Billboard (Free subscription) | yesterday
After 22 years, LL Cool J comes to the end of his contract with Def Jam with "Exit 13," due Sept. 9, and the veteran rapper says he made sure he "put my heart and soul into this album."
Posse on Broadway (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
Marley Marl and The Funky Drummer Himself, Clyde Stubblefield, Will Be In The Building
VIBE Magazine Online (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
First Listen: LL Cool J's Exit 13 The GOAT shows that his raps are still hard as hell.
The Hip-Hop Cosign (Free subscription) | 17/08/2008
The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Presents the 11th Annual Black August Hip Hop Project Concert at Nokia Theatre in New York City on Sunday, August 31st, 2008, featuring KRS-One, EPMD, Bilal and many others. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 day-of. They can be obtained at the Nokia Theatre Box Office, or through ticketmaster.com The Black [...]
Posse on Broadway (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
ilal, Marley Marl, Immortal Technique and more to join NYC show...
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
in post LL Cool J - Marley Marl Freestyle from The Mark Out .
The Mark Out (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Just a quick post as I need to get back onto ebay for their half price listings, but this track caught my attention:- LL Cool J freestyling over a string-heavy Marley Marl beat, a lesson in flow and rapping technique. I haven't really followed Cool James since the Canibus beef, but this certainly shows how the young 'uns how to do it. It's not mindblowing, but it slips down smoothly for sure. LL Cool...
NY Protest Calendar (Beta) (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
Please ask friends to try nyprotest=20 two-message-per-week calendar, also online at http://snipurl.com/nyprotest …… from Malcolm X Grassroots Movement… http://mxgm.org/blackaugust/ http://tinyurl.com/5gpxae http://mxgm.org/web/programs-initiatives/black-august.html =20 2008 begins the second decade of Black August Hip Hop Project benefit conce= rts to assist and support our Political Prisoners. The...
Real Talk NY (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
LL Cool J -Marley Marl Freestlye Props To Best Of Both Offices
Nah Right (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Niceness. Marley Marl laces Uncle L with some smooth shit to rock beLLs. LL Cool J - Marley Marl Freestyle Props to Best of Both Offices.
Metal Lungies (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
You’re probably familiar with Beth’s work, since we’ve used her photos for several posts on this very site. She’s a Brooklyn, NY based photographer who’s had her work published in magazines including Scratch, URB, The FADER & Waxpoetics. She has a talent for really capturing the essence of her subject’s personality in a single photo; [...]
Metal Lungies (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
The homie J-Berga hit up yet another event last weekend, the Rock Steady Crew Anniversary show. Here are the musings he had to share: This was my third year going to the Rock Steady Crew Anniversary event and this year might have been the best so far. This year was dedicated to the memory [...]
The Smoking Section (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
As we start on a busy super-hectic week (more on that later), updates will be sporadic as hell. Advance apologies are in order. But, you know we wouldn’t leave you high & dry by any means. We’ll keep diggin’ around & giving you listening material to fuel your week, because it’ll be the same [...]
The Hip-Hop Cosign (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
MySpace Music is proud to announce that Nas will be performing a free show for his MySpace friends in West Hollywood at 10:30 p.m. at the Roxy on Sunset - a show being powered by Saints Row 2. Celebrating his soon-to-be released, highly-controversial untitled album, Nas will give fans a taste of what’s in store [...]
Grandgood (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
New music from a variety of artists we respect. Special thank you to everyone that sent in material. Please go out and support your favorite artists and they will support you. Participation is critical. Thank goodness for contemporary rap. Shout out to G and his wife J who gave birth to a beautiful 7.2 lb [...]
