Twenty two years ago today on March 9th, 1997 the Hip-Hop music world lost a legendary and iconic rapper, The Notorious B.I.G. This is the last interview he did on BET’s Rap City music video show, recored on February 24th, 1997. He was on Rap City to promote the release of his sophomore album Life after Death (1997), the follow up to his now classic debut album Ready to Die (which is turning 25 this year). In this interview he talks …
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With the upcoming Season four of HBO’s Game of Thrones airing April 6th, the cable channel decided to add a Hip-Hop mixtape to their promotional material for the show. Catch The Throne: The Mixtape (not to be confused with Jay-Z & Kanye West’s Watch The Throne) features artists such as Big Boi, Magazeen, Bodega Bamz, Daddy Yankee, Dominik Omega, Dee Goodz, Snow tha Product, Common, and Wale. It’s mainly a Hip-Hop based project with some Reggaeton influence courtesy of Daddy Yankee, and Dancehall courtesy of Magazeen. Each artist gives their take …
Patrick Denard Douthit aka 9th Wonder keeps it 100. The Grammy award winning producer co-founded the hip-hop trio Little Brother in 1998, including MC’s Phonte and Big Pooh. Although their debut album The Listening (2003) is a classic, 9th kept getting crazy placement on other important albums: Jay Z’s Black Album (2003), Destiny Child’s Destiny Fulfilled (2004), Mary J. Blige’s The Breakthrough (2005), and Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah 1 (2008) and 2 (2010), not to mention the slew of critically acclaimed (personal …
As mentioned in a TMG post last month, A Tribe Called Quest rapper Phife Dawg made a tribute single to the late producer and rapper J Dilla. Here we have Phife Dawg’s recently released music video for “Dear Dilla.” The music video was directed by Konee Rok, and the beat was done by DJ Rasta Root. The music video for “Dear Dilla” premiered on February sixth in Atlanta, and February seventh (Dilla Day) in Detroit. Enjoy, J Dilla forever! Phife …
One of the great emcees of Hip-Hop passed on 14 years ago today February 7th. Big Pun (short for Big Punisher), whose name is mentioned along side other great emcees such as Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Tupac, and The Notorious B.I.G. A skilled emcee, known for his use of alliteration, internal and multi-syllabic rhyming schemes, who at the time of his passing had two albums out; Capital Punishment (1998) and Yeeeah Baby (2000). Pun passed away while his music career was just about to take off …
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