Game Review: Lost Odyssey
Developer: Mistwalker and Feel PlusPlatform: Xbox 360 (click to purchase) Release date: 2/12/08 Grade: A Honestly, the souls of most RPGs are void. Many of us hearken back to the SNES era and think about how well the games, RPG’s in particular, simply felt. You got attached to the characters; you loved learning […]

Ladies First: Shot Callers
It is the year 2008, a tumultuous time in politics when we could see Hillary Clinton become the first woman president of the United States of America. Now more than ever, it is important for us to realize how much of an impact women have on our society. It was only 36 years […]

Eazy-E Created the American Gangsta!!
On this day, thirteen years ago, one of the first and most influential kingpins in Hip-Hop history tragically died of AIDS. The man who teamed up Ice Cube and Dr. Dre and gave the world Straight Outta Compton and irreversibly changed the way the American Gangster looked like, seldom gets the amount of props […]

MUSICAL MESSAGE: Put Your Pain On Blast
Dont push me, cause Im close to the edge. Im tryin not to lose my head. –Lyric from The Message Melle Mel of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Usually when we get wind of the mental and emotional pain our entertainers are up against, its after something crazy happens: theyve been […]

It’s All In The Game: Curry On The Come-Up
For a hoops fan, the month of March is the best time of the year. Everything from filling out your brackets, to the upsets, to checking out the ticker every five minutes – the drama of March Madness in my opinion cant be matched by any other sporting event. This year is no different. […]

Jwaundace Candece: Still Stuntin’
Some would say that Jwaundace Candece is one in a million. You might not recognize her face just yet, but you definitely wont miss that body. Union stuntwoman, professional wrestler and accomplished actor, Candece can fight til the finish and crash a moving car without batting an eyelash. The triple-threat performer has been in […]

ELECTION 08: The Speech Edition
Nuanced; honest; impressive; brilliant; precedent-making; these are just a few of the many adjectives used to describe Obamas speech on race, now entitled, A More Perfect Union. I dont feel the need to extol the veracity and merits of the speech; if youre looking for interpretation you need search no farther than the above […]

Peep Game: Xbox Price Drop? Trouble For Take-Two Before GTA4?
Welcome to the Peep Game column in AllHipHop.com Gaming! Each week well be explaining the Big News of the week, take a look at what is hot as well as what is not in Played and Played Out, and give you the scoop on some future titles you should keep an eye on. Not […]

Mario: Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow
Since his first hit single in 2002, Mario Barrett has been doing what it takes to ensure his longevity in show business. As his music career flourishes, he is taking on acting and has plans to create his own film production company. To the delight of his fans, Mario recently flexed his acting abilities […]

Tech Talk: Flip Out
Im back with another one and Im glad youre back too. I was able to round a few goodies I hope you like! First off, I know just about every cell phone can record video, but I found this line of full functioning digital camcorders from Pure Digital that even fit in your […]

Game Review: Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Developer: Sora Publisher: NintendoConsole: Wii (click to purchase)Release Date: 3/9/08 Rating: A Super Smash Bros. Brawl is the third game in the Super Smash Bros. series, first developed by HAL Laboratories, and now under the development of Sora Ltd. The Super Smash Bros series is known for its inclusion of popular Nintendo characters […]

Game Review: Frontlines: Fuel of War
Developer: Kaos Studios Platform : Xbox (click to purchase), PC (click to purchase) Release Date: 2/25/08 Grade: C The sounds of war submachine gun fire, constant explosions erupting all around, men straining their voices barking commands at one another, screaming cries of agonizing pain. These sounds can only mean one thing in the world of […]

Ladies First: Good Sports!
[Photo: Serena Williams]In the world of professional sports, the accomplishments of women are often overlooked. Im sure that if you were to approach a random basketball fan in a sports bar somewhere and ask him about Michael Jordan, hed be able to give you a full biography: career stats, personal life, and accomplishments in the […]

Straight Talk: Sex, Lies and Real Life
This month I am going to write about a topic that I had no plans on writing about – at least not yet anyway. But something came up in my personal life that prompted me to bring it up. I am not just writing about this to vent, but to educate some people out […]

It’s All In The Game: MVP Wrap – LeBron, Kobe, KG, T-Mac or CP3?
With the NBA season heading in its final stretch, the MVP talk is starting to heat up. And just like the playoff race, the MVP race is tighter than ever. Here are the five players who will most likely cop the hardware. Kevin Garnett Why – In the beginning of […]

Russell Simmons: Styling The Urban Graduate And Beyond
Without a doubt, Russell Simmons has set out to raise the bar in all of his endeavors. In many cases, hes set the bar so high in the music, fashion and community outreach that few can attain his level of success. He took the Phat Farm and Baby Phat brands to the top […]

ELECTION 08: Archie Bunker Edition
This week was the low point (so far) in this years primary season, as charges and reverse charges of racism we made by each of the Democratic contenders for the presidential nomination. Things that were thought buried were excavated, and things that were thought dead crept from their graves like a George Romero movie. As […]

Dropping Pounds With Cipha Sounds: Foundation
What up fat smashers, Cipha Sounds here trying to get healthy and help you get healthy. So now I’m up to the third chapter of the Dr. Ian Smith’s Fat Smash book, which is called “Foundation.” Now that I detoxed and got all the crap out of my body, I now have to learn how […]

Hollywood Shuffle: Heroin Better For Chris Rock? Jackass Steve-O is Crazy! Rick Ross’ M.I.YAYO
Yeti here, back for another edition of Hollywood Shuffle. Coming straight outta Los Angeles, we’ve got the hottest news in Hollywood served up with some AllHipHop.com style! Today we have Chris Rock caught up in some drama, Diddy providing services to the Hollywood elite and the other Knowles girl who finally might get her […]

Tech Talk: Computer Love
Whether its Mac or PC, we love our computers and what we store on them. I found a couple things to make sure that fire keeps burning OWC has announced their Mercury Elite-AL Pro Firewire + USB2. They range from 80 GB ($107.99) to the 1TB ($369.99), and for those of you […]