Breaking Down the Beat: Just Blaze Speaks on Producing with Baauer; Breaks Down “Higher” and “Harlem Shake”

Just Blaze is hustling and he’s making moves in circles that Hip-Hop enthusiasts were unaware of. He’s down with the controversial Baauer, who crafted the unlikely hit song, “The Harlem Shake.” Recently multiplatinum super-producer, know to his mother as Justin Smith, spoke with Lee Hawkins of The Wall Street Journal about his new songs ”Higher” […]

Where Did Our Love Go?

Maybe it’s because we have been listening to Bilal. Or because we were disappointed in watching dream and Kweli fight on Twitter. Or because we the recent Rick Ross lyric controversy has us wondering what happened to love in hip-hop. There used to be hip-hop love songs, Meth and Mary’s “All I Need,” is going […]

2013 Hot 97 Summer Jam Festival Village Stage Lineup Announced

(AllHipHop News) Minor league or not, Hot 97 has provided upcoming artists a showcase at Summer Jam before the main stage performances since 2004. Previous Festival Village performers include Kendrick Lamar, Nina Sky, Big K.R.I.T., T.O.K., A$AP Rocky and others. Check out the lineup for Hot 97’s 2013 Summer Jam Festival Village Stage: Action Bronson […]

J. Cole Wants To Compete With “White Folks” For Album Of The Year Grammy

(AllHipHop News) “I’m trying to compete with the white people,” said Roc Nation emcee J. Cole during a recent interview with Hartford’s Hot 93.7. The “Power Trip” rapper was speaking on how he want his upcoming album, Born Sinner, to be a competitor for the Grammy’s coveted “Album of the Year” award and not settling for just […]