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R.I.P. Guru
And another Legend leaves this place, R.I.P. Guru! Just over a month since undergoing surgery following a heart attack, Gang Starr MC Guru (born Keith Elam) has died at age 43. According to a statement, Guru died of cancer-related causes on Monday after a long fight with the disease.
Nobody’s Smiling – 6 Rapper’s Born Without A Sense of Humor
You might have caught the search for ‘Rap’s King of Comedy’ a while back. Anyway, the obvious follow-up – as suggested resident barfly, Phillip ‘A Millie’ Mlynar, was a column on entirely humorless rappers for this PDF thing that you might have downloaded but never actually read. After downing enough »
Rick Rubin – The Man, The Myth
When Rick Rubin is written about in the media, he is either portrayed as “the most important producer of the last 20 years” or as the shaggy ‘Wolfboy’ guru who carries lapis lazuli Buddhist prayer beads and dislikes footwear. While many of the startlingly broad range of musicians that have worked »
Gil Scott-Heron: The Godfather Of Rap
Anyone who listens to hip-hop, even casually, already knows Gil Scott-Heron’s work. To name just one instance, a couple of years ago, Common sampled his 1977 anthem “We Almost Lost Detroit” on the single “The People.” Kanye West remixed “Home Is Where the Hatred Is” to create his 2005 hit “My Way Home.” And at »
Bob Dylan is Hip-Hop: A look at his influences, collaborations and parallels
RollingStone takes a peek into Bob Dylan’s influences on Hip-Hop culture broadly. It probably goes a bit too far to even suggest he is a Godfather of Hip-Hop with their headline: “Is Bob Dylan Hip-Hop’s Godfather? His Ties to Beasties, Roots, More” but they do catalog some interesting ties. Not only that, but Bob Dylan »
“If Jeezy’s Paying Lebron, I’m Paying Dwayne Wade”
“Empire State of Mind” lyrics broken down; or the part that says “If Jeezy’s Paying Lebron…” anyway.
Dopest Freestyle Battle / Fight I’ve Seen
Wow, this is pretty ridiculous. I was not expecting this to happen but it did. Check out the clip. BTW, Dumbfoundead of K-town (Los Angeles, CA) is a dope battle rapper. Some other videos of his battle emcee skills below.+
Vincent Van Gogh sampled sh** too!
“Noon At Rest” (pictured above) is one of my favorite Vincent Van Gogh paintings of all time, if not one of my favorite art pieces. It is meant to resemble the true meaning of happiness, a man with his wife, relaxing mid-day after a hard bout of work in the fields. Work, leisure, companionship, accomplishment, »
OGHH NYC artist spotlight: F. Stokes
As often as possible, OGHH will begin to profile dope emcees from the NYC area. We will try to bring as much content as possible from them and provide some background into who they are. We started things out with Justin Bates and this week, we bring you NYC resident, F. Stokes. Here’s a little bio »
Jay-Z on The Oprah Winfrey Show (video)
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