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NYC-based marketing/PR firm the 135th Street Agency kicked off BET Hip Hop Awards Week with its 5th Annual BBQ, this year for the first time this took place in Atlanta. The aprty took place at Piedmont Park’s Magnolia Hall, including event co-hosts Fonzworth Bentley and Kelly G (BET’s EVP, Music Programming), along with featured DJs Drama, […]

  Michael Jackson has always been an inspiration musically for artists all over the world. If that compliment was given to any other person, it would be cliché and tired, but with Michael it will always ring true in our lifetime. All legal troubles aside, MJ always excelled at entertaining his fans and winning over […]

Rick Ross isn’t resting on his laurels. After his many accolades, the rapper now releases Ashes To Ashes as a holiday treat for his fans. At this point, Ross is in the zone and the energy in this mixtape album is almost effortless sounding. There is a unique mixture of trap beats and, soul soundscapes, […]

ChartWatch for December 22, 2010Is the fat lady singing? Taylor Swift and Susan Boyle switch spots but still retain the first and second position.  Michael Jackson’s first (and sure not to be last) posthumous album, Michael, enters the charts at number three selling 224,910 copies. A couple of weeks ago R. Kelly appeared at the […]

DJ Premier. The name alone evokes the sound of a generation of hip-hoppers in awe of the boom with the bap and the scratch. The last time we sat down with Preem, we established his Top 5 Dead or Alive Producers (click here for that), but the time for his favorite emcees has come. Here […]

ChartWatch for December 15, 2010 Welcome back to ChartWatch.  I feel like the title is pretty self explanatory so no need to go into what we do here.  This week we have a new album entering the top of the Hip Hop charts and a couple of albums going gold. Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. better […]

Rating: 8.5 / 10 “10 years from now we’ll still be on top” – Fourteen years ago Puff Daddy, now named Diddy, spoke this over the classic track “Mo Money Mo Problems”.  With his latest release, Last Train to Paris, he is reinventing himself yet again with his new group entitled, Diddy Dirty Money. The […]

Rating: 9 / 10 Since Emilio Rojas’ impressive mixtape with DJ Green Lantern and his show-stealing flow on Laws’ “Hold You Down Remix” alongside Big K.R.I.T., he’s been slowly trying to develop a buzz to make a name for himself. Although the aforementioned mixtape,The Natural, was solid, it left something to be desired as far […]

ChartWatch for December 08, 2010 Last week Kanye West and Nicki Minaj held the first and second spots but this week they get dethroned by Susan Boyle and Taylor Swift.  That means the number one Hip Hop (and I use the term Hip Hop loosely) album for the week is by none other than The […]

Grammy nominations are not slowing B.o.B. up. The Atlanta rapper has released his highly anticipated mixtape, No Genre. The fruitful blessing offers appearances by Wiz Khalifa, Yung Dre, CyHi Da Pryce and Bun B and production by Quincy Jones, Kanye West, Jim Jonsin and others. This is a Christmas gift wrapped inside of a 16h […]

Rating: 7.5 / 10 T.I’s latest album, No Mercy, is his first studio release since his prison release.  The album comes at and important period in his career since the ATL trap rapper found himself back behind bars shortly after getting out.  T.I worked tirelessly to rebuild his image through his philanthropy, movies and other […]

1982 (Statik Selektah and Termanology): FreEPRating: 7.5 / 10 After originally only being available after proof of purchase, Statik Selektah and Termanology have decided to let loose the 1982 Free EP for Hip-Hop fans to enjoy. Featuring nine original tracks, this additional project feels just as strong as the original 1982 album, with strong verses […]