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Maino Interview on Hot 97.

Brooklyn Hard Hitter Maino is back with a new outlook, a new situation, and plenty of love and support from Grand Hustle. In this exclusive interview with Angie Martinez of the world's #1 radio station Hot 97 FM, he drops the latest and greatest on the life and times of… Continue

Added by mr.shadeed on June 28, 2008 at 10:56pm — No Comments

Charlotte Hood Hard Day Media Day/Conference Feedback -

Charlotte/Hood Hard Day Conference Feedback Great trip to Charlotte for the third Hood Hard Day conference. Conducted LOTS of interviews, recorded great footage and forged some excellent relationships. Our program director Mr.Shadeed had the opportunity to speak on the panel "How to Make Money As An Artist Using the Internet" which was met with great reviews. He should be posting a blog about it…

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Added by mr.shadeed on June 25, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments

This Is Why Rapper MIMS Likes His food Hot

Whats up hip hop world this is your boy The Handicapped Chef, down town Louisville Kentucky hanging with one of the hottest rappers on the scene right now Mims. Mims has allowed me a chance to hang out and talk food with him then do a 4 day online interveiw with him while he is on the road.

“I love shrimp—cocktail shrimp, shrimp-fried rice, anything that deals with shrimp and I loved that jumbo shrimp

platter you made… Continue

Added by The Chef on June 25, 2008 at 4:00am — No Comments

Columbia, SC Record Pool/Conference

Added by mr.shadeed on June 24, 2008 at 8:56am — No Comments

Too Many Webcams Not Enough Mcs .....

Too Many Webcams, Not Enough MCs

Great article written by DJ Fusion ------------------ Excerpt below and link to full article:

Now you may ask, "DJ Fusion, what do you mean?"

I mean, there hasn't been a great Hip-Hop Beef*** on Wax/CD/mp3 in ages (in my eyes, there has not been one since Jay-Z/Nas or LL Cool J/Canibus - the 50 Cent smack talk mixtape fests, while efficent and sometimes amusing, don't count).

Instead what we get is current nonsense… Continue

Added by mr.shadeed on June 24, 2008 at 8:42am — No Comments

50 Cent Talks Baby Mom and Buck

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Added by Mumbo Sauce on June 23, 2008 at 12:22am — No Comments

DV8 Magazine Readies the Release of The Seven Soles of Footwear Sneaker Issue

DV8 Magazine Readies the Release of The Seven Soles of Footwear Sneaker Issue

Atlanta based lifestyle publication DV8 Magazine once again deviates from the norm in Urban lifestyle and culture by presenting the return of the highly successful DV8 Magazine Sneaker Edition titled: The Seven Soles of Footwear.

Deviate Publishing's Desmick Perkins is excited about this release as he mentioned, "This is the latest and… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on June 22, 2008 at 10:15pm — No Comments

AFFLUENT RECORDS SIGNS NYC RAP LEGEND SADAT X

AFFLUENT RECORDS EXPANDS ITS ROSTER SIGNS NYC RAP LEGEND SADAT X

After dominating the 90's with billboard chart topping Hip Hop classics hits such as "One For All", "Slow Down", "Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down" and many others, Uptown's very own Brand Nubian rap legend Sadat X signs on with NYC#1 Urban Independent Label Affluent Records to distribute his fifth solo release "Generation X" nationally and digital.

"Generation X" is Sadat X at his best. It's exactly what his fans… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on June 22, 2008 at 10:09pm — No Comments

Almighty Drops Original S.I.N. on Babygrande

WU-TANG AFFILIATED SUPERGROUP, ALMIGHTY, UNVEIL JULY 22nd DEBUT "ORIGINAL S.I.N. (STRENGTH IN NUMBERS)" ON BABYGRANDE

Almighty, the Wu-Tang Clan affiliated supergroup consisting of Wu-Tang affiliates Killah Priest, Bronze Nazareth, C-Rayz Walz, Son One, M-80 & 5-Star, offer their debut collaborative effort: "Original S.I.N. (Strength in Numbers)" on July 22nd on Babygrande Records.

Featuring appearances from Canibus, Keith Murray, Planet Asia, Warcloud (Holocaust), 60… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on June 22, 2008 at 10:06pm — No Comments

Soulja Boy Responds to Ice-T

Soulja Boy clowns Hip-Hop legend Ice T over his infamous Eat a D_ck reference ---

He gets serious at the end and drops some good points about the OG's helping the

young rap dudes in the… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on June 22, 2008 at 9:53pm — No Comments

Ice-T Comes Back At Soulja Boy

Ice-T responds to Soulja Boy's comments via Real Talk NY. Gets the whole West Coast involved as well.

