Youngsters Crank Dat in Dance Class MIT's Henry Jenkins relates his own experience of the Crank Dat phenomenon and the work of his students who include Xiaochang Li. He mentions that Xiachang's post "generated some interesting responses from the hip hop blogosphere". More … [Read more...]
Jacob the Jeweler Pleads Guilty, Some Charges Dropped
October 31, 2007 By
Jacob the Jeweler pled guilty Wednesday in a plea bargain in which money laundering charges were dropped:No sentencing date was immediately set by U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn. Terms of the plea agreement call for Arabov to serve up to 46 months in prison and pay a $2 million (€1.38 million) … [Read more...]
Saul Williams Remixes Nine Inch Nails on Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D & So Can You!
October 31, 2007 By
Nine Inch Nails - Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D [CD/DVD] Nine Inch Nails aka Trent Reznor is releasing an album of remixes from Year Zero on November 20th titled Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D. According to the press release, Saul Williams has two remix tracks, gunshots by computer and survivalism. And for those of you who … [Read more...]
Albums: Hurricane Chris’ 51/50 Ratchet Debuts at #24
October 31, 2007 By
Hurricane Chris - 51/50 Ratchet It's a country/rock/Christmas shindig in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart with no hip hop in sight cause hip hop is dead, dead, dead. Yet rap lives on* with Hurricane Chris' 51/50 Ratchet debuting at no. 24. Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200: 1. Carrie … [Read more...]
50 Cent/Pontiac Link w/JBL’s Audio Gear
October 31, 2007 By
50 Cent, Pontiac, JBL Audio 50 Cent's got some sort of endorsement deal with JBL, a consumer audio company who are described in their press release as having "outfitted rapper 50 Cent's (a.k.a. Curtis Jackson) new Pontiac G8 performance sedan with an 800-watt JBL audio system, JBL PX600.2 … [Read more...]
