Just after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled (7-2) Monday that federal judges can use their discretion when giving shorter prison sentences in order to reduce the disparity between crack and powder cocaine, the U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC) decided today (Dec 12) to make the new sentencing laws retroactive. Street pharmacists and social activists have been […]
“We The Best!” Upon hearing these three words laid over a track it is evident who the DJ is. Making himself a brand through that slogan, DJ Khaled is joining the elite ranks of DJs such as Funkmaster Flex, Clue, and Drama by creating albums drenched with hot artists from all regions of the country. […]
When family problems arise, even the best-laid plans get put on hold. Cincinnati production kingpin Hi-Tek took a little time away from the game recently when his daughter took ill, but thanks to a big paper hustle and some focused foresight, not many would have recognized his momentary absence. Even from the days of his […]
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. never needed much help in the ring, but what if that ring he’s fighting in is Hip-Hop? Mayweather, who has rechristened himself as “Money,” plans to take the leap in to the world of Hip-Hop as a rapper, and he’s got the biggest knock-out artist in his corner, 50 Cent. […]
It’s often hard for young artists to break away from comparisons to the artists that inspired them, as flattering as they may be. In light of his early work with Slum Village, and being from the talented yet relatively untapped city of Detroit, Black Milk has been striving to carry the torch that J Dilla […]
Bun B Interview with Mad HattaTime always runs out. Poised to see the continued success of the Southern flavored Hip-Hop he helped foster, UGK’s Chad “Pimp C” Butler was found dead in a Los Angelese hotel room on the morning of December 4th. While his physical being may no longer be with us, his spirit […]
Amanda Diva’s been around long enough to debunk Andy Warhol’s famed 15-minute theory. But the singer/rapper/jill-of-all trades has endured several years in the music industry with jobs ranging from spoken word poet (Def Poetry Jam) to journalist to radio music host and even representing Hip-Hop as a talking head on VH1’s humorous series “Best Week […]
The West Coast is about more than just gangbanging and the occasional Dr. Dre produced single. Just ask rapper Glasses Malone. The Cali rapper’s story may have begun like many young men who come from his neighborhood, but he’s taking his life lessons and following them in a new direction. Malone split his time growing […]
Hip-Hop is a music that often is built on regions. It began in the North East before migrating to the West Coast and then down South. In recent years the Mid-West has really become a serious force in the industry. With artists like Paul Wall, Lil’ Flip, Slim Thug, and Chamillionaire, Texas Hip-Hop sought to […]
Ghostface aka Paisley Fontaine goes in on his style, vision and that other Wu-Tang Clan album.Chances are, an above average rapper will drop a solid album or two or three, some good, some not so good, and call it a career. When it comes to Ghostface Killah, the odds are a bit better. Dennis Coles, […]
A gold album might be common or sub par in today’s society, but for a 16 year-old Swedish-American in 1984, it was extraordinary. Such is the story of Quincy Jones, III, the son of music legend Quincy Jones. Not to be confused with his father, QD3, as he is prevalently known in the industry, created […]
Cassidy delivers his third album B.A.R.S (The Barry Adrian Reese Story) with a strong lead single “My Drink N’ My 2 Step.” B.A.R.S is the calm after the storm of 2006 where he served a jail term for involuntary manslaughter, and months after being released critically injured himself in a motor vehicle accident, sustaining a […]
If you analyze and study the game there is a serious void in Hip-Hop. Back in the day there was more artistic credibility in the music. On the average, you had a greater percentage of MC’s that could actually spit and didn’t vanish off the map after one album. Taking that into consideration, there are […]
Scarface, the sometimes morbid, always enlightening herald of Southern Hip-Hop, period, makes his return.Video Editor: Rich MartinezVideographer: Ariel SantsachiScarface got his props. Part numero uno of AllHipHop’s sit down with Brad Jordan was full of insight and quotables that could literally be taken to the bank. Here, in the conclusion of our conversation, Face speaks […]
A still standing survivor of one of the South’s biggest movements, AllHipHop finds Corey “C-Murder” Miller with a new lease on life. With the trifecta of a new album (Screamin’ 4 Vengeance), a new label (TRU Records), and new DVD (The Movement) on the way, C-Murder discusses post-Katrina New Orleans, his brother’s new PG rating, […]
It’s the Tuesday after a record is released, everyone knows what that means, SoundScan reports come out. To no surprise, Jay-Z’s American Gangster is number one in the country, selling over 400,000 units in it’s first week. Since they produced half the album, Sean C. and LV are definitely ecstatic.How do they celebrate their contribution […]
In 1992, Dr. Dre’s The Chronic blazed in a new era of Hip-Hop. More than being the catalyst for the G-Funk era, it was the foundation upon which Death Row Records was built. It possessed an intensity, boldness and swagger that seemed to be in direct defiance of the Native Tongue movement taking place out […]
Scarface, the sometimes morbid, always enlightening herald of Southern Hip-Hop, period, makes his return.The cream always rises to the top. While it may seem like the world is suddenly the land of one billion rappers, only a select few deserve or will receive the prestige of a lengthy career. Of that handful, an even smaller […]
If you’re wondering where No I.D. has been hiding at lately, it’s not exactly a stupid question. As one of the pioneers that brought Chicago Hip Hop to the masses in the ‘90s, No I.D. is often heralded for his hand in crafting Can I Borrow A Dollar? and Resurrection with childhood friend Common. His […]
While the world steadily inquires about reunions, The Preacher’s Son stays on his international grizzly. Lead Fugees rapper Wyclef Jean was the first member of the group to embark on a solo career [The Carnival (1997)], and he proved ambitious and eclectic on his own. As the Fugees hung in limbo, Wyclef became Hip-Hop’s unofficial […]
