I wish I had a dollar for every emcee I've come across that has ditched the traditional pen & pad and ends up writing verses on their smartphone.  Technology meets culture once again, and when you're rappin & rockin all spur of the moment status, there's... well... there's an app ... Continue Reading

Last week, Dj Hero dropped with disappointing sales... Scratch offers controllers designed by Numark, who was well known in the earlier days and quite possibly one of the forefathers of belt-driven turntables (do people still use those?). Scratch aims to offer a more authentic controller than it's video game competitor, ... Continue Reading

In the midst of the technology age, many have begun switching their vinyl collections to a more compact MP3 format, which also won't melt in the back of your car in July or break your posture when moving crates full of records (everyone's helped a dj move housing arrangements, it's ... Continue Reading

You know what the world really needs?  No, not world peace.  No, not an end to child abuse.  If you guessed "another hip hop video game," you may be correct (cue sarcasm).  Rockstar Games & Timaland have teamed up to bring you Beaterator, which is currently out for PSP systems ... Continue Reading

I have friends who are Guitar Hero/Rock Band addicts.  It's to the point where most of them that are good, and I mean staying-up-until-6am-playing-Guitar Hero good have never touched a guitar, more or less any other type of instrument.  These types of games were always interesting to me because they ... Continue Reading

I may be flexing my uber-nerd status to the whole world wide web, but Xbox has just released a brand new set of avatars for their online gaming system which includes "hip hop" themes complete with the stereotypical bling, printed jeans, jackets with chains, more bling, and booty shorts for ... Continue Reading