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DMX’s ‘It’s Dark And Hell Is Hot’ Turns 15: Backtracking

Tue, May 21 2013 12:50pm - Source: Idolator

Backtracking is our recurring look back at the pop music that shaped our lives.

Balls Keep Bouncing: Aceyalone Leans on Slick

Wed, May 15 2013 3:17pm - Source: Passion of the Weiss

Snoop is a stoned lion who thought making an anti-gun song with wheelchair Jimmy was a sound decision.

DJ Muggs - Bass for Your Face

Wed, May 01 2013 9:53am - Source: Drowned In Sound

In an interview this year with XXL , veteran producer DJ Muggs explained his affinity for dubstep.

Graded on a Curve: Public Enemy, 25th Anniversary Vinyl Collection

Tue, April 23 2013 12:34pm - Source: The Vinyl District

Between 1986 and 1998, Public Enemy released six albums for Def Jam, and they've just been gathered across nine 180-gm LPs in the 25th Anniversary Vinyl Collection.

Snoop Lion: Old Dogg, new tricks from the world's most recognisable gangsta rapper

Fri, April 19 2013 6:16pm - Source: The Independent - Music

Snoop Doggy Dogg. Scooby Dooby Doo. There has always been an element of caricature to his profile, even when he was associated with the notorious Death Row records.

Shaq Attaq in the Mix: A Look Back at Shaq’s Rap Career

Fri, April 19 2013 1:21pm - Source: Passion of the Weiss

Today marks the re-release of Shaquille O'Neal's rookie-season Reeboks shoes, The Shaq Attaq.

‘Face Time: Babyface, “Whip Appeal”

Mon, April 08 2013 4:45pm - Source: Pop Dose

Sure, the Man Who Would Be Babyface — Kenneth Edmonds — was born in 1959, but the singer, songwriter, producer, and all-around hit maker extraordinaire began taking baby steps up the Billboard charts the year Michael Jackson's Thriller dominated every chart.

Scene Guide: New York Hip Hop

Fri, April 05 2013 3:15pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

It seems churlish, nigh on disrespectful, to even question its wellbeing considering it's, well, New York - the birthplace of rap, realness and foundation within a big city of dreams, and long the cause for street Dick Whittingtons to sling rhyme-filled bindles over their shoulders.

'America Is In Love With The Gun'

Tue, April 02 2013 10:49pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Before he was Ice Cube, his name was O'Shea Jackson.

Ice Cube – “Crowded”

Tue, April 02 2013 1:29am - Source: The Smocking Section

Ice Cube hasn't been doing much in the rap tip since 2010′s I Am The West , but absence only makes the anticipation for a new project that much more.

The rebirth of Snoop Dogg

Wed, March 20 2013 6:18pm - Source: The Independent - Music

And so, to Jamaica, where it is reported that Snoop Dogg became "Snoop Lion", converted to Rastafari and recorded Reincarnated, an album of reggae-tinged tracks, which eschews "guns 'n' bitches" in favour of "peace 'n' love".

Ice Cube -- The Atlanta Hawks Are DIRTY CHEATERS!!!

Mon, March 18 2013 11:05pm - Source: TMZ

Atlanta Hawks player Dahntay Jones is a dirty cheater who knew what he was doing when he hurt the Black Mamba on the court last week ... at least according to Lakers superfan Ice Cube. Cube -- decked out in Lakers gear -- was at LAX this weekend when we asked the rap legend about Kobe's claim that Jones cheap-shotted him during a fadeaway jumper last week ... causing Bryant to injure his ankle.

Emen-OI-OI-OI!

Fri, March 15 2013 7:17pm - Source: Tonegents

Check it out, I'm about to drop a SXSW act on you.

5-10-15-20: Nas

Wed, March 13 2013 9:08pm - Source: Pitchfork Media

5-10-15-20 features artists talking about the music that made an impact on them throughout their lives, five years at a time.

The iPod Shuffle – Ice Cube’s “Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It”

Sat, March 09 2013 1:59am - Source: The Smocking Section

Ice Cube was a pioneer of West Coast Hip-Hop, and the genre as a whole.

LL Cool J Announces SXSW 2013 Performance, Partners with Doritos -- EXCLUSIVE Interview

Wed, March 06 2013 1:56pm - Source: The BoomBox

LL Cool J is bringing his legendary catalog of hit songs to SXSW 2013.

Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’90s, Vol. 56

Mon, March 04 2013 12:52pm - Source: Pop Dose

With Bottom Feeders we take a look at the songs on the Billboard Hot 100 that only got a little love.

Nas – ‘Bye Baby’

Thu, February 28 2013 4:49am - Source: One A Day

Tomorrow morning I have ten minutes to speak to Nasir Jones and I am completely freaking out about it.

93 TIL + MORE

Sun, February 24 2013 3:49pm - Source: Soul Sides

What would you rank as the top three albums you enjoyed in the last ten years that would have surprised the guy you were back in 2003?

