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interview

K-OS: He's Not Hip Hop...Or Is He?

"(The US has)a different idea of what urban, black hip hop is and a lot of their minds are fixed." True indeed.

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Pharoahe Monch - Desire

Whatever Pharoahe's aspiration was, let's just hope it inspires other rappers to step their fucking games up and try and compete with his Desire.

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T.I. vs. T.I.P. Album Cover Has Split Personality

Last year's king of the sales charts returns July 3rd with album number five, check out the cover.

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KRS-One & Marley Marl - Hip Hop Lives

Hip Hop these days really isn't much different than a Happy Meal - cheaply manufactured, mass-produced, no nutrition, childish, full of gimmicks and unsatisfying, fake beef.

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editorial

Critical Minded: Hip Hop, Time To Grow Up

When did the hip hop community and its stars refuse to accept any responsibility for the shit that we cause? The Media shouldn

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50 Cent's Album Pushed Back

50 Cent's Curtis has been pushed back a few months from its original June 26th release date

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50 Cent's Curtis Cover Art

G-Unit general 50 Cent's highly anticipated Curtis is on the way, we've got the cover. Fresh or wack?

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50 Cent Protested By Church

Christians are now protesting 50 Cent and his choice of jewelry, namely the large diamond-encrusted cross around his neck

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Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth

Ali has taken his already introspective variety of music and made one of the more personal and moving albums that Hip Hop has ever seen.

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HipHopDX Teams Up With Yahoo! Music

We've joined forces with Yahoo! Music to create our very own radio station that currently spans two decades of hip hop

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Royce & Primo Dropping New Mixtape

The dream team of Royce Da 5'9 and DJ Premier have teamed up Statik Selektah to drop The Bar Exam on April 10th

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Devin The Dude - Waiting To Inhale

Everyone has opinions. I can respect that - to each their own, as the saying goes. That doesn't mean I can respect the opinions of others. So what opin's can lead to swift dismissal from me? Listening to a Devin The Dude album and not becoming a fan

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Redman - Red Gone Wild

Don't be foolish enough to expect any new and improved Reggie Noble; he may not be permanently clad in a bubble goose, timbs and a tissue stuck up his nose on that PPP shit, but Red Gone Wild is still some good ol' Brick City mashin.

editorial

Paid Dues 2007: Indy Rappers Bring It To Cali

The second annual Paid Dues Festival rocked southern California on Saturday, we've got a recap and plenty of pics of how it went down!

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HHDX News Bits (Sunday)

Murs heads to a major label, Atmosphere finishes up their sixth album and 2/3's of Company Flow reunite at Paid Dues

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Nas, Wu, Rage, Roots, DOOM & Mos to Rock The Bells

Another year, another monsterous Rock The Bells Festival featuring over 25 artists including a Rage Against The Machine reunion, check out the full line up!

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DJ Khaled Brings Star Studded Line Up For New LP

Miami's DJ Khaled hooks up with T.I., Game, Rick Ross, Lil' Wayne, Fat Joe, Bun B, Jadakiss and many more for his sophomore album We The Best

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El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead

El-P's hyper-intelligent paranoia raps are every bit as cinematic and affecting as his 2025 post-apocolypse New York soundtracks.

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Canibus Makes 1000 Bar Song?!?!?

As Canibus prepares to release For Whom The Beat Tolls he talks about his 1000 bar multi-layered Poet Laureate Infinity

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Jay Continues To Hold Up Omillio Sparks' Album?

Omillio Sparks says Jay is putting more red tape around the release of his album due to the inclusion of Def Jam artists Freeway & Peedi Peedi

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Rich Boy - Rich Boy

By the time you hit the trifecta of the Needlz produced Gangsta, Brian Kidd's Get To Poppin' and Outkast producer Mr. DJ's And I Love You, it becomes very apparent that the only reason you're listening to this album is for the production