C Notes: Drake’s Single Doesn’t Suck: The “Over” Reaction Overreaction

March 6th, 2010 | By admin

The music world, or hip-hop at least, held its collective breath yesterday (March 4) to hear Drake ’s first official single, “Over,” off his upcoming debut, Thank Me Later . Huge! Epic! Countdown!

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The Roots’ ‘How I Got Over’ Out in June

March 6th, 2010 | By admin

After months of taunting patient fans, the Roots have finally announced an official release date for their long overdue album ‘How I Got Over.’ According to a Thursday night (March 4) tweet from drummer and producer Questlove , the group’s ninth studio album will finally hit stores on June 8 — a year later than it’s original release date. Initially scheduled …

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Dj khaled (Feat. Jim Jones & Schife – Ball ( New hot music February 2010 )

February 26th, 2010 | By admin

Kid Cudi – Highs N Lows ( New hot musik February 2010 )

February 21st, 2010 | By admin

Hip Hop Matters: Politics, Pop Culture, and the Struggle for the Soul of a Movement (Paperback)

February 19th, 2010 | By admin

From Publishers Weekly
Beneath the glitz and glut of mainstream hip-hop, there’s an underground movement of “conscious rap,” political angst and an anticapitalist ethos that would make even Bill Gates throw his hands in the air. That conscious rap is what Watkins, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin, champions in this solid book. It’s an ambitious attempt to cover a culture that began in the late ’70s and is now an almost universal influence on global youth. Watkins wisely chooses to focus on what has not been said—like that it was a 43-year-old woman who produced hip-hop’s first hit, “Rapper’s Delight,” or that hip-hop lit is one of the fastest-growing markets in book publishing. He tells his version of hip-hop’s history in lyrical prose, often mirroring the rhythms and wordplay of the music he’s discussing. He doesn’t assert an overt thesis, but it’s clear he believes that the more conscious, political hip-hop (think Common instead of Fifty C (more…)