| Title |
Description |
| A Real Emcee | "My hearts bleeding" because the music, and concept presented by CynOzure on "My First Demo" is deeply... |
| "All Or Nothing" Soundtrack review | All Or Nothing, the urban drama centered the gritty underworld of L.A. Hip Hop, brings a story of love... |
| A Great Day in Hip-Hop | Seven months ago, when the staff of XXL magazine first thought of redoing the "Great Day in Harlem" ... |
| Anticon + Shapeshifters @ The Living Room | I stepped into the small local venue, The Living Room, unprepared for what my eyes and ears were about... |
| ASCAP-NARAS MIDWEST MUSIC BUSINESS SEMINAR | Chicagoland’s heaviest hitters in or connected with the music industry
Thursday repeatedly embraced... |
| Baby Drew, Not Child's Play | Few rappers can spit emotional, confrontational trashy commentary-adorned with unsuspecting insults ... |
| Boom Bap Project - "Circumstance Dictates" EP | The Circumstance Dictates EP will have you wishing for a full-length album. The ever-present silhouette... |
| CHICAGO CONCERT OF BOSTON, WEST COAST, MIDWESTERN ACTS | Despite lingering presumptions that Roxbury’s Edo G. was with Da Bulldogs and not the other way ... |
| COCOA BROVAZ POST HIP-HOP SUMMIT REFLECTIONS | Although last month’s Hip-Hop Summit organized by hip-hop industrialist Russell Simmons in New York ... |
| Da Music Industry X-posed | People might not like Master P 's song titled oowwee because of the props he used in the video. But ... |
| DMC/TECHNICS CHICAGOLAND REGIONALS | A carrot-topped New England DJ-turntablist took first place Saturday in the DMC/Technics Regional competition... |
| DPZ & independent hip hop in Paris | Recently I met Gérôme, who runs his own hip hop label. I was amazed when he told me that he could introduce... |
| Drop-in Jew-els[Distribution Deals & How They Work] | You are about to experience the knowledge the industry don't want you to know.I entittled the article... |
| EXPANDED HAYMARKET RIOT | The Good Book known as the Bible says that after God flooded the world for 40 days and nights, It unveiled... |
| Fans Turn To Critics | Before the boom of the Internet and the chain of netcee-promoting websites, hip-hop was enjoyed and ... |
| Free Message Forums for Artists - Promote Your Music! | HipHopHotSpot.Com has partnered with MessageForums.Com to bring free message forums to hip hop artists... |
| From Ruffhouse Split, 2 New Labels | The upshot of that nasty Ruffhouse Records divorce is that the Philadelphia suburbs are now home to ... |
| Haymarket Riot | Hooking up media and clubs promotions and amusements for Boston acts Edo G., The Kreators, and Last... |
| Hot Spot - HotGrooves.Com | "All the hottest grooves to tune into at one place"
HotGrooves.Com brings all of the hottest... |
| How to Get Hip Hop HotSpot working for You! | HipHopHotSpot.Com offers many artists and labels muscular features to help bring their music to more... |
| IN-DEPTH SOURCE SALE REPORT | Although it has been considered an urban industry sellout for several years, The Source is literally... |
| Kenosha's Best Hip-Hop Secret | Nestled amidst the flat, mundane cornfields of Kenosha, lies one of Wisconsin's fastest growing and ... |
| Lady Sovereign - Love her or hate her | Lady Sovereign
Love her or hate her
This pint-sized female rapper from the UK has gotten comfy in... |
| LOS MARIJUANO NAME-JACKING | Chicagoland’s premier chicano rap group Los Marijuanos has enjoyed a close relationship with its... |
| MARK A'S FIRST SHOWCASE COLUMN | If you’ve got the gift of prose or shutterbugging, Louisville, KY-based
and Barry Hankerson-owned... |
| Master P | "The tanks are rounded now instead of square," explains founder and CEO of The New No Limit Records, ... |
| MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD CONCERT REVIEW | Back in the mid- to latter 1990s when Michael Franti had shed the angry-young-manliness of his Beatnigs... |
| Mimnerme Le Mot Dit | The slam poetry scene in France is one of the most unpretentious, lively and innovative facets of the... |
| MORE HARDHITTING MOBFEST UPDATE | In its five years as one of Chicagoland’s longest existing music
conferences, MOBfest (the “MOB... |
| Music Licensing - Detailed | So you have a band, a CD, a practice space, a so-so van, a couple of gigs coming up and an internet ... |
| Napster: Robbery Or Promotion? | In all reality, searching "Kermit" or "Lycos MP3 Search" just does not compare to the ease of Napster... |
| 'NIKITA BLUES' RELEASE STORY | Working on what could be best described as a modest upwardly mobile budget, the independent African... |
| NU CONCERT REVIEW | Northwestern University once strongly considered tearing down Shalney Pavilion, an ancient, blackened... |
| OZ soundtrack | More often than not, the soundtrack for a movie sets the mood of the scenes, and can create memories... |
| PROPOSED EMINEM AUSSIE BAN STORY | Australia’s latter 20th-century tolerance has taken a dip toward Eminem’s plans to perform in the Pacific... |
| Slug: Beyond the P: Atlanta Rapper brings the Heat to Wisconsin | Bearing down in 28-degree weather (customary with the pre-Christmas season in Wisconsin) ... |
| Tha Liks - From Hennessey to Hollywood | Tash, J-Ro and E-Swift may very well be the hardest working men in show business. After ten years in... |
| The Gravediggaz And Poetics Tragedy | "The Gravediggaz have achieved a long term influential status in the urban music industry, appeasing... |
| The Independent Aesthetic | This is certainly a different era for independent hip-hop. While basement
tapes have existed for years... |
| The King Gordy Story | When you can be both curiously repulsed and regrettably titillated by the musical macabre and lyricism... |