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Royce Da 5’9” Interview
Filed under: Street Veterans, Interviews
Though music-lovers nationwide are currently holding their breath in anticipation of a certain 8 Mile native’s long-awaited Relapse, Em certainly isn’t the only rapper looking to put Motown back on the hip-hop map in 2009—one Detroit icon with equally big plans for the year is veteran emcee Royce Da 5’9”, who’s preparing to take his career to new heights with the spring release of Street Hop, …
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Jadakiss Interview
Filed under: Industry Heavyweights, Street Veterans, Interviews
Though Biggie is no longer with us, the hip-hop icon’s influence lives on in many of the then-up-and-coming talents he fostered in the course of his rap career. Taken under B.I.G.‘s wing as a member of pioneering East Coast group The LOX, Jadakiss has done his musical mentor proud with a successful solo run to date. Having achieved heavyweight status with 2001’s Kiss tha Game Goodbye …
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Joe Budden Interview
Filed under: Street Veterans, Interviews
As many artists will tell you, the music industry can be a little bit crazy – how else can you describe a business in which an emcee can drop a hugely-successful, gold-certified debut, earn a Grammy nomination, release a slew of critically-acclaimed street albums, prepare a sophomore release, and then have the LP shelved by his label – for nearly four years? All of this and …
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B-Real Interview
Filed under: Street Veterans, Interviews
With all the history hip-hop has already seen, it’s easy to forget that the genre is still a fairly young one, and many of the acts that pushed the game forward are only just beginning to receive the official recognition they deserve. At VH1’s 2008 Hip-Hop Honors ceremony, rap-rock giants Cypress Hill joined an elite circle of the genre’s most influential artists and groups. Frontman B-Real, …
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Omar Cruz Interview
Filed under: Latin, Street Veterans, We Got Next, Interviews
Los Angeles is well-known in the hip-hop community as the birthplace of many of hardcore rap’s seminal acts; past masters like N.W.A., still-grinding elder statesmen such as Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube, and current stars like The Game have all called the City of Angels home, and have cemented its status as a hip-hop hotspot. It would be doing the diverse city a grave disservice, however, …
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Trick Trick Interview
Filed under: Street Veterans, Interviews
A few years back, it seemed as if Detroit was destined to become one of the biggest cities in hip hop. Due in large part to the spectacular success of Eminem, Motown had begun to receive music industry attention at a level not seen since the golden days of the label of the same name. Though Detroit was unable to parlay that wave of popularity into …
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Q-Tip Interview
Filed under: Industry Heavyweights, Street Veterans, Interviews
At times, the hip hop industry can seem a lot like American politics – for each person out there making things happen, there are about a dozen who simply want to tell everyone else what to think, (and what they have to say is nearly never positive). Case in point: the former fad of describing the genre as “dead.” Fortunately, we have individuals like A Tribe …
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88-Keys Interview
Filed under: Producer, Songwriter, Street Veterans, We Got Next, Interviews
Kanye West has been rightfully hailed as a game-changer in today’s music industry; there’s no question that, with his solo success, he has inspired many an established producer to make a bid for big-name status as an artist. 88-Keys, one of the newest up-and-comers of the producer-turned-rapper stripe, was encouraged by K-Weezy himself to go public with his rhyming skills, and, from what we’ve heard this …
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Devin the Dude Interview
Filed under: Street Veterans, Interviews
Most of us have had it drilled into our heads by parents, teachers, politicians, favorite cartoon characters, and B-list celebrities that indulging in certain smokable substances over long periods of time will lead not to a bright future but to a brain fried beyond repair. Be that as it may, veteran emcee Devin the Dude is still going strong after more than a decade and a …
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I-20 Interview
Filed under: Street Veterans, Interviews
Each and every one of us has, at one point or another, wished that we could escape the workaday (or school-a-day, as the case may be) world, and experience life in the fast lane, with all of the money and acclaim that stardom entails. Though many try, few manage to climb to the top of the heap and achieve this lavish lifestyle. Southern rapper I-20 is …
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