HipHopDX Editorials
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Halftime: Addicted To Retail - Selling Mixtapes Legally To Make Extra Royalties
Editorialsposted 8 months ago
All the cool kids are doing it - from Gucci Mane and Jadakiss, to Mac Miller and Curren$y. Turning free projects into retail product is nothing new, but it's become authorized ever since "So Far Gone."
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Halftime: The Big Pushback - Rappers & Labels Strategically Delaying Albums
Editorialsposted 8 months ago
Did Dr. Dre's free publicity around "Detox" rumored release dates inspire artists like Game, J. Cole and all of Def Jam's roster?
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Halftime: Five Trends In 2011 Hip Hop
Editorialsposted 8 months ago
DX celebrates 2011's midpoint by identifying five fresh trends with the sound, industry and culture of Hip Hop. Stay tuned each day for editorials about your favorite artist making moves this year.
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Lost Liner Notes: "Armor of God" by Vakill
Editorialsposted 8 months ago
DX reintroduces its popular 2008 and 2009 series with Molemen's Vakill, who explains the concepts and back-stories on his hard-nosed new album, with some hilarious anecdotes and asides.
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I Pledge Allegiance: The Value Of Hip Hop's Dissenting Opinions
Editorialsposted 8 months ago
From "Fight The Power" to "I Wanna Kill Sam," playing your favorite militant Hip Hop anthems may ultimately be the most genuine form of patriotism on the fourth of July weekend.
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Movie Review: Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Editorialsposted 8 months ago
A Tribe Called Quest consists of four members: Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Q-Tip and Jarobi. A-E-I-O-U and sometimes Y.” This film explores the Y's behind the iconic Hip Hop group.
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One Hip Hop Author Challenges The "Deadbeat Dad" Stereotype In His New Book
Editorialsposted 8 months ago
Jamiyl Samuels shares a chapter from his book "Pass The Torch: How A Young Black Father Challenges the 'Deadbeat Dad' Stereotype," on how the golden-era of Hip Hop said a lot about fatherhood.
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The Mentor Is The Hip Hop Father: Superstar Rappers & Those Who Helped Them
Editorialsposted 8 months ago
From Large Professor mentoring a young Nasty Nas to Digital Underground and 2Pac, HipHopDX looks at the older rappers who took youth under their wings and a made a difference we can all be thankful for.
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Tech N9ne's Homecoming: What A Long, Strange Trip It Was
Editorialsposted 8 months ago
HipHopDX joined Tech N9ne and Strange Music for a Kansas City weekend this month, getting insights to one of the biggest artists in Hip Hop, his label and why they're both so successful.
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Freddie Gibbs: School of Hard Truth
Editorialsposted 9 months ago
DX closes out the week with a spotlight on Gary, Indiana's O.G. who walks it like he talks it, after years of paying dues, and lyrics that stay on the block, not at the mall.
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Black Like Me: Wale Vs. Kola Boof
Editorialsposted 9 months ago
With an argument on Twitter, Wale and author Kola Boof used 140 characters to address issues of sexuality and race in Hip Hop. Wale's responses may have won him an additional fan.
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Vado: School of Swag
Editorialsposted 9 months ago
Harlem's Vado might be the most promising addition to the Diplomats family tree since Juelz and Jim were introduced, and he has more in common with neighborhood legend Big L than meets the ear.
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Fashawn: School of Ecology
Editorialsposted 9 months ago
With a classic album already under his belt, HipHopDX goes back and lets Brother Ali tell it as to why Fresno, California's young emcee has all the wisdom needed to be an enduring voice in the culture.
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Curren$y: School of Botany & Aviation
Editorialsposted 9 months ago
With a 504 Boyz album out for the past nine years, hit singles and a number of retail projects since, Spitta is simply a veteran with more musical energy than most teenagers.
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REKS: School of Hard Knocks
Editorialsposted 9 months ago
With the grey hairs to prove it, Lawrence, Massachusetts' REKS has been making albums for over a decade, and while he's had a recent breakthrough, HipHopDX debunks his new-artist status.
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10 Things We Learned Reading "Dirty South" By Ben Westhoff
Editorialsposted 10 months ago
From DJ Khaled being in the room when Lil Wayne met Birdman in '93 to Master P's rapping wife to 2 Live Crew's Christian Rap beginnings to the Rap-A-Lot & Death Row connection, we share some trivia.
