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They say there’s nothing new under the sun. That definitely seems to be true when it comes to cultural trends. Remember Dwayne Wayne’s glasses? Well, if not, just take a ride past your nearest high school. Many of the trends you remember from skinny jeans to jean skirts, from oversized sweatshirts to combat boots, are back in style and in a major way.

There are some cultural trends that are making a welcome comeback, like around-the-way girls with extensions in their hair, and bamboo earrings (at least two pair). Janet Jackson’s “dookie” braids from Poetic Justice are back. Colored Levi’s and Converse are reemerging on the scene as well. Still, there are also some trends that we hope never return – like Cross Colours, Starter Jackets, and pump sneakers.

All this week, AllHipHop.com ponders the “Age Effect” on Hip-Hop, both then and now. As we reflect on the youth of our culture, we take a look at some of the cultural trends that were once old, but are now brand new again.

High Top Fades
In high school, all the boys I loved rocked high top fades. The high top was one of the most original and unique haircuts black culture had seen since the Afro. Popularized in the late 1980s, Big Daddy Kane rocked it best, Kwame rocked it most creatively, and Kid, well… Kid rocked it the highest and flyest. Once the high top fade phenomenon fizzed in the mid ’90s, I was sure that it would never be seen nor heard from again.

But in recent years, high school boys all across the country have been rocking the high top again. From plain black to accented with streaks of blond or red, the high top is making a triumphant return in classrooms and prom pictures by young men who may have had a father with the same hairstyle. Of all the cultural comebacks, this one probably brings back some of the best memories.

Skinny Jeans
In the 1950s, jeans had no choice but to be skinny. When Elvis shimmied in his Levi’s, they were cut to fit. The cut remained the same for almost 20 years, when the disco era rocked them funky and flared. The ’80s saw the skinny cut come back in for a brief moment, until the ’90s when what some would call the influence of “jail culture” saw young people rocking their jeans baggier with no belts. Now, skinny jeans are back again in a big way. As hipsters create their own cool culture, and urban style icons include eclectic personalities like Lil Wayne, Pharrell and Kanye West, skinny jeans have made their way from the punk rock underground back to the streets.

Asymmetric Haircuts
The young ladies are also rocking throwback haircuts. There was no hairstyle more definitive of the ’80s for urban teen girls than “The Asymmetric.” Named so because it was short on one side and long on the other, this hairstyle was taken mainstream by Salt N’ Pepa who were as known for their hairstyle as they were for their rhymes.

The asymmetric haircut has been rocked recently by Rihanna, Megan Good, and young women all around the country. In fact, Alicia Keys recently cut her long locks into an asymmetric and debuted it on Instagram.

These are just a few of the cultural trends that we are happy to see returning again. What were some of your favorite trends from your youth? And if you’re on the younger end of the Hip-Hop spectrum, which ones do you hope make a comeback, and which ones will you never, ever rock?

EXCLUSIVE: Yelawolf On Recording From The Back of a Bus and Why There Is No MGK Beef

By: Jake CratesCategory: MOBILEJuly 26, 2012

(AllHipHop News Feature) First off, all talk about having words with other rappers aside, Shady/Interscope’s Yelawolf has been working.

The Alabama MC and renowned word flipper recently sat down with AllHipHop.com at DJ Skee’s infamous Skee Lodge in Los Angeles, California, to give us a firsthand breakdown of the concept behind his most recent effort Heart of Dixie, produced by Alabama’s own M16 and hosted by DJ Frank White.

Yelawolf says he spontaneously put out the collective of songs for fans earlier this month, and has since stayed busy also working with Travis Barker on their dual effort called, Psycho White. To boot, in addition to the aforementioned projects, Yelawolf has also been putting touches on the follow up to his acclaimed Trunk Muzik, dubbed Trunk Muzik Returns.

“Me, M16 and DJ Frank White are all from Alabama, so the name [Heart of Dixie] was fitting, and we just ran with it and the title; it’s just us coming together,” Yelawolf explained. “This was just a burner for me to get in there write and just get some sh*t off lyrically; you know, M16 flexing some beats, Frank White, just having fun. I mean, really, [M16] shot me some beats, and I recorded it on the back of the bus while I was touring. And we dropped it just’ cause I really just want to rap. ”

Heart of Dixie may be Yelawolf’s personal therapy, coming amidst recent comments that he made about his label Interscope not releasing as many singles as he would have liked. In the aftermath Yelawolf says that while he is still happy with his label situation despite the release issues, he felt the MC urge to give the fans something, given the lull of released material:

“I just wanted something to – well, I feel like I hadn’t dropped anything, and I didn’t want to put just anything out there. But at the same time, I didn’t want to f*ckin’ work on something for two months. I wanted to just go knock some sh*t out and put it out, not caring about sh*t but the statement of I’m still around, like, ‘I’m still around motha f**ker.’ Like, I’m still here and I’m writing.”

The music is priority number one, still there were questions to be answered about recent beef, and “Catfish Billy” as his fans call him, reluctantly and yet candidly offered a few answers regarding the purported beef with Cleveland rapper MGK.

