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[Hype Hype Hooray] Rappers, Drugs and Money: The Dark Underbelly of Hip-Hop

Every [two weeks?] Jamie Hale takes a long, hard look at the music industry and the blog scene that feeds it. Here, he releases those findings and makes snarky, sarcastic remarks. Admittedly, both Jamie and Knox Road are a part of this scene. So sue us.

On Tuesday, a jury found James Rosemond, […]

Jamie

iCatching

Originally from Lexington, KY, iCatching (birth name Tiffany Catching), is trying to work her way into the hip-hop world with the help of super fly producer David Starfire. She’s pretty new to the game, and doesn’t have a lot of music to her name, but her first single, “Music,” shows a lot […]

Bob

B.o.B

I think I have some sort of a connection to the rap artist B.o.b. If you can figure out why, I’ll shake your hand. Anyway, his newest single “I’ll be in the sky” is playing on heavy rotation on the music video circuit. And I normally wouldn’t care about the music video circuit, but […]

Bob

Universal Mind Control?

I am very disappointed with the newest release from Common, “Universal Mind Control.” For a man that is known for having made what some consider to be the best hip-hop song of all time (I used to love H.E.R.), this is mediocre beyond all belief. Apparently, now hip-hop is Common’s “bitch.” Common used […]

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Kanye, you did it to me again.

So at first, I was planning on writing how much I did not like the newest Kanye West album “808s and Heartbreak”. I was going to even make some claims about how the auto-tune should not be allowed to exist. It was going to be such a well thought-out post. But then […]