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http://staging.allhiphop.comArtist: Halftooth Records PresentsTitle: You Don’t Know The HalfRating: 4 StarsReviewed by: Paine Budding labels that debut with a compilation are too often making a mistake. These records make big promises but rarely deliver. Too many artists, no theme, and one good single, maybe. The Halftooth crew has defied this trend. The label that will […]
Artist: Planet AsiaTitle: The Grand OpeningRating: 3 1/2 StarsReviewed by: TOBY9060 After years of developing his name in underground Hip-Hop with various twelve-inch singles and stellar guest appearances, Planet Asia has finally released his proper debut album,The Grand Opening. As the title suggests, this is the first day of business for Planet Asia’s long awaited […]
Warner Music Group will start laying off almost 20 percent of it’s workforce this week. Almost 1,000 people will lose their jobs as a result of Edgar Bronfman Jr.’s purchase of WMG and his attempt to save $250 million dollars annually. The restructuring plan will be announced tomorrow and has resulted in the departure of […]
Jayson Rodriguez After taking three years between releasing albums, which seems like an eternity in rap, Memphis Bleek is wasting no time in preparing the follow-up to M.A.D.E. The rapper is tentatively set to drop 534 this June, just six months after his most recent album, which was released in December of 2003. The title […]
Artist: Royce Da 5’9Title: Death Is CertainRating: 4 StarsReviewed by: Jigsaw Royce Da 5’9″ resonated across the internet and streets when he wrote one of hip-hop’s most vindictive dis tracks “Malcom X,” an audio war cry against D-12 (and to a lesser degree Eminem). The rage-filled song provided the groundwork for his second album, Death […]
According to sources, a show featuring Lil Scrappy turned into chaos at an Orlando, Florida high school Sunday morning.Scrappy, an artist on Lil Jon’s BME Records and known for his hit “Head Bussa,” was performing at Dr. Phillips High School.Sources stated that the rapper was warned not to curse or take off his shirt during […]
The man partially credited with introducing new jack swing (a mixture of R&B and hip-hop) has a name – Keith Sweat. Sweat and producer Teddy Riley embodied the burgeoning mixture between two genres already on a collision course. But, back in the late 80’s, they were just getting started with Sweat’s Make It Last Forever […]
Artist: Young GunzTitle: Tough LuvRating: 3 StarsReviewed by: StaX Soul<font face="verdana" size="2" Any new artist on a major label, let alone part of a self-proclaimed dynasty, has a huge burden to contend with on their debut release. Not being of the breed to run from a challenge, the Young Gunz (Philly emcee Young Chris and […]
RAM Squad member Tommy Hill claimed that he was set up by a fellow rapper, after being arrested on charges that he sold cocaine to undercover officers. Authorities have made three attempts to turn Hill into a cooperating witness, but Hill has rejected the offers each time. "I’m not a rat," Hill told the Philadelphia […]
Imagine if presidents were only allowed to declare war if one of their loved ones had to be at the front. Imagine if there were a law that stated that for every tank, there had to be a new school and for every war helicopter there had to be a new hospital. Imagine if every […]
Artist: MicranotsTitle: The Emperor And The AssassinRating: 4 StarsReviewed by: Maurice Downes If you ever want to understand why hip-hop’s “Golden Age” was tagged as the late eighties through the early nineties, you need look no further than Eric B and Rakim, De La Soul, and Wu-Tang Clan. Ok, what’s the point? Eric B and […]
Status Quo is like the average, which is the bar that most common folk live by. But new Shady/ Aftermath signee Stat Quo is set to change the bar that hip-hop is judged by. “Like I’m real cocky with that. Like that’s some cocky s**t right there,” he says, “but we going to go ahead […]
Andre 3000 of Outkast is in the final stages of negotiations to play legendary guitar player Jimmy Hendrix on the big screen. The flick is being directed by The Hughes Brothers, known for “Menace To Society,” “From Hell” and “American Pimp.” The flick will chronicle the legendary African-American guitar players rise to fame, from strumming […]
Harlem-bred emcee Immortal Technique has begun to record his third independent album through his Viper Records, but he said that the album would be a departure from his politically charged albums Revolutionary Vol. 1 & 2. “Right now it’s in its early stages. I have like two tracks done. I don’t even have any guest […]
Young hip-hop fans across the Atlantic clamoring to be the next P.Diddy can enroll at Diddymite, a new urban music school that teaches kids songwriting and performance skills. The South London school, however, isn’t funded by the Bad Boy C.E.O., but rather by England’s own Ms. Dynamite. The garage raptress has also secured grants and […]
Volvo Cars of North America (VCNA) has tapped Hip-Hop music to help sell their latest automobile in a new advertising campaign. Starting in March, advertisements featuring the music of Dilated Peoples will be heard nationwide, promoting the new Volvo S40. LL Cool J handled the voice-overs, while music-video director Dave Meyers shot the commercials. "It’s […]
While many people may be unaware of the strong Native American Hip Hop scene that thrives independently in Native communities across the United States and Canada, one of it’s pioneers, Litefoot is calling on Outkast and the broader Hip Hop community to take notice and check the way they view Native culture. We spoke to […]
According to sources, incarcerated rap mogul Suge Knight is planning to release his own magazine.Titled “Uncut,” Knight’s publication would be part Hip-Hop, part tabloid.”Suge wants to do it,” a source told AllHipHop.com. “The only major obstacle is that there is a British publication by the same name, so a name change might happen.”Knight will emerge […]
Tony Yayo, a member of 50 Cent’s G-Unit, has pleaded guilty to passport fraud being rearrested a day after being released from prison. Last month, the rapper was sent back in prison, for violating terms of his probation. Yayo was released from Lakeview Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility in New York on January 9 after serving […]
Joseph “Afroman” Foreman is back and preparing to release Afroholic: The Even Better Times, the follow-up to 2001’s Good Times.Last year, Foreman proclaimed he had found God and was leaning toward making music that reflected his new found faith and even considered a name change.The rapper complained that Universal was pushing him to make music […]
