M.C. Frontalot, the founder of “nerdcore” hip-hop, has gathered a respectable online following injecting video games, Internet culture and all things geeky into a genre too often reserved for chest-thumping swagger. On his new album, “Zero Day,” released this week, Frontalot – nee Dam... Read more...
Here are a couple of excerpts from interviews Royce and Crook did for the upcoming book How To Rap: The Art and Science of the Hip-Hop MC, which will feature advice on various aspects of MC’ing from over 100 different rappers. Above, Crooked explains why he thinks writing lyrics down is a better... Read more...
A few years ago, when Jermaine Cole was a freshman at St. John’s University, he came to the downtown nightclub S.O.B.’s to check out a performance by a young rapper just beginning to make a name for himself. The show was packed tight, and Mr. Cole, an aspiring rapper himself, and new to New Yo... Read more...
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08/04/2010,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Books/Magazine,
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Uh-oh, here we go again. This year, VIBE’s putting together the battle of the beats with their Greatest Producer Of All Time tournament. First round of voting begins today. The winner will be announced May 24th. Choose wisely. Got that, Joe Budden? Game chooses Pharrell for all categories H... Read more...
Erykah Badu shed her clothes as she walked along a Dallas, Texas, sidewalk until she was nude and then fell near where President Kennedy was assassinated. The result was a controversial video, released Saturday, for her song "Window Seat," which Badu said was "shot guerrilla style" with no crew a... Read more...
Once largely catering to the beards, blazers and glasses indie set, South by Southwest in the last several years has expanded its parameters to become one of the preeminent testing grounds for emerging hip-hop talent. Out of the myriad showcases at SXSW in Austin, Texas, this week, the second an... Read more...
Taken from an interview BDK did, along with dozens of other legends, for my man Paul's book “How To Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC”.. which is more of a required history lesson than a how-to for dummies. BDK tells the author that in the golden age, a freestyle was a rhyme yo... Read more...
RAP star P DIDDY plans to put the Cristal into Crystal Palace with a shock bid for the struggling London footie team. The hip-hop mogul has decided he wants to be the next filthy rich foreign owner of an English club. Eagle eyes ... P Diddy plans to back Crystal Palace And Diddy, real name Sean ... Read more...
(AllHipHop News) A number of popular rap artists will be featured on an upcoming album advocating the use of medical marijuana. Medicine Man - Medical Marijuana Music features guest appearances by rappers like E-40, Mike Marshall, Celly Cel, J-Diggs, Tone-E, Misippi, Total Devastaion, Ira Black... Read more...