Our series of oblique angles on the muscial decade continues, with a look at how hip-hop's vigour and invention at the start of the noughties has made the last five years of rap seem stale A month or so ago New Yorker pop critic Sasha Frere-Jones wrote a column about the state of rap, starting with the proposition ("proclamation" would be too bombastic a word) that 2009 was, in fact, the...
Richard Evans possessed the intense passion, the ardent lyricism, and the continuous support from his peers as an aspiring musician. These elements combined eventually motivated him to track down rapper The Game and personally hand him a demo. Now better known as his stage name "Juice," he proves to be an unstoppable force with the encouragement from his famous mentor, captivating records,...
“I was told I was nice from Pun, Biggie, Nas, Jay-Z, Eminem…so I’m good off that.” Mr. Peter Parker catches up with Kiss while he was in Minneaoplis and they talk about the new album, the Rough Ryders revival and the internet. Tomorrow (11/25), Mr. Parker is dropping, Jadakiss Live in Minneapolis, a mixtape of live [...]
Kelis is the done with the birth and the marriage. No more Nas, no more hip hop. This is a straight up dance song for the clubs that marks Kelis’s return. The album details are not out yet, but it is sounding very promising. Posted in Beats, Yankee Panky Tagged: acapella, download, kelis, leak, new, track [...]
Rap veteran AZ recently hit up SOHH to discuss his relationship with fellow Queens, New York rapper Nas and the possibility of collaborating with him once again. [Visit SOHH.com for more information]
Filed under: Hip-Hop , Hip-Hop News , What's Beef? Philly rapper Beanie Sigel has recently been waging a one-sided war against former mentor and label president Jay-Z . In an apparent bid to rebuild his buzz after a lengthy hiatus, Sigel has released two Jay-Z diss tracks in the past month alone. This weekend Beans dropped the second freestyle over Cypress Hill 's 'How I Could Just Kill a Man' beat,...
Damian Marley recently described working with Nas for their Distant Relatives collaboration album and said the experience has been a "dream." [Visit SOHH.com for more information]
He's not quite begging for attention like Nas did with Hip Hop Is Dead . But Busta Rhymes declared in an interview with Billboard.com that hip-hop, and music in general, needs his help. Because, well, to him, the industry is dying. So what better way to sound like a savior than name your album The Chemo . Set to drop in the first quarter of 2010, Busta said his ninth record will "kill the cancer...
31. Pitbull - M.I.A.M.I. (Money Is A Major Issue) (TVT Records, 2004) It’s funny to remember back when “Culo” dropped and how it was kind of confusing to see this Cuban rapper come out doing a song with Lil Jon over a reggaeton beat and not really having any idea what this guy was going for. With every subsequent single and guest appearance for the next year or so, though, it became...
Name : Amerie Born Name : Amerie Mi Marie Rogers Date of Birth : January 12, 1978 (1978-01-12) (age 31) Genre(s) :R&B, pop, funk, hip-hop Occupation(s) : Singer, songwriter,actress, model Instrument(s) : Singing, flute Years Active : 2001–present Label(s) : Columbia (2001-2007) Island Def Jam (2008-present) Associated Acts : Nas, Eve, Chingy, Ricky Martin Website : www.amerie.net Amerie Mi...
Filed under: Hip-Hop , Hip-Hop News Queens rapper Nas and Jamaican reggae artist Damian Marley have partnered with National Geographic and V-Tech and organized a panel debate entitled 'Distant Relatives' in Washington, D.C. next month. The 'Distant Relatives' title is an homage to Nas and Marley's forthcoming collaborative album of the same name, focusing heavily on content from Africa and samples...
While "Death of Auto-Tune" certainly created some hype about Jay-Z's new album prior to its release, it didn't quite kill the software it took aim at. Like Nas, Auto-Tune refuses to die simply because Hov told it to. While Auto-Tune, and pitch correction in general, was an industry secret for awhile, songs like "One More Time," and artists like T-Pain used the software so obviously...
Listen back to the Nov. 6 edition of THE FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE SHOW iTunes PODCAST featuring live guests, Rakim, RA The Rugged Man, Scorzayzee, Harry Shearer (The Simpsons and Spinal Tap), Mykil Miers and more! " Rakim joins us for one of his most deep and lengthy interviews of his entire career. This may just be the most intrusive and probing interview that you will ever hear with the man who changed...
" Available now for free download, HHC Digital 005 is headed up by Rakim. Inside, the god emcee talks about Dr Dre ’s studio antics, his first meetings with Nas and Jay-Z, Large Professor ’s sample game, the day KRS-One put the blame for gangsta rap on him, the original 50 Cent and Killer Ben, the legend of The Rooftop, plus details the exact price of a pair of Timberland boots with...
It’s great to see Kelis back in full swing after a 3-year hiatus since 2006’s Kelis Was Here, a nasty split with rapper Nas, and giving birth to her first child. It’s hard to believe that it’s been 10 years since her innovative debut album Kaleidescope! In the clip below she hooks up with banger-producing [...]
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