In between the release of Madvillainy and Mm..Food, MF DOOM also released several other albums. He also made some notable guest appearances on songs from De La Soul and Zero 7. Let's look back at DOOM ...
Moral values are turning up in the strangest places these days. Among the songs most honored in this year’s Grammy nominations is a rap tribute to Jesus Christ -- a catchy, beat-driven rhyme that has ...
‘AND You Don’t Stop: 30 Years of Hip Hop” a massive five-hour documentary about the history of hip hop is ready to drop on VH1 next week. The in-depth retrospective unfolds over five consecutive ...
EVERY rapper, hip-hop hopeful and aspiring singer should have been at Radio City Music Hall Thursday night to see LL Cool J perform. The old-school icon delivered one of the most entertaining, ...
At the 1995 Source Awards, André 3000 issued a proclamation, or a prophecy: "The South got something to say." Inspired by his words, this list represents some of the most impactful songs, albums and ...
We at war with terrorism, racism but most of all we at war with ourselves. -- Kanye West, "Jesus Walks" It seemed at long last that commercial rap had finally come to Jesus. Thanks to "Jesus Walks," a ...
2004 was a year of white tees, overnight celebrities and brushing one’s shoulders off. It was also ten years ago, which, whoa. Really? It’s been that long? So in remembrance of what we all listened to ...
On February 8, 2004 the stage was set for Curtis Jackson’s coming out party. The 46th Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles seemed ready to become 50 Cent’s coronation, as the ...
Kanye West & Hi-Tek On Rap City (Feb 2004) from Dynamics on Vimeo. Karen Civil comes through with this throwback clip of Kanye and Big Tigger in the Rap City Basement right before College Dropout was ...
A FORMER business partner and buddy of hip-hop mogul Sean (P. Diddy) Combs is facing a federal rap that could put him behind bars for 30 years. Kirk Burrowes has been charged in an indictment with ...
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that rap artists should pay for every musical sample included in their work — even minor, unrecognizable snippets of music. Lower courts had already ruled that ...