Shades of Hip Hop News
Lords of the Underground...LUV Hip Hop
At a recent True School University Sunday session, we were honored by an in-depth interview with DoItAll, member of the legendary Hip Hop group, Lords of the Underground (LOTUG). With a studio full of emcees present and female rappers A.D. and Lady J, joining us on the phone, DuKelly chopped it up with us about the state of Hip Hop, touring the world and visiting his DJ Lord Jazz in France where he 'lived' the culture and experienced Hip Hop in an international forum. Plus, we kicked it about their new independent project, House of Lords, available now.
Stand out tracks include: I Luv Hip Hop, What is an MC, Hum It Out, and Slick Talk to name a few. The album is laced with True School Hip Hop flavor, with new school/retro dance beats intermingled with Brick City Funk. Production is mostly handled by Rise with other tracks by Sedeck Jean, DJ Lord Jazz and even Marley Marl.
Before he left, DoItAll, blessed us with many gems and even anchored an impromtu rhyme cypher....
The TSU Sunday Conference Call was took a revolutionary turn when M1 of Dead Prez, joined us via telephone. We first talked to Stic Man off the air who had a prior engagement but assured us that he would be back. From there M1 broke down how and why Dead Prez was formed and what their music means to Hip Hop. Over the course of an hour we explored many aspects of the revolutionary Hip Hop mind thanks to this pioneering emcee. He also explained the concept behind their classic song 'Hip Hop'. Big Up to Dead Prez!!!
exerpt by By Peter Hamby (CNN)
Barack Obama might not be leading the Democratic presidential field in national polls, but the freshman senator has managed to capture the imagination of the hip-hop community, comprised mostly of rap artists, music industry professionals, activists and young fans of all races.
Despite Obama's sometimes critical opinion of rap music, the candidate's name is being dropped on iPods, car stereos and music Web sites across the country.Take one of the summer's biggest songs: In his new single The People, Common uses the lyric: "My raps ignite the people like Obama," while the song's music video flashes on an "Obama '08" bumper sticker."He's fresh, you know, he's got good style," Common told CNN. "As far as people in my age group and people that love Hip Hop, there's a love for Obama. He represents progress. He represents what Hip Hop is about. Hip Hop is about progress, the struggle."see full story
When the Impechable Beat Technician Shy-U, an avid fan of the Disposable Arts Project, (which features Masta Ace, Wordsworth and Punchline), asked Words to explain what EMC stands for, we were all surprised by the response....
EMC is the new powerhouse crew of True School emcees including: Masta Ace, Punchline, Wordsworth and Strickland., the only non-NY rapper in he group.. Words informed us that EMC has no set meaning. Rather, it has many meanings such as East and Mid-west Champions, Everyone Must Contribute, Excellent Mic Controllers, Every Minute Counts, Easily Murderin Competition and many more which all four eloquently illustrate with the verbal dexterity of Experts Making Classics. Their upcoming EMC album is sure to be FIRE! Wordsworth, a Lyricist Lounge veteran, also blessed us with another exclusive from EMC featuring the whole crew plus one of Shades of Hip Hop's top emcees of the year, Sean Price.see full story......
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