Articles Posted June 2011
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Alicia Keys At The BET Awards 2011
I can’t honestly be bothered to hammer out more sentences about it than that, so enjoy some pics of Miss Keys her performance instead.
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Hindsight Is 20/20: How Scarface Made Me Realize I’m an Adult
When Scarface dropped his album ‘The Fix’ on Def Jam South almost ten years ago The Source gave it five mics, XXL heralded it as a XXL-rated classic and many, many other media added their praise to the choir. I bought the album because I thought it was dope as well, but five mics? Hell nah. In the words of Christopher Wallace; “Things Done Changed.”
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Freebie Friday: Jean Grae – Cookies Or Comas (Mixtape)
The anticipation for Jean’s new album ‘Cake or Death‘ builds as she drops the mixtape ‘Cookies or Comas’ with DJ Drama to start of the buzz. We already dropped a leak of this last week…
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Missy Elliott Diagnosed With Graves Disease
Billboard reports that Missy Elliott has been suffering from an auto-immune disease affecting the thyroid called Graves disease (I take it this was named after a Dr. Graves but dayumn, can a disease have a…
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Talib Kweli On The Colbert Report
Talib Kweli visited The Colbert Report in light of StePhest Colbchella ’011. The interview bears Stephen Colber’s signature hilarity and Kweli also performed ‘Cold Rain‘ from ‘Gutter Rainbows‘ on the show as well as ‘Get…
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Review: Random Axe – Random Axe
What happens when you put one of hip-hop’s best current producers in the studio with two grimy, technically-sound emcees? You get Random Axe, a supergroup that denies it’s a supergroup. To Random Axe member Sean Price, they’re simply “three get-busy n****s.” But Random Axe, comprised of Price, Detroit-emcee Guilty Simpson, and rapper/producer Black Milk, sure sounds super on it’s self-titled debut.
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One On One With Mr. J. Medeiros
TRU recently caught up with former Procussions member and Rawkus recording artist Mr. J Medeiros via e-mail to discuss his new Saudade album, issues-driven hip hop, and funding an independent record via crowd-sourcing instead of corporate label cash.
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No I.D. Presents: Cocaine 80s – The Pursuit EP
No I.D. let loose an unexpected and low profile EP under the name of the ‘Cocaine 80s‘ collective. Besides No I.D. himself the group consists of (among others) Common, Steve Wyreman, Rob Kinelski, Kevin Randolph, James Fauntleroy and Makeba.
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BT Review: Maybach Music Group Presents Self Made Vol.1
Officer Ross found a new job as head honcho of his own label ‘Maybach Music Group’. Does the self-styled don have another hit on his hands or will the Illuminati not let him strike out on his own? The TRU Brain Trust went in to investigate.
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Bill & Lu’s Excellent Adventure
Here’s the discussion Loopy Fiasco had on the O’Reilly factor. When even papa bear O’Reilly (© Stephen Colbert) says your criticism of Obama is way outta line you should know you’ve just put on your tin foil hat.
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Universal versus Hip Hop Blogs
Techdirt is reporting on a strange anomaly they’ve found in ad firm GroupM’s new anti-piracy policy. They’re basically doing all they can to prohibit vendors from placing ads on websites they claim are ‘pirate sites’…
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Raw Sh!t: An Interview With Random Axe
When you have three gully muthaf***as recording a group album you’re not gonna get some happy-go-lucky music. That’s not to say Guilty Simpson, Sean Price and Black Milk don’t know how to have fun. TRU sat down for a conversation with the three fellas about Big Sean’s new name, suede espadrilles and what albums to look forward to this year.
