Straight up, this Slaughterhouse CD is tough – forget all the poetic ways to say it.   For the moment, set aside all of the antics with Wu Tang that have plagued or helped the group the last few weeks. This debut is tough.   In the 90’s there was a widely used term called […]

Tour Log: De La Soul 20th Anniversary Concert Atlanta, 8/7/09 Venue: The Masquerade The secret desire of all Hip-Hop artists is to remain forever young. In an art form centered on youth and freshness, the death knell is when you’re viewed as aged, obsolete. The chase for the fountain of youth can manifest in many […]

Smiling from Heaven? Welcome back to ChartWatch where we count down the weeks top ten. It looks like it’s going to be another slow week for Hip Hop. Even though Fabolous’ fifth studio album Loso’s Way took the number two spot last week, it drops this week to number thirteen. The Brooklyn MC is replaced […]

AllHipHop ChartWatch August 5, 2009 Welcome back to ChartWatch where we show the top ten albums of the previous week and put fans onto new releases in Hip Hop for this week. A lot of big things, some positive and some negative, are going on in Hip Hop right now. First off, Baatin of Slum […]

Today’s video battle pits two newcomers against the undisputed king of Hip-Hop videos. Not that Busta Rhymes has released the most videos in the game. But his clips are consistently visually groundbreaking and captivating. So let’s see how his latest joint holds up against freshmen Big Sean and Kid Cudi.   BUSTA RHYMES – “MAKE […]

Welcome back to Chartwatch where we look at the top 10 for the week and showcase a few new Hip Hop albums. Not too much is going on in the world of Hip-Hop this week. Flip through the reviews section and you’ll see that someone has actually heard Only Built for Cuban Linx II so […]

This week, Def Jam Recording Artist Fabolous held a listening session / movie premiere at an undisclosed location in Manhattan. Media, Executives, Producers and fans alike, packed into the venue to take a glimpse at his fifth studio album, “Loso’s Way”. Due to an early partial leak of the album (let’s get this corrected, please), […]

“The emphasis is now on the DJ and his performance as the leader of the dance,” Tony McGuinness, contemplative Trance DJ-turned-scratchonomic-seigneur acknowledges in the chapter, “The Influence of the DJ” of On The Record. “This is an idea that goes back to prehistoric times; there’s always been a figure in society who leads a mass […]

“A Toast To The Best To Ever Do It” –Lyric on final track of Only Built For Cuban Linx 2. Our friends over at the Hip-Hop Chronicle  had the pleasure of being the only blogger/journalist/anyone who has had a chance to listen to the much anticipated Only Built For Cuban Linx 2. Every since speaking […]

Chartwatch for July 22, 2009 Welcome back to Chartwatch where we countdown the top ten albums of the week and show new artists coming out in Hip-Hop. Last week Michael Jackson cut my article pretty short by controlling half of the top ten and it looks like this week will be the same.   So, […]

AllHipHop.com attempted to get KRS-One’s Top 5 Dead or Alive. Like Scarface, KRS-One appears on the lists of several rappers of note. The challenge of getting his Top 5 proved to be more challenging than anybody imagined. Still, journalist Phalary Long managed to extract some of the Blast Master’s favorite artists and why he doesn’t […]

Hip-Hop is truly “sink or swim” in 2009. Gone are the days where an artist simply perfects their craft and entrusts a label to package and cultivate their brand in the marketplace. Now, artist is a synonym for A&R, street team, publicist, and tour manager. Enter DJ Spinna, who as a late 90’s artist is […]

This week, we bring you the battle of street videos. If you’re unfamiliar with the genre, it’s simply the natural progression from the mixtape game. Mixtapes gave fans music that wasn’t necessarily being released by the labels. Mixtapes also gave rise to the urban DVD magazine genre. Bring the two together, and you get visuals […]

In the closing months of 2003 Kanye West, while introducing himself, reintroduced the hip-hop world to his fellow Chicagoan, a rapid-fire spitter known as Twista. Despite several break-out verses on projects from Do or Die, Puff Daddy and the Ruff Ryders, Twista had achieved limited mainstream success prior to the Kanye-featured-and-produced “Slow Jams,” and the […]

When legends put their Top 5, Scarface is on there. What does the man have an affinity for? Hip-Hop has come to mean different things to different people. It originated as an authentic form of expression, one that ‘Face has utilized to the fullest. Through powerful, reflective, and uplifting lyrics Hip-Hop defied the odds and […]

The battle is back and the time for a classic class of titans is now!   If you are a fan of Hip-Hop, you are certain to have issues with the voting as it plights 2 sets of vets against each other.   In this corner is Twista, the O.G. mid-West speed spitter that hasn’t […]

Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant, both world-class photographers in their own right, reclaim graffiti fame with this 25th anniversary re-release of their remarkable visual documentation of graffiti’s golden age in the late 70’s and early 80’s. The portfolio-sized book is not one of those stuffy academic releases dedicated to the history of graffiti, its commercialization, […]

  It’s been five years since his last solo effort, 1st Infantry, but on Chemical Warfare, Alchemist—Eminem’s tour DJ and Prodigy’s go-to-beatsmith—doesn’t disappoint his eager fans. As always, Al flips both exotic and noteworthy samples to accompany his signature sound—sinister melodies over thumping drums. A good selection of artists from Memphis to Brooklyn laces the […]

After a brief hiatus, the Top 5 Dead or Alive Series returns in grand fashion with one of the great hopefuls of the West Coast. If you haven’t heard the music of Nipsey Hussle, they its off to the principal’s office you go for that late class. Nipsey has been slowly building up his empire […]

Saturday June 27th, 2009, Midwest Bank Amphitheater, Chicago, IL.—let the bells ring. At Rock The Bells, it is tradition for the lineup to come with nothing but sickness. For the last 6 years, the organizers have been emphatic about providing a roster that not only reflects Hip-Hop leadership of today, but one prepared to go […]