Jay Electronica, the New Orleans bred MC and father of Erykah Badu's baby, is hearing his name brought up as the next to blow in 2010.
His first co-sign came from Hot 97's DJ Enuff, who debated whether to play his “Exhibit C” single on the radio.
He muddled over the idea in a blog post before playing the track saying, (more...)
“I hear Drake, Drake sings and he raps and it's a mixture of it and I think it works. It's evolved Hip Hop”
In a new era of Hip Hop, rappers have come to learn how to be a jack of all trades. Outside of simply rapping, some have acquired other talents such as Eminem stepping behind the boards and becoming a producer.
Some have done away with the necessity of utilizing an R&B singer for their hooks and using their own given melody to provide chorus in a singing-like fashion.
No other artist but Fablous, whose career is epitomized by his presence (more...)
With the brothers in rhyme, Capone-N-Noreaga, linking back up, they have already started utilizing their status in Hip Hop to help bring the new year with a bang.
Reported earlier, CNN teamed up with Raekwon to align themselves under his IceWater imprint and are now on the road to bringing together their upcoming sequel The War Report II.
While touring with Raekwon in New York, Nore made sure to keep a camera close by to capture everything, which led to a drunken freestyle from (more...)
As previously reported, Teddy Riley had the internet abuzz with news that he allegedly assaulted his daughter Taja Riley and threatened to “kill someone” with the guitar from the “Rock Band” video game.
The media frenzy heightened however when pictures of his daughter with visible bruises appeared along with a heated Twitter battle between them thought to have taken place directly after the incident.
Now Riley's come forward to address his daughter's “allegations” and expressed in a statement (more...)
Trying to find a way to make himself relevant in Hip Hop again, Benzino has decided to jump into a “situation” with Royce Da 5'9”.
Starting from being sensitive about an interview to calling Slaughterhouse overrated, time is clearly of the essence to the “rapper”, but he must come to realize that the window of opportunity has long since passed by.
With the recent leak and visual for “Break to Build”, the rapper had some explaining to do as Raekwon was quick to detract any potential idea that he was pledging allegiance to the Boston native and his war against Slaughterhouse.
Stating that Rae was true in his statement, he was really unaware of the fact that (more...)
Now, when Jay-Z stated that the technology of Auto Tune was becoming a joke with Wendy's using it in their commercials, it was becoming evident that the T-Pain effect was being overdone by rappers.
The sh*t has officially hit the fan with this one though, as Flavor Flav, of Public Enemy, makes sure to get a crack with voice distortion for his music video to “I'll Never Let You Go”.
Taking a page from Kanye West, the track is a “heartfelt” ballad with Flav clearly being love struck over some girl, but c'mon now, let's be serious. What the hell is going on?
PLEASE…for the sake of HUMANITY…bury Auto Tune or just leave it to skilled professionals.
While Diddy is getting ready to ring in the New Year and provide his “safe rides” driving service for NYE party goers, he's also become the latest celebrity in Hip-Hop to file a lawsuit.
Just in time for 2010, Puff is taking the landlord responsible for his Sean John flagship store to court.
According to a lawsuit filed by the operators of his Sean John clothing line, (more...)
Most rappers coming up in the game, and even those established already have particular pinnacles that they would like to reach in regards to collaborations. For some, the idea of recording with Jay-Z is a high point that certain artists strive for.
For Young Money's Drake, not only has he been able to receive the co-sign from Jay, he now has two official studio recordings under his belt with The Blueprint III and now his own debut Thank Me Later on the track “Light Up” which he states is officially done.
Assuming that the rapper was unsatisfied with his contributions on “Off That” the young sensation ensured that he would actually have the chance to trade verses with Jigga, almost as though he felt he was (more...)
Police brutality took a turn for the worst this in 2009, with cases seemingly coming out of the proverbial wood work at every turn.
Citizen vigilance was taken to another level, thanks largely to the rise of camera phones; still, more measures are needed to make sure that those assigned to protect and serve remain faire and balanced in their duty to the people.
Enter TASER International Incorporated, maker of the much loved and dually hated TASER stun gun, to once again offer what they feel is needed to have effective law enforcement.
The company created the AXON head camera, a mobile recording device meant to be worn around the head of an officer, allowing them to capture footage of every potential incident from their vantage point.
TASER Inc. feels that their newest offering will allow officers that are falsely accused of wrongdoing to have a fair chance to clear their name while helping to catch other officers in their wrongdoing. It is also the hope of AXON's creators that police department will require the camera unit be switched on before any action is taken.
All footage collected during the day is downloaded to an offsite server when officers charge their camera for the day.
So far, only San Jose PD is using the device, with 18 of its 1,300 officers trained and equipped with AXON camera units.
A three-year contract for the system for one officer that includes software and video storage costs $5,700.
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