Fresh Fest Celebrates Golden Era Hip Hop
Classic Hip Hop stars hit the stage for Fresh Fest. The concerts help celebrate the genre's sounds and creators from the golden era of Hip Hop. A variety of artists participate throughout various shows. Some of the featured acts...
10 questions with MyVerse (conducted by CyPhEr777)
I recently caught up with poet and emcee extraordinaire MyVerse to answer 10 questions pertaining to all things music. Here's what she had to say:
What is your vision of Hip Hop’s future?
I see Hip Hop rebuilding its conscious...
Hip Hop veteran, Buckshot, talks about the music industry and gives advice to artists...
One of Hip Hop's most respected lyricists, Buckshot, talks about his career, the music industry, and success after nearly two decades in Hip Hop. During a Duck Down Records' 15 year anniversary show, the emcee, whose career was launched...
The prince of the new recorded music economy: Jeff Price’s Tunecore, empowering artists to...
Jeff Price is the prince of the new music economy. In an environment where major labels are less likely than ever to easily produce a new Platinum selling act, highly unlikely to score a Diamond selling one, and site’s...
Nas to Def Jam
Bob Lefsetz, respected music industry insider and pundit released an interesting letter via his newsletter the Lefsetz Letter. The memo is apparently from Nas to Def Jam heads, letting them know that he's not thrilled with them and their...
Birthday Bash for Hip Hop’s most distinct artist- Kool Keith
KOOL KEITH'S BIRTHDAY BASH Featuring performances by Ultramagnetic MCs and DJs Large Professor and OG Chino!
Brooklyn Bodega, producers of the annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival, has partnered with RockSmith Tokyo and EVR to host Kool Keith's Birthday Bash....
Slayer- still killin’ ’em three decades later
During the '80s, Def Jam was known for developing the most unique artists in Hip Hop. Looking back on those early days, they broke the mold after bringing talent such as The Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Public Enemy,...
Grammy winning and Platinum selling Naughty by Nature discusses the music industry
In this exclusive interview with Hip Hop stars Naughty by Nature, Vin Rock and Treach talk about what it takes to make it in the music industry today. Although they state that it's now a "veteran's game," they also...
What an indie Hip Hop act (or any artist) can learn from this self-published...
Too many times, artists of all genres look only to their own immediate world for both creative and business inspiration. The problem is that those same ideas are recycled over and over again by many within that space. I...
