“I’ve got Lil Wayne and Eminem at the top…I got ‘em. I like the old school…” Why is this a topic on 1st And 10, and what qualifies Skip to comment on any of this? He should come spend some time in the Nah Right comments. Spotted @ RR Via: Read more...
Young Guru talks to YN about his start as a DJ in the 90s, Jay asking him to DJ this tour run unexpectedly, choosing to travel with the band to build rapport with them, being the band & Jay’s go-between, and balancing the setlist between the hits & album cuts. (more…) Read more...
“Come with me to the White House, get cha suit up…” This almost looks like a reenactment of this 2005 XXL cover. Here are two photographs from their visit... Draw your own conclusions Props: Llindyrr Via: Read more...
Says Sumit of The Hip-Hop Chronicle UK: I caught up with Steve Rifkind during his stay in London. Firstly I got him to break down the Duck Seazon lyrics where RZA says “Stev Rifkind must be sniffin”. We then get onto speaking about Steve’s first encounters with artists. He explai... Read more...
The new Gasface video recounting the story of PowerPlay Studios and how Rakim and EPMD had their masters held hostage: This one takes place where Rakim recorded the whole Paid in Full LP, where Nas did the first of It Ain’t Hard to Tell’s many versions… Fat Joe, LL Cool J, Mobb Deep, Run-... Read more...
Bol Goes in again.... With all due respect to my esteemed colleague, Brooklyne Gipson, past and present, and without further… to do. 1) Black people will listen to Jay-Z, regardless of whether or not there’s any reason to. If it wasn’t already proven that time he got so many black... Read more...
Professor Griff Of Public Enemy breaking down the science behind the music YOU listen to.. Part 2 after the jump (more…) Read more...
Lupe talked to THE AGE in Australia, mainly discussing the conflicts he is/was going through with his label. Check it out below. Historically, there has been a conflict between the music Lupe wants to create and the music his label wants him to make. Lupe: ''It's less about me bei... Read more...
Gov. Paterson has 99 problems -- and Jay-Z might be one of them. The governor's friendship with the hip-hop impresario is raising questions because of the latter's involvement with AEG, the consortium controversially selected to run a multibillion-dollar racino at Aqueduct Racetrack. Paterso... Read more...