Hip Hop News

• [Videos] Ice Cube f. The Roots - "Today Was A Good Day" (Jimmy Fallon Live Performance) June 19, 2013
  Backed up by The Roots, Ice Cube performs a fresh take on his classic "Today Was A Good Day."
• [Singles] U-God f. Jackpot Scotty Wotty & Method Man - "Fire" June 19, 2013
  "One match, we set the world on fire..." The latest leak off U-God's "Keynote Speaker" out July 23rd via RZA's Soul Temple Records.
• [News] Ghostface Killah Publicly Endorses New Jersey Congress Candidate Roy Cho June 19, 2013
  Ghostface Killah doesn't quite you 12 reasons to vote, but he's very much in the corner of political hopeful Roy Cho.
• [Videos] JJ Doom - "Bookhead" June 19, 2013
  Steve "ESPO" Powers directs the second video off DOOM and Jneiro Jarel's 2012 collaborative album, "Keys To The Kuffs."
• [Singles] Young Dro f. B.o.B. & Trinidad Jame$ - "Groupie" June 19, 2013
  Trinidad Jame$ meets the Hustle Gang on this track off Young Dro's new DJ Drama-hosted "Day Two" mixtape.

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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