February 13, 2008 – 10:30 am
“Born and Raised,” the second single from The R.E.B.I.R.T.H., is One Be Lo’s reflection on his busy life, and the positive and negative implications that have come from his situation. He deals with the themes of growing up and the issues affecting his hometown of Pontiac, Michigan (and the struggling auto industry found there). The [...]
February 12, 2008 – 1:53 pm
Representing one of the chapters in the life of the narrator of TIME:LINE (a concept album based on the lifecycle of pre-life, life, and death), “The Gunshot” depicts the anguish that a mother goes through after her son is murdered by a random passerby. Musically, the song opens with a notable contrast: a syncopated, meandering [...]
February 10, 2008 – 11:58 pm
My friends over at LyricsToGo and Hip-Hop Is Read continue to dig in the crates and offer up the samples to my favorite A Tribe Called Quest album… Midnight Marauders.
I knew they had been working on this one for a while. I had originally planned on following up my Low End Theory set with [...]
February 10, 2008 – 10:36 am
In remembrance of James Dewitt Yancey (aka Jay Dee, aka J Dill) who passed away on this day in 2006, I thought it would be appropriate to compile the samples used for his 2006 release, Donuts. Released on February 7, 2007 on Dilla’s 32nd birthday and only 3 days before his death, Donuts will [...]
February 10, 2008 – 12:14 am
Lot’s of great talent going around and I want to personally thank everyone who has been participating. I hope this has been as much fun for all of you as it has been for all of us. Once again, congratulations to BLINKY, who won the WEEK 1 contest with his version of Cam’ron’s [...]
February 10, 2008 – 12:12 am
First of all, congratulations to BLINKY, who won the contest for WEEK 1 with his remix for Cam’ron’s “Welcome To New York City.”
Voting is now open for the remixes from Week 2. Everyone brought their game once again and put together some outstanding remixes for Busta Rhymes’ “New York Shit.”
Check them out here [...]
February 9, 2008 – 10:21 am
I’m not posting these American Gangster remix albums on the regular anymore, but every now and then there will be one that is definitely worth posting. I could not turn my back on this particular one. Jay over old school beats like Public Enemy, D.O.C, and N.W.A.? This one is classic! Hence [...]
February 8, 2008 – 3:59 am
4 videos feature Wu-Tang, Raekwon, & El Michels Affair peforming classics live
The Videos:
Ever wonder what classic Wu-Tang tracks would sound like with a live band? Truth & Soul have just put out selected live clips of the El Michels Affair performing with both Raekwon and Wu-Tang. El Michels Affair features a full horn section, and [...]
February 8, 2008 – 3:45 am
New Ntelligence track, featuring MIDIMarc and produced by Mike S. It’s called Celebration!
Download
February 6, 2008 – 12:36 pm
I know you’ve been hearing me talk about this album since I first heard it a few weeks ago. Straight off my interview with 100dBs, I wanted to give this album its proper respect by writing a full review. Here’s my take…
The Adventures of the One Hand Bandit & the Slum Computer Wizard [...]
February 6, 2008 – 12:11 pm
4-part series breaks down the story behind all 12 songs from forthcoming album
In anticipation of the release of TIME:LINE, Kay has been busy making a four-part documentary-style video in which he breaks down the album song by song. Follow Kay from his Houston-based home studio to different landmarks in the Texas city.
Part 1 includes the [...]
February 5, 2008 – 4:03 pm
Yours truly has been mentioned in an article over at RapReviews.com concerning hip hop marketing and the impact of the hip hop remix album. It’s an excellent read and I recommend everyone go check it out. On top of it all, the author of the article (Nervous) compiled her own ‘best of’ compilation [...]
February 5, 2008 – 2:00 pm
… and we delivered! The This Is Hip Hop Community Forum is now open to the public! Much thanks to SmokeYYY who helped me put it together in such a short amount of time. We created categories that I feel are pertinent to this site and hip hop in general. I hope to create a [...]
February 5, 2008 – 12:37 am
I initially hadn’t planned on finishing this sample collection next. I know there were a few others that people were more interested in hearing according to the poll a couple of weeks ago. Some of those other albums have been a little difficult, so I’m still working on them. This one, however, [...]
February 4, 2008 – 1:02 pm
Props once again for 2dopeboyz for keepin’ up with the game and posting 2 of the hottest, much anticipated mixtapes around… The Clipse’s We Got It 4 Cheap Vol 3 and G-Unit’s Return of The Body Snatchers Vol 1. And apparently the Clipse mixtape has NO DJ. Much props! No need to say anymore. [...]
February 4, 2008 – 7:11 am
One of the great things that I have come to appreciate with the Internet is the ability to hear great music that you would not normally have known about and meeting new people that share those musical interests in common with you. This last month was the perfect example of that for me.
A few [...]
February 3, 2008 – 9:37 am
For those of you that were hoping to hear some new 9th Wonder yesterday with that American Wonder mix, I’m hoping to make up for it here. This is the new mixtape from M1 Platoon (not to be confused with M1 of Dead Prez). M1 Platoon consists of Chopps, Scoop, Arafat Yates, Sean D, C4 [...]
February 3, 2008 – 9:01 am
Ladies and gentlemen, hip hop lives and it lives today in 2008. The London-based label BBE is proud to present the new album from Tha 4orce, Mind The Gap Anthems Version 2. BBE is responsible for bringing us music from the likes of J. Dilla, Pete Rock, and DJ Jazzy Jeff; so you [...]
February 3, 2008 – 12:08 am
So here we are… WEEK 2 of the contest. There was a lot of great talent in week 1’s entries so I’m excited to hear what you all will do with this next one. Before I get into this week’s track, I just want to recap the details of the contest.
So here’s the [...]
February 3, 2008 – 12:02 am
The first week of the This Is Hip Hop Remix Contest has come to a close and the polls are now open! The response to this contest was overwhelming and I thank those of you all who participated. There’s some real heat on the table here. Please take the time to listen to [...]
