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In October 2009, the ground breaking music game DJ Hero came of for PS3, XBox 360 and Wii. Awesome game, gets you hype and has some great mixes even of some very terrible songs. Whoever thought you would be jamming to Young MCs Bust a Move. This game made music game of the year in 2009. Now the reason I didn’t buy this game was I was already up to my ears playing Guitar Hero and Rockband and most importantly the steep price tag of $120. I was like Activision GTFOH! Then October 2010 came DJ Hero 2 with pretty much the same MO as the first game except more music, more DJs and better game play and still the same heavy price tag. My attitude remained the same GTFOH $120 you must be buggin out or something. Now here we are 6 short months later and the price is down to $30 including the turntable. You can get DJ Hero for $20. Check out Gamestop store or Gamestop.com, this is the time and this game is no doubt really fun. If you have kids especially teenagers it’s a perfect bonding tool. Even if you don’t have the skills to play the game, it’s fun to watch.

DJ Hero 2 at Gamestop click link for more info

We’ve been slacking on the album reviews lately, since there’s not much coming out right now I’ll give you a brief run down on what’s hot at the moment….

This right here is a hot album
I’ll give it a 75% worth $10
no doubt

I don’t know how the
hell E-40 got so hot
again, I guess he never
lost it

Lupe straight murder
on this one, nuff said!

Damn Snoop Dogg still
blazing the mic

His music can be a bit slow
and drag on sometimes,
but this right here sun…

Been a while since we
had a some blaze Wu
joints

He killed it on this one
good rhymes, beats and
album as a whole

Freeway Rick Ross the ex-gangsta drug lord who did his time and has recently tried to sue Rick Ross in Federal court regarding the use of his name.  The Feds didn’t like the fact that he got his name from illegal activities and threw his case out.  Now Freeway is going to to sue the Boss in California state court with a new team of lawyers, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP.  Apparently Freeway’s new lawyers feel they have a great chance on the state level because they’re suing Def Jam, Rick Ross and threatened to sue the new label he signed with, Warner Brothers, if they put out any new music.  Props to Freeway for not taking it to the streets, because I’m sure he still has some friends that wouldn’t be so diplomatic with Rick Ross in the streets.

I’m not going to say much on this situation because it’s stupid sad.  Nate Dogg died on Marc 15th, papers were drawn up to foreclose on one of his houses on March 17th because he was behind $5,924.  WTF?!?  First of all the debt was only $6,000 (let’s just round up $76), second of all, damn you couldn’t even let the man be dead for more than two days before you start taking his sh!t?!?  I really want to find out what scumbag (hey that word is in the dictionary it didn’t even underline red) mortgage company did this so I can warn you what company NOT to get a loan from.

Britney Spears just signed Nicki Minaj to open for her tour that kicks off this summer.  Spears needed a new act to tour with her for the latest album effort Femme Fatale (and Britney sure has been Fatale in the past few years) after Enrique Iglesias pulled out soon after the announcement was made.  Per TMZ the two came to an agreement and Britney plans to make an official announcement today (April 12th, 2011) about her tour plans.  Good move Britney sign the contract then make the announcement.  At first I was thinking that the two music styles would clash, but then again, two fine young pop tarts touring together.  One with all kinds of problems that she seems to have gotten a hold of and another rising star who seems to be keeping it together.  Hmmm maybe Nicky can teach Britney how to not let her life fall apart while being famous.  Then again, maybe Britney will show Nicky how to take a dive and make a comeback.  Either way some good news for us to write about.  Britney’s tours kicks off on June 17th in Sacramento California.

Hahaha, we’re here laughing at Foxy Brown’s crazy a$$ again.  This time she got booted from a cruise to the beautiful Caribbean where she could have had a nice vacation, but instead she got kicked off the boat and escorted to the airport.  So what has happened to our beloved Foxy Brown, every few months she’s getting into trouble, making the news with her craziness or just plain saying something stupid.  Now afterward, she calls into Tom’s radio show I guess to make amends and starts crying on the air and such.  But then she went on a rant blasting Tom on Twitter, so I don’t know she starts acting crazy one minute, nice the next and then back to crazy.  No details on Foxy’s actions on the boat from Mr Joyner but I’m sure it had something to do with her mouth and liquor.  Oh well we may have to fill out a 730 I for to admit her to the nut house soon.

