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October 22, 2010 // Comments: 0
DJ Premier and Pete Rock are planning to an album together, DJ Premier Vs Pete Rock.

It seems that good things come to those who wait. What’s been regarded as just a myth — a DJ Premier and Pete Rock “battle” album — seems to be in the works, and DJ Premier revealed details about the format in a recent interview with ItsBongoBoy.com. “Me and Pete Rock are about to a [...]

October 18, 2010 // Comments: 2
Ghostface Killah is a member of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan. He recently announced the release of his ninth solo album, titled The Apollo Kids, set for release on December 14.

The Chef isn’t the only Wu-Tang member that’s got something cookin’. Ghostface Killah announced last week that his newest effort, The Apollo Kids, will be hitting shelves yet this year. “Apollo Kids live to spit the real! December 14th, Cop that!” the New York MC said from his Twitter account. Marking Tony Stark’s ninth solo [...]

October 11, 2010 // Comments: 0
Nas and DJ Premier have spoken seperately on working on a collaborative album. New footage from a DJ Premier show in Africa may indicate that Nas is the one holding up the project.

A long-time fantasy of hip-hop heads all over the globe — the collaborative album between Nas and DJ Premier that has been a rumor for more than two years — still seems stalled. After footage of a recent DJ Premier show in Africa, it seems that Premo is down for the cause, but the Queensbridge [...]

October 11, 2010 // Comments: 1
Soulja Boy's mixtape, 'Swag Flu', erroneously received the same UPC as Kno's Death is Silent, creating a delay for Kno's album. Kno is an MC and producer for the underground southern group, CunninLynguists.

Soulja Boy’s latest effort has caused some major headaches for the QN5 label — and no, they weren’t forced to listen to Swag Flu on repeat as a method of torture. Kno’s upcoming solo debut, Death Is Silent, has been pushed back two weeks from appearing on retail shelves due to a “UPC issue”, according [...]

October 8, 2010 // Comments: 1
Lupe Fiasco, a chicago MC, poses with an executive from Atlantic Records. The two parties recently ended a long and bitter dispute and secured a March 8, 2011 release date for Lupe's third studio album, Lasers.

A potential publicity fiasco (no pun intended) for Atlantic Records seems to be averted. The label has managed to save face with fans of MC Lupe Fiasco by reaching a deal with him, and announcing a release date for his highly-anticipated third studio album, Lasers, in the first quarter of 2011. “Victory!” Lupe Fiasco tweeted [...]

October 7, 2010 // Comments: 2
Nas, aka Nasir Jones, is one of the most highly-reverred MCs of all time. Hailing from Queensbridge projects in Queens, New York, his albums are routinely cited among the best hip-hop albums of all time.

Lupe Fiasco and Talib Kweli aren’t the only MCs standing up the man this month. In a recent “open letter” to the executives at Def Jam, Nas deplores the label’s business methods and says that they are responsible for delaying the second installment of his highly-coveted Lost Tapes series. “This isn’t the 90’s,” the Queensbridge [...]

October 4, 2010 // Comments: 0
Pharaorohe Monch on W.A.R.

Ambition can be a downfall — especially when you’re relying on other people to move forward. It seems to have been the Achilles’s heel of Pharoahe Monch’s next solo album, he said in a recent interview with HipHopChronicle where he discussed what caused his album, W.A.R., to be pushed back to 2011. “We decided collectively [...]

October 2, 2010 // Comments: 0
lupe-lasersprotest

As the wait for Lupe’s new album continues, fans have decided to protest Atlantic Records in their holding back Lasers from releasing.  The event is being dubbed “Fiasco Friday”, and will be Friday, Oct. 15 from 12PM – 9PM.  As it continues to gain attention, Lupe said on Twitter that he will be in attendance, and [...]

September 23, 2010 // Comments: 1
Common. He's set to release his ninth studio album, The Believer, which includes work with Kanye West, No I.D. and Q-Tip. Possibly Lupe Fiasco.

The Chi-town MC-turned-actor, Common, is getting back in the studio — and he’s bringing some friends along for the ride. According to various tweets and reports, Common will be working with Q-Tip (A Tribe Called Quest) and Lupe Fiasco for tracks — at least in part as preparation for the release of his new album, [...]

September 22, 2010 // Comments: 1
Emanon (Aloe Blacc and Exile). The two are preparing their seventh release, titled "Bird's Eye View".

Aloe Blacc and Exile are getting ready to release another album under the transposed-moniker Emanon (that’s “No Name” backward), they divulged in a recent interview. The two, who have paired up for six albums over the past decade and a half, recently talked to HipHopDX about their upcoming project titled Bird’s Eye View, reflected on [...]

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