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Your Black Friday Shopping Guide For Steals & Deals

For those of you plotting out your plan of attack for next week, Gizmodo published “Black Friday Deals: The Only List You Need,” running down a variety of available steals and deals on electronics for you diehard deal finders.
November 21st, 2009 | DIGITAL NEWS, Everything Else, Gadgets, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

50 Cent Has A Change Of Heart Regarding Album Sales & Artistry

I really didn’t want to speak on this until his official first week numbers came in because, outside of water cooler banter, it doesn’t really matter much. At least not to the average listener; I imagine first week numbers can make or break a TI’s week nowadays.  But in doing what...
November 20th, 2009 | DIGITAL NEWS, SMOKE BREAK, THE NEW MODEL | Read More

Today’s Headline - “The Blueprint to Jay-Z’s BP3 Marketing Campaign”

WooHa with the win for this analysis of Jay-Z’s multimedia takeover for BP3. “…As record labels marketing dollars decrease corporate sponsorships seem to give artist an outlet to market themselves to a different audience. As artist become brands, strategic partnerships with other companies...
November 9th, 2009 | DIGITAL NEWS, EDUTAINMENT, GENERAL | Read More

Game Is Going To Paint The Internet Red!

Crooked I’s Weeklies pretty much started all this. The constant need to one-up the next person has taken us from once a week freestyles to attempting to release multiple mixtapes @ once. I’ve only made it through two of the four consecutive tapes Gucci dropped a few weeks ago. Soulja Boy’s...
October 31st, 2009 | DIGITAL NEWS, Everything Else, GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

Weezer Meets Weezy…

I almost crashed on I-94 the day my buddy told me he was reading an MTV News headline that noted Lil-jailbound-Wayne was making a guest appearance on the new Weezer album, Raditude.
October 24th, 2009 | DIGITAL NEWS, MUSIC, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

Status Check: $50,000 In The Bank

Remember Public Enemy’s push to drop a fan-funded album? In two short weeks, the band has already raised over $50,000 towards the recording of their new album with SellaBand.  Meaning over 700 fans believed enough in them to put their money where their mouth was and pony up $25.  At this juncture,...
October 22nd, 2009 | DIGITAL NEWS, EDUTAINMENT, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

“I Ain’t Used To Puffy Doing Good Stuff.”

Mason Betha has been the butt of more jokes than any man should be. Many times it has been of his own making, but it’s hard to not admit that he is probably the biggest victim of the Bad Boy curse.
October 19th, 2009 | DIGITAL NEWS, EDUTAINMENT, Everything Else, GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, Videos | Read More

“It All Comes Down To Money…”

I want you to take a look at the following three numbers: 115,000, 250,000 and 110. What’s so great about them? Well according to the Chicago Tribune they paint a dreadful picture for this game we call the music business.
October 16th, 2009 | DIGITAL NEWS, EDUTAINMENT, GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

“State Of Emergency”

So I reluctantly stumbled upon Bill Cosby’s rap album and got inspired to write a letter to the good doctor. Here, read. “Dear Cos, I see what you’re trying to do over there. You think you’re slick, but I see you. Trying to be “hip” and getting on Twitter and putting...
October 15th, 2009 | AUDIO, DIGITAL NEWS, GENERAL, MUSIC, SMOKE BREAK, Videos | Read More

Public Enemy Teams With Sellabrand To Release Next Album

Raise your hand if you would pony up $25 for an album? A new album from Hip-Hop legends Public Enemy, because they are somewhat deserving of your support right? Well, that’s the hope of sorts as PE has connected with Euro site Sellabrand in a reverse effort to raise $250,000 towards the production...
October 8th, 2009 | DIGITAL NEWS, EDUTAINMENT, GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

“Can We Please Have A Moment Of Silence…”

Urb has “suspended” it’s print version until further notice.  Which means we’ll only be blessed with their online version, unless some billionaire decides to take a chance on it. Meaning it’s more than likely gone the way of the dodo, dinosaur & countless Hip-Hop mags...
October 5th, 2009 | DIGITAL NEWS, GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

Fame Kills…Tours?

It’s just another day as Kanye West’s name is again associated with a shake of the head. According to MTV News, West and Lady GaGa’s highly-touted Fame Kills Tour has been canceled for unknown reasons.
October 2nd, 2009 | DIGITAL NEWS, GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

From Killer To Bigga…

We told ‘em last week that certain Rappers Desperately Need A Name Change because they could never be marketed correctly (or taken seriously in some cases) and now ATL’s favorite nephew Killer Mike has announced to AllHipHop that he will forever be known as Mike Bigga. “I’m going with...
September 21st, 2009 | DIGITAL NEWS, GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

Obits: Roc Raida

As the 2009 Summer of Death continues on, GM Roc Raida - legendary turntablist, member of The X-Ecutioners, DMC Hall Of Fame member & Busta Rhymes’ tour DJ - passed away earlier today, after suffering injuries in a car accident recently. At this point, the best thing that one can say is if...
September 19th, 2009 | DIGITAL NEWS, Everything Else, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

“Charles Was Never In Charge…”

Damn, this is weird. Yesterday I was whip rollin’ when a rather crappy Charles Hamilton song pooped up on the dash. I gave it about 30 seconds of burn, while thinking ‘WTF ever happened to this guy? Kid dropped a mixtape a minute, was signed to Interscope and a real nice buzz going. Then,...
September 19th, 2009 | DIGITAL NEWS, GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK | Read More