HipHopDX Editorials
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Hip Hop Year In Review Rewind: 1991
Editorialsposted 2 months ago
In a season of year-end awards and reflections, HipHopDX's J-23 looks back 20 years to a year that saw a slew of amazing albums, a Thug Immortal properly introduced and a city and a coast defined.
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HipHopDX's Top 25 Albums of 2011
Editorialsposted 2 months ago
From Saigon to J. Cole, Cunninlynguists to Raekwon, and Joell Ortiz to Jay-Z, DX presents our annual list of must-haves from the past year.
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It's Bigger Than Hip Hop: HipHopDX Staff's Non-Rap Picks of 2011
Editorialsposted 2 months ago
The HipHopDX editorial staff brings you some of their favorite tracks of 2011 outside of the Hip Hop realm.
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HipHopDX's Top 10 Mixtapes Of 2011
Editorialsposted 2 months ago
Hip Hop had plenty of mixtapes to choose from in 2011, check out the HipHopDX staff's Top 10, with some honorable mentions as well.
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The 2011 HipHopDX Year End Awards
Editorialsposted 2 months ago
From December 19 to December 23, HipHopDX will be giving you the annual award winners and two runners up for what our veteran staff determine to be the best of the best in 2011, a great year for music.
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Book Review: "Why I Am a Five Percenter" by Michael Muhammad Knight
Editorialsposted 2 months ago
Knight's anecdotes about interactions with RZA, for instance, are just as compelling as his self-effacing comparisons of himself to John Walker Lindh, a/k/a oeThe American Taliban.
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Get Your Mind Right: ?uestlove vs. Michele Bachmann
Editorialsposted 3 months ago
In the wake of ?uestlove's not so subtle diss of Republican candidate Michele Bachmann, Professor Brian Sims examines who won the battle and the larger war that Hip Hop is waging.
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F*ck My Car: The End Of The Mercedes Maybach
Editorialsposted 3 months ago
Slav Kandyba looks at the demise of the gaudy Maybach through the larger lens of business and Hip Hop consumerism.
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Hip Hop Before The Internet, Part 2
Editorialsposted 3 months ago
J-23 returns to continue last month's editorial and discussion, looking at Jay-Z & Kanye West's "Watch The Throne" release to re-live the excitement of being a Hip Hop fan in the 1990s.
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Occupy Hip Hop: The Dilemma Of The Rap Music Mogul
Editorialsposted 3 months ago
Hip Hop has gained some of its own richest Americans, whose ascent to the 1% has put them in direct opposition with a majority that they used to be members of.
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Powaful Impak! The 10 Most Powerful Videos In Hip Hop History Part Two
Editorialsposted 3 months ago
The second five of HipHopDX's rankings for some of the most potent visual representations of Hip Hop over the last 25 years.
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Powaful Impak! The 10 Most Powerful Videos In Hip Hop History Part One
Editorialsposted 3 months ago
In honor of The Roots daring four-part video series, we take a look at the 10 videos that set the standard for jaw-dropping, soul-stirring visuals.
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Drake Roundtable Discussion Presented By HipHopDX
Editorialsposted 3 months ago
Everybody has different opinions on Drake on the mic, off the mic and his #1 album "Take Care." After giving him "Mixtape of the Year" in '09, and mixed reviews since, the HipHopDX staff opens up.
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Book Review: Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years Of The Last Great Record Label
Editorialsposted 3 months ago
A literary brainchild of Def Jam's O.G. publicist Bill Adler, there's a healthy amount of content on Lyor Cohen and Russell Simmons' synergy - with direct quotes from Lyor and Rush describing the discontent that led to Rick Rubin's departure.
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The 2011 HipHopDX Turkey Awards
Editorialsposted 3 months ago
HipHopDX's seventh annual Turkey Awards honors some of the biggest acts of fuckery.
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Respect Your Elders: How Signing Veteran Artists To Young Labels Has Been A Constant Trend In Hip Hop
Editorialsposted 3 months ago
As Curren$y builds his empire with industry vets Fiend and Mikey Rocks, DX wanted to look back at some Grammy-nominated comeback stories, some giant flops, and some cool minutia in between.
