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Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Want A Freak in the Morning

Kanye West is the toast of Paris Fashion Week. *shrug* [CL]Anti-fur vandals defaced Aretha Franklin's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [C+D]Are you ready for Bill O'RLY vs. Young Jeezy [XXL]Macy Gray clears the air about wanting to...

Butta  |  01/28/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

Media Watch

Let's Pretend This Whole VIBE/Thicke Thing Never Happened

But first an apology. I was so unfair to VIBE last week when we were discussing the Robin Thicke nontroversy. My willingless to go after them so hard had nothing to do with VIBE specifically, but moreso my mounting frustration with...

nOvaMatic  |  09/03/2008 at 3:23 PM  |  Comments (7)  |  Permalink

Crowd Participation, Rap Snacks

Believe the Hype! Olympians Say Hip Hop Prepares Them to Go for the Gold

Rocky had "Eye of the Tiger." Hell, even Popeye had the spinach theme song. You know, the one song that is needed before one competes. The one that makes you go a few extra miles on the treadmill. The one...

Harlem  |  08/19/2008 at 3:00 PM  |  Comments (16)  |  Permalink

First Spin, Soul Cynic

When Bad Remixes Happen to Good People: Jennifer Hudson Edition

Remember a time when a song's remix was often hotter than the original song itself? Mixologists would take an R&B song and put their foot in it, whether it was a hip-hop heavy remix for the jeeps or a dance...

Butta  |  08/11/2008 at 3:45 PM  |  Comments (5)  |  Permalink

First Spin, Jazzy Ways, Releases

Crank Dat Jazz With Hidden Beach

Are you a closet fan of the Ying Yang Twins? Do you find yourself reciting the lyrics to "Ay Bay Bay" when no one is looking? Or perhaps you think you'll lose your street cred amongst your neo-soul loving friends...

Butta  |  05/20/2008 at 2:40 PM  |  Comments (2)  |  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

Media Watch

Are You Ready for MTV's 'Hottest MCs in the Game'?

Who better than MTV to tell us who the hottest MCs of 2008 are? Last year they conducted a roundtable with otherwise qualified MTV producers, correspondents and editors branded "The Hip Hop Braintrust," who used the following qualifiers to determine...

nOvaMatic  |  05/12/2008 at 1:00 PM  |  Comments (11)  |  Permalink