Monday, February 18, 2002
Big Producer’s Lined Up for Ras Kass
Priority have reported that Ras has recorded joints with DJ Hi-Tek, Pharoahe Monch and the legendary DJ Premier.
Epic Releasing 2 Greatest Hits Albums
Epic will release Ghostface Killah’s "Shaolin's Finest" and Cam’ron’s “Harlem's Greatest”.
Friday, February 15, 2002
Eminem's new artist: Obie Trice
Overshadowed by -12 released the "Devils Night," Shady Records newest artist, Obie Trice is almost ready to release his debut.
HHDX News Bits (Friday)
News on Big Pun DVD, Eminem, GZA, Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Royce’s debut push back.
Blackalicious’ Second LP Coming Soon
Two years since their last LP, Blackalicious, who made quite an impact a couple years ago is set to return.
Thursday, February 14, 2002
Cormega With A New LP
One of QB’s finest, Cormega has made a lot of his long time fans very happy. Cormega has released an LP of sought after unreleased material.
Knoc’Turnal Talks About Debut LP
West Coast emcee gets the rub from Dre for his debut LP. “We worked 72 hours in a studio non-stop recording...”
KRS One Tops The Charts
The new album from KRS One has reached number one on the charts, but not the hip hop chart.
Wednesday, February 13, 2002
Mos Def To Be On Broadway
The mighty Mos Def has been cast to play the lead in the Broadway play, “Topdog/Underdog.”
Mase: On A Mission From God
The former Bad Boy says he will clean up the mess he made a few years ago, and he disses Puffy.
Def Jux: New Compilation Album
Hip Hip’s most innovative label will release a second compilation next week that is sure to set some new standards.
Tuesday, February 12, 2002
Nas Prepares 18-city Tour
Nas will hit the road Feb. 23 in support of the already platinum-selling Stillmatic. "We're gonna be getting to all the towns so people can get a chance to experience Illmatic to Stillmatic.
Feb. 14th; Not All For Lovers
Louis Farrakhan is holding The West Coast Hip Hop Summit in the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills and Dre and Suge Knight will be guests...Hmm.
P. Diddy Opens Trading On NYSE
Sean "P. Diddy" Combs rang the opening bell Thursday at the New York Stock Exchange.
Monday, February 11, 2002
Strange News: Snoop's New Album
Priority recently made the announcement that they plan to release a new Snoop Dogg album in the summer of 2002 via Snoop's Doggystyle imprint.
Tommy Boy Still Alive
Tommy Boy is without a doubt ending the deal with AOL Time Warner, but the label is still alive and kicking and will soon become an independent label.
Another Label?
Television personality Carson Daly and Loud Records CEO Steve Rifkin recently announced Daly will have a label to be distributed and marketed by the hip-hop label.
Friday, February 08, 2002
Nas Speaks Out Against His Peers...Again
Earlier in the week Nas was on the Funkmaster Flex show and he had some interesting things to say. No, not Jay-Z, this time it's The Roots and State Property that..
Various News Bits On 2Pac
Afeni Shakur will present a lecture, up coming Tupac documentary, Amaru/Interscope Records, official biography and more.
Nelly/St. Lunatics: Take The Good With The Bad
After being honored for their community work, Nelly and his crew were immediately brought back down.