HHC Digital’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
Leader of the new school: In news that read like a real life, hip-hop version of Dead Poets Society, Jim Jones announced that Dipset will definitely be in the staff room when he takes up a gig as – it says here − a teacher. Mr Jones promised to give [...]

HHC Digital’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Nas dropped a verse airing out Kelis and bemoaning the burden that child/spousal support was placing on his wallet. Sure, 52K a month is a little steep, but if Nasir hadn’t gone mad on that dinner plate-sized QB pendant a few years back, he [...]

Click here to download HHC Digital 005, headed up by Rakim talking about Dr Dre’s studio antics, his first meetings with Nas and Jay-Z, Large Professor’s sample game, the day KRS-One put the blame for gangsta rap on him, the original 50 Cent and Killer Ben, the legend of The Rooftop, plus the exact price [...]

By Richard Watson
C-Murder got life for second degree murder, with his sister lamenting Barack Obama’s lack of intervention. Through a spokesperson, the President said, “Ehh … I’ve always been more of a Silkk The Shocker fan.”
Continuing the current vogue for golden era tandems, Masta Ace and Edo G unveiled the first fruits of their A&E [...]

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Having just got back from a playback session for about two-thirds of the upcoming Rakim album, ‘The Seventh Seal’, HHC Digital can report the following:
- ‘The Seventh Seal’ will be 16 tracks long, with the main rap guests being Busta Rhymes, Styles P and Jadakiss.
- It’ll be released on October 20th.
- Along with [...]

Having seen his next solo album continually pushed back by the suits over at Interscope, 50 Cent’s been keeping busy by stepping up his acting game (and ragging on Turtle in Entourage). Speaking on the eve of the DVD release of Streets Of Blood, the post-Katrina flick that co-stars Sharon Stone and Val Kilmer, Curtis [...]

With the blonde man from the Motor City’s latest album either being a vital shot in the arm for a stale hip-hop scene or the last stand for blockbuster artists in a daily decaying arena, who better to take its pulse then a selection of the finest artists from the UK (and – ho, ho! [...]

Back in the early ’90s Dr Dre gave the sub-genre of gangsta rap a g-funk-propelled and gin-and-juice-fueled push into the spotlight – as these classic prove, while Jeezy keeps the faith in the oh-niner. Click here to download ‘em all!
Dr Dre introducing Snoop Doggy Dog ‘187um (Deep Cover Remix)’
Lady Of Rage feat. Snoop & Dr [...]