Shades of Blue: Madlib Invades Blue Note
Artist: Mad LibTitle: Shades of Blue: Madlib Invades Blue NoteRating: 4 1/2 StarsReviewed by: Brolin Winning The toast of underground hip-hop aficionados, jazz cats young and old, and open-minded music lovers everywhere, Madlib has put in a ridiculous amount of work over the past decade. Between The Lootpack, Quasimoto, YNQ, and assorted other productions, not […]
Extended F@mm: A Happy F*ck You Interview
Tonedeff, Substantial, PackFM, Session. You may have heard them individually, or read about them, but together they’re Extended F@mm. As a group, their music is undeniably catchy and their individual styles are truly unique. Their joint project Happy F*ck You Songs, brought the return of the battle MC mixed with a sense of humor and […]
All-Access: Def Jam Vendetta
I kept my ear to the ground at my station’s (97.9 the BEAT) promo meeting last week. Method Man was coming out on May 29 to battle our listeners in Def Jam Vendetta. I thought to myself "cool, I’ma fall through." I invited my girl Suga since she’s a Meth fanatic. May 29 – Dalla, […]
Black Eyed Peas Take On Grueling Tour Schedule
The Black Eyed Peas are working hard to promote their newest endeavor, Elephunk, by hitting the road for a grueling tour. "We love going on the road and touring," group member will i. am said. "We’re always asking the record company, ‘What tours are we doing this summer this fall? School’s getting ready to start […]
Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff Under Investigation For Double Homicide
Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff, center of a federal probe involving Murder Inc., is also being investigated for a drug-related double homicide outside of an apartment complex in Owings Mills, Maryland, newly filed court records state. Court papers filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore stated that "a double homicide in front of [a] stash house […]
Dame Dash To Executive Produce “The Woodsman”
Dame Dash has signed on to executive produce "The Woodsman," which stars Kevin Bacon, Eve, Mos Def and Kyra Sedgewick. The movie centers around a convicted sex offender who has just been released from prison, trying to rebuild his life. The movie is being shot on location in Phildelphia and his being directed by Nicole […]
The Roots, Common,Kanye Unite With Cuban Rap
The Roots, Common, Tony Touch, Soul Live, J-Live, Kanye West and others plan to convene with several Cuban hip-hop artists in an effort to push cultural exchange at Harlems Apollo Theater. On June 9, the American artists will meld talents with Cubas finest like Doble Filo and Obsesion The cultural exchanges are hardly new, claims […]
Hip-Hop Summit Going To Denver
Russell Simmons and his Hip-Hop Summit Action Network are poised to bring the next summit to Colorado, tentatively scheduled for this fall. The focus for the subsequent summit this fall will be Youth and Empowerment, as Benjamin Chavis, president of the HHSA, told the Denver Post, It’s in the context of encouraging young people to […]
B.G. Still Not Returning To Cash Money
Chopper City Records CEO B.G. insisted that he is maintaining his own label and dispelled any notion that he may be going back to his former home of Cash Money Records. The budding businessman retorted with F**k no and offered no further elaboration. Currently the rapper has a number of upcoming lawsuits against Cash Money […]
A Tribe Called Quest Reunites
A Tribe Called Quest will hit the studio starting in July to start recording for their reunion album. According to Phife, the death of Jam Master Jay is the reason the group has reunited. "What really brought it to the forefront was the whole Jam Master Jay thing," Phife told AllHipHop.com. "We just wanted to […]
LL Cool J Seeking New Label
According to reports, LL Cool J, the first artist to release a record on Def Jam, is actively seeking a new home to release records, after his proposed $20 million dollar deal with Def Jam was shot down by executives. While the deal that LL sought didn’t happen, the rapper is still in negotiations with […]
UPDATE: Ras Kass Surrendered
Ras Kass’ protégé Scipio has recanted an earlier account regarding the method by which his MC mentor came to be in the custody of the Las Vegas Metro Police Department over the Memorial Day weekend. “It turns out that the source that I received my information from was not accurate. Ras was not apprehended in […]
Chino XL Preparing New Album
Rapper Chino XL is back in the studio, finishing up tracks for his highly anticipated album, Chino XL is Poison Pen. The album will feature tracks with Cuban Link and Gisele Jackson and feature production by Nick Wiz, newcomer Ghost, Fantom of the Beat, the brains behind 50 Cent and Lil Kim’s#### collaboration, "Magic Stick." […]
Early Eminem Videotape Surfaces On Ebay
Fans of Eminem may have an opportunity to see the superstar before he rocketed to the heights of the entertainment business.An unknown former acquaintance of Eminem is auctioning off rare performances, studio performances, his first recording at Princes Paisley Park Studios and even Eminem picking his nose and eating his own boogers for a cool […]
Skillz Headed To Interscope
After reports surfaced that MCA would be folded into Interscope Records because of MCA’s decline in sales over the past years, it seems that the transition is now underway. “I got the call and they said ‘you know everybody at Interscope is excited I said, ‘Interscope? Why are people at Interscope excited about me?,” rapper Skillz […]
Ras Kass Apprehended
Ras Kass is no longer a fugitive from justice. In the early morning hours of Saturday, May 24th, John Austin aka Ras Kass was arrested and taken into custody by the Las Vegas Metro Police Department. According to Ras’ good friend and MC protégé Scipio, Ras Kass was arrested after the vehicle he was a […]
The Last Emperor: The Last Of A Living Breed
The Cliff Notes Version of the saga behind The Last Emperor: A West Philly b-boy makes moves in his hometown in the early 90s, but emerges as a standout on the mic and in the classrooms at Lincoln University, the nations first historically Black college. He shuts down ciphers in campus dorms, proving that he […]
Suge Knight Theorizes Who Shot Up Offices
While police have yet to figure out a motive for the early morning shooting of Tha Row’s offices in West Los Angeles, California, Suge Knight had a theory on who the culprit may be. "We’ve got a lot of artist’s like Crooked I, Eastwood and Kurupt, that are currently working on new albums. And, because […]
Tha Row Offices Shot Up
According to police reports, two gunmen opened fire on the West Los Angeles office of Tha Row Records this morning. A security guard at the Wilshire District office building said that four cars pulled up at approximately 2:30 am this morning and fired seven bullets in the the walls, front door and windows of the […]
MC Lyte: Rock Of Ages
It is an undeniable fact that few MCs have contributed more to the game of Hip-Hop than MC Lyte. To say she helped blaze a trail for other female MCs to follow would do her a severe injustice. Not only has she garnered the respect of her peers, she has captured the imagination of those […]
