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Soundcheck: Return Of The Female Emcee?
posted: July 24, 2012
Last week, the music industry lost a female veteran when Ms. Melodie of Boogie Down Productions died on Wednesday. Her 1989 release Diva made her one of the first emcees to spit alongside the heavy-hitting male…
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Frank Ocean Drops Def Jam Debut
posted: July 17, 2012
One week after his groundbreaking admission that he is gay, Frank Ocean is making headlines for a different reason. HDD predicts he’ll move more than 125,000 copies of his Def Jam debut in its first week…
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Hip Hop Gets Real: Frank Ocean Comes Out
posted: July 10, 2012
Last week, Frank Ocean told the world he was gay in an open letter posted on his Tumblr account. “Whoever you are, wherever you are… I’m starting to think we’re a lot alike,” he writes.…
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Soundcheck: Hot Summer Hip-Hop
posted: July 5, 2012
The 2012 BET Awards were held Sunday night in Los Angeles, setting the tone for a sizzling summer of new music from some of hip-hop’s biggest names. Beyoncé took home the trophy for Best Female…
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Soundcheck: Chief Keef Signs To Interscope Records
posted: June 26, 2012
Chief Keef has been causing quite the stir. Just last month, his single, I Don’t Like shot up the charts after Kanye West added himself, Big Sean, Pusha T, and Jadakiss to the remix. Within…
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Soundcheck: Tito Lopez–Raising The Bar
posted: June 19, 2012
Every now and then, an artist emerges who reminds us that hip hop isn’t dead”an artist who revives the lyricism, storytelling, and passion that once made the art of rap so powerful; an artist who…
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