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The Death of Adam MCA Yauch is a Hard One to Shake: by Davey D
From Davey D's Hip Hop Corner: Recently Hip Hop lost a pioneering figure and legend Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch of the Beastie Boys. There’s so much one can say about him ranging from his pioneering status of being a member of one of the first successful white acts in Hip Hop (they sold more than 40 million albums) to his activism around Tibet and their independence movement and more recently (Continue)
Bracket Madness: 8 Greatest MCs Of The Yo! MTV Raps Era
Now that you’ve had your nostalgia fix with VH1's 40 Greatest Yo! MTV Raps Moments, we’re letting you decide the eight greatest emcees of that era. It’s the ultimate face off! You vote for your favorite contenders hoping they advance to the next round. But only one will walk away with the coveted title of “Greatest MC of the Yo! MTV Raps Era.” In Round One, Chuck D. takes on K (Continue)
MTV2 Honors Hip-Hop’s Past, Present and Future when “Yo! MTV Raps Classic Cuts” and “Hottest MCs In The Game VII” Join “Sucker Free Countdown” on Sunday 2/19/12
MTV2 will honor hip-hop’s past, present and future with a special night of programming on Sunday, February 19th, kicking off at 10pm ET/PT with the next installment of “MTV2 Presents: Yo! MTV Raps Classic Cuts.” Immediately following, MTV News will reveal its highly-anticipated crowning of the “Hottest MCs In The Game VII” at10:30pm ET/PT. The night will close out with a special “S (Continue)
Common Releases New Album “The Dreamer, The Believer” | Los Angeles Release Party
On December 15th, the Sayer’s Club in Los Angeles played host to a Storytellers-style listening of Common’s newest album The Dreamer, The Believer. Dodgers’ center fielder Matt Kemp joined a packed room of industry professionals and fans as an impromptu jam session ensued with songwriter and Cocaine 80’s singer James Faunterloy . Check out a video of the X-Rated Vodka hosted e (Continue)
Mannie Fresh, Mia X, Partners-N-Crime and more to be honored at the 2011 NOLA UNDERGROUND HIPHOP AWARDS
NEW ORLEANS - Supreme Street and Traffic Boutique present the 2011 NOLA Underground Hip-Hop Awards, a hip-hop centralized awards showcase, giving appropriate appreciation, respect and honor to our local artists who have exemplified the essential aspects of not just any particular popular culture, but urban culture. The event will be hosted by Shiney Green and will take place at the House of Bl (Continue)
Raekwon Talks ‘Only Built 4 Cuban Linx’ Presented By Rock The Bells & Reebok Classics
Raekwon tells the story of the making of "Verbal Intercourse" and how he and Ghostface Killah started working with Nas to make a classic. Watch video here. (Continue)
Mobb Deep Discusses ‘The Infamous’ presented by Rock The Bells & Reebok Classics
Mobb Deep's Prodigy speaks from the studio about the origins of Havoc's haunting, wobbly hooks, sampling jazz records inherited from the legendary Budd Johnson, and finessing the MC skills that made The Infamous a classic. View video here. (Continue)
Baba Brinkman’s “The Rap Guide To Evolution” uses hip-hop as a vehicle to communicate the facts of evolution
DARWIN GOT IT GOING ON! A novel species of theatre combining the wit, poetry and charisma of a great rapper with the accuracy and rigor of a scientific expert, Baba Brinkman’s The Rap Guide to Evolution uses hip-hop as a vehicle to communicate the facts of evolution while illuminating the origins and complexities of hip-hop culture with Darwin as the inspiration. A smash hit at the Edinburgh (Continue)
Rock The Bells – Fusicology.TV Review Pre-Roll & more Videos & Photos
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVikvoEBwRQ[/youtube] VIDEO: Rock The Bells 2010 Los Angeles: Fusicology.TV Review Pre-Roll with Host Maya Jupiter MORE VIDEOS: Rakim addresses Nas situation, talks new Stephen Marley collaboration 9th Wonder talks Drake, J Dilla and calls Nottz best beat maker right now c/o HardKnock.TV PHOTOS: Rock The Bells San Francisco Bay Ar (Continue)
9th Annual Hip Hop Congress + Jay Electronica Detroit Debut
DETROIT: a history of firsts and lasts. .:. The End is the Beginning... More from the Delta to Detroit... National non-profit organization, the Hip Hop Congress (HHC), took its annual all-chapters conversation to the music mecca that is Detroit this year June 26-28 in order to join the broader movement happening this summer where other self-organizing "un-conferences" like the Allied M (Continue)
