Posted by richard on 11/15/11
Filed under: News, Exclusives, Interviews
Whether you're an aspiring artist or simply a daydreamer, you've likely fantasized about what it would be like to leave your nine-to-five grind behind and try your luck in the music game. But what is the life of an artist on the come-up really like? To answer that very question, we have launched a new, DJBooth-exclusive interview series titled Quit …
Posted by JustinM on 11/11/11
Filed under: News, Exclusives, Interviews
New York, N.Y. -- Having soldiered ever onward through more than two decades of hits, misses, changing fortunes, and label switches, it's no wonder that Lil Fame and Billy Danze of M.O.P. identify with the Spartan troops who tenaciously stood their ground against the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae (as famously, if not …
Posted by richard on 11/08/11
Filed under: News, Exclusives, Featured, Interviews
Whether you're an aspiring artist or simply a daydreamer, you've likely fantasized about what it would be like to leave your nine-to-five grind behind and try your luck in the music game. But what is the life of an artist on the come-up really like? To answer that very question, we have launched a new, DJBooth-exclusive interview series titled Quit …
Posted by richard on 11/04/11
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New York, N.Y. -- Yesterday, The DJBooth unleashed the latest entry in Best of the Booth, a mixtape series in which prominent DJs sift through each month's features and present the picks of the litter for your listening pleasure. For Voume 8, which spotlights the top records to hit our frontpage in October, we called upon internationally-known club and mixtape …
Posted by richard on 11/03/11
Filed under: Exclusives, Free Downloads, Mixtapes
New York, N.Y. -- The DJBooth has called upon guest DJ Terry Urban to assemble a hand-picked selection of October's best features for the long-awaited eighth installment of our Best of the Booth mixtape series. Featuring smash-hits by Rick Ross and Eminem, as well as bangers by such reader-approved buzzmakers as Mac …
Posted by JustinM on 11/03/11
Filed under: News, Exclusives, Featured, Interviews
New York, N.Y. -- The past year-and-a-half has marked a time of rebirth for Fat Joe; not only did the ceaselessly-grinding Big Apple mainstay achieve considerable success in 2010 with 10th studio album The Darkside, a set hailed by many critics as a return to his hardcore roots, but this summer saw him render his stage name …
Posted by richard on 11/01/11
Filed under: News, Exclusives, Interviews
New York, N.Y. -- Whether you're an aspiring artist or simply a daydreamer, you've likely fantasized about what it would be like to leave your nine-to-five grind behind and try your luck in the music game. But what is the life of an artist on the come-up really like? To answer that very question, we have launched a new, DJBooth-exclusive …
Posted by Ru Porter on 10/28/11
Filed under: Exclusives, Listening Session
Not long ago, Rich Kleiman tweeted “my little brother Wale works harder than you.” And when I met him on Oct 26, at the Gansevoort Park Hotel’s penthouse suite, he reiterated “ that’s the hardest working man right there.” I almost brushed it off until it finally dawned on me: no other rapper in recent years has had a bigger …
Posted by JustinM on 10/27/11
Filed under: News, Exclusives, Featured, Interviews
Say what you will about the endless wait for the Aftermath head honcho's third solo album, but Dre is still one of the most powerful cosigns in the hip-hop game. Just ask his latest protégé, Slim the Mobster. Though he has yet to release a project, all eyes have been on the Los Angeles representative since his …
Posted by Aadam Keeley on 10/25/11
Filed under: News, Exclusives, Concerts
New York, N.Y. -- In 1995, Mobb Deep (consisting of Queensbridge rappers Prodigy and Havoc) changed the rap world forever with the release of their instant classic The Infamous. Fast forward over 15 years, and on a chilly night in Chicago, in a room of classic hip-hop heads and younger snapback hats, it may as well have been right back …
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