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Cee-Lo Promises New Goodie Mob, Industry Source Says OutKast Will Release Album in 2012

by Justin July 5, 2011 News

Cee-Lo sent Twitter into a frenzy earlier today with his announcement that Goodie Mob would be releasing some new music soon. All members of the group have stated they are working on a reunion album, but this is the first time they’ve actually announced they’d be releasing some long awaited material. If that’s not enough [...]

3rd Annual Coast 2 Coast Convention

by Justin July 1, 2011 News

The 3rd Annual Coast 2 Coast Convention will take place September 29th – October 2nd in Miami, Florida. We’ll be a media sponsor for this year’s event, which will be a great place for all artists, writers, bloggers & fans alike to network and connect with fellow hip hop heads. For full information on the [...]

9th Wonder To Finally Release Oft-Delayed Album The Wonder Years

by Justin June 30, 2011 News

Most considered 9th Wonder’s The Wonder Years shelved for good, but the producer has announced the long awaited album will finally be released on September 27th. Originally scheduled to be released in January of 2008, the LP experience constant delays for the next two years. Looking at some of the artists involved, it looks like [...]

Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun Issue Official Statement On Police Brutality Incident

by Justin June 30, 2011 News

If you haven’t heard, Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun’s release party wasn’t much of a celebration due to the NYPD’s actions at the Tammany Hall. Here is the trio’s official statement on what happened on Tuesday: On Tuesday, June 28th, Pete Rock, Tek & Steele (of Smif N Wessun) were celebrating the release of their collaborative album, [...]

Young Bleed Signs With Tech N9ne’s Strange Music Label

by Justin June 22, 2011 News

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This isn’t breaking news as it was announced in May, but I haven’t seen many sites touching on the subject. Baton Rouge emcee Young Bleed, who scored a major hit in “How Ya Do Dat” in the late 90′s during his brief time at No Limit, has joined Tech N9ne’s growing roster at Strange Music. [...]

Freddie Gibbs & Statik Selektah To Record New Project Live on Ustream

by Kevin June 17, 2011 News

Freddie Gibbs is gearing up to record a new project with producer Statik Selektah next week and XXLMag.com will be on hand to document the entire process on their UStream channel. Similar to Statik’s discs with Saigon (2009’s All In A Day’s Work) and Freeway (Statik-Free), this new project will also be recorded in just [...]

Tupac’s Shooter Reveals Himself on Pac’s 40th Birthday

by Kevin June 15, 2011 News

AllHipHop.com just broke the news that the person responsible for the 1994 Quad Studios shooting of Tupac Shakur is an associate of James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond. Dexter Isaac, a former friend of Rosemond, admitted to the offense last night and said he was paid $2,500 for the deed. Isacc is currently serving life in prison [...]

Producers Wanted for Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival Mixtape

by Kevin June 15, 2011 News

Brooklyn Bodega is proud to announce a brand new partnership with online Pro Audio and DJ equipment store Unique Squared that is providing a Mobile Studio on-site for the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival (BHF) on Saturday, July 16th.

A3C Announces First Round of Artists: Random Axe, Freeway, Laws, Percee P, J-Live and More

by Kevin June 13, 2011 News

A3C is right around the corner and you know we’ll be covering all the news leading up to the events in October right here at KN! If you love hip hop, start making plans to head out to Atlanta now for one of the freshest shows of 2011. And if you don’t believe me, hit [...]

Jay-Z & Kanye West’s Watch The Throne To Be Released on July 4th

by Kevin June 9, 2011 News

Everyone has been eagerly anticipating Jay-Z and Kanye West’s collaborating project, Watch The Throne, since they announced they were working on it last year. Last week, UHTN confirmed a partial 10 song tracklist (listed after the jump), but just today Combat Jack of The Source received word from a reliable source that the long awaited [...]

