthusiasts a new Hip-Hop video game.Def Jam Vendetta II will feature more than 70 characters including more than 35 characters in Hip-Hop.Busta Rhymes, Carmen Electra, Lil’ Kim, Ludacris, Method Man, Redman, Sean Paul, Slick Rick, Snoop Dogg, and others will be featured in the game, […]
Jay-Z and Roc-A-Fella records caved on a lot of their promises concerning the Black Album. There was indeed promotion, when said there would be none. There were singles (and poorly picked at that, in my humble opinion). There were overlapping producers and the final list was nowhere near the projected opus. But despite all my […]
AllHipHop.com: What’s up with you and Rhyme Night? X: The rhyme night is something that we doing out here to give some light to the artist out here that really don’t get any. The underground scene gets pushed around to that certain extent to clubs. I don’t really go out but for the simple fact […]
Since his last album Man Vs. Machine, blue collar lyricist Xzibit has laid relatively low. There were persistent rumors that he would never rap again after he was allegedly slashed with a broken bottle.There was the constant chatter ranging from Defari to Suge Knight. Suddenly, Xzibit’s grind has resurfaced partially with the visibility of a […]
“Big and Pac left…now Jay’s leaving is the reason I’m next” – Cory Gunz. The way blocks are buzzing about him similar to the early buzz on 50 Cent’s second stab at the rap game. Call it a slow grind…The Drama King DJ Kay Slay in a recent interview projected that Cory Gunz would be […]
Rapper Juvenile is teaming with Rap-A-Lot CEO James Prince in a new joint venture to release new artists. Under the deal, Juve and J. Prince will release new music from Skip and Wacko as well as an album by the new group Partners N Crime. "This venture is a new way for me to experience […]
The world’s third largest music company, EMI, is cutting 1,500 jobs, will drop 1 in 5 of its artists signed and will begin outsourcing its CD and DVD manufacturing to reduce costs, the company announced today (March 31). EMI owns such labels as Capitol, Virgin, Caroline and Bluenote, is home to almost 300 artists including […]
Presidential hopeful John Kerry said that he was “fascinated by rap and Hip-Hop” and said that he was a big fan of the genre.”I think there’s a lot of poetry in it,” Kerry told MTV’s Choose or Lose. “There’s a lot of anger – a lot of social energy.”Kerry warned America leaders of the importance […]
Westside Connection is preparing to release "So Many Rappers In Love," their second single from the already platinum second album Terrorist Threats. The single, "So Many Rappers In Love" features group members Ice Cube, Mack 10 and WC poking fun at rappers who make love songs. The group will shoot a video for the single […]
Powered by his Hip-Hop tinged single "Yeah" featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris, R&B sensation Usher moved 1.1 million units of his fifth album, Confessions the first week in stores. The album tallied the highest first week numbers ever scanned by a male R&B artist, breaking R. Kelly’s record of 540,000 for TP2 in 2000. The […]
All Mighty Kay Gee of the Cold Crush Brothers is launching his website, www.HipOrHop.com, that will offer digital downloads of hard to find Hip-Hop battles and performances.Consumers will be able to purchase and download legendary and historic performances which are the foundational blue prints for today’s Hip-Hop acts.In the past, fans could only get their […]
Sean "P. Diddy" Combs will make his Broadway stage debut tonight (March 29) to the public, as "Raisin in the Sun" kicks off at the Royale Theatre in New York. Combs and cast did their first official run through of the entire play last night. The previews, which start tonight, are open to the public. […]
Missy Elliott’s video "Pass That Dutch" garnered six nominations for the 2004 Music Video Production Association (MVPA) Awards. Elliott will go head-to-head with Christina Aguilera’s "Fighter," which was also nominated six times. Elliott’s video is up for best choreography, best cinematography, best styling, best direction of a female artist, best art direction, best coloring and […]
