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Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Leave The Smack And The Crack For The Wack

Lupe Fiasco sits down with 'The Wikipedia Files' to fact check his own Wikipedia page [RR] "Gangsta Killers" Wale, Drake and Kid Cudi are among GQ's Men of the Year [KYU] While Oprah has no current plans to launch...

huny  |  11/17/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Rap Snacks, SoulTube

Murs Pontificates On The Lack Of Women In Hip-Hop

Hey rap fans, to what do you attribute the lack of female emcees? The predicament itself isn't new, nor is the sentiment that it's due in part to rampant misogyny. What is refreshing, however, is that this conundrum is being...

huny  |  09/23/2009 at 2:00 PM  |  Comments (8)  |  Permalink

Crowd Participation

Dissecting the 51st Annual Grammy Award Nominations: Who 'Should' Win? Who 'Will' Win?

The Grammy Awards are like a family reunion, complete with party crashing cousins who no one really wanted to invite anyway, embittered elders who smile condescendingly at all their good-for-nothing progeny, and people make fools of themselves but no one...

Soul Bounce  |  02/06/2009 at 7:00 PM  |  Comments (8)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Don't Give Up The Fight

Busta Rhymes and Ron Browz have a new single called "Pop Champagne" that celebrates this historical moment. [MTV]Not all that inspired by President-elect Obama's speech: Lupe Fiasco. What did it for him? Jesse Jackson's tears. [2DB]The Bernie Mac and...

Ro  |  11/07/2008 at 10:00 AM  |  Leave a Comment  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: In A Pop Generation

Jay-Z is scheduled to perform two free concerts this weekend in support of Barack Obama. [SR]T.I. showed his swagger along with Jay and LuLu during his album release concert in New York City. [MTV]Does there really need to be...

Harlem  |  10/02/2008 at 10:00 AM  |  Permalink

First Spin

The Unnecessary 'Paris, Tokyo' Remix

I guess it can be argued that most remixes are unneeded, but for "Paris, Tokyo" this is truly the case. Lupe Fiasco fills the original with lyrical niceness, and he even manages to sing his own hook effectively. It's one...

Ro  |  09/23/2008 at 4:30 PM  |  Comments (4)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Feel It

OK, Solange, you can sit down now. Beyoncé is coming back like gangbusters this November. [BB]Usher is pregnant again. [ITW]Lupe Fiasco plans to hang up the mic after his third album is released next year. [TRU]The lead singer of...

Butta  |  09/10/2008 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

Video SoulBounce

'Everyone Nose' That '80s Nostalgia Is Starting To Get Old? Right?

Born in the mid-1970s, I grew up in the '80s and love to reminisce about all the fun things that filled my childhood just as much as the next person. Many an afternoon was spent whiling my time playing Space...

ill Mami  |  08/07/2008 at 1:00 PM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Hold On To Your Love

Has Mya's career gone to the dogs? [C+D]So who will be rocking these new Nike Air Yeezy's other than Kanye West? [TRU]Whoever advised Memphis Bleek that appearing and rapping in this Garnier Fructis commercial would be a good look,...

Butta  |  08/04/2008 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Soul-Poll

Soul-Poll Results Episode: And The Dopest MC Out Right Now Is.....

We'd like to thank everyone for telling MTV where to stick it. Our Dopest MC poll has come to a close and the winner is revealed after the bounce. You know you wanna click! The image above represents 4 of...

nOvaMatic  |  06/25/2008 at 12:30 PM  |  Comments (8)  |  Permalink

First Spin

Crank That or Shank That: New Tracks from Lupe, Macy Gray, Blu & More

Now comes that part of the week where we play catch up. Today we highlight some of the noteworthy tracks that arrived on our radar this week via an intrepid PR rep, a close friend, or another blog. We're doing...

nOvaMatic  |  06/06/2008 at 3:00 PM  |  Comments (5)  |  Permalink

Rap Snacks

Appreciate Hip Hop With Our Top Picks

It's Hip Hop Appreciation Week in case you didn't know. Generally anything with "appreciation" in its title harkens back to a far gone time that people often feel the need to reminisce about, almost to the point of eulogizing it. We've attempted...

ill Mami  |  05/23/2008 at 1:00 PM  |  Comments (8)  |  Permalink

Media Watch

Hot or Not? Kanye is MTV's #1

Well, that was pretty anti-climactic, wasn't it?When it comes to things like rankings, we can engage in pointed, light-hearted discussion, we can poke fun, we can take it seriously, or we can take it personally. The passion with which Hip...

nOvaMatic  |  05/19/2008 at 1:00 PM  |  Comments (14)  |  Permalink

First Spin, We Hear

Kanye Vs. Lupe? With Any Luck This is True

Not that we want anything to endanger the execution of the oft-mythologized CRS project, but this is too juicy not to post. According to HamptonRoads, Kanye got into it with Lupe Fiasco over a verse for the "Everyone Nose" remix,...

nOvaMatic  |  05/13/2008 at 4:00 PM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

Mixtape Roundup

Return of the Roundup

TRUE KNOWLEDGE RADIO: The Best of Prince Vs. The Best of Michael Jackson [TKR]SOUNDNEXX: Tranquil Sundays Mixx (Stevie Wonder, Vikter Duplaix, Zo!) [SN]HVW8: Music is My Art, Vol. 5 (Erykah Badu, Osunlade, Curtis Mayfield) [HVW8]GROOVYCLECTIC (Amel Larrieux, Rahsaan Patterson, Ledisi,...

nOvaMatic  |  04/25/2008 at 12:26 PM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

Events, We Hear

Kanye West Tour Was Glowing...Or Not

Kanye West's "Glow In The Dark Tour which kicked off in Seattle this past Wednesday was either a bright spot in your week or not depending on who you ask. According to Rolling Stone, Kanye's 90-minute set was "stellar,"...

ill Mami  |  04/18/2008 at 12:30 PM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Video SoulBounce

Lupe Fiasco Takes Us To 'Paris, Tokyo'

Lupe Fiasco is really trying to work his way back into my good graces after that little incident last year. And, dammit, I think he's finally warmed up the icebox where my heart used to be with the new video...

Butta  |  04/14/2008 at 1:10 PM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Soul Fashioned

CRS is a T-Shirt, If Not an Album

Despite a hint or two dropped by Lupe Fiasco and a CRS "mixtape" (chock full of tracks we already own), it began to look like Lulu, Kanye and McThefty were playing with our emotions. The CRS album project is starting...

nOvaMatic  |  04/03/2008 at 1:17 PM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

First Spin, Video SoulBounce

Get In Wyclef's 'Fast Car'

Just last night I saw the new video for Wyclef Jean's next release, "Fast Car," on VH1 Soul and thought to myself that it would make a cool video game. Turns out that the video is actually based on...

Butta  |  04/02/2008 at 2:28 PM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Video SoulBounce

New Videos From Lupe Fiasco and Nikki Jean, Day 26, Teyana Taylor, and O'Neal McKnight and Greg Nice

This week's new videos run the gamut from good to gosh-darn awful. First up is Lupe Fiasco with a pretty literal interpretation of his next single featuring online sensation Nikki Jean on the hook. Next we have Diddy's manufactured boy...

Butta  |  03/21/2008 at 12:30 PM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink