“Twitter” Chris Brown Ft/KMac What’s up everybody? Hope all is well. After taking a small hiatus last week to enjoy the Holiday I’m back! The other day I got my hands on a leaked joint titled “Twitter” from an artist who actually tweets under the alias @MechanicalDummy. If you’re clueless to whom that is, let […]
Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah will drop his sixth album for Def Jam titled The Wizard of Poetry on September 29 and has announced a nationwide outing to support his latest release. Ghostface, aka Ghostdini, lined up an all-star cast for The Wizard of Poetry. The album features guest appearances by Fabolous, Estelle, John […]
Classics are “lightning in a bottle” occurrences. No matter how great an artist is, a musician can’t simply waltz into the studio and make timeless record after timeless record. A classic LP is the perfect storm, where various factors from technical skill to the artist’s emotional/spiritual state all come together in a perfect marriage of […]
Writer’s Note: This review was originally published with an incorrect rating due to an editor mistake. The current article and rating represent the writer’s unaltered, original review and rating. Shawn Carter is a complicated man. Like many of us, he is composed of various and at times conflicting influences since his humble beginnings in Brooklyn’s Marcy Projects. […]
This is a very simple editorial to write. At this point, Jay-Z has had the longest reign (key word reign) from a single artist in Hip-Hop history and that is a good thing for a genre that is still young in relationship to all others. So, when I see a rapper make it to 40 […]
Sunday Selection Trey Songz – “Neighbors Know My Name” What’s up everybody! Hope all is well. This week I searched through some new music and came across a joint titled “Neighbor Know My Name” from the artist known as Trey Songz. Now I’ve never met Trey Songz and even though I think he’s mad talented, […]
Up-and-coming Chicago rapper Bump J faces a minimum of seven years in a federal prison after admitting his guilt in a 2007 local bank robbery earlier today (August 26). In November 2008, the former Atlantic Records artist was arrested during a routine traffic stop in Carbondale, Illinois, about two hours east of St. Louis, […]
Should The Hip-Hop Community Go On A Month-Long Fast? “May God deliver us from the curse of carelessness, from the thoughtless ill-considered deed. The deliberate evil of the world, we know is great, but how much of fortitude and strength and faith could we have to cure this and put it down, if only we […]
Sunday Selection Omarion ft/Lil Wayne – “I Get It In” What’s up everybody! Hope all is well. If you haven’t heard the latest, rumors have been flying around all week about singer Omarion’s alleged departure from Young Money Entertainment. Is he with still rolling with Weezy and Company? Is he dropped? Or did he leave […]
Lil Flip has announced his latest album, Respect Me, will land in stores on September 29 via High Powered Entertainment/E1. According to the 28-year-old rapper who also goes by the name Flip Gates, the new 15-track album is a reflection of his life. “The thing about this album is that it’s so reflective of me, […]
“Watch what you’re watching/” —Nas, “Sly Fox,” Untitled, 2008. Images matter. The age of denying the insurmountable effects graphic material masters on the minds of young, impressionable viewers should be far behind us. In the last decade alone, we have witnessed the dramatic possibilities an irresponsible media state is capable of producing when held to […]
Sunday Selection Beyonce – “Poison” What’s up everybody? Hope all is well. I came across some interesting new music this week. I got my hands on two new Chris Brown tracks, even heard some new Bobby Valentino and Tank, but the track from Beyonce titled “Poison” I received was the most noteworthy this week. ”Poison” […]
What’s up everybody? Hope all is well. This week I came across a few new tracks, but only one in particular motivated me to want to write about it. I had tracks from Queen Latifah, Marcus Houston, Amerie amongst others but the one I got by Whitney Houston titled “Million Dollar Bill” was by far […]
DISCLAIMER: All content within this section is pure rumor and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have whispered in our ear. Read on.THE DAILY TWO SENSE The weekend is gone and it wasn’t really a weekend. There were storms all over the place. Makes me think of the “signs” I post. […]
Sunday SelectionJosh Xantus – “First Time”By: Nia Beckwith What’s up everybody!?? It’s been a minute! Some of you may remember my column “Sunday Selection” from last year where every week I would pick an R&B single and add my two cents. Well I’ve been on hiatus for a while, but now I’m back! Big ups to […]
Kanye West has dispelled rumors that he’s publicly dubbed himself the ‘King of Pop’ following the tragic death of Michael Jackson. The rumor began to gain legs courtesy of media personality Wendy Williams, who lent credence to the supposed statement on her radio show. According to various news sources, Kanye is reputed to […]
How’s it goin’ folks? A week away and I’m glad to be back. From the looks of things, the week had a lot going on. If it wasn’t the hype surrounding Obama’s beer summit with Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the officer who arrested him at his home, it was the NFL giving Michael Vick […]
Vivendi Entertainment has announced a September 15 release date for the highly anticipated documentary titled Big Pun: The Legacy. The documentary tells the life story of the Grammy nominated rapper, who died from a heart attack due on February 7, 2000 due to obesity. The documentary uses unreleased concert footage, videos and interviews with rappers […]
Kanye West will be featured in an upcoming special on Fuse TV this Saturday (July 25) titled “Fuse Presents Kanye West: Live From the Chicago Theatre.” The special features an exclusive interview with Kanye West about his mother’s aspirations for his non-profit, The Kanye West Foundation. West’s mother, Dr. Donda West, established the […]
Immediately upon reading reports of the recent accusations brought against his client, Yung Berg’s manager and attorney contacted AllHipHop.com vehemently denying the allegations reported Tuesday afternoon (July 21). Chelsea Berry, who claims she filed a police report in an LA suburb last Thursday evening (July 16), accused Berg of assaulting her while she visited […]
