Hip Hop's Rookie Class 97'

You can't say this isn't hard. Mos, DMX, Forte, Geronimo, Big Pun & Canibus. That's a pretty crazy line up. Nevertheless, I must say, that there were a bunch that didn't come as hard as I expected. Mos and Pun killed it. Check it out

VH1's Hip Hop Honors

The Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors are on their way. Monday night 10/8c. De La Soul finally get their ups in this installment. Other artists getting honored, Naughty By Nature, Cypress Hill, Slick Rick and the bay's own Too $hort! And as usual, the performances are going to be ill, featuring artists like, Bun B, Ghostface, Q-Tip, Biz Markie & many more. To be honest, last years were... alright, but what can I say Hip-Hop is love fa sho...

Hip Hop for Sale

1520 Sedgwick Ave. the birthplace of Hip-Hop is set to be sold for an estimated 7.5 million dollars. Kind of crazy to think that the place that began a movement is about to be sold for less than 1/10th of what Jay-Z makes. It must have been crazy to be there in its day. The worst part, the sale of the building is putting the future of the building's 100+ residents in jeopardy. Now the placed that housed Hip-Hop, won't be home to anyone. But I guarantee, the essence will always remain.

He said, she said...

"Hip hop is vintage."

- Hieroglyphics

Rise Of The Revolution - Live!

Check out "Rise of the Revolution" Saturday, January 12.  For tickets visit RiseOfTheRevolution.com/contact Armin.

Hi-Res Images of Works From The Smithsonian's RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop & Contemporary Portrait Exhibit

Some sick hi-res stuff for your viewing pleasure from The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery's exhibit entitled RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop & Contemporary Portraiture. The resized photo of Erykah above was taken by David Scheinbaum. The exhibit is scheduled to run from February 8 to October 26, 2008. (Link)

EDIT: Photo removed per request of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Guess you gotta go there and see it for yourself!

New Year's Eve: Champions of the Arena III

So we all know New Year's is around the corner. Who's all down to go party and have a fucking good time?! Check out the flyer to see the line up, PEACE!

Music: Just because

So I decided to just post something, because there hasn't been any feedback, and I figure , we need to see what you people think. What do you want to hear about? What's important to you? Because I guess there are some things that you aren't ready to hear about. So listen to this freestyle on the last episode of Yo! MTV Raps. Let us know what you want to hear. And..

check out this CD. Beyond Reasonable Doubt. Put out by Dame Dash, and some other old school Roc members, busting shit out over some Jay-Z beats

KRS-ONE Talks @ Hip Hop Honors

What do you guys think?