Tony Wilson's new label F4 Records kicked off this week with its first release from Manchester grime collective Raw-T, a single called Where We Live with an album to follow in March. Universal Music Group has launched Machete Music, an LA based urban Latin label which expects to do 15 signings by … [Read more...]
Quick Takes
February 25, 2005 By
Rolling Stone features The Game and covers Common's next album with production by Kanye West and J-Dilla plus a brief bit on rap elements in Beck's upcoming Guero. MTV's 100th channel will focus on Africa. Apparently Ludacris got a bit too demanding regarding appearance fees at a Denver club during … [Read more...]
50 Cent: #1 Single, Early Album Release, G-Unit Radio
February 25, 2005 By
50 Cent's Candy Shop is No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100. Billboard also looks at the pushed up release of The Massacre that features exclusive content as one foil to bootlegging. The article mentions that Mar. 25th will mark the weekly debut of G-Unit Radio on Eminem's Shade 45 channel at Sirius … [Read more...]
Editorial Moment: Domestic Violence in Hip Hop
February 25, 2005 By
Vibe has posted the Elizabeth Mendez Berry article Love Hurts: "Rap's Black Eye" online with free access and it's well worth a read. But the reality is that, regardless of the progressive elements in hip hop, on the whole we are not prepared to deal with such issues. For one thing, these problems … [Read more...]
