Vibe Magazine had Diddy, proclaiming the “Ruler
Was Back” last month and this month they’ve got Eminem and 50,
talking about how their relationship grew from merely business partners to
being “like brothers” now. They’re looking real mean on the
cover, but something about Fif‘s beard says something else. Once
again, that Cocaine-flow is back, with Jeezy and Clipse features
in the December issue and instead of talking music, they’re talking love with Jay-Z
and Beyonce, coining the phrase, “Jayonce” for the
musically inclined power couple.
After Rolling Stone covered the more mainstream artists in their
“2006 Hip Hop Report”, like Diddy, Nas, Jeezy, 2Pac and Lady
Sov November issue, they covered something that a lot of people may have
missed in an article entitled, “Life After Hip-Hop”. They spoke
with Willie D of the Geto Boys‘ whose been known for years in the
boxing circuit is now living in Azerbaijan, (between Russia in Iran) making
real-estate moves. Saying about the culture change. “ It took
some time getting used to. You’re going to have some problems going tot
he bathroom when you start eating that food and you’ll get your ass killed if
you talk about the government.” Mele Mel is trying to
become a wrestler in the WWE under the name Muscles Simmons, but he’s
moonlighting as an exotic dancer and is thinking about starting something
similar to the Chippendales, but with black males. Wow. Roxanne Shante
had her schooling paid for by Warner Bros., Kid-N-Play are working on a
movie, Salt-N-Pepa and MC Serch on getting their reality show on
and DJ Yella has directed over “50 porn movies” while still
waiting on a reunion album.
Scratch Magazine this month has producer Hi-Tek and MC Talib
Kweli on the cover, hopefully to discuss a possible reunion. They
also talk with DJ Shadow and Large Professor about their new
projects. They also have a feature on the M-I-YAYO, specifically, with the
production team of Cool & Dre, producer DJ Khaled, and
of course, MC Ricky Rawwws. Clipse review their own album
and they take a look back at Organized Noize’s influence on southern
music.
In the upcoming issue of Urb Magazine, Perry Farrell and Immortal
Technique share the dual cover and talk about their beliefs, their critics,
their fans and their politics. XXL covers Jigga, “The
Presidential MC” in an un-matched in-depth interview. They talk with
Styles P about keeping your head up, even with all the delays. A feature on
the Clipse and Coke-coke-crack-rap with Juelz and Fat
Joe again. They also do a feature on rappers who retire, ( Baby of
Cash Money says he’s retiring in this issue as well) and ultimately when
they give up on retirement and come back to the game.
