Welcome to AllHipHop.com’s Beat Melee!!The Beat Melee is a battle between AllHipHop.com community members who will use their best musical maneuvers and tactics to claim Beat supremacy.  The Beat Melee is a  weekly battle judged by the AllHipHop.com community.  The rules are as follows.Contestants must* Be members of AllHipHop.com’s community ( If not, sign up with […]

Longtime rap fans will remember Yukmouth from his days as one half of the Platinum-selling group The Luniz and their smash hit single “I Got 5 On It.” Although the group has long-gone their separate ways, Yukmouth has maintained a solo career as an artist on Rap-A-Lot Records with three albums released including the Gold-selling […]

When it comes to the mixtape scene below the Mason-Dixon line, DJ Smallz’s Southern Smoke series has been a key ingredient in the elevation of the Dirty South’s Hip-Hop movement. Born overseas, a young Smallz moved to Florida, thus expanding his passion for southern Hip-Hop music. His strong love affair with the scene switched to […]

Lesbian Hip-Hop duo KIN are out to crush stereotypes one stage at a time. Ten years ago, two teenage Mount Vernon, NY based young ladies came together to form a unique group.  MC’s Nor and IQ chose the name KIN and set off to take the world by storm.  Initially, the group was unsure if […]

When Sha Money departed from G-Unit, the rumor mill went crazy. From stories alleging that he was dismissed for funneling sub-par beats into the camp, to reports of him wanting to expand beyond the scope of the label, people gripped all aspects of the news and created their own versions of what happened.  While remaining […]

D4L’s Shawty Lo is out to assert that his trap turned rap career will last longer than a snap of the fingers. Few could have anticipated that D4L, the group most famous for 2005’s often-mocked but inescapable “Laffy Taffy,” would spawn Atlanta’s next bona fide trapper-turned-rapper.  But Shawty Lo is winning over even the skeptics […]

When you think of Katrina “Trina” Taylor the word vulnerable isn’t what comes to mind. Since premiering in Trick Daddy’s video [“Nann”] in a silver sequinned bikini top spitting lyrics so heavy in sexual gratuity that you needed a cigarette afterwards, she made it more than clear who she was. The “Baddest B***h,” a title […]

J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, acronym for Just Undeniable Songs Tracks Instrumentals Corporate Enterprise League, consists of a trio of Grammy-winning producers; Colione, Kenny, and Rook hailing from Tampa, Florida. The three-man crew has crafted hot quality production for the industry’s elite like Mary J. Blige, Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, Juelz Santana, The Game, JR Writer, J. Holiday, […]

Beanie Sigel goes in on some of his past and current songs while adding some color commentary. From his first appearance on Jay-Z’s Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life, people knew that there was something special about Beanie Sigel. The Philly natives distinctive delivery and hard-hitting rhymes solidified his place as one the street’s favorite MC’s. […]

He was born and reared in a borough of Hip-Hop elitists, purists, and pioneers.  He brokered his first deal to the tune of $300,000 off the strength of a now classic verse [“Give Up The Goods”] from Mobb Deeps seminal The Infamous.  His debut album (really an EP), aptly titled, Episodes of a Hustla landed […]

If you listen to popular music enough, It’s not uncommon to be able to name the producer who designed that particular track, without reading the credits.  Simply by studying the patterns,  keyboard sounds, and grooves, you can often place a trackmaster with it. Hip-Hop producers can pigeonhole themselves into a certain style that they can […]

Jody Breeze on his new independence, putting Boyz N Da Hood on hold, irritating ringtone rappers and his desire to give back to the community.Jody Breeze has seen his share of the spotlight as a fixture in the Southern underground Hip-Hop scene and a member of the Atlanta based rap group Boyz N Da Hood. […]

As the country picks a side in the presidential race, Russell Simmons, the music and business entrepreneur, finds himself torn between his heart and his brain. Guess what? He’s not alone. Russell Simmons’ logical side and his emotive half are at odds with each other. And he wants to talk about it. “I have been […]

By no means a new face in the realm of Hip-Hop production, DJ Khalil still exudes the energy of a rookie who just landed their first placement. Perhaps it’s because after a decade of recording, he’s only now reaching his prime, and beginning to receive the recognition his peers feel he deserves. Underground enthusiasts will […]

Five and Done; quick questions to keep it moving before a full fledged interview on this here site. We caught up with Fat Joe while he was in NYC’s Chung King Studios, playing his new album, The Elephant in the Room, set to drop March 11. “The room is Hip-Hop,” said Joe Crack regarding the […]

Missed opportunities, bungled promotion, poor timing; all the aforementioned are just a few of the reasons a promising rap career can find itself stalled. Michael “Killer Mike” Render knows this intimately. The once star nouveau Dungeon Family delegate won a Grammy with OutKast (“The Whole World”), dropped an underappreciated debut (Monster) and nevertheless rolled with […]

Prodigy: The Prodigal Son, Part 1 AllHipHop.com: So what’s up with that Saigon incident? Prodigy: Let me start off like this, I don’t like talking about ni***s like Saigon, and certain ni***s I got beef with. It’s like I’m giving them free promotion. They’re no where near the caliber of artist that I am, so […]

Prodigy of Mobb Deep infamy was to begins serving a three and a half year jail sentence for unlawful gun possession on January 8, but was granted a 30 day reprieve. AllHipHop sat down with Capital P so he could set the record straight. Even as one half of Mobb Deep, Albert “Prodigy” Johnson always […]

Ice Cube in the movies did a lot for fans as a rapper too. So when he speaks, listen. All these years, and O’Shea “Ice Cube” Jackson is still the n***a you love to hate. That is, if you think a rapper who got started over twenty years ago cannot still be relevant in 2008. […]

When did DJs start getting so much publicity, start producing full length albums, and begin booking shoe, clothing, and other financially viable endorsements?  Although some think this is a recent occurrence, DJs such as Grandmaster Flash, Marly Marl, Jazzy Jeff, and others were at the forefront of the Hip-Hop scene in the late 70s and […]