EMINEM TEAMS UP WITH STEWIE GRIFFIN TO HOST “ANIMATION DOMINATION” SUNDAY, MAY 17, ON FOX Hip-Hop Star to Make Special Surprise Announcement Grammy Award winner Eminem joins FAMILY GUY’s Stewie Griffin to host ANIMATION DOMINATION Sunday, May 17 on FOX. The evening will feature interstitials voiced by and featuring an animated version of the hip-hop [...]

[video http://interscope.edgeboss.net/wmedia/interscope/scootersmiff/audio/headoftheclass/hi.asx nolink] To set up the release, Scooter Smiff has whetted fan’s musical appetites with buzz releases of the title track “Head Of My Class,” featuring Chris Brown and “Fresh To Def.” With producers as diversified as Swizz Beatz, Eric Hudson, and Polow Da Don working on the debut release of Head Of My [...]

If you’re a fan of gangsta rap this might be right up your alley. Until now, I had never heard of Savage before, but after listening to his new song “Swing” I couldn’t help but want to hear more. If you’ve never heard him and want to check him out you can do so below. [...]

Making her stunning entrance in a dizzying cascade of piano and layered vocals, The Inc./Universal Motown Recording Artist ASHANTI puts it all on the line in the powerfully soulful and grandly dramatic “The Way That I Love You,” the first single and video from her upcoming album THE DECLARATION. The home truths of ASHANTI’s “The [...]

CHERISH ALBUM ‘THE TRUTH’ ARRIVES IN APRIL 2008 ‘THE TRUTH’ is on the way, and judging from every early sign, Sho’Nuff Records/Capitol Music Group quartet CHERISH is about to prove beyond doubt that in 2008, America wants ‘THE TRUTH,’ the whole ‘TRUTH,’ and nothing but ‘THE TRUTH.’ THE TRUTH, the second Sho’Nuff /Capitol album by [...]

Lil Wayne, in collaboration with Cash Money Records/Universal Motown introduces THA CARTER III coming to stores on May 13, 2008. To hear a sample of what’s on the new CD, listen to a preview of the new single, “Lollipop” featuring Static. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] If you like this site, Donate to [...]

Cast: Nelly, Katt Williams, Common, Kanye West Rating: Not Rated Studio: Paramount Release Date: March 18, 2008 Every now and then something shows up on my desk and I immediately wonder why it was put out on DVD in the first place. Music awards shows like this are one of those things. I just don’t [...]

I remember when Tupac Shakur died in 1996. I was a huge rap fan from the days dating back to my youth, when I listened to groups like NWA. During his career and in the years following his untimely death, Tupac has become the highest selling rap artist in the world. His unique lyrical style [...]

I’m a big fan of hip hop and rap music. I’m selective in what I listen to, so I wasn’t sure what to expect from Necro, in his first album produced by Koch Records. Necro has been a part of the underground hip hop scene for years. Known for combining his love of heavy metal [...]

Guest Post by: Mikey Mystik LA’s men in black are back in this hour-long symphonic tornado. The Gift of Gab and DJ, Chief XL rock a town that is known more for Jimi Hendrix’s guitar riffs and Starbucks induced insomnia spells as the emcee and producer move the crowd in Seattle’s Showbox Theatre with two [...]

Guest Post by: Jae The first time I heard Sage Francis, I knew he was good. I knew he was good because I stopped what I was doing, and listened. A well kept secret in the hip-hop underground, Sage has released his seventh official album, Human the Death Dance through Epitath Records. Most of us [...]