“Where does our September run start? Alabama? Huntsville, Alabama? “Slumerican” tour begins. It’s an amazing tour; it’s gonna be incredible and breathtaking, circus tricks and all that sh*t,” Yelawolf said jokingly. “All that other sh*t can…I’m exhausted with nonsense. I just don’t know how to f*ckin’…everybody’s f*ckin’…if anybody, man, I don’t have any problems with f*ckin’ nobody in the world.”

But, there was more.

“Man, I put it like this, I wish MGK the best. I hope his career pans out, and I wish the best for him, like period. I don’t want problems with nobody. And, you know, outside of MGK, or to MGK, this is for anybody, if you f*ck with me, you’re f*ckin’ up, like for real. Like, just don’t f*ck with me, because I don’t f*ck with nobody. I’m like the old man on the front porch not f*ckin’ with nobody – with the loaded shotgun.

“I’m not f*ckin’ with nobody, so don’t come over here with that sh*t. Keep it over there, because, the team…it’s just… There’s nothing to say, if there was something to say, then it would be said, and it would be handled. But I wish that dude the best; I wish everyone the best.”

Yelawolf’s “Slumerican” tour kicks off on September 13 with Rittz, Trouble Andrew, and DJ Vajra in Huntsville, Alabama.

Yelawolf and tour mates will hit cities such as Jacksonville, Memphis, New Orleans, Brooklyn, Las Vegas, Nashville, and more, before wrapping the tour up on November 17 in Atlanta, Georgia.

50 Cent Goes In On Oscar De La Hoya

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: MOBILEJuly 26, 2012

(AllHipHop News) Rapper 50 Cent is already shaking up the boxing world, after getting into a war of words with boxer Oscar De La Hoya, via Twitter.

50, who has jumped into the world of boxing via The Money Team Promotions (TMT Promotions), recently landed his New York promoters permit, and has one pending in Nevada.

Last night, he began taunting the world-famous boxer, who currently promotes Floyd Mayweather via his company Golden Boy Promotions.

“I don’t gamble Floyd do, but I bet you won’t be promoting Floyd Mayweather no more. TMT,” 50 Cent tweeted last night (July 25) making reference to the new Money Team company.

From there 50’s taunts got worse.

“Baby girl,@oscardelahoya, baby girl you here [sic] me,stop hating STOP IT RIGH[T] NOW.”

Oscar De La Hoya replied to the comments last night as well, but has since deleted most of them.

“your a boxing promoter? good luck maybe we can work someday. #success #nextgeneration #GBB #TMT,” De La Hoya tweeted.

50 kept on the pressure on the boxer and took another shot at Oscar De La Hoya’s masculinity.

“Great back pedal,can you swim backwards like that to girl?lol I except that as a apology.#GBB #TMT more success a head.”

Floyd Mayweather is currently incarcerated at the Clark County Detention Center in Los Angeles, for domestic battery charges.

He is scheduled to be released from prison on August 3.

Rick Ross Ft. Andre 3000 “Sixteen”

By: Steve Raze (@SteveRaze)Category: MusicJuly 25, 2012

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Yelawolf Sets The Record Straight On Upcoming Releases; Says “Psycho White EP” Is Complete

By: JP DelaCuesta (@JPdelacuesta)Category: MOBILEJuly 25, 2012

(AllHipHop News) Shady Records recording artist Yelawolf has provided updates on a number of projects he has int he works including the Psycho White EP with Travis Barker, Trunk Muzik Returns, Country Cuzins with Big K.R.I.T. and his sophomore album Love Story.

While speaking to The Source, Yelawolf revealed that his Psycho White EP with Travis Barker is complete, and that the final details just need to be “wrapped up.”

“I think that’s next up,” Yela shared. “That will be the next thing people hear. Then after Psycho White, Trunk Muzik Returns and then probably after that Country Cousins and then going on into 2013 it will be Love Story. But yeah, Psycho White is next.”

He continued, “That’s going to be available for sale, I believe. Now they just have to figure out how they want to distribute it. I’m not sure exactly where because Travis [Barker] has a bunch of places where he could put it… but its definitely going to be distributed soon.”

Yelawolf also shared that the follow-up to his 2009 mixtape, Trunk Muzik, is about “halfway done” and that, although it is an absolute reality, work on Country Cuzins with K.R.I.T. has yet to begin.

In addition to the full plate of releases that Yelawolf has in the pipeline, the Alabama native can be seen touring with Rittz, Trouble Andrew and DJ Vajra on the “Slumerican Tour” beginning on September 3 and lasting until mid-November.

Check out all that Yelawolf had to say to The Source here.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Love And Hip-Hop Atlanta Reunion Cancelled?

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur)Category: MOBILEJuly 25, 2012

This show “Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta” has all the people out chea talking. Oh, how we love RATCHET! Anyway, even the show is still airing, taping has been over. And now they are working on the obligatory reunion special. But, sources with Freddy O are saying that the reunion show has been cancelled, because these people just cannot get along. Apparently producer Mona Scott Young will conduct some sort of one-on-one interview with the players. “There’s only four episodes left, and we’re not going to have a reunion show. The cast doesn’t get along. The boys hate the boys and the girls hate the girls.”

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