The Primer: 10 Ice Cube Songs Everyone Should Know

Tue, February 12 2013 6:45pm - Source: The Smocking Section

Whether you're almost 40 and learned proper etiquette from his unfiltered early albums or age 18 and grew up watching the West Coast icon in his second coming as a movie star, O'Shea Jackson has rightfully earned his celebrity in the eyes of millions of reasons.

Video: Casey Veggies – Whip It (DECODED)

Wed, February 06 2013 5:34pm - Source: Nah Right

At least Rozay aint tweeting from the 8 bus….lol….

Lights Lights Baby

Tue, February 05 2013 5:32pm - Source: The Sun - London - UK

RAPPER Vanilla Ice has come out with a long-awaited new release – a collection of chandeliers and wall lamps.

Rappers and Gun Violence: Exploring Hip-Hop's Love of Firearms

Thu, January 24 2013 10:04pm - Source: The BoomBox

Gangsta rap and gun violence have a complicated relationship of causality, and all too often the symbiotic connection between the two gets mistaken for parasitism by parties who see the music imposing a criminal mindset on impressionable youth.

2 Chainz, '2 Broke Girls': Rapper to Appear on CBS Sitcom

Wed, January 23 2013 3:24pm - Source: The BoomBox

The Atlanta-bred MC will appear as a special guest on the CBS comedy series in an episode airing February 11.

The Chronic Turns 20

Mon, December 17 2012 11:00pm - Source: Stereogum

Last month, Dr. Dre ended up on the top of a Forbes list of the year's highest-earning musicians — this while releasing virtually no music.

Box Office Flashback: December 12, 2002

Wed, December 12 2012 11:11pm - Source: Pop Dose

As the latest round of would-be blockbusters packs 'em in at a theater near you, Popdose looks back at the box office totals of yesteryear.

French Montana: Mac & Cheese 3

Thu, November 29 2012 6:25am - Source: Pitchfork Media

Any way you slice it, French Montana is poised to end 2012 as one of the year's hottest rappers.

E-40 / Too $hort: The History Channel

Tue, November 27 2012 6:21am - Source: Pitchfork Media

If rap is a hustle, then you shouldn't hustle past a certain age, and rap overflows with contempt for the too-old hustler.

There’s A Riot Goin’ On: Ice Cube’s The Predator Revisited

Fri, November 23 2012 12:02pm - Source: The Quietus

One Friday evening a couple of years ago, my phone began to ring.

Hall of Game: Classic Material

Mon, November 19 2012 5:35pm - Source: Pitchfork Media

I am a Kendrick Lamar fan, but Kendrick Lamar fans are my new internet enemies.

Album of the week: Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d. city

Fri, November 09 2012 1:27pm - Source: Nialler 9

Welcome to the best mainstream rap album of the year.

Juvenile Talks Cash Money, Bad Contracts & Lil Wayne Getting Ripped Off

Sun, November 04 2012 11:26pm - Source: The Smocking Section

"Just know that [the record industry is] 95 percent business and 5 percent talent."

King L: 10 Things to Know About the Chicago Rapper Including Bad Weed Blues

Fri, November 02 2012 7:59pm - Source: The BoomBox

Chicago rapper King L is a weed enthusiast.

Ice Cube: Presidential Election is circus

Thu, November 01 2012 9:51pm - Source: Music-News.com

Ice Cube is taking a 'political leap' with his new record Everythang's Corrupt.

De La Soul – All Good Ft. Chaka Khan

Wed, October 31 2012 12:41pm - Source: One A Day

It has to be tough to be De La Soul. The group's 1989 debut '3 Feet High and Rising' was enough of a statement for NME to call it the album of the year way back when rap wasn't nearly as mainstream as it is today.

The Art of Peer Pressure (A Roundtable on Kendrick Lamar’s “Good Kid”): Son Raw

Thu, October 25 2012 3:39pm - Source: Passion of the Weiss

Compare him to the greats to knock him down a peg if you must and complain about what the album isn't if needed but he still did it: he put out a genuinely excellent, cohesive rap album on a major label in 2012.

Kendrick Lamar: good kid, m.A.A.d city

Tue, October 23 2012 5:05am - Source: Pitchfork Media

"Thank you, Lord Jesus, for saving us with your precious blood," voices murmur, evoking a family dinner gathering.

Meet Lil Mouse, The Next Controversial Kid Rapper

Thu, October 18 2012 5:40pm - Source: The Smocking Section

With Chief Keef possibly headed back before a judge for potential legal trouble, the way is opening up for rap to welcome in a new teenager.

Jodi B's Hoody Who! September's Best Rap YouTubes & MixTapes

Fri, October 05 2012 12:09pm - Source: The Quietus

September's collection of mixtapes and videos confirm that the new kids have been digging through 20-year-old records and are being blown away by the distinctive early 90s sounds of hip hop.

Nas, Under the Bridge, London

Tue, October 02 2012 9:42am - Source: The Independent - Music

In fact, Life Is Good , his latest record, is quite possibly rap music's first mid-life crisis album.

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