And another Legend leaves this place, R.I.P. Guru! Just over a month since undergoing surgery following a heart attack, Gang Starr MC Guru (born Keith Elam) has died at age 43. According to a statement, Guru died of cancer-related causes on Monday after a long fight with the disease.
You might have caught the search for ‘Rap’s King of Comedy’ a while back. Anyway, the obvious follow-up – as suggested resident barfly, Phillip ‘A Millie’ Mlynar, was a column on entirely humorless rappers for this PDF thing that you might have downloaded but never actually read. After downing enough »
When Rick Rubin is written about in the media, he is either portrayed as “the most important producer of the last 20 years” or as the shaggy ‘Wolfboy’ guru who carries lapis lazuli Buddhist prayer beads and dislikes footwear. While many of the startlingly broad range of musicians that have worked »
Anyone who listens to hip-hop, even casually, already knows Gil Scott-Heron’s work. To name just one instance, a couple of years ago, Common sampled his 1977 anthem “We Almost Lost Detroit” on the single “The People.” Kanye West remixed “Home Is Where the Hatred Is” to create his 2005 hit “My Way Home.” And at »
RollingStone takes a peek into Bob Dylan’s influences on Hip-Hop culture broadly. It probably goes a bit too far to even suggest he is a Godfather of Hip-Hop with their headline: “Is Bob Dylan Hip-Hop’s Godfather? His Ties to Beasties, Roots, More” but they do catalog some interesting ties. Not only that, but Bob Dylan »
“Empire State of Mind” lyrics broken down; or the part that says “If Jeezy’s Paying Lebron…” anyway.
Wow, this is pretty ridiculous. I was not expecting this to happen but it did. Check out the clip. BTW, Dumbfoundead of K-town (Los Angeles, CA) is a dope battle rapper. Some other videos of his battle emcee skills below.+
“Noon At Rest” (pictured above) is one of my favorite Vincent Van Gogh paintings of all time, if not one of my favorite art pieces. It is meant to resemble the true meaning of happiness, a man with his wife, relaxing mid-day after a hard bout of work in the fields. Work, leisure, companionship, accomplishment, »
As often as possible, OGHH will begin to profile dope emcees from the NYC area. We will try to bring as much content as possible from them and provide some background into who they are. We started things out with Justin Bates and this week, we bring you NYC resident, F. Stokes. Here’s a little bio »
Jay-Z sits down with Oprah Winfrey for an in-person interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Another throwback interview from our TheOG.net days! I dug this one up because Brother Ali just dropped Us, and from what I’ve heard about the album, and from what I’ve heard of the album, it’s solid. I won’t be able to bump it for another 2 days (I actually bought this one) and I suggest people pick it up; Brother Ali has not failed me with a release yet. Now, I’d like to return to the classics…
Lupe Fiasco tore down Governor’s Island in NYC with a dope live performance. Footage from the concert included.
Mixtape: ArtOfficial – The Payback
Miami hip-hop ensemble ArtOfficial have linked up with DJBooth.net, RefinedHype, Illroots and Kevin Nottingham to drop a free project entitled The Payback .
The 12-track street album finds emcees Newsense and Logics performing over the live backing of bandmates Danny Perez, Manny Patino, Ralf Valencia and Keith Cooper, who recreate classic instrumentals by everyone from rock legend Jimi Hendrix (“Voodoo”) [...]
R.I.P. Guru
And another Legend leaves this place, R.I.P. Guru!
Just over a month since undergoing surgery following a heart attack, Gang Starr MC Guru (born Keith Elam) has died at age 43. According to a statement, Guru died of cancer-related causes on Monday after a long fight with the disease.
Mixtape: Rhymefest – Dangerous: 5-18
Rhymefest drops this Mixtape as a prelude to El Che, which finally in stores May 18th.
