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April 16, 2012
Q&A: Big Baby Gandhi On Rap Battling At Nine, Rebelling In The Facebook Era, And Getting Das Racist's Attention With Negative YouTube Comments
"Gandhi Mandhi was the name that they called him/ Now the honeys call me Young Kama Sutra/ Old white people real mad 'cause I'm the future." That cheeky rap is from "Boogie Nights," a jubilant track on Das Racist affiliate Big Baby Gandhi's recent mixtape No1 2 Look Up 2. The free tape is packed wit ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2011
Excerpt: Dirty South: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, And The Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop, Wherein Scarface Recalls His Mental-Health-Ward Days
Also-beloved friend-of-SOTC Ben Westhoff's new book, Dirty South: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop, will be available on May 1st from Chicago Review Press. This excerpt focuses on Southern pioneers Geto Boys and particularly beloved rapper Scarfa ... More >>
Blogs
December 10, 2010
Q&A: Dan Charnas, Author Of The Big Payback: The History Of The Business Of Hip-Hop, On Industry Rule #4080, Hot 97, And Lyor Cohen's CD Collection
Dan Charnas' epic The Big Payback (New American Library/Penguin) retells the saga of hip-hop's rise from ghetto defense mechanism to global cultural powerhouse through the eyes of the businessman who sold it, first to America's kids, then to the corporate world. A former Source writer and the ... More >>
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December 10, 2010
Week In Review: Stop Looking At My Moms
In the week we continued counting down the worst songs of 2010, noting atrocities from Susan Boyle, Liz Phair, Christina Aguilera, Jackyl, and NeverShoutNever, and Die Antwoord, we also began our overall year in review, listing the 10 biggest music stories of 2010, our 10 favorite concerts, t ... More >>
Music
October 27, 2009
Def Jam at 25
The Yankees of hip-hop labels, reconsidered
Blogs
June 29, 2009
Who Killed Jay-Z's Barber?
For a song that's all about killing certain trends (auto-tune, mostly, and skinny jeans) and jumpstarting other, more presumably acceptable trends (wearing black, Versace sunglasses, etc.), what are we to make of Jay-Z's current haircut in the video for "D.O.A."? What to even call it? Is there a w ... More >>
Blogs
May 27, 2009
Live: Drake Offers Up Chicken Breasts and Pinot Grigio at S.O.B.'s
Drake S.O.B.'s Tuesday, May 26 The banner behind the stage at S.O.B.'s last night' read, "Who's Next" but Drake, the Degrassi-famous member of Lil' Wayne's Yung Money crew, is right now. He's the finished product with a movie star smirk that seems to suggest he genuinely appreciates the love whil ... More >>
Blogs
December 19, 2007
Lupe Fiasco's Frustrating Gift
Drake S.O.B.'s Tuesday, May 26 The banner behind the stage at S.O.B.'s last night' read, "Who's Next" but Drake, the Degrassi-famous member of Lil' Wayne's Yung Money crew, is right now. He's the finished product with a movie star smirk that seems to suggest he genuinely appreciates the love whil ... More >>
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October 21, 2007
CMJ Day Five: Finishing the Week with the Fader
Drake S.O.B.'s Tuesday, May 26 The banner behind the stage at S.O.B.'s last night' read, "Who's Next" but Drake, the Degrassi-famous member of Lil' Wayne's Yung Money crew, is right now. He's the finished product with a movie star smirk that seems to suggest he genuinely appreciates the love whil ... More >>
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August 30, 2007
Status Ain't Hood Interviews Q-Tip
Drake S.O.B.'s Tuesday, May 26 The banner behind the stage at S.O.B.'s last night' read, "Who's Next" but Drake, the Degrassi-famous member of Lil' Wayne's Yung Money crew, is right now. He's the finished product with a movie star smirk that seems to suggest he genuinely appreciates the love whil ... More >>
Blogs
January 17, 2007
DJ Drama and Don Cannon Arrested on Some Bullshit
Drake S.O.B.'s Tuesday, May 26 The banner behind the stage at S.O.B.'s last night' read, "Who's Next" but Drake, the Degrassi-famous member of Lil' Wayne's Yung Money crew, is right now. He's the finished product with a movie star smirk that seems to suggest he genuinely appreciates the love whil ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2006
Scarface Stubbornly Refuses to Make an Actual Album
Drake S.O.B.'s Tuesday, May 26 The banner behind the stage at S.O.B.'s last night' read, "Who's Next" but Drake, the Degrassi-famous member of Lil' Wayne's Yung Money crew, is right now. He's the finished product with a movie star smirk that seems to suggest he genuinely appreciates the love whil ... More >>
Blogs
November 29, 2005
The Murder Inc. Trial: The Defense Rests
Drake S.O.B.'s Tuesday, May 26 The banner behind the stage at S.O.B.'s last night' read, "Who's Next" but Drake, the Degrassi-famous member of Lil' Wayne's Yung Money crew, is right now. He's the finished product with a movie star smirk that seems to suggest he genuinely appreciates the love whil ... More >>
Blogs
November 21, 2005
Irv Gotti Trial: 50 Cent Shooting To Be Admitted?
Drake S.O.B.'s Tuesday, May 26 The banner behind the stage at S.O.B.'s last night' read, "Who's Next" but Drake, the Degrassi-famous member of Lil' Wayne's Yung Money crew, is right now. He's the finished product with a movie star smirk that seems to suggest he genuinely appreciates the love whil ... More >>
Film
April 19, 2005
Film
Drake S.O.B.'s Tuesday, May 26 The banner behind the stage at S.O.B.'s last night' read, "Who's Next" but Drake, the Degrassi-famous member of Lil' Wayne's Yung Money crew, is right now. He's the finished product with a movie star smirk that seems to suggest he genuinely appreciates the love whil ... More >>
News
April 20, 2004
A Fistful of Mighta Been
How the Miramax of Music Soundbombed
News
November 25, 2003
The Last Hustle
Jay-Z Leaves Hip-Hop With Something to Remember Him By—The Black Album, With Matching Sneakers
Music
January 15, 2002
Kings of New York
Jay-Z Leaves Hip-Hop With Something to Remember Him By—The Black Album, With Matching Sneakers

Blogs

Q&A: Big Baby Gandhi On Rap Battling At Nine, Rebelling In The Facebook Era, And Getting Das Racist's Attention With Negative YouTube Comments

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Excerpt: Dirty South: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, And The Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop, Wherein Scarface Recalls His Mental-Health-Ward Days

Blogs

Q&A: Dan Charnas, Author Of The Big Payback: The History Of The Business Of Hip-Hop, On Industry Rule #4080, Hot 97, And Lyor Cohen's CD Collection

Blogs

Week In Review: Stop Looking At My Moms

Music

Def Jam at 25

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Who Killed Jay-Z's Barber?

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Live: Drake Offers Up Chicken Breasts and Pinot Grigio at S.O.B.'s

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Lupe Fiasco's Frustrating Gift

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CMJ Day Five: Finishing the Week with the Fader

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Status Ain't Hood Interviews Q-Tip

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DJ Drama and Don Cannon Arrested on Some Bullshit

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Scarface Stubbornly Refuses to Make an Actual Album

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The Murder Inc. Trial: The Defense Rests

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Irv Gotti Trial: 50 Cent Shooting To Be Admitted?

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A Fistful of Mighta Been

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The Last Hustle

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