“Da Graveyard”: Squad Up AllHipHop.com: “Da Graveyard” is probably the hardest Big L moment ever recorded. Tell me about the making of it? Grand Daddy I.U.: We did that s**t at Powerplay [Studios]. Buckwild had did the track. The n***a just called me. I did it on the strength of, that was my dude. There […]
Six years ago, one of Harlem’s greatest MC’s was stolen from the Hip-Hop community in single, violent moment of tragedy. To New York radio followers and others, Big L was a welcomed name throughout the underground – but there is no question that he was just days away from becoming as respected in the mainstream, […]
Drugs and guns seem to be the poster-children of Hip-Hop to outsiders. But since day one, Hip-Hop has been about the love of something. Through the years, the genre has supplied some of the greatest love anthems of modernity. From Spoonie Gee to Ghostface Killah, Hip-Hop and love have coexisted with tremendous artistry and lots […]
Nas’ life is hardly an open book, but slowly, but surely the pages are starting to turn. The Queensbridge rapper has had a seismic shift in his life, priorities and has begun to let the public into his life. It started with his groundbreaking album Street’s Disciple. It offered songs with his father, odes to […]
The question that’s on everyone’s tongue is: How did Boyz N Da Hood, an Atlanta-based act, get a veteran power player in the industry like Puffy Combs to sign them to Bad Boy South? As owner and CEO of Block Entertainment, Block carries an authoritative air of a person who is definitely in charge. He […]
AllHipHop.com: None of you guys are hard up for cash, so was you doing this a testament to fans? Otherwise, I don’t see much point. Willie D: Well, it’s like this: I’m not hard up for cash. I understand that making an album could take me to a whole different level. What is the least […]
When you’re hot you’re hot. When you’re not – yeah, you know. No question, Scarface, Willie D, and Bushwick Bill have always been hot. But The Geto Boys image has been clouded with personnel changes throughout the last decade. Perhaps that’s why it’s been difficult to get The Foundation the look it deserves. But the […]
In 2005 with the release of his sophomore album, Phinally Phamous, Lil’ Wyte is here to shatter the stereotypes and racial barriers that still exist in the music industry and America today. Don’t believe it? Just read. He has also set out to prove that all the topics he speaks about in his lyrics are […]
45 King is the Reggie Jackson of Hip-Hop. Whenever anybody needed that sound, that drum loop funk, that gusto – there was the 45 King’s name. His is a name that found its way onto all the big labels during the Golden Era: Wild Pitch, Tuff City, 4th & Broadway. The Bronx-born DJ went on […]
MC. Check. Official track credits. Check. “Ether”, the Nas direct shot at Jay-Z song shut down was a miraculous come up for Harlem producer, Ron Browz. The Uptown resident went on to get behind, “Last Real N***a Alive” by Nas, “Blow It Out Your Ass” by Ludacris, and “Playboy” by G-Unit’s own Lloyd Banks are […]
Well, back home in NY… Although it was only a short stint: two weeks…. It’s always beautiful to see your own bed. The road was the incredible (far better than saying “the good”) mixed with the, "this is some bulls**t". Of course, every great show always gives you that kind of high that you can’t […]
In 2002, no record shook the streets harder than “Grindin” by The Clipse. The combination of the pounding drum pattern and subtle xylophone made the beat one of the most requested instrumentals on the mixtape scene. The smooth delivery of the grimy lyrics by Malice and Pusha T meshed with the pounding beat. Backed by […]
AllHipHop.com: Give us a preview into the album, what will it be called? What can we expect from it? Pusha T: See, I’m not sure if we are going to keep the title Hell Hath No Fury because honestly since time has gone passed we have switched a few records. We’ve actually switched up a […]
Sitting in a conference room at BME Entertainment in Atlanta, DJ’s Drama, Don Cannon, Sense, Jaycee, Jamad and Ox Banga give off the same family reunion vibe of a gang of cousins who’ve been driving their grandmas and aunties nuts for years. They each have a confident air about them that would probably exist if […]
When P.Diddy calls you in to battle the best rapper in a house of young lyricists, you take the opportunity seriously. The success of battling Ness, On MTV’s Making The Band 2, led to Jae Millz landing a deal with Warner Brothers where he released the certified street banger “No, No, No” produced by Scram […]
When Cuban rapper Pitbull first hit the scene, he grabbed the attention of everyone in the game. Whether he’s keeping it Crunk in the club or getting grimey in the street, one fact still remains – he’s keeping it true to himself. No one can dispute that fact that the now red hot talent has […]
Bad Boy Records has seen it’s share of valleys and peaks – from being the top record label in the game at one point to major acts being murdered and jailed. There since the early stages was Black Rob, who went from doing a stint in the big house to being surrounded by talent like […]
Since releasing R.A.W. in 1999, Daz has marketed, packaged, and eaten quite well off of controversy. While 50 Cent and Ja Rule have done it on a grander scale, few weeks have gone by without a verse from Daz hitting albums, mixtapes, and websites with disses to Kurupt, Suge Knight, Jayo Felony, Yukmouth, and oodles […]
DJ QBert is one of Hip Hop’s biggest icons. However, to identify him as just a DJ is incredibly short sighted. QBert recently contributed some of his music to the new martial arts DVD 101 Submissions Vol. 2, which is available now at www.onthemat.com. It features some of the world’s greatest grappling masters in their […]
What started as illegal bootlegging is today in 2004 an ever growing, strategically organized marketing plan. Mixtapes gets new artists from the music industry out to the masses as quick as possible. The man behind the machine, mixtape distributor AG, has positively exploited this market. He is the medium that carries underground music from its […]
