Tech Talk: Beats On the Go? Glass Keyboard; Built In Bluetooth!
It’s your gadget guy Troy, back to share some tech info with you. This week I found a little something for everyone!The first set of toys is from the good people at Korg, who have been helping musician and producers make music for years. Even though they are old school, they’ve been stepping the tech […]

Movie Review: The Happening
Studio: UTV/Spyglass/20th Century Fox Release date: June 13, 2008 Cast: Mark Wahlberg, John Leguizamo, Zooey Deschanel What the hell is happening when something that blows in the air gives you the overwhelming urge to want to kill yourself? Whats happening when your Mom and Dad disappear, and the innocent life you knew has […]

Live Review: J*DaVeY at S.O.B.’s, NY 6/8/08
New York Citys S.O.Bs became a vessel for avant-garde music fans to journey with J*DaVeY Sunday night. Amped to see sounds, feel baselines, and transmit energy, a herd of cult followers buzzed in neon wardrobes and 80s-flavored kicks.Opening acts Rajh and Taylor McFerrin aroused the crowd with a soulful serenade and a bout of McFerrins […]

Stylist Manifesto: Effortless Summer Fashion
Summer is the hottest season, literally and figuratively, to look and be cool. Its easy to get lost in the endless trends, yet keep it simple. You can still stay true and keep your summer style fly by going back to the basics and mixing the old with the new. Here are […]

Movie Review: The Incredible Hulk
Release Date: June 13, 2008Studio: Marvel/UniversalCast: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, Tim Blake Nelson, Lou Ferrigno The Hulk is incredible! Yeah, I said it, and better than ever. Forget what youve heard, this is what you want to see. I wasnt really expecting much after Ang Lees Hulk flopped back in […]

Gadget Inspector: Fun Auto Style on a Budget
[Photo: Driving Emoticon] Automotive gear used to be so simple: radio, 8-track, fuzzy dice hanging from the rearview mirror and a faux leopard seat pad. Nowadays, the choices are endless – from the most high-tech gizmos to the neatest little gadgets. In Part Three of our auto overview, well look at the […]

Hill Harper: Art Of Life – Barack, Kanye, Self-Esteem and Letters to a Young Sister
Hill Harper has one of those “everywhere” faces. Not the paparazzi-obsessed Page 6 type everywhere – but more subliminal. Kind of like that robot dancing dude on the Chappelle Show that seems to get his background cameo on every episode. The noted actor is everywhere because he’s as well-accomplished off screen as he […]

Fl?d Watches: Time To Get Ill
We all know by now that more than just the music industry is in trouble with this economy. The fashion industry is also being hard hit, and many independent lines have been forced to cease operations in the past year. Hardly a time to start a new company but the team at Fl?d Watches […]

Album Review: N.E.R.D – Seeing Sounds
Despite the massive popularity of The Neptunes as a production team, N.E.R.D. has never quite gotten equivalent mainstream attention. Theyre a band that people are generally aware of, but since they dont fit neatly into any specific genre, listeners dont get to their records through radio and TV. Rather, theyre often indoctrinated by one of […]

Its All In The Game: Playoffs – To Sweep, Or Not To Sweep ?
Just like theyve been doing all playoffs long, the Boston Celtics took care of business at home, winning the first two games of the NBA Finals. Now KG and company are halfway on their way to getting what Stephon Marbury calls the shiny stuff. But dont start thinking sweep yet for the […]

Knockout Nation: Holyfields Foreclosure? Williams’ Payback! Lopez Stunner! Mayweather Retires Again? Pavlik Routs Lockett! Mora Upsets Forrest; Remember The G-Man
Williams Destroys Quintana in One Paul Williams had a point to prove this past Saturday, June 7. In the wake of his first professional loss to Carlos Quintana, Williams has been called an overrated, defenseless, light punching welterweight. As he gingerly walked to the ring, this time accompanied by James Browns The […]

NOW HEAR THIS EXCLUSIVE: “My Drive Thru” – Pharrell, Santogold, and Julian Casablancas
Just in time for the summer, Pharrell Williams, Santi Santogold White and Julian Casablancas of the Strokes have come together for My Drive Thru, a high-tempo, bouncy groove that sounds like sunshine. The trio wanted to work together due to their mutual admiration of each others work, and it shows. My Drive Thru combines three […]

Album Review: Al Green – Lay It Down
Upon returning to R&B after thirty years of recording only Gospel, many singers would feel pressured into bringing in some young, hot producer to update their sound. For Lay It Down, Al Green did in fact enlist some fresh talent in the form of ?uestlove and James Poyser of The Roots, but instead of some […]

Peep Game: KG on NBA 2K9! Xbox is #1; DiCaprio as Bushnell? GTA IV Saving Take-Two? Sony’s New New! Darth Vaders Apprentice Gets Soul
This week Peep Game has gotten the Don King out of our systems, and we’ve grabbed a pack of smokes and a bandana. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is on the way this week, much to the joy of all gamers! We take a look at gamer demographics, and the […]

Sunday Selection: Thicke – “Magic”
Are you excited that Robin Thickes making a comeback? I am! That classic sound of R&B is hard to come by. Hip-Hop based R&B is so dominant today, you have to reach back in your musical archives and pull out something old to give you a classic R&B fix. Just think about how an album […]

Tech Talk: Arnold’s Total Recall A Reality? Print & Go With Pogo!
Whats up AllHipHop fam! New technology makes life for some of us a little bit easier, and for some, a little bit harder. I found a couple of gadgets to argue both points… Hopefully you fall on the easy side of the fence. The first one is from Polaroid. They found a way to […]

Game Review: Dr. Mario Online RX
Developer: Arika Publisher: Nintendo Players: 1-2 (online/offline) Genre: Puzzle Release Date: May 26, 2008 System: Nintendo Wii (Wii Ware) Rating: B+ Dr. Mario Online Rx is the 3rd full installment of the Dr. Mario series, which had is origins on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Like its predecessors, Dr. Mario Online Rx is a […]

Three The Gaming Way: Wack Shootouts? The Big Fights! Metal Gear Solid 4
Before I get into this thing, I want to take a moment to introduce myself to the AllHipHop.com loyal subjects. I’m TheKoGz of KonsoleKingz.com, where we bring Hip-Hop flavor to the gaming world. We felt it was high time that the coolest cats in gaming hooked up with the baddest cats in this […]

Movie Review: You Dont Mess With The Zohan
Studio: Sony Pictures Release Date: June 6 Cast: Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle, Chriqui, Rob Schneider, Dave Matthews, Chris Rock Ok, Im officially over Adam Sandler. Long gone are the Happy Madison days of Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy and Bobby’ Boucher in the Waterboy; movies that tempted you to p### in […]

Sneak(er) Peek: The Jordan Rules! British Knights Return? Kanye’s GITD Special
It’s been a minute, so let me go in.Dont sleep, unless your tastes dont run far past Vans, you would have noticed folks rocking the Zoom Soldiers something crazy last summer. The re-up, Zoom Soldier 2, may become just as popular thanks to its clean lines.Even with LeBron long gone from the playoffs, the colorways […]