Interviews

Here’s another event noting the end of mass media, as we know it. Radiohead recently made individual tracks from their song “Nude” available for download on iTunes. These tracks consist of various components of the song: vocals, bass, guitars,...

IVENS-SOUNDS TO EXPIRE TO OBESE RECORDS This review, along with all my others, are obviously geared towards certain types of Hip Hop fans. The type of fans that ignore the commercially saturated radio waves and so called video channels. The...

Let’s talk about the progression between “Built 4 Cuban Linx” and “Immobilarity.” R: Number one, when I made “Cuban Links” I was kind of a young cat. My mind was basically street mentality. That’s all I...

Here are some highlights from NARM's 50th Anniversary Conference's Digital NARM 2008 San Francisco Marriott. NARM is the premiere event for those in the business of selling recorded music. This year's event embraced the digital part of the music...

NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) is celebrating its 50th year in business. This year’s NARM Convention will take place at the San Francisco Marriott on May 4-7. Also taking center stage during NARM’s annual conference is Digital NARM,...

Not sure if you heard about the new Nine Inch Nail’s album. They’ve made it available in many different configurations and options-- including a version that’s free. The interesting story here isn’t how many fans will download it for...

SMIF-N-WESSUN TAKE IT UP A NOTCH WITH "THE ALBUM"   By Khalid Strickland a.k.a. Dirty Angel    Still "Shinin'"...      I’m from the borough of Brooklyn for real.  I didn’t move there once things got sweet like the yuppies and hipsters who claim it...

WITH A FRESH START, STYLES P  READIES "SUPER" NEW ALBUM By Khalid Strickland a.k.a. Dirty Angel The streets may now rejoice... When I first interviewed Styles P, around this same time last year coincidentally, the self-proclaimed “hardest rapper out” wasn’t in the...

Interview conducted and submitted by Young Lordette Hip Hop, born from the Black-Nuyo-Rican Uptown ghettos of the seventies is the call to revolution that still beats in our blood. From the South Bronx to South Africa, Puerto Rico to Palestine...

IT AIN'T THAT HARD OUT HERE FOR A PIMP: SOAKING UP GAME WITH PIMPIN' KEN By Khalid Strickland a.k.a. Dirty Angel     Internationally known, nationally recognized & locally accepted.    In their catchy Oscar award-winning song, crunk rappers Three-6 Mafia claim, “It’s Hard Out Here For...