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MUSIC: Musicians Are Not Political Experts

Since we're dead in the middle of an election year, naturally the whole country is more politically minded, and it seems musicians have been the most vocal of all entertainers. Making songs and videos in support of their favorite candidate (Barack) has...

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MUSIC: How Not To Interview A Rapper

Earlier this year kwame06 posted an article from MediaTakeOut.com that said rapper Webbie suffered a seizure . Now for those who don't know, MediaTakeOut is a gossip site, so naturally they post a lot of rumors that turn out to be completely untrue, but...

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MUSIC: Polow Da Con

Earlier this week, it was revealed in a post from Blackspot that producer extraordinaire (smirk) Polow Da Don used loops from Apple's Garage Band to craft Usher's new song "Love In This Club." Okay now, Garage Band is a music program that comes with a...

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MUSIC: Hip-Hop's Upper Class

Hip Hop, much like the rest of the world has a class system, but never before has this been more obvious than right now. Probably because Jay-Z's light is shining so bright everyone else is in his shadow. Jigga man pulled the ultimate hat-trick this past...

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MUSIC: Hey Ladies!

So it's been revealed that Usher and Bow Wow are both gay! Well, not officially, but according to the Hip Hop rumor mill these guys are sweet. I posted an article about Ushers wife preventing him from having any pretty ladies on the set of his video accompanied...

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MUSIC: Freeze! Drop The Mic!

Shhh! The Hip-Hop Police are listening. If you're a well-known rapper in New York, this is most likely your reality. Super-grinder realerthanlife recently posted a couple of articles revealing that the NYPD has a special "Hip Hop Squad" , responsible...

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MUSIC: Hate Dat Soulja Boy!

Soulja Boy got stoned. Well, almost. Your man realerthanlife posted the article about a kid who threw a rock at Soulja Boy's tour bus and busted the windshield. When he was questioned by the authorities as to why, he simply said "I hate Soulja Boy". Apparently...

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MUSIC: Organized Rhyme

Diddy did it, or did he? Yeah whatever. In an article found at AllHipHop.com titled Sean "Diddy" Combs Vehemently Denies LA Times Allegations , Diddy of course, claims he had no knowledge of the eventual ambush of Tupac Shakur in a New York studio lobby...

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MUSIC: Old School Or New School?

A recent article posted by Gengis Khan titled, Education Set To Hip Hop Beats A Success caught my attention. The article talks about how Hip Hop is being used to help educate elementary school kids. Teaching them mathematics, science, and geography through...

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People have been responding to the article posted by The Chef about actor Terrence Howard landing a record deal . Some favorably "Terrence is making his mark in the industry..." says Stryker, while others are more skeptical, such as Sportaphile , who...

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In a recent video posted by Clay Davis , R&B group Dru Hill announces their reunion and break-up on a Baltimore radio station to the shock and amazement (or amusement) of their fans. Does anybody really care about Dru Hill? Really? Apparently they...

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MUSIC: What Is Free Music Costing You?

An article posted by Global Grind member Pashoncoop revealed that Nine Inch Nails front-man Trent Reznor made $750,000 offering free music . How is this possible? Well, the music wasn't exactly all free; Reznor released a four-part album Ghost I-IV, with...

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MUSIC: Don't Take It Personal!

For the past couple of years, a lot of people have been complaining about hip-hop music being wack and that it's not what it used to be. Some even pronounced it's death (you know who you are, Nas). Most of these complaints were anchored by the sentiments...

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MUSIC: Crack vs. 'Roids

So, Joey Crack wants to be the elephant in the ring. Fat Joe is tired of throwing verbal jabs and wants to get physical with the new schools' biggest bully, 50 Cent. Joe is fed-up and ready to go head-up, challenging Curtis to a one-on-one slap fight...

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MUSIC: Can't Stop, Won't Stop!

The combination of hip-hop and drugs is nothing new. Old school pioneers Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five rapped about cocaine on their hit "White Lines"; Cypress Hill made a career out of being pro-marijuana; Redman and Method Man made a movie...

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