KevinNottingham.com has gone through a number of design changes since its inception over 4 years ago. Some of you may have been with us long enough to remember the different looks of the site. As the site grows, along with our staff and content, changes need to be made to ensure the site stays clean [...]
The hip hop million dollar question pops up once again courtesy of Hard Knocks TV and their recent interview with Phife Dawg and Beats, Rhymes & Life director Michael Rapaport [watch]. Phife sounded pretty optimistic about the possibilities of A Tribe Called Quest recording that long awaited reunion album when asked, but this isn’t the first time he’s [...]
I’ll be the first to admit, I was one of those questioning & confused by Tribe’s disdain of the Michael Rapaport directed documentary. I couldn’t understand why there wasn’t support, why only Phife showed up to the premiere, etc. Vindication for A Tribe Called Quest is an understatement. Q-Tip lays out exactly what led to ATCQ’s opposition and it’s [...]
Late last week, Game let loose off his new single “Red Nation” which has been a trigger to discussions on the net. The track, produced by Game’s go-to beat-smiths Cool & Dre, samples the techno tune “Kernkraft 400” (German for “nuclear energy 400”; that fact alone leaves a bitter taste these days) by Zombie Nation. [...]
We are always looking for ways to improve your experience here at KevinNottingham.com. Over the past few days you may have noticed a few new tweaks and features. If you haven’t, let us fill you in on the newness…
I can picture some of the reactions to this one — “Oh know, KN.com has succumbed to the Lil’ B mania.” Well… not exactly. Let me be clear, I dislike this guy’s music (though he’s got a good ear for beats) & you probably won’t see any posts of his music any time soon. I’ve been [...]
The Jacka is currently working on his new solo LP, entitled Murder Weapon, and has decided to let his fans help him choose the name of the first single. Hit the jump to stream & download the currently untitled song and hit the Bay Area emcee up on Twitter @theJacka to give him your suggestion. The [...]
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw3AAR0mboE Deltron Event II has become the underground Detox (along with Kno & Tonedeff’s Chico & The Man) as most fans doubt it will ever see the light of day. Well here’s the first update we’ve had in awhile via this video of Del The Funky Homosapien laying down some vocals for the LP. There’s been rumors about [...]
A few weeks ago, Little Brother had an in store appearance at the legendary Fat Beats record store in New York City. Good*Fella Radio was in attendance to ask a few questions. Definitely some good info in here… new Foreign Exchange album in October, Photo solo album top of next year! I can’t believe we’re [...]
With the recent leak of Eminem‘s sixth studio album Recovery, the track “No Love” has seen the light of day and I think it’s worth to get our ‘most ridiculous sample stamp’! “No Love” features Lil Wayne and is produced by Just Blaze, who’s already been behind the boards for our first most ridiculous sample [...]
Twitter is going crazy right now, as URB has leaked a rumor that Lauryn Hill has been tapped to headline this year’s Rock The Bells tour. Of course this has not been confirmed yet, but we should know soon enough as Guerilla Union will be holding their Rock The Bells Launch Party tonight in West [...]
The contributors here at KN.com have recently been discussing what file sharing sites to exclusively use on the site. The past few months we’ve been using UserShare to upload single mp3 files and for the past few years we’ve always used RapidShare for our mixtapes and compilations. For links that we find around the Net, [...]
Marek Kamarýt sent us a track from a Slovak emcee named Rytmus. The track is called “Jediny” and is produced by the legendary DJ Premier. My question for you is this: can you bump a track that you can’t understand? The beat is some serious heat from Premo but is that meaningless if you don’t [...]
Ol’ Dirty Bastard was an original. So many rappers try to show off their charisma but no one did better ODB. Here we revisit some of the Wu-Tang Clan emcee’s funniest moments that were caught on camera. Check out the top 5 after the jump and add any others you can think of in the comments section.
How important are women to hip hop? Our women are very important to hip hop; they are not “bitches”, “tricks” or “hoes”… they are our mothers, sisters, wives and daughters and they have a voice that will always be an important part of hip hop. If it wasn’t for women there would be no men [...]
I attended this panel debate at the Words, Beats and Life Bootleg Festival this past Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. This was a good way to kick off the festival with a topic that is effecting hip-hop . Thanks to Dr. Jared Ball the founder of FreeMix Radio for the mp3 hookup as well as the [...]
Yeah, I do glance over my email from time to time. If I’m not in the middle of something, I may just check it out. The above video, from a 2007 Def Poetry show, caught my attention. The dude, Sciryl (that’s lyrics spelled backwards), wants to hit me up with some music to post. What [...]
Yes, you read the title right, Dr. Dre has given (another) tentative release date for his 3rd studio album, Detox. He has this to say about the up-coming cd, ”I’m just now — over the last couple of months — starting to feel that it’s going to be right and it’s something I can be proud [...]
We all know that sneaks and hip hop go hand in hand. So when I saw the new K-Swiss ads rotating on the site, I had to go see what their new ad campaign was all about. I rock a lot of different shoes, but you can’t get any more classic than the K-Swiss classic [...]
The Queen of Hip Hop/Soul is singing in Autotune? Not sure why? Really don’t understand it. The imperfections in her voice is what has made her speical. She doesn’t need Autotune. As a long time Mary fan I’m not sure how to take this. Hit the cut for the link and sound off on the [...]
