Cameroon: Ihims Puts Together Second Album (AllAfrica.com)
This new Album titled Achu, advocating national integration, stands alone as one of the few authentic original afro-beat albums in this age of rap and funk.
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Who is hip-hop's richest star? (Stuff)
Rap star 50 Cent has overtaken Jay-Z to be named the Hip-Hop Cash King of 2008.
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LL Cool J Teams With Sears (MuchMusic.com)
LL Cool J shows us that he’s still got the skillz on the 1’s & 2’s in a new photo spread for…Sears? The rap star is pushing merchandise for the retail giant's Fall 2008 campaign. LL appears with his family in the photo spread.
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My Album's Out: GZA (Vibe Magazine)
My Album's Out: GZA The Genius of the Wu-Tang Clan breaks down his new solo album, Pro Tools
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Rush & Molloy: One LL of a message for President Bush (New York Daily News)
President Bush, LL Cool J has a few questions for you. Joining Nas, Q-Tip and Jay-Z in turning rap away from pimpin' and toward politics, the elder statesman of hip hop subjects Dubya to a blistering interrogation on his new cut, "Mr. President."
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Rapper Ice Cube talks about N.W.A's 'Straight Outta Compton' (AM New York)
Twenty years after the album's release, Ice Cube considers its ramifications. The Jheri Curl is long gone, and the scowl, well, Ice Cube still has that, but he uses it selectively now. It was 20 years ago this month that the group N.W.A -- with Cube as its most vital lyricist -- released the shocking "Straight Outta Compton." They called their music "reality rap," but everyone else just ...
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CD Review: Circumference (Santa Fe Reporter)
Hometown boy Circumference hits the Southwest with underground hip-hop. The self-taught musician layers beats, scratches and catchy hooks with well-put-together rhymes for an album that is critical of the mainstream hip-hop and rap community.
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Nas Calls on Rap's Veterans to 'Get Real' (Teen Music)
Nas insists its his rap peers' duty to "get real" and "take risks" as they become hip-hop veterans.
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Live Music! (Portland Tribune)
HIP-HOP Ice Cube Kanye West may try to lay claim to hip-hop’s crown, but he has to wrest that from Ice Cube’s street-savvy hands. The original gangsta rapper is back with a new album, “Raw Footage.” Tough and unapologetic (and intelligent and ironic), ...
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Hip-hop's cash kings 2008 (International Herald Tribune)
Unlike most pop and rock musicians, who make the bulk of their earnings from record sales and tours, rappers have more diversified portfolios.
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