There aren't many folks who can maintain a career in music (especially hip hop) for over 20 years.  Guru has been at the forefront of modern music since the early 1990s and is best known as one -half of the hip hop duo Gang Starr with legendary wheels of steel ... Continue Reading

McNally Smith College of Music out of Minneapolis has a unique curriculum, including a hip hop diploma which emphasizes recording, mixing, technology, and hip hop history as well as many more traditional music degree programs that can be found at most major universities around the country.  From learning about hip ... Continue Reading

Releasing his 11th solo  full-length album On September 8th, 2009, Jay-Z has surpassed Elvis Presley as the artist who has had the most number 1 album in history (Jay's 2007's American Gangster tied Elvis's record).  Along with that, The Blueprint 3, selling an estimated 476,000 copies in its first week, ... Continue Reading

Bill O’Reilly loves hip hop.  Seriously – most of his material since the launch of The O’Reilly Factor in 1996 has aimed to revolutionize liberal thought, which has included attacks against hip hop artists such as Cam’Ron, Nas, Ludacris, Young Jeezy, and Jay-Z.  Bill’s most memorable attack has been on ... Continue Reading

I call bullshit. When one of your biggest commercial hits to date has a chorus of 'I want to fuck every girl in the world,' I have to call your bluff, Drake.  Drake plans to re-release his mixtape So Far Gone on September 15, 2009, which will include an additional promo ... Continue Reading

When I first heard The Blueprint, I hated it.  I mean, I've been a Jay fan since Reasonable Doubt, but I really, really fucking hated The Blueprint - even more so, I boycotted a lot of his music until The Black Album dropped.  When The Blueprint 2 dropped, I still ... Continue Reading

I loved 'Hated on Mostly' from Crime Mob, which was released in 2004, and finally found a taste of commercial success when 'Rock Yo Hips,' featuring Little Scrappy hit mainstream radio airwaves in 2006.  One of the few crews that initially had multiple female counterparts, Crime Mob came correct... In ... Continue Reading

Quite frankly, I am completely unimpressed by Jimmy Fallon's late night show which launched in March.  Jimmy's only saving grace, in my humble opinion, has been The Roots, and his writers need to be pink slipped with a quickness.  While Fallon was somewhat successful during his SNL stunts, the ... Continue Reading

Forbes recently released its list of the most well-paid movers and shakers in hip hop in 2009... Here are the top 10.  The full list can be viewed here and includes Common and Andre 3000 (damn, maybe it has something to do with Erykah...?).  It's obvious that building a mogul ... Continue Reading

Today, while watching the coverage of Michael Jackson's funeral and memorial service, there was one definitive moment which literally had me in tears at my desk.  Those of you that know me know that there are two men in my life musically which have touched me to such a deep ... Continue Reading

I'm already borderline sick of hearing Drake's Best I Ever Had, as it's become some sort of summer anthem (along with Every Girl, which has quite possibly the most obnoxious chorus in the history of obnoxious choruses - it was pretty cool when I was rolling around in the whip ... Continue Reading