Lil' Kim and her assistant have been convicted of perjury and conspiracy according to an AP report. Both were also: "acquitted of obstruction of justice. Kim faces up to 20 years in prison five years each for three perjury counts and one count of conspiracy at her June 24 sentencing." The report … [Read more...]
M.I.A. on NPR
March 17, 2005 By
NPR has a feature on Sri Lankan/South London hip hop artist M.I.A. that includes 3 full length tracks off her album Arular. This stuff won't be for everybody, but I'm loving it. All I can say is check it out for yourself. Available from Amazon: M.I.A. - Arular … [Read more...]
Violence is as American as Making Money
March 17, 2005 By
As The Massacre climbs the charts mixing money and violence in a revenge cocktail to fill 50 Cent's Piggy Bank; As The Source crawls into bed with Al Sharpton to attack anti-Benzino artists who don't advertise with them and Hot 97 joins the menage to cover their history of f*ckups and illegal … [Read more...]
Quick Takes: Including RZA, Beanie Sigel, De La Soul
March 17, 2005 By
RZA will be appearing in Derailed but, more importantly, he's planning a move into directing and that's potentially huge news for filmmaking. The world of hip hop recently lost an important R&B singer, Lyn Collins, whose work was sampled by such artists as Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock, Nas, Schoolly D, … [Read more...]
New Label May Provide Hip Hop for Maggots
March 17, 2005 By
Slipknot drummer Clown aka #6 will provide multiple genres of music for maggots (Slipknot fans) with his recently launched Sanctuary Records imprint, Big Orange Clown Records. As Clown puts it: "I'm always looking for that song -- whether it's classical, country, rap, hip-hop, hardcore, metal, … [Read more...]
