Filed under: Hip-Hop News , Video Games Def Jam Rapstar is poised to be the year's biggest new hip-hop video game, and its team has added more songs to the game's roster, including tracks by Busta Rhymes , DMX and Lil Jon . Rapstar has received a large amount of pre-release attention due to its seamless connection with social networking sites. Gamers can rap, sing and mix their favorite hip-hop ...
*1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, the place where they say hip-hop was born has been saved. The legendary location is where Kool Herc, the father of hip-hop, first got the party started when he DJ’d for his sister’s birthday in the building’s community room in 1973, according to legend. The hip-hop spot was part [...]
Colorado hip-hop group The foodchain have barely been together a year and a half, but they’re continually gaining notoriety.
Ludacris and A Tribe Called Quest will enjoy the company a few more rap and hip-hop luminaries on "Def Jam Rapstar," and Busta Rhymes and DMX will be among them. Busta will be pulling overtime, since he's already on the "DJ Hero 2" track list, but the latest batch of titles confirmed by Def Jam [...]
An outsider looking in on Pittsburgh's hip-hop music scene today would find it bursting at the seams, poised to blast through Pennsylvania's borders to engulf an industry thirsty for new talent.
It’s a general rule that a passion for a subject and loss of detachment from it tends to destroy one’s capacity to see the humour in it.
Big Boi. Wednesday: Best known for being one-half of Outkast, Big Boi is touring in support of his new solo release, Sir Lucious Left Foot . He'll be joined at the 9:30 Club by vocalist Miguel . $35, 7 p.m. Thursday: There's no question that in the nearly 40 years of hip-hop's history, its influence and marketabililty has grown. Examining these phenomena at the 14th Street NW Busboys and Poets ...
Joaquin Phoenix's career goes up in flames in by Curt Holman The documentary I'm Still Here follows Oscar-nominated actor Joaquin Phoenix as he announces his retirement from movie stardom and plans to focus on a hip-hop career. During the film, Entertainment Weekly runs a quote from an unnamed person inside Phoenix's circle who claims the whole thing is a hoax.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the ...
Music mogul Jay-Z has confirmed the signing of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smiths 9-year-old daughter Willow smith. The Hip Hop heavyweight...
Confusion. Concern. Irritation. Disgust. Amusement. That pretty much describes the range and sequence of emotions I experienced while watching “I’m Still Here,” the Casey Affleck-directed “documentary” about Joaquin Phoenix’s strange pursuit of a hip-hop music career.
Today, 4mm Games, Def Jam Interactive and Terminal Reality are excited to announce additional tracks available in Def Jam Rapstar, the first true interactive Hip Hop music game experience coming October 5th to the Xbox 360⢠video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wiiâ¢.
Filed under: Hip-Hop News Madlib samples nearly every genre and style of music, especially excelling at digging up relics and morphing them into new, interesting collaborations. His most recent case of seemingly oddball partnership is with Krautrock legends Embryo. Experts and longtime veterans of the cult psych-rock movement based around the "motorik" drum beat, which sounds like a highly sped ...
If you're like me and many other people around the world, the lyrics of Enrique Iglesias are on your tongue. Now, for the first time, an Iglesias record features bilingual lyrics with the release of his new album Euphoria, which features both English and Spanish songs.
A Lot in Common DJ Automatic’s Mixtale Volume II: Theater of the Mind dropped last week and is available for free online. This release marks the second iteration in Automatic’s Mixtale series (the first featured Atlanta rapper TI), and focuses on the life and music of legendary Chicago emcee-actor Common.
Two important local bands -- one an old favorite, the other on the rise -- have big concerts planned this weekend.
Whether a hoax or not, a new documentary about Joaquin Phoenix and his transition from acclaimed, brooding actor to bearded, shambolic hip-hop wannabe has captivated viewers at the Venice film festival.
Rihanna has something to say, and it's "Loud." The 22-year-old hip-hop is coming out with a new album, to be released Nov. 2. The first single off her "Loud" album debuted on Ryan Seacret's radio show Tuesday morning. In the single, "Only Girl (In the World)," Rihanna talks about wanting to be feel special, according to NYDailyNews.com. Lyrics include, "I want you to make me feel like I'm the ...
Following on the barefoot heels of hot yoga, circus yoga and hip hop yoga, cannabis-enhanced classes offer a way to cut through inhibitions
A report of a Joaquin Phoenix doppelganger hoodwinking fans may be just a promotion for I’m Still Here, the actor’s latest film.
Two stories dominated music news in 2009. The untimely death of Michael Jackson — perhaps the best-known pop singer on Earth — stunned the world last June. The world also thrilled to a new talent — as unknown Scottish singer Susan Boyle garnered global attention with her ...
