Lil’ Wayne saying something questionable and controversial shouldn’t be news anymore. You almost come to expect it these days. But time and time again Hip Hop has forgiven him; mainly because he’s one of the best things we got going ...

The first day of the week is already here again. Dayum! I remember getting home from hanging out on Friday night pretty early. I just got my check cashed from the spot up the block and I ...

This might be the first year in the history of rap that more remixes have been produced than actual songs.  O.K.  That's a stretch, but still, how many songs have we already heard with multiple remixes?  Jim Jones prah'lee has ...

I read an article in the New York Times a couple of days ago about government-funded hip-hop programs for inner city youth. (Since the story has a global focus, it got no play in the blogosphere. As usual, but whatever.) ...

The consensus on the Internets re: hip-hop in 2007 seems to be that last year sucked balls and this year isn't going to be any better. For example, there was a post at Straight Bangin' the other day called "2007 ...