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Gucci Mane - The State vs. Radric Davis
Gucci Mane's The State vs. Radric Davis is due December 8th.
Available on iTunes: Gucci Mane
Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Gucci Mane: Wasted Music Video ft. Plies
Gucci Mane: She Gotta Friend Music Video f/Juelz Santana & Big Boi
Over at Hip Hop Press:
GUCCI MANE'S FIRST MAJOR LABEL RELEASE "THE STATE VS. RADRIC DAVIS" OUT DECEMBER 8, 2009
YC The Cynic
From Adam Bernard:
"YC The Cynic is an emcee I’ve been aware of for a number of years. I’d not only heard his name from some artists I trust and respect, but I’ve even had a handful of conversations with him. What I hadn’t seen until a few weeks ago, however, was YC The Cynic perform. Thankfully he was able to jump on the mic at the last Bondfire show and it didn’t take long for me to figure out what all the talk was about, YC The Cynic is seriously dope. He’s also young, which makes him part of the next generation of emcees in NYC."
"This week I caught up with him to find out more about what that next generation has to offer, if he’s really as cynical as his name might suggest, and why there are certain hip-hop shows were you definitely don’t want to just hit on anyone in a dress."
Read the complete interview here.
For previous Artists of the Week see ProHipHop's Adam's World category.
Gift Of Gab - Escape 2 Mars
Gift Of Gab's Escape 2 Mars is due November 3rd and will be available in vinyl November 10th.
MySpace: Gift Of Gab
Available on iTunes: Gift Of Gab
Over at Hip Hop Press:
Blackalicious Frontman Gift of Gab Conquers the Final Frontier With the Release of "Escape 2 Mars"
GIFT OF GAB TO TOUR WITH CHALI 2NA, MR. LIF, AND LYRICS BORN
Hip hop singles reshuffle in the top 10 on the Hot 100 singles chart.
Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:
1. Owl City - Fireflies
2. Jason DeRulo - Whatcha Say
3. Jay Sean - Down feat. Lil Wayne
4. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.
5. Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West - Run This Town
6. Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
7. The Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway
8. Britney Spears - 3
9. The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
10. Beyonce - Sweet Dreams
Snoop Dogg - Malice N Wonderland
Snoop Dogg's Malice N Wonderland is due December 8th and will also be avilable in a 2 lp vinyl edition.
Available on iTunes: Snoop Dogg
Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Snoop Dogg: The Lost Sessions, Vol. 1 Art & Tracklist
Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 shows some staying power as it enters its 7th week in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart though Billboard seems to be putting it in its 8th week. I'm not getting their math.
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Soundtrack - The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2. Tim McGraw - Southern Voice
3. Michael Bublé - Crazy Love
4. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
5. Miley Cyrus - The Time of Our Lives
6. The Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.
7. Taylor Swift - Fearless
8. Owl City - Ocean Eyes
9. Barbra Streisand - Love Is the Answer
10. Joss Stone - Colour Me Free
Available on iTunes: Jay-Z
Toki Wright - Devil's Advocate
Directed by Dave Wilson.
Off A Different Mirror.
MySpace: Toki Wright
Available on iTunes: Toki Wright
Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Toki Wright: A Different Mirror Album Art
McNally Smith Launches Hip-Hop Studies Program
Dizzee Rascal - Dirtee Cash
Off Tongue N' Cheek.
Available on iTunes: Dizzee Rascal
Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Dizzee Rascal: Tongue N' Cheek Album & Nike Air Max 90's
Dizzee Rascal: Holiday Music Video
Tech N9ne - Leave Me Alone
Off K.O.D.
Available on iTunes: Tech N9ne
Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Tech N9ne: K.O.D. Album Art
Tech N9ne: Red Nose Music Video
Tech N9ne: Strictly Strange DVD
Over at Hip Hop Press:
Swollen Members Leak Bollywood Chick Featuring Tech N9ne
Dorrough - Wired To The T
Off Dorrough Music.
Available on iTunes: Dorrough
Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Dorrough: Dorrough Music Album
Dorrough: Ice Cream Paint Job Music Video
Izza Kizza - Ooh La La
Directed by Decon's Yoram Benz.
Off the Connect The Dots EP.
Available on iTunes: Izza Kizza
Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Izza Kizza: I'm The Izza Kizza Music Video
Lil Wayne - No Ceilings Mixtape Trailer
Judging by the traffic to the press release, people are hungry for this man's music whether it's "No Ceiling" or No Ceilings".
Over at Hip Hop Press:
Lil Wayne to Release the No Ceiling Mixtape 10/31/09!
Here's more ammo for those bloggers who still have to fend off claims that journalism is inherently superior to blogging, leaving aside emergent facts such as more and more journalists are blogging, some bloggers break news before the journalists get to it and some bloggers have exposed serious journalistic errors.
In the above linked article, Adam L. Penenberg, author of Viral Loop: From Facebook to Twitter, How Today's Smartest Businesses Grow Themselves and a "journalism professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University", points to examples of the betrayal of journalistic ethics in relationship to book reviews. Short for time? Check the last third of the page.
Note: It's not that I think journalism is totally bankrupt, though some of my comments along the way probably sound that extreme. It's that defenders of journalism who attack blogging almost always do so in an extreme, all or nothing manner, so I respond in kind.
In the grand scheme of things, my arrogance only undermines my progress in the world but the arrogance of journalists has helped to undermine their own profession as it faces the failure of a long-standing business model.
Kam Moye aka Supastition - Splitting Image
I started the day with Virginia rappers The Clipse and am ending it with North Carolina rapper Kam Moye, aka Supastition, whose album Splitting Image is due October 27th.
Supastition was the first rapper I met via the web after starting NC Hip Hop Online. That project began with Greensboro artists I was interviewing and then became my first website. This was in the days before MySpace and many artists, such as Little Brother, had websites but the only contact point was the webmaster.
Never got a response from any of those cats but Supastition kept on eye on his page, now outdated, and dropped me a line every now and then so, though that's been awhile, it makes me particularly happy to see him getting wider attention after many years of struggle.
From MySpace:
"The rebirth of an artist with a new state of mind, Kam Moye delivers his first album, Splitting Image, under his government name. Includes the singles Let’s Be Honest, Hello Karma, and Splitting Image. Production by Jake One, Vitamin D, Khrysis, M-Phazes, Marco Polo, D.R., Veterano, and more. Guests include Phonte, One Be Lo, Zion I, Ayah, and much more."
Available on iTunes: Kam Moye
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