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Raekwon’s OB4CL2 Pushed Back to September
Wu-Tang fans hungry for Raekwon The Chef’s long-awaited Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II will have to wait just a little longer. The sequel to Rae’s fourth solo project will now hit stores on September 8, not August 11, as originally ...
Read MoreQ-Tip’s Shelved Album Set To Hit Shelves
A year after his critically acclaimed album The Renaissance hit shelves, A Tribe Called Quest co-founder Q-Tip is set to release his shelved 2002 set, Kamaal the Abstract. The genre-hopping disc, which will be released on Battery Records on September 15, ...
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Why Jay-Z shouldn’t have cockblocked Chris Brown
BET played itself the other day, letting Jay-Z cockblock Chris Brown's tribute to Jacko. No fishsticks. I know there's supposedly some confusion as to whether or not this really happened, but I'm pretty sure it did. The Source, which is apparently ...
Read MoreCrooked I Thinks Slaughterhouse Should Be On The Cover Of XXL
Crooked I, one quarter of lyrical super group Slaughterhouse has some sound advice for XXL. In a recent interview with XXLMag.com, the Long Beach rapper shared his thoughts. “I think you guys should do some real groundbreaking shit and put my ...
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MJ Gets Posthumous Sales Boost, Black Eyed Peas Go Gold
Although he sold over 415,000 discs in only three days, the King of Pop will not be sitting atop the Billboard 200 sales chart this week. Due to The Billboard 200 sales chart’s stipulations - the list bans any record ...
Read MoreTapemasters Inc Present Trife Diesel: The Project Pope
Being a die-hard Ghostface fan since Ironman, it’s only natural that I pay attention to the rappers he cosigned. Though none of them ever went on to bank off his commercial status, Trife Da God has somewhat broken through to ...
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New Artists
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Today in Hip-Hop
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Sneakers
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Lists
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Hip-Hop Fashion
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Show & Prove
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Rap Videos
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