Hip Hop News

• [Giveaways] Statik Selektah Extended Play Giveaway June 19, 2013
  Enter for a chance to win a dope prize pack from Duck Down & Statik Selektah!
• [News] Slum Village "Evolution" Release Date, Cover Art, Tracklisting & Album Stream June 19, 2013
  UPDATE: T3, Illa J and Young RJ welcome Blu, Havoc and DJ Jazzy Jeff to the fold for Slum Village's first official album under this revised lineup.
• [Videos] 2 Chainz - "B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time" Album Trailer June 19, 2013
  A first-person look at a day in the life of 2 Chainz in the new trailer for September's "B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time."
• [Videos] ScHoolboy Q - "Watching Movies With The Sound Off" Album Review June 19, 2013
  ScHoolboy Q sits down with Mac Miller and gives his review of "Watching Movies With The Sound Off" for Mass Appeal.
• [Singles] Mathematics f. Inspectah Deck, Raekwon, Method Man & Ghostface Killah - "The Four Horsemen" June 19, 2013
  A posse cut featuring Ghostface, Method Man, Inspectah Deck and Raekwon that will appear on Wu-Tang Clan DJ Mathematics' long awaited album, "The Answer."

Album Reviews

• Mac Miller - Watching Movies With The Sound Off June 19, 2013
  "Watching Movies With The Sound Off" finds Mac Miller more focused, and showcasing an improved execution alongside a murderer's row of new school misfits.
• J. Cole - Born Sinner June 18, 2013
  Improved production, cadences and subject matter add up to an improved J. Cole. But his semi-autobiographical one man show still isn't particularly dynamic.
• Kanye West - Yeezus June 17, 2013
  "Yeezus" is jarring, uncomfortable, uncompromising and courageous, all the things that initially made Hip Hop great.

Hip Hop Headlines

• Review: Kanye West - Yeezus June 19, 2013
  On his sixth album, Kanye West leaps past the rap audience, across the tent of rappadelic psych-rumbles to unfurl 40 minutes of self-indulgent (even for West) sounds. Say hello to: Yeezus.
• Jay-Z Announces Magna Carta Holy Grail June 17, 2013
  Something major happened during Game 5 of the NBA Finals. No, I'm not talking about that beatdown San Antonio handed to Miami. Jay-Z unveiled his new album, Magna Carta Holy Grail. It will arrive on July 4th, with production from Pharrell, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland and more. Jay has teamed up with SAMSUNG to give away free copies of the album....Read Full Post
• Top 10 Rap Songs About Fatherhood June 16, 2013
  Here's a bitter pill for all the dads out there, hip-hop is far less kind to poppas than mommas. I had to scrape through all the corners of the earth to find just a handful of the fatherhood equivalent of this Mother's Day playlist. Dads need love, too....Read Full Post

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