“My moms gave birth to a crazy ass wilder / bust out her p***y with a mother f***in gun / started talking slang even joined a gang.” -Sticky Fingaz on Onyx’s “Betta Off Dead”  (1995)Quite simply, before the Bloods and Crips made their journey from the West Coast to New York, there were the Decepticons.  […]

Speaking honestly, the mainstream hip hop scene in Philadelphia has always been either hot or cold. Since the days of Cassidy, Freeway, The Roots and Beanie Siegel, the city hasn’t recently had a dope rapper grab the baton and keep it going. The metropolis has always been a part of its own musical movement though, […]

Some may mistake this young Detroit producer/MC’s next album as a way to rattle up Hip-Hop stans out there—you know, being that his next project takes the name Album of The Year –but in fact it’s way more Rick Ross’ish—you know, “deeper than rap.” Curtis Cross, known by his chilling luxurious alias Black Milk wants […]

A year after the September 11 tragedy, people had formulated their varied opinions of the matter that left nearly 3,000 people dead. The shock had yielded to reason and reflection. On this nine-year anniversary of September 11, AllHipHop Classics revisits what rap artists like Scarface, 50 Cent, Kool G Rap, Nelly, 8Ball, Skillz, Kimora Lee, […]

Lil Wayne is still in jail, but this presence is ever-looming in the music industry and beyond. In fact, its almost like he’s never left with the constant attention he’s maintained through all his bid. But as the world awaits his return in November, the Young Money CEO revealed that he wants to work with […]

Last year Raekwon of the Wu Tang Clan made one of the most remarkable comebacks in the history of Hip-Hop, if not the greatest return ever. His Only Built 4 Cuban Linx PT II put him right back into the light with other elites even though his last classic album was in 1995. AllHipHop asked […]

AllHipHop.com caught up with one of Philadelphia’s most promising rappers, Reef The Lost Cauze. Those who follow Hip-Hop closely are familiar with Reef’s lengthy independent discography as a solo artist and as a member of Army of the Pharoahs. Reef’s new album Fight Music is his 6th and it features heavyweights like Kool G. Rap, […]

This is our last day with Rick Ross and we come back to New York city to film his appearance on  The Jimmy Fallon show and other stops in Ricky Rozahy’s busy release week,

Over the past few years Interscope has been cleaning house.  With the recession and all of the cutbacks that major labels had to make in order to stay a float, many artists formerly signed to majors were left with no home and were forced to go independent.  But while many were cut, others strategically remained […]

AllHipHop.com: What, if any, is the projected release date on the album that your working on? Or are you   just focusing on building up the buzz right now?  Ca$his: The album is 75% done.  This is my plan.  I about to unveil my grand plan, just for ya’ll homie [ in his Midwest accent]. […]

Hewlett-Packard and Monster Beats™ by Dre recently unveiled the HP ENVY 14 Beats™ Edition, the first laptop that finally brings the authentic studio sound where ever you go.  The ENVY 14 Beats™ Edition is a second-generation product, built from the ground up and has all the tools to make the PC a more formidable foe […]

The folks at TheUrbanDaily.com spend a lot of time on Google. From verifying bio information, searching for photos, and generally checking in on the day-to-day happenings of the internets, Google is an invaluable tool. We recently saw a hilarious blog post on Oh No They Didn’t where they used Google’s auto-complete feature to find out […]

Lloyd Banks has it all right now to the point where he’s bringing the streets back to G-Unit. The Queens rap don sat down with Valerie Lora and she talked to Banks about every thing from his favorite verses, to his favorite albums to being half Puerto Rican. See the clip below.

Kanye West has assembled an all-star line up of producers for his highly anticipated untitled fourth coming album, which is expected to be released in November of 2010.West has a tremendous team of producers. In addition to himself, producers on the record are reported to include Pete Rock, The RZA, Q-Tip and Jeff Bhasker.“Power,” the […]

 Lil Mama has been fairly invisible to the Hip-Hop community since the fiasco with Jay-Z, Alicia Keys and a poorly timed leap on stage. But, since then, the “Lip Gloss Queen” has kept it moving in TV and music. Right now, she’s working with some Hip-Hop heavies to make sure her return is successful. But, […]

The Next 48 Hours follows Rick Ross to Miami so Rick can celebrate his album with his hometown fans and Ricky Rozay does it up BIG for his album release!

AllHipHop Classics continues in an interview with Beanie Sigel that has been preserved like a letter in a sealed time capsule. In the interview, which was conducted in 2001 by Jigsaw, Sigel was on a warpath. He addresses beefs with Nas, Mobb Deep and expressed why he’s into the streets more than mere talk. Beef […]

If you’re a part of the Twitter world or just not living under a rock in general, chances are somewhere at some time you’ve heard someone refer to their friend as “slime” and tell someone to “stop it, 5.” A newcomer out of Harlem, rapper Vado, is to thank for that. After signing under fellow […]

Kanye. Swizz Beatz. Jay-Z. Power. The remix is here and it is nothing shy of brilliant…if you this sort of Hip-Hop. Seriously, the Power remix is a throwback in many regards, because it evokes the original but also reworks it as well. Jay-Z’s been very passionate as of late and this verse is streams from […]

You know him well… we all do. His name is Shad “Bow Wow” Moss, and he is confident. So confident that he could make the average soul uncomfortable.  Don’t be… Bow Wow is humbled. You could even say that he’s a little scared. To a young man which had his career laid out for him since the […]