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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

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.

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….

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……

We’ve been away for a while, there’s been a lot going on in the Hip Hop world. Music coming out, artists dying, in jail, new beefs and more going on since we were away. All that is over and we’re back for good this time. Showcasing artists, bring news, music, politics all related to Hip Hop on the real.  We’re also adding a new feature strictly for the kids where we will give you music that you can play for your kids that teaches also.  Big props to Wycleff, Queen Latifah, Swizz Beats, Jimmy Fallon, Common, REM, Patti Labelle, Stevie Wonder, Lena Horne and all the artists that give there time to entertain and educate children.

Diego Heat of the Kinfolks crew out of Orlando, Fl by way of Joliet, IL.  New hot video Buried Alive, check the video and the music and video pages for more updates.  Diego Heat, one of a dying bread of  pure Hip Hop artists left out there.  MTV and the Clear Channel need to start looking more towards the streets and find some pure artists!

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Kool G Rap is now teaching rapping, he released a book entitled, How To Rap: The Art And Science Of The Hip Hop MC.  Sounds like a great idea and no better person to teach than him.  Back from the early 80′s through the 90′s

Kool G Rap blazed the mic and was listened from West Coast, Down South and East Coast back when the coast wars were going on. Check the video for his song On The Run was considered a classic in the art of story telling.  HipHopDx.com has an extensive interview with him on their website.  It’s informative and long, you may have to come back to read the whole thing.  So this could set a trend and get Hip Hop taught in school since it’s part of our culture more than anything.  Listen to the lyrics in this track, it’s wonderful MCing (wow, I just made a new Hip Hop phrase, Wonderful MCing!)  I love it in this video when he says, “Wake up stupid we gotta go!”  Check it, let me know what you think….

Common is coming back after a very well put together album in 2007, Universal Mind Control.  Not the best album of the year but still a decent album.  But Common isn’t supposed to be known for putting out decent material.  Now in 2010 he’s working with Kanye West and No ID.  Talk about keeping it real, Common’s been working with No ID since before he was signed or even famous.  Working with two producers from his hometown Chicago, sounds like it’s going to be a banger.  Chicago artists have been putting out some good music lately by signed and unsigned artists.  The album is currently being worked on the album is entitled The Believer.  Although there’s no official release date Common said he is hoping to have the release by fall of 2010.  Common describes the album as “soulful Hip Hop.”  Well thanks for that bit of information, Common’s been making soulful Hip Hop for years now.  “It’s ‘good’ music,” he said. “The themes are street music and elevation, things that I feel like I always embody when I rap. But here there’s new situations, new solutions.”  I hear that we are looking forward to hearing some new Common music with some No ID beats behind it.  Check back for the album review a few weeks before the album comes out.

Scarface is coming out with a new album on May 11th, MP3 release May 4th called Dopeman Music.  A promotion through Amazon.com he’s giving away a free sample of this album in a 3:30 minute megamix.  The joint is mad blaze and it gives the album a good preview, there’s some dope beats and good Scarface-flowing rhymes on here.  Make sure that you download it because I’m sure it’s not going to still be here after the album is released.  In an interview on MTV, ‘Face stated that he is not only a musician but a pioneer and needed to change the way he delivered his music.  Here’s a link to download the song, it’s blaze.  DOWNLOAD

As I’m surfing through youtube I came across this song.  I had to share because this song is so Hip Hop and many songs sampled this. Let me know if you remember any of them….

Lately the Wu Tang Clan members have been making a come back.  The only member to make any real noise was Ghostface Killah in the last several years.  Ghost’s been persistent and making some real good music.  Wu Tang is trying to change all of that by coming out with albums in consecutive months.  Can Wu make the comeback to bring them back to the glory days, let’s see.

