Podcast: Nicolay’s Productions

October 13th, 2008
His music transcends past hip hop… past all genres… past all boundaries. This year, with the release of Leave It All Behind and TIME:LINE, Nicolay proves that he is a music force to be reckoned with. It’s been close to [...]

K. Sparks: Manic Mondays Week 7

October 13th, 2008
“This record is real laid back on some jazz/Hip Hop fusion tip…It covers various topics from police brutality to me dealin with my own personal inner demons…Moe Productions did the beat, and it’s real captivating… ...

Fat Joe Talks Working With 'Rock Star' Lil Wayne

October 13th, 2008
Fat Joe isn't thinking about any hip-hop verses — new or old — coming at him. He's been out in Africa and other parts of the world on tour, trying to stack his bread. When he gets back to the States, Crack is going to be working on his ...

TO HELL WITH HIP HOP

October 13th, 2008
The hip hop world is an interesting community. Knowing no geographical boundaries, citizens (usually called headz) must have a certain level of all-round knowledge, an impressive understanding of the culture, a tested prowess in at ...

More on Hip Hop Speaks to Children

October 13th, 2008
Three more cool links to reviews of Hip Hop Speaks to Children: 1. Todd Stocke from Sourcebooks was kind enough to send me a link to this NPR interview with Nikki Giovanni, since there's a brief mention of my song about 5 minutes in. ...

Mary Mary Tackle Hard Times and Hip-Hop on ‘The Sound’

October 13th, 2008
While their upcoming CD The Sound features a duet with fellow gospel artist Kierra “KeKe” Sheard, they also stepped into the hip-hop world by working with David Banner for “Superfriend.” And everyone wasn’t too pleased to see church ...

Hip-Hop Albums Released This Week (10/06/2008)

October 13th, 2008
Pretty slow week for hip-hop albums (see below):. BoB - Hi! My Name Is BoB C-Rayz Walz & Kosha Dillz - Freestyle vs. Written Decon Presents Fresh Rhymes And Videotape Kaboose - Excuse Me KJ-52 - The Yearbook w/The Missing Papers ...

HOTT2DEFF: JUDGE ORDERS LOUD HIP-HOP FAN TO ENDURE BEETHOVEN

October 13th, 2008
A Judge in Illinois ordered a hip-hop fan who had violated noise levels to endure 20-hours of compositions by Beethoven. Andrew Vactor was fined $150 after he persisted in playing his favourite hip-hop music at loud volumes through his ...

Random’s Push to Win the Online Hip Hop Awards

October 13th, 2008
This via Hipster, Please! is Random’s campaign for the Artist to Watch, an award he has been nominated for at the Online Hip-Hop Awards, and is 37 votes shy of winning as of this time. Okay, I have an announcement to make. ...

A new Coachella Valley Hip-hop scene

October 13th, 2008
And that's why he's helping a local scene of hip-hop artists to emerge in the Coachella Valley. Sullivan comes from the Bay Area, a region saturated by graffiti, breakdancers and legendary rap artists.

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