Tracy McGrady took the long and painful walk to the podium last year – just as he had done the previous five times he had been to the playoffs. He knew what he was walking into. His Houston Rockets had just dropped a heartbreaking Game Seven to the Utah Jazz.   He knew he’d […]

  “Damn, homie! Get up! Roll over or do something! I can’t sleep with you making all that noise. Sounds like you about to suffocate or die or something.” These were actually my words, (minus a few explicative comments) to my roommate and the leading scorer on our basketball team during my freshman year in […]

Last Tuesday Sen. Hillary Clinton won the Democratic Pennsylvania primary, beating Sen. Barack Obama by 9.4 points, which was enough of a margin for the Clinton camp to round it up to ten, making it the double-digit win they had needed. Undeniably, this will continue this long and brutal campaign, but in actuality did this […]

Ok, I’m trying to keep a positive attitude, but I think I’ve reached a plateau.    I’m eating good and exercising, but it doesn’t seem to be doing anything anymore. I heard that when you first start dieting and working out you lose a lot right away, but then things definitely level out.    All […]

Pray for Steve Forbes!                 There’s only one man standing against the useless rematch between Floyd Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya. That man is former Contender star and natural 140 pounder Steve Forbes. He’ll try to play the role of spoiler this Saturday against the Golden Boy.                 Forbes possesses moderate speed and a […]

  Hey, it’s your girl Nina Shay, bringing some new flavor to the Hollywood Shuffle. Thanks to our friend Scott Yeti at Wooohah.com for holding it down the past few months!   So what’s in the cards this week?   Terrence Howard turns up aces in his new Broadway role as we anticipate this week’s […]

It’s John Legend’s protégé! In the context of music today, some might say it took him a little long to give all-due shine to Estelle, who co-wrote on Once Again. English-native Estelle can now join the English-female artist invasion that was headed by Winehouse and Lily Allen. The buzz around Estelle revolved heavily on Lauryn […]

    For those who just haven’t been around, well… anywhere… Grand Theft Auto IV will be released April 29 to much fanfare all over the country.   Slowed work production and fast food consumption are likely to follow.   In honor of that, AllHipHop Gaming and The Gamer Studio would like to present a […]

This week Usher released the remix to his #1 single, “Love In This Club” alongside two heavy hitters; Mrs. Beyonce Knowles-Carter and Lil Wayne. While radio stations across the country were buzzing with phone calls to play “Love In This Club” over and over again, are we surprised that Usher has come back so strong? […]

April 25, 2008I am sick to my stomach and I really do not know what to say right this second. My cell and office phones have been blowing up all day, and people have been emailing me nonstop, to let me know that Detectives Michael Oliver, Gescard Isnora, and Marc Cooper, the three New York […]

Every year, in the last weekend of April, hundreds of young men travel to New York City with the hopes of becoming the next Walter Payton or John Elway. Many are called, but few are chosen.    It is a time when NFL fans experience their second Christmas. Some make the pilgrimage to New York, […]

  The tech goodies never cease to amaze me. Let me know if you’re feeling them like I am!   You ever been out on vaca, just taking pics galore only to fill up you memory card on day two?  That’s exactly the reason SmartDisk are hittin you with the PhotoBank.    With the push […]

  By now we all know that a lot of what we see on so-called “reality” TV is scripted, scenes are done over to capture the “essence of the moment” and model-slash-actors are swarming to these shows to be seen for career purposes. No reality involved.   Now, take Hip Hop and try to pass […]

Madonna has released a Dance-pop album called Hard Candy produced by Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and Pharrell; no further description is necessary. Even with the not-as-good-as-you’d-hope lead single “4 Minutes,” it’s hard not to have dangerously high expectations for this album. Every female Pop star of the last 25 years has at least partially modeled herself […]

Not Guilty. It stings. It really does. Set against the backdrop of a Black man being a viable Presidential candidate. Set against a rapper releasing an album entitled N****r. Set against Flavor Flav getting a mantan show on network television. This really stings. It’s very lonely being a n****r.   Acquitted. “Exhonerated.” You get tired […]

If you’re like me, you shy away from games with crappy graphics. I don’t care how dope someone says a game is, if I can’t stand to look at it, I can’t bring myself to play. All I know is that when I saw the trailer for Ninja Gaiden II in HD, I almost teared […]

April 21, 2008Temple University’s Liacoris CenterPhiladelphia, PAIt’s 7:12, nearly 30 minutes since I’ve sat down with an exhausted but ready-to-go Ne-Yo for a 15-minute conversation, and I’m already sitting on the edge of my front row seats, excited to no end. My anticipation meter is bubbling over the top for just a glimpse of the […]

  After making his mark as the Light Middleweight Champion, Winky Wright took on the challenge of boosting his weight to fight in the Middleweight class. He has practiced rigorous workouts and a specialized diet to maintain his physique after bulking up, and maintains focus by staying grounded through the love of his family.   […]

Hey what’s good everybody?  I’m sorry for the long delay since the last edition of Shape Up, but my computer had a pretty devastating virus that put me out of commission for a while. But have no fear; your AllHipHop Fitness Specialist is back to help you all keep pushing toward your goals!   Ironically, […]

I just came home from a big concert at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles with Biz Markee, MC Lyte, Bell Biv DeVoe, Big Daddy Kane, Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick. A lot of us were just talking about ball backstage, and people were all up on what I’ve been doing for AllHipHop.com and […]