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Ice Cube and Everythangs Corrupt: Six Years in the Making
During Ice Cube’s six-year journey of completing...
AZ and Nas: Partners in Rhyme
AZ’s album Doe or Die 2 at this point has been...
Ja Rule and Cash Money Click: Boom Bap Beginnings
Ja Rule’s career has largely been defined by his...
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: Music for the Soul
When an individual or group in hip hop makes the...
Mic Geronimo: Underrated
Recently Funkmaster Flex rehashed the debate...
Funkmaster Flex: When the Music Mattered
In recent years legendary radio deejay...
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Nas with Kool G Rap and MC Serch: Early Career
2018 turned out to be a memorable year for Nas. He released his first album in six years Nasir produced entirely by Kanye West. In addition to releasing music with the likes of Dave East, The Black Eyed Peas, and Swizz Beatz. He has already mentioned planning to...
Ice Cube and George Clinton: Signature Sound
Ice Cube’s single “That New Funkadelic” off the album Everythang’s Corrupt is a throwback to the signature sound used early in his career. Many of the tracks from his first solo albums are influenced or filled with samples from George Clinton as an individual and his...
Master P: Bay Area Connection
Master P has been making the rounds promoting his newest film I Got the Hook Up 2 as well as other projects he has in the works. In the late 90’s he had established No Limit Films and put out several indie projects with successful selling soundtracks showcasing his No...
Beanie Sigel and Scarface: Mac and Brad
It has been over two years since Beanie Sigel has been heard on a track. The song “The Real Is Back” was off of Dave East’s Kairi Chanel project. Recently Beanie has been conducting interviews and making appearances with fellow members of State Property, including...
Method Man: Ties to the West
Last week Method Man released his sixth studio album Meth Lab Season 2: The Lithium. His first solo album in three years. One of the features on the album is Snoop Dogg who appears alongside U-God’s son Intell on the track “Eastside”. Method Man has worked with Snoop...
Jay-Z with DMX and Ja Rule: Murder Inc
It was just two years ago backstage at a Beyoncé concert hip hop heavyweights Jay-Z, DMX, and Ja Rule were in the same room reminiscing about old times together. They were on the cusp in the late 90’s putting together the greatest...
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Rocky and Creed: Ties to Hip Hop
The film Creed II which is the 8th installment...
Scarface: Legacy with Hip Hop
December 1st marks the 35th year anniversary of...
Swizz Beatz: East Coast Dr Dre
Producer extraordinaire Swizz Beatz recently...
Heavy D: Legacy in the RnB World
Heavy D during his illustrious career worked...
Wu-Tang Clan: Clan’s Next Generation
Wu-Tang Clan last week celebrated the 25th year...
Heavy D: Amongst Hip Hop Heavyweights
It is hard to believe this past Thursday...
Spice 1 and 2Pac: Brotherhood
Back in September it was announced that two...
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Redman and Erick Sermon: About To Blow Your Mind
Earlier this year it was announced that Erick Sermon, one half of the legendary group EPMD would...
Rakim and Dr Dre: What Could Have Been
It has been an eventful year for Rakim. He recently with his cohort Eric B, wrapped up their...
Nicki Minaj and Foxy Brown: Impactful (Late 90’s – Early 00’s)
Through the years Nicki Minaj and Foxy Brown have been supportive and shared their admiration for...
Nas and Swizz Beatz: Unreleased Completed Project
In doing promo for his next project Poison, hip hop producer extraordinaire Swizz Beatz revealed...
LL Cool J and 50 Cent: Missed Opportunity
In 2006 LL Cool J dropped the album Todd Smith through his longtime record label Def Jam. Other...
Royce da 5’9”: The Blessing in Disguise
Royce da 5’9” has been a very prolific artist in recent years. His most recent project Book of...
DJ Premier and Royce da 5’9”: Two Turntables and a Mic
DJ Premier and Royce da 5’9” formed the duo PRhyme back in 2014. They have released two projects...
Ja Rule and Ashanti: Collaborative Album in the Works
In the early 2000’s Ja Rule and Ashanti ruled the charts. They had 5 songs that they worked...
Michael Jackson: Hip-Hop Collaborations
On the ninth anniversary of his passing wanted to celebrate Michael Jackson’s music through the...
Michael Jackson: Hip Hop Ties
It is hard to believe that it has been nine years since the passing of Michael Jackson. His music...
LL CooL J: Real Hip Hop Ambassador (Part 2)
In celebrating the launch of LL Cool J’s recent launch of the Siruis XM channel “Rock The Bells”...
LL Cool J: Real Hip Hop Ambassador (Part 1)
LL Cool J is on a mission to provide an outlet on Sirius XM radio of pure, raw, uncut hip hop. ...
Notorious Big and Craig Mack: The B.I.G. Mack Attack
The year was 1994. Sean Combs aka Puff Daddy or Diddy had been let go from his position as vice...
Will Smith: New Project on The Horizon?!?!
Will Smith recently has been showing to the world that after all these years that he still has the...
MC Hammer: Death Row Records Connection
Death Row Records in the mid-90s was a powerhouse that no one wanted to reckon with. There were...
