DMX

A month or so ago New Yorker pop critic Sasha Frere-Jones wrote a column about the state of rap, starting with the proposition ("proclamation" would be too bombastic a word) that 2009 was, in fact, the year of hip-hop's death. Read More

So with a week to go before I'm done with study, it seems that everything is trying it's best to distract me. Read More

The three CDs lean heavily on B-sides and live tracks that were released piecemeal as part of something else, and not a whole lot can be considered truly rare. Read More

When we buy a new album we look forward to the different songs that will be featured, the different collaborations with our favorite artists, the new sound a producer samples for a beat, and everything else that comes with. Read More

Nine people were shot outside of a radio station in San Francisco. Read More

DMX may have wanted to fix his fight to avoid an ass-beating, but now he's really cruisin' for a bruisin' -- legally -- because the promoters that hired X are suing him for chickening out last minute. Read More

My introduction to hip hop wasn't Jay-Z or DMX. Read More

DMN Newswire--2009-11-16--Creative Group, the industry's premier full-service post production facility, recently delivered the audio mix of the 2009 Hip Hop Honors Awards to VH1, which made the 25th anniversary of pioneering hip hop label Def Jam Records the centerpiece of this year's show. Read More

Read my review of the Austin, TX stop of the Jay-Z show. 50 Cent spends 1.5 million dollars on security a year. Read More

I realized today just how far behind hip-hop I am once again. Read More