Da Brat being behind bars for the last 2 years for aggravated assault is free and now looking towards a comeback.  I sure hope for the sake of female rappers that she can make a comeback.  Her last effort in 2003 Limelight, Luv and Niteclubs, was very bland and her rap style sounded played.  She said while in jail she wasn’t motivate to write rhymes but did write some memoirs of her troubled childhood.  She said she has two and a half years of bullsh!t to talk about and she’s ready to get into the studio.  She has her good points and her bad points about her comeback.  Good point is that she has Jermaine Dupri backing her still, bad point is the Nicki Minaj syndrome.  People nowadays aren’t looking for skilled rappers but more like some plastic Lil Wayne wannabe.  Who knows, I hope she can come off hot and be a good edition to the female rappers out there, who are few.

DJ Megatr0n was shot dead near his home in Staten Island around 2am on Monday March 28th.  One shot to the torso of the 32 year old man from 106th and park fame.  Police have no witnesses, motive or any type of clue as to why he was shot.  Hope we don’t have another Biggie/Tupac fiasco where the killer is never found.  As sad and cynical as the song by KRS 1 is, “If you wanna get away with murder, kill a rapper,” there rings some truth to that.  Peace to Megatron, Corey McGriff, and his family.  His mother giving statements to the news was rightfully distraught.

Eminem had a leak of a record this week with a verse saying he sold more albums than Jay Z and Kanye West.  The single “I Get Money” was leaked over the internet sometime last weekend.  Check out this verse from the song.  “They keep on saying the same rappers are the best, Jay-Z and Kanye West/ Maybe they’re just trying to distract you from the fact that I’m coming back/ Or maybe it’s cause I ain’t black/ Maybe it’s because of that/ Maybe it’s because I’m the highest selling artist in rap.”  They say it wasn’t meant to be a dis to Kanye and Jay, but I don’t know, you particularly call someones name out and say you sell more records then them sounds like a dis to me….

Nicki Minaj is breaking records, 14 consecutive weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard to 200 albums for Pink Friday. Congratulations to Nicki, that is amazing, mainly because I don’t think she raps that great, but I have to give her props though for being in the top 10 for so long. After going back and forth with Lil Kim regarding who’s the best rapper and hot many albums Kim sold on the internet. Seems like Nicki is winning the battle in that category but you should see album cover on Lil Kim’s album with Kim beheading Ms Minaj.

Just when Hip Hop is getting sad and depressing here comes come good old fashion realness.  Hip Hop lately has been plagued with falseness.  False breasts, rhymes, battles, rumors, record sales or whatever else is going on.  M1 is coming out with a new album soon, it’s been a while since we heard anything from from them.  2009′s Pulse of the People album was OK, but not great, but we’re used to getting great music from them.  From the sound of the first single played during the video, looks good for them!  Information Age by Dead Prez coming soon….

ABC News reports that Rapper Rhymefest is trying to run for Chicago City council.  He seems very serious and passionate about running for office.  Besides a youthful following in Chicago, he also has the support of the Chicago Teachers Union.  Problem is he has a criminal record and that may hamper his running for office.  Also if he may not get elected if he keeps sticking his tongue out at press conferences. He says he wants to make Chicago a better, safer place to stay.  Yeah I hear what he’s talking about because Chicago has so many murders, I moved there for better opportunities as far as work and moved back to NYC to be safer.  But on the real though, no one really cares because a lot of people outside of Chicago don’t even know who Rhymefest is.  We at HipHope.com wish him the best of luck….

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I know most of the music videos on BET and MTV are foul, full of half naked people dancing and visuals of people doing things I don’t want my kids doing. I really don’t want my two year old dancing and gyrating to music that talks about having sex and living a life of crime. On the other hand most of the music made for kids will actually make you wanna choke at the quality of what’s being put out there. But for the most part, PBS has been doing its thing. Most artists have been making videos for Sesame Street, Electric Company and other shows. With good music and real artists making them. Here are a few examples then you can check the sites. Artists entertaining as well as teaching…..

Wycleff with the Electric City Slide

Queen Latifah teaches about the letter O

REM with Happy Monsters

Sean Kingston, Two Ways to Say C

Neyo Transformer H

Electric Company kids doing the Slide and Drop.

People have forgotten about Hip Hop as being an art and not just a money making apparatus.  When Hip Hop first started there was only two turntables, break beats, MC’s, dancers and the crowd.  Many have forgotten the art of DJing and break dancing.  Well the Cut Cafe internet broadcast features live DJs on the wheels of steel (and of course the virtual wheels of steel).  The broadcasts are live so you have to listen at certain times, but it always seems to be on and you can peep older shows.

There’s a wide variety of DJs on this station and most of the time they’re hot.  You’ll hear scratch DJs, mix DJs, prop Djs and more, listed below is the schedule…..

Hip Hop is MCing, DJing, Dancing, Artwork, Knowledge, Skills, Staying Fresh to Death and Original.  Let’s get back to the ART FORM and not the material……