The Roots: Rise & Shine
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 didnt exist amongst West coast gangsters and East coast hard […]
Hip-Hop Rumors: G-Unit Plays Dirty On Fat Joe! Ghostface Cut From Iron Man? Nick Cannon & Mariah-Engaged? Bow Wow Disses Cops!
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. YESTERDAYS 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’ […]
Jean Grae Is Frustrated, Says Manager
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 […]
AARP Gets Down With Hip-Hop For 50th Anniversary
Rapper Queen Latifah is among the headliners of the Songs of Soul and Inspiration concert being produced by AARP, the worlds 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 […]
Election ’08: Hillary Not Quick To Back Down
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 […]
Dropping Pounds With Cipha Sounds: Is This The End?
Ok, I’m trying to keep a positive attitude, but I think I’ve reached a plateau. I’m eating good and exercising, but it doesn’t seem to be doing anything anymore. I heard that when you first start dieting and working out you lose a lot right away, but then things definitely level out. All […]
Knockout Nation: Sugar Ray…Mayweather?
Pray for Steve Forbes! Theres only one man standing against the useless rematch between Floyd Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya. That man is former Contender star and natural 140 pounder Steve Forbes. Hell try to play the role of spoiler this Saturday against the Golden Boy. Forbes possesses moderate speed and a […]
KHIA’S KALL-OUTS #3: Hoes Making it Hard
DISCLAIMER: All content within Khia’s blog is strictly her opinion. Whatever is written here does not reflect the views of illseed, AllHipHop.com and its staff. Besides editing for length, clarity and censoring curses, these are all Khia’s words. Read on.This week in the HOT SEAT W#####!!!!!!! F***ing It Up For Real Queens Like Me!!!Nowwwwww! Since yall […]
Hollywood Shuffle: Meagan Good Hacked Up? Halle’s Split Personality? KeKe Ready For The Sack!
Hey, its your girl Nina Shay, bringing some new flavor to the Hollywood Shuffle. Thanks to our friend Scott Yeti at Wooohah.com for holding it down the past few months! So whats in the cards this week? Terrence Howard turns up aces in his new Broadway role as we anticipate this week’s […]
Naughty By Nature’s Kay Gee Relaunches Label
Naughty by Nature member Kay Gee is ushering in a new era for his record label Divine Mill with his latest business venture. Under a joint venture with Merovingian Music (MRV), Kay Gee will utilize Divine Mill to focus on artist equity participation and a proper and controlled marketing approach, while working with Caroline/EMI […]
Class of ’88: Strictly Business
In 1988 it seemed like Hip-Hop could do no wrong. Rap flourished tremendously with a steady stream of flawless material. Releases from Eric B. & Rakim, Public Enemy, and Big Daddy Kane just to name a few would forever shape how our culture talked, walked, sounded, and was accepted in the mainstream. It surely […]
The Game Drops ‘911 Is A Joke’; Reacts To Sean Bell Verdict
Compton rapper The Game will debut a new song addressing the controversial Sean Bell verdict tomorrow, AllHipHop.com has learned. The Game will debut his song 911 Is A Joke tomorrow (April 29) on his new website ThisizGame.com. Like his Compton predecessors N.W.A., who released their classic single F**k Tha Police in 1988, The Game […]
Estelle: Shine Album Review
Its John Legends protégé! In the context of music today, some might say it took him a little long to give all-due shine to Estelle, who co-wrote on Once Again. English-native Estelle can now join the English-female artist invasion that was headed by Winehouse and Lily Allen. The buzz around Estelle revolved heavily on Lauryn […]
G-Unit: Fully Loaded
50 Cent talks, a lot. Sitting in the middle of a couch up at the G-Unit office, book ended by Lloyd Banks to his left and Tony Yayo to his right, the G-Unit maestro effortlessly dominates the convo, meandering from Young Buck’s departure and Game’s jawing to independent labels and, of course, G-Unit’s upcoming album […]
Hip-Hop Rumors: Game and Young Buck Mixtape? Jay-Z Disses! DMX Stuck In Bad Deal?
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. YESTERDAYS RUMORS! Hip-Hop Rumors: T-Pain & Lil’ Wayne: Best of Both Worlds? Amy Wildout & Boob Implants! Hip-Hop Rumors: Remy Ma Update! Illseed’s Bugtastic Post! Blu Cantrell On […]
Jean Grae Retires From Hip-Hop?
Jean Grae, one of Hip-Hop’s revered underground lyricists, has issued a message that suggests she is walking away from Hip-Hop music. The rapper issued a statement through a message from her myspace blog.It’s been a wonderful and awful journey all at the same time. Mostly leaning towards the wonderful part, she stated. Thank you for […]