R.I.P. Tre-8

by Justin May 29, 2011 News

Sad news to pass along as Walter McCallon, better known as Tre-8, reportedly died in a car accident last night. The New Orleans emcee/producer was one of the first artists to release an album on No Limit after Master P signed a distribution deal with Priority Records. Tre-8 only released one album, 1995′s Ghetto Stories, on No Limit [...]

R.I.P. Gil Scott-Heron [4/1/1949 - 5/27/2011]

by Kevin May 28, 2011 News

We’ve lost another one, as the Godfather of Rap, Gil Scott-Heron, passed away yesterday at the age of 62. Rumors flew around Twitter late last night, and the NY Times officially reported it early this morning. Gil Scott-Heron’s work as a musician and poet were highly influential in the hip hop community and his work [...]

Rock The Bells 2011 Line Up + Dates

by Kevin May 25, 2011 News

Earlier today, Rock The Bells announced their 2011 line up, along with dates and locations. If you’re in L.A., Boston, or New York you’re one of the luck ones that get to witness the above events. For me, this has got to be one of the best line ups in recent history. I may have [...]

Nappy Roots & Organized Noize Team Up For New Album

by Kevin May 9, 2011 News

Grammy Award nominated rap group Nappy Roots, the five-man hip hop collective responsible for the multi-platinum smash Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz, is currently at Dungeon East Studios working with the impressive Organized Noize production team on a new CD that will be released on a joint venture with AVJ Records.

K-Rino: The Phantom’s Anthem x Previously Unreleased C.O.D. 2nd Edition Available (Only 100 Copies For Sale)

by Justin April 14, 2011 News

As you probably know I’m a huge supporter of K-Rino, and he’s released yet another AOTY contender in The Alien Baby [purchase]. One of my favorite cuts from the project, “Phantom’s Anthem”, is an example of the lyrical fireworks we’ve come to expect from the legendary Houston emcee. In addition to this new solo album, K-Rino recently [...]

Nate Dogg Dies at Age 41

by Kevin March 16, 2011 News

This is absolutely horrifying news, but it seems that West Coast legend, Nate Dogg, has died on Tuesday at the age of 41 in Long Beach, Ca. Though the cause of death is currently unknown, Nate Dogg previously suffered from strokes in 2007 and 2008. Word was officially announced by Nate Dogg’s family via a [...]

Record Music on the Go with ProStudioApp for Your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch

by Kevin March 10, 2011 News

It’s amazing the distance technology has come. Developers are quickly making it so that your mobile device is an all-in-one solution for everything in your life. Apparently now you don’t even need a major recording studio (or a dinky home studio at that) to record music. According to the makers of a new mobile app [...]

Kev Brown & Kaimbr: The Alexander Green Project Gets a Physical Release on Redefinition Records

by Kevin March 9, 2011 News

Damu The Fudgemunk’s Redefinition Records has inked a deal with Kev Brown & Kaimbr of the Low Budget Crew to give their recently released digital LP, The Alexander Green Project, a home on CD & VINYL. The album is available NOW digitally courtesy of Real Late Records, which is owned/operated by NY Radio personality Peter Rosenberg, and will be [...]

Bluff (of Custom Made) Indicted on 15 Counts of Wire Fraud, Facing 20 Years to Life

by Kevin March 9, 2011 News

After reading this in my email this morning, I thought it was a bad promo attempt, then after some research found that it was true. We’ve featured Bluff and his group Custom Made multiple times here on KN. Briceson Loving aka Bluff from the critically acclaimed LA hip-hop trio Custom Made appeared in Los Angeles [...]

Killer Mike, Big Boi & Pill Recording Album Together

by Justin February 27, 2011 News

Maurice Garland announced some pretty big news after his stop at the Stankonia Studios: Killer Mike, Big Boi & Pill will be recording an album together. After clearing their beef up a few years ago, Mike & Big Boi have been working together again as the OutKast member is set to appear on the “Ready Set [...]

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