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HHC Digital’s Rap Round-Up…
By Richard Watson
Down With The King: Just when you thought hip-hop had paid its last tributes to Michael Jackson, Redman came off the wall with his new video − although The King of Pop was surely pirouetting in his grave as Reggie bigged up his own Argyle socks over MJ’s trademark sequinned [...]

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Don’t forget a thing about new jack swing! Tracing the career arc of the prolific producer, ‘Teddy Riley: King Of Swing’ is a 34 track mixtape which runs through songs by Doug E Fresh, Big Daddy Kane, Heavy D and new jack swing icons Guy. Cop it