Grandgood (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
Great conversation between Doug E. Fresh and MC Serch about the early days when Teddy Riley was Doug’s stylist, Puffy was carrying his bags, and MC Serch ironed Whodini’s shirts. Also cites June Love (RIP) as the reason why Greg Nice started rhyming.
The Confidentials (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
A classmate of mine from WHS is probably one of the most socially connected people I will ever know. He thrives off of connecting people. And in the past month, he constructed a social networking site specifically for my high school. Something amazing is happening. There are people that are connecting with each other who probably were not friends back in the day. High School has it's own
Nah Right (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Says: >>^I don’t know what you’re all aggy about. i’m not saying that what happened here wasn’t an atrocity, I’m saying that niggas need to stop acting like Blacks brought here from Africa in the last 500 years were the most persecuted people in the history of the planet. you don’t have to care about what happened to anybody else, just know that your ancestors wasn’t the only ones who felt that whip....
The Hip-Hop Cosign (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Tachelle ‘Shamash” Wilkes received an Impact of Women in Hip Hop Award for the documentary Lady Beat Makers: Vol: 1 at the Hip Hop Culture Center at the Magic Johnson Theater in Harlem . A maverick in many ways - Tachelle “Shamash” Wilkes is known for her groundbreaking projects. As founder of Femmixx.com she co-founded [...]
Fat Lace Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Riding in the back of Doug E. Fresh’s Escalade as he gives you a lift to Manhattan is an experience not to be trifled with. Which other rapper fields calls from Tom Cruise as you cruise up Lexington Avenue? But with over a quarter of a century in hip-hop, from his early days as a [...]
Kevin Nottingham: This Is Hip Hop (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
It was just a week and a half ago that I said we weren’t gonna do any more huge sample sets. Ok, I guess I lied. But I want to hit up all the De La Soul samples… do you forgive me? Hahaha. De La Soul Is Dead was De La’s second album, released in 1991. [...]
The Concert Blog (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
By Jim Harrington Too $hort has sold millions of records and influenced countless other rappers during his lengthy career. Those things, however, have not made him a household name _ at least not in the majority of households outside of his Bay Area stomping grounds. The Oakland rhyme buster is a towering giant on the Bay Area [...]
The BN Village (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
Remember this Brooklyn yoot Lil Vicious from back in the day? When I first saw this vid I couldn't believe some likkle five year old piss-a-bed bwoy ah chat bout freak and big punnany. YouTube - LIL VICIOUS fea.DOUG E.FRESH-FREAK (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy39Sl1i5ls)
HipHopDX.com (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Tony Yayo says he's taken tips on being great stage entertainer, adds 50'll always be bigger than Kanye.
Fat Lace Magazine (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Thanks to Ryan Proctor for the heads up.
Grandgood (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
via OTTN Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh take the stage at the first Annual Hip-Hop Showcase in Akron this past Saturday September 6th, 2008.
WhyFame (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
Plus: Christina Aguilera sings, Jonah Hill dances, and Paris Hilton rocks out to Good Charlotte.HOLLYWOOD — The Video Music Awards are always a party, and this year was no exception. There was plenty of music, dancing and very glamorous folks on hand, plus — thanks to a bawdy, rambling opening monologue by host Russell Brand — the kind of... [ More on WhyFame.com ]
Music News (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
On Saturday Keepers of the Art will put on the first Akron Hip-Hop Showcase at Lock 3, featuring legends Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick, who as a duo and as solo artists have recorded such classics as The Show, A Children’s Story and … Original post by Keepers of The Art
The Daily Grind (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
John Legend did an excellent interview this morning on CNN on "The Arts and the Politics of 2008 in America." Here in Denver at the DNC yesterday, Legend premiered his latest song "If You're Out There" as an motivational Call to Action to Vote and Make Change. Kanye West, Wyclef Jean, Doug E. Fresh and many others who represent the artistic genius of the hip-hop generation are also here in Denver...
On The record Magazine (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Carlton Grant Jr., the 17-year-old son of dancehall artist Spragga Benz, was shot and killed by local police in Kingston, Jamaica on Sunday (Aug. 24). Cops say they stopped two men on a bicycle in the Kingston 8 area and when they approached them, one of the men began firing at them, according to Radio [...]
