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This week sees the release of El-P’s grandiosely-titled WeAreAllGoingToBurnInHellMegaMixxx3, an instrumental project that collects together fresh productions with remixes for Young Jeezy and Kidz In The Hall. You can sample the track ‘Whores The Movie’ by clicking here and check out more info on the release over here. Better yet, HHC Digital has two CD [...]

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In HHC Digital 006 (the issue headed up by WARP super-producer Flying Lotus), we ran a column commenting on allegations surrounding old-school hip-hop icon Wanda Dee (pictured above with Universal Zulu Nation founder Afrika Bambaataa) and the Goddess Empire. It elicited a stern response from Eric Floyd, her husband and manager, which is printed in [...]

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Digital Underground icon Shock G recently penned a missive aimed at Fox News, complete with a link to an online petition against the Rupert Murdoch outlet. The full blurb is as follows…
Racism is a form of mental illness. Imagine a mother cat refusing to nurse her black, brown, or orange kittens, and only nursing the [...]

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Back from a assisting in the relief effort in Haiti, Immortal Technique has penned an open letter about his observations there. It’s printed in full below (all typos the firey-artist’s own)…
I recently arrived home from Haiti.
While I was there I worked in a few aspects of the relief effort including a solidarity mission to aid [...]

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Original b-boy rap eccentric Rammellzee passed away today. More details coming soon.

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By Richard Watson
“I feel alive when I hear a good song,’ rhymes Ty on “Emotions,” the lead single from Special Kind Of Fool. Brimming with heartfelt lyrics and polished production, the UK stalwart’s fourth album seems guaranteed to resuscitate even the most moribund of hip-hop hearts. “It’s a labour of love,” reflects Ty of continuing [...]

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Paying Tribute To Guru…
By Phillip Mlynar
I never smoked blunts on Van Siclen, but I was fortunate enough to interview Guru.
It was around the release of Gang Starr’s The Ownerz album. It wasn’t an exceptional interview. He wasn’t revelatory with his answers, and he wasn’t stubborn or arrogant either. But interviews are like that: you catch [...]

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By Phillip Mlynar
Ludacris has a new album out. It’s called Battle Of The Sexes. Unfortunately, he’s still the king of the curt answer when it comes to an interview – his ‘concise’ sentences make even Havoc’s monosyllabic grunts resonate like insightful nuggets of worldly wisdom. But here’s Luda’s thoughts on lots of important things anyway. Can [...]

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With mother’s day coming up on the calendar, we got Krafty Kuts to compile his top ten songs to play to your old earth. Keep reading to check out his picks (though, sadly, he didn’t include Katch 22’s great ‘For My Mum’). Oh, and click here for more info on his gig on March 26th…
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The first track from Little Brother’s last album, due out in April, has just been released. Click here to download the appropriately-titled ‘Curtain Call’.