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I have some great news for fans who love great music. One of the best (if not THE best) hip hop groups has a new release dropping soon. You can now pre-order Strange Journey Volume One by CunninLyngui...
In my last post you learned a little about the beginnings of hip hop music as a business. While the song Rapper's Delight might have sold two million copies world wide, the industry still saw hip hop...
The year was 1979. The place was New York. The event was the beginning of a multi-billion dollar industry that has spanned three decades and has spread throughout the world. What am I talking about? H...
I don't listen to rap. I used to. In the '90's I listened to Tupac, Snoop, Tha Dogg Pound, etc. That time has come and gone. I still will listen to rap from the 1990's. It was a good era, in my opinio...
I'm a rapper. Ok, not really. But I should be. It seems everyone is a rapper these days. I was watching a video of CunninLynguists that aired on television in Sweden. They are on tour in Europe right...
My favorite channel on XM is The Rhyme: Hip Hop from Day One. It's an old school hip hop station. After listening to it almost exclusively since I got XM, I've come to a conclusion. I'm getting old. R...
Interscope Records recently released two separate Tupac CDs entitled 2pac: Best of Thug and 2pac Best of Life. I love Tupac's music. I have been a fan of his for years and have every album he's releas...
I was at the mall Christmas shopping today and came across a book while waiting in line to check out. It was in the Bargain Books section. The book is Tupac Shakur Legacy. Originally priced at $45, I...
I just finished reading Michael Eric Dyson's Know What I Mean? Reflections on Hip Hop. It is a brilliant, insightful discussion on hip hop and its history, it's problems, and how it relates to society...
After seeing some other lists of favorite albums, favorite hip-hop albums, and favorite albums of 2005, I decided to make a list of my favorite hip hop albums of all time. One thing I should note befo...