Return Of The Wu and Friends an album by Wu Tang Clan produced my Allah Mathematics from unreleased material from 2000-2008.  This is the perfect album for Wu-heads who have been fiending for some prime Wu Tang material.  This album is produced so good, seems like he made each beat to fit the flow of the artists.  There are several stand out tracks on this album, John 3:16, Clap 2010, It Is What It Is, Keep Pace and a few others.  What really makes this album is the production by Mathematics no doubt.  The rhyming is gritty and very NYish, but as a whole this album is worth it especially if you’re a die hard Wu-head like me.  Method Man was really feeling himself on this album he seemed to take it back.  I’ll give the album a 78% out of 100 no doubt.

Wu Massacre is an album with just Meth, Ghost and Rae.  Seems like they were trying to take it back to like the original Wu bangers like Only Built For Cuban Links and Tical.  The stand out track on this album is Criminology 2.5, with an updated beat of the original Criminology but the song is too short.  I have to admit like most of the beats on this album.  Another stand out track is Our Dreams featuring Inspector Deck and Sun God, great sample, great beat lovely rhyming on the track.  A beautifully RZA produced track, seems like they were all feeling it on this on.  Only two tracks are produced by RZA, most of the other tracks are produced by Allah Mathematics and Scram Jones.  One track a piece by E. Meal, Digem Tracks Production and Ty Fyffe.  The album is only 30 mins long so watch how much you spend on it.  You can get it from Amazon for $10, fair price, click the hot new releases in the side bar on this site to check it out.  I’ll give the album 75% out of 100, mostly because of the beats and grit of the rhymes.

HipHope.com a place for real Hip Hop and Hip Hop inspired artists to shine.  I get a lot of artists sending me music, a lot of them aren’t that great or don’t put a lot of effort into making their music sound good.  Lately I’ve been getting a lot of artists and models from Chicago.  Chicago has been going hard for a min.  Let me introduce to you Rapper Prophecy.  I have to admit I’m slow in getting around to listening to music and posting it, I’ve been sitting on his music for a while.  But as I listened to it, I’ve found that it’s hot.  Got music for the streets, the club and just to sit back and blaze too.  So here’s a widget to his music and if you want to see and hear more, the links to his sites are under that.

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This is from Vibe.com people, Khia (I didn’t know she was fine like that) goes off on Nicki Minaj on her Vibe.com and on her quite famous blog.  Check it…..

VIBE.COM: Many folks don’t think it’s a coincidence that photos from your new video came out a few weeks after you were taking shots at Nicki Minaj. She recently did a UStream video talking about how haters use her for publicity, what do you say?

KHIA: Publicity stunt? Honey, what do I need publicity for? I’m a talker, I’m a blogger, I’m controversial, I’m a creative writer, I’m a damn s**tstarter, but this isn’t for publicity at all, this is the industry. And I’m glad she didn’t mention my name on that UStream. That would’ve been bad. Everybody knows that I’m against the Barbie thing. I’ve always been real. My hair is as nappy as an African after a rainstorm. We’re all beautiful just the way we are. I’m against the butt shots. I’m not into the wigs. I’m not into the Barbies. No.

I’d rather listen to my husband Weezy, than hear [Nicki] talking about what sounds good to Lil Wayne. She’s in the studio with men writing her shit, saying it’s hot, but only because it’s what they want to jack off to. She doesn’t make music for girls. It’s a difference when I say ‘My neck, my back, my p***y, my crack,’ because it’s my own. You should be making men bow down. I respect myself. Love yourself, hoe.

But if [Nicki] was talking about me, that was so cute. Right now, I’m in the lead. You can be a feature whore and when it’s your time to drop, you’ll have nothing to drop. Your single is horrible, your voice is annoying and they’ve heard it too much. Sit down, contemplate your album and give us something wonderful. What makes [Nicki] think that Rihanna is going to let her headline her tour with all of these features? Are they going to be on stage with you Nicki, honey? I need to do a seminar to help this girl. I’ll acknowledge she has a hot song, when I write it [laughs]. Sean Garrett wrote [“Massive Attack”]? I think she needs to call me.