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http://staging.allhiphop.comEarly 90s superstar Hammer is looking to bring his legacy to a new generation of fans with a retrospective mixtape entitled Hammertime. The tape features Mick Boogie mixing new Hammer tracks with the original samples of his biggest hits, such as Rick James’ “Superfreak” and The Chi-Lites’ “Have You Seen Her.” Instead of […]
While this year’s VH1 Hip Hop Honors ceremony will mark six years since VH1 started the annual tradition of celebrating the best in Hip-Hop culture, it will mark two firsts as well. VH1 has announced that this year’s award ceremony, to be held on Tuesday, October 12, will pay homage to Def Jam Records […]
“Your Baby Roll With Me”
“Patron”
“They Don’t Know”
“Georgetown Girl”
“Words From PMD”
“Harbor Masters”
“My Chevy Sittin High”
“Mafia Music Freestyle”
Jersey lyricist Joe Budden is striking back at his critics over the fallout of his recent lyrical critique of former Def Jam colleague Method Man. Last month, Budden drew the ire of veterans Busta Rhymes, Redman, Melle Mel, and Method Man after ridiculing the placement of the latter two above him on Vibe’s Greatest […]
So, there is the question. What will you be listening to in 10 or 20 years? When I started to write this, it started out as a rant, but then I really started to think about it. I soon became distressed. I still love music and all that it has to offer so I was […]
Rapper/producer Wyclef Jean will be in good company on Monday (June 8) as World Hunger Year (WHY) honors his commitment to fighting poverty at this year’s 2009 WHY-Chapin awards dinner. The award-winning hitmaker will receive the ASCAP-Harry Chapin Humanitarian award at the event, which will take place at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers in […]
Straight up, I like ill MC’s The rappers that I have always gravitated to were the dudes that made me think, “I wish I thought that” or “How the hell did he think of that?” When I crafted my list, that is what I had in mind, my favorite ill MC’s. Certainly there are the […]
When Lupus silenced J. Dilla on February 10, 2006, Hip-Hop lost one of its most influential, yet, highly underrated producer/rappers. Often called, “Your favorite producer’s, favorite producer,” James Yancey was a product of his environment. His mother, Maureen Yancey, has recounted often how a three year old Dilla would sit at his little record player […]
Listen, last week I put myself out of a limb to express a unique opinion (Lebron vs. Carmelo, would be a better one-on-one matchup than Lebron vs. Kobe) which many of you agreed with, a few disagreed with emphatically, and other major media outlets appeared to have cosigned if only for a few days. This […]
Welcome to Chart Watch, the weekly column where we check out what happened, what is happening and what’s about to happen. Sasha Baron Cohen and Marshall Mathers are the talk of the town days after they pranked everybody with some cheek-to-cheek action. Good thing Sasha has a movie coming out and Em’s got Relapse to […]
“So Much Trouble”
“Coalition Forces”
Brooklyn’s Fabolous is promising fans his most personal album with Loso’s Way, slated to be released later this month. The main theme of the album will focus on the dangers and challenges of transitioning from street life to an honest living. The motif reflects its movie inspiration, Carlito’s Way, which starred Al Pacino […]
