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It’s a slow week so let’s just go ahead and move through the top ten.  At number ten, and the only representative of Hip Hop for the week, is Ludacris.  The Atlanta rapper’s seventh album, Battle of the Sexes, rises from number 11 last week by selling 24,000 copies.This week R&B continues to reign supreme with Usher’s protégé, […]

Shyne – Unthinkable Freestyle “I need a couple million, F*** 50 Cent.” – Shyne

It seems like yesterday when a young[er] Wiz Khalifa appeared as a blurb in AllHipHop.com’s rumor section. My, how he’s grown. Well, since he’s morphed into one of the most popular acts, a true leader of the new school.  The Pittsburgh native recently appeared in XXL’s Freshman class. He just released a new mixtape Kush […]

The Game is back with “It Must Be Me,” a song produced by The Neptunes. Game has a bit of a different sound with this one. With Pharrell on the hook, can he go wrong? Listen to it below.

Shyne – “Messiah”The wait is over now….what do you think?   Download Here: Shyne – Messiah

Peep the new video for Drake’s new single “Over.” Does it hold up? See it below.

ChartWatch for April 7, 2010                It’s R&B week in the top ten.  Ordinarily I don’t included R&B acts in the charts because this is a Hip Hop site but there’s not a lot of Hip Hop on the charts so here we go.  At number one this week is Usher with Raymond vs. Raymond.  The […]

TOP 5 DEAD OR ALIVE: KuruptDoes life imitate art? Yes, just look at a lot of today’s Rap music! Insistently wishing to uphold the status quo, many Geppetto-like CEOs continue to sign crudely replicated Pinocchio rappers. Fantasy can be fun, but it is time to step away from all these fairy tale artists. Kurupt’s impending […]

On Friday (April 2) DJ Skee and his new live musical show, Skeetox, turned Hollywood hot spot Vanguard nightclub, into DJ rehab as he changed the game for the live DJ show. DJ Skee morphed into a hip-hop Leonard Bernstein as he conducted a live 7-piece band featuring legendary guitarist Wagner Fulco (Sting, Elton John, […]

As fans eagerly await rapper Pharaohe Monch’s summer time release entitled W.A.R. (We Are Renegades), Pharaohe is prepping for a Canadian tour and gearing up for future releases on his WAR Media L.L.C. imprint.   While his solo album W.A.R. will be released collaboratively with Duck Down Records, Pharaohe is learning a lot about how to […]

ChartWatch for March 31, 2010   There is only one artist from Hip-Hop in the top ten this week but that’s not what’s important.  What is important is that I went to check the comments from last week’s column and guess what?  No spam.  No bootleg Jordans.  No fake Gucci.  No “come check my website” […]

ChartWatch for March 24, 2010 It looks like we are at another low point in the year where not a lot of music is coming out from the hip hop arena. We are too far away from that end of the year, holiday push but not close enough to the summer to get a group […]

You know you couldn’t wait. The topic of lyrics has been resurrected as a hot spot in Hip-Hop and Waka Flocka has been at the center of the debate. So, his top rappers are certain to garner some controversy and dialogue, especially since most have no resemblance to his style. But, that’s not important as […]

ChartWatch for March 17, 2010   “I’m on the rise, so many people despise me Got party ammunition for those tryin to surprise me It’s a celebration and everyone should invite me”                                     – Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges   I don’t know if he is a despised as he likes to believe because a lot a […]

ChartWatch for March 10, 2010 “Your reign on the top was short like leprechauns As I crush so-called willes, thugs, and rapper dons.”                   -Christopher “The Notorious Big” Wallace        Since yesterday was the anniversary of his untimely death I think I’ll open ChartWatch this week with one of my favorite Biggie versus.  Actually I have a […]

“I’m not going to be biased and put Jay in my Top 5 and n***as gonna be like ‘Of course he gonna say Jay.” – Memphis Bleek  Memphis Bleek has been kickin’ it with Hip Hop’s finest since the Marcy Projects-the big homey Jay-Z. But in all fairness, the Brooklyn native couldn’t just put his […]

AllHipHop ChartWatch for March 03, 2010   Sometimes you gotta dig deep, when problems come nearDon’t fear things get severe for everybody everywhereWhy do bad things happen, to good people?Seems that life is just a constant war between good and evil –          Guru (Moment of Truth) We’re starting off this week with a verse from […]

Spice-1 is one tough hombre. The West Coast, Bay-bred rapper was shot in the chest in 2007, but has risen back from a critical situation. But, before rumors of his death ran rampant, Spice-1 was an official street veteran from the Bay that had worked with Method Man, Too Short and even the late Tupac. […]

ChartWatch for February 24, 2010 After 10 years without releasing a new album, Helen Folasade Adu managed to claim the number one spot. The Nigerian born, British songstress better known as Sade continues to hold the top spot selling 191,000 copies of her sixth studio album Soldier of Love. The Black Eyed Peas jump from […]