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http://allhiphop.comA good way to get your feet wet is by working the mixtape circuit, which is what Long Island native Little Vic has done before releasing his EP Each Dawn I Die (Orena Records). Considering this is a first release for the artist, the album features an all-star line up from Kool G. Rap […]
Though we live dangerous, cops could just/ Arrest me, blaming us, we’re held like hostages– Nas, NY State of Mind I got my first car when I was 18. “Now when you get pulled over, it’s a serious thing,” my dad said to me before he handed me the keys to a brown Toyota Celica. […]
On any given night you can usually find DJ Evil Dee in Bushwick, Brooklyn at Alice Dewgarde’s House. The three-room studio, that also doubles as his place of dwelling, is still referred to by it’s traditional name, “The Crib of Hits.” But, with their mom’s passing the Dewgarde brothers felt it necessary to honor the […]
G-Unit’s new album Terminate On Sight is a return to the rap game of sorts for group member Lloyd Banks, as the album marks the rapper’s first official release since 2006’s album Rotten Apple. According to Banks, who dropped out of the spotlight shortly after Rotten Apple was released, family issues prevented him from […]
Black Thought and ?uestlove tell AllHipHop about their new album Rising Down.
Depending on how you look at it, Santi “Santogold” White is either a fresh new artist or an old pro exploring new territory. Her industry resume is impressive with song-writing credits in a variety of genres, experience as a label exec, and stage time as part of the Punk band Stiffed. Nevertheless, releasing her first […]
Tracy McGrady took the long and painful walk to the podium last year – just as he had done the previous five times he had been to the playoffs. He knew what he was walking into. His Houston Rockets had just dropped a heartbreaking Game Seven to the Utah Jazz. He knew he’d […]
Big Tigger has vowed to give supporters a “bigger, bolder and better” version of his Annual Celebrity Classic this year. With the nearly week-long community awareness event now in its seventh year, the BET and syndicated radio host and his Street Corner Foundation will bring together a list of sports and entertainment luminaries. […]
Holy Hip-Hop – it is not just for the deeply religious and positive thinking. Today, rappers from the mainstream are moving away from the secular and reconnecting with a Christian faith that was once just a hush-hush topic in Hip-Hop circles. With a Rap community that is filled with misogyny, drug and alcohol abuse, and […]
Proctor & Gamble continues to test the urban market, with a new hotline to obtain input from the customers of the company’s various brands regarding P&G’s sponsorship of music video programs on BET and MTV. The company, which recently launched Tagged Records, a full-fledged Hip-Hop label run by rap boss Jermaine Dupri, was asked […]
“We Made It”
“Damn, homie! Get up! Roll over or do something! I can’t sleep with you making all that noise. Sounds like you about to suffocate or die or something.” These were actually my words, (minus a few explicative comments) to my roommate and the leading scorer on our basketball team during my freshman year in […]
Hip-Hop “godfather” Afrika Bambaataa will be among those honored by the Bronx Museum of the Arts at “A Bronx Feast,” the museum’s Spring benefit gala. Noted for being one of the founders of Hip-Hop Culture, Bambaataa has influenced other musical genres, as his creation of “electro funk” helped fuel the development of Freestyle or […]
Thank God…This game is not about talent. It’s all about who you know…I guess I knew the right people. For this column, and also not to incriminate anybody, I’m gonna call him “Santa Monica Jim.” He was the one person inside Sony Music Publishing that was willing to show me how to make some bread. […]
When you really analyze the Roots’ entire body of work, you understand that innovation is synonymous with the Philadelphia collective. How many Hip-Hop outfits can really say they brought musicianship to Rap? During the mid ’90s they ushered in a Jazz infused lane that previously didn’t exist amongst West coast gangsters and East coast hard […]
DISCLAIMER: All content within this section is pure rumor and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have whispered in our ear. Read on. YESTERDAY’S RUMORS! Hip-Hop Rumors: Game and Young Buck Mixtape? Jay-Z Disses! DMX Stuck In Bad Deal? KHIA’S KALL-OUTS #3: Hoes Making it Hard Hip-Hop Rumors: T-Pain & Lil’ […]
Something or Nothing
The question looms for fans, “Is Jean Grae going to retire?” The rapper thanked her fans, friends and family for supporting her in a “a wonderful and awful journey” in a blog post on Saturday (April 27), alluding to an exit from Hip-Hop. Corey Smyth, the head of her label Blacksmith Music, is […]
Rapper Queen Latifah is among the headliners of the “Songs of Soul and Inspiration” concert being produced by AARP, the world’s largest advocacy organization for the 50+ community. The company announced today (April 28) that Latifah, along with Chaka Khan, Dionne Warwick, Patti Austin, Yolanda Adams, Shirley Caesar, Jamia, CeCe Winans, The Fire Choir […]
Last Tuesday Sen. Hillary Clinton won the Democratic Pennsylvania primary, beating Sen. Barack Obama by 9.4 points, which was enough of a margin for the Clinton camp to round it up to ten, making it the double-digit win they had needed. Undeniably, this will continue this long and brutal campaign, but in actuality did this […]