Added by Mumbo Sauce on June 22, 2008 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Event Alert: Almost Famous

Added by mr.shadeed on June 22, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Birthday Bash Indie Planet Media Day Feedback!

Atlanta/Hot 107.9 B-day Bash/Indie Planet Media Day Feedback

Indie Planet TV had a very successful filming trip to Atlanta. A lot of doors were opened, relationships forged, and bridges built to continue to take the show to a higher level of operation.

As the only Mid-Atlantic based Media outlet even granted Media Access to cover this event, I must say we were proud to rep our REGION and to continue to… Continue

Added by mr.shadeed on June 18, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Power Moves: Universal Music Group (UMG) and Last.fm Partner for Music Videos

Universal Music Group (UMG) and Last.fm Partner for Music Videos

Last.fm to Feature Thousands of Videos Free-On-Demand from UMG Chart-topping Artists Including Jay-Z, Nirvana and Amy Winehouse, Among Many Others

NEW YORK, June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, and Last.fm, the fast-growing free global music Web site, today announced a new partnership that will make UMG's music video catalogue available for free-on-demand… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on June 18, 2008 at 11:58am — No Comments

NINA B PREPARES TO RELEASE "THE REAL RAP SUPREME" MIXTAPE WITH HIP HOP NATION & ILLROOTS.COM The Carnegie Group is pleased to announce that Ravenel Records and Sirius Radio's Hip Hop Nation have team…

NINA B PREPARES TO RELEASE "THE REAL RAP SUPREME" MIXTAPE WITH HIP HOP NATION & ILLROOTS.COM

The Carnegie Group is pleased to announce that Ravenel Records and Sirius Radio's Hip Hop Nation have teamed up for a joint venture to release Nina B: "The Real Rap Supreme" mix-tape. "The Real Rap Supreme" which drops Friday the 13th boasts 13 tracks and is formatted like a live interview. The mix-tape touches on a variety of topics that allows the music world, fans, supporters, and yes even… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on June 18, 2008 at 11:56am — No Comments

Fresh Daily, J Period Confirmed for Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival 2008

Fresh Daily, J Period, Zaki Ibrahim join the party

'Brooklyn Keeps On Takin' It,' the mixtape king and the funk soul sensation

This week's additions to the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival 2008 lineup are Brooklyn's own Fresh Daily, High Water Music, Zaki Ibrahim and J Period.

On Day Two of the Festival, July 11th, Fresh Daily and the High Water Music roster including Sputnik Brown, Sucio Smash and P.Casso will be at powerHouse for 'Brooklyn Keeps On Takin' It.' The… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on June 18, 2008 at 11:54am — No Comments

Rock ME TV Presents Sons of Hip-Hop Legends (Online Viewership)

ROCK ME TV will hit online viewers with the two hour special of second generation rappers "Sons of Hip Hop Legends"

On The Round Table hosted by Lenny S., Maya the B and Big Lite.

Corey Gunz[Peter Gunz], Square Off [Doug E. Fresh], Team Blackout/JoJo [Reverend Run] Sun God [Ghostface Killah] and Kareem Justice [Gza] all second generation rappers will appear for the first time together on the Hip Hop Driven talk show The Round Table.

Rock Me TV an online interactive… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on June 18, 2008 at 11:43am — No Comments

Million DJ March Founder Clears Up Rumors

In a major show of support, DC's Special Parks Services and Parks Rangers have extended the permits to The Million DJ March to include evening and night time activities, including live performances and speeches, meaning that the March and it's various forums can go for an estimated 48 straight hours. This has enabled everything planned to fit into two days instead of the original three- August 29th and 30th. The experience that Parks Services and Homeland Security has with these types of events… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on June 18, 2008 at 11:42am — No Comments

MySpace Plans Major Site Re-design

MySpace plans redesign for next week

News Corp's (NWSa.N) MySpace plans a global redesign next week in an attempt to widen its demographics and boost user engagement on the site, the social networking site said on Friday.

In what it said would be the largest scale relaunch of a website of its size, MySpace will change its home page, navigation, profile editing, search, and MySpaceTV player facilities. Other changes will come during the summer.

"This is… Continue

Added by mr.shadeed on June 18, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments

Presto Exclusive Interview w/ Mr.Shadeed (Indie Planet TV)

Indie Planet Television lined up an exclusive interview with the Concrete Grooves chief rocka Presto. From earlier releases such as Impressions on Concrete to Inflight Instrumentals and Next Impressions, Presto has come full circle with his latest release State of The Art which features Sadat X, O.C., Large Pro, and CL Smooth.

While influenced by the Golden Era of hip-hop, Presto's sound and approach advances the movement instead of… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on June 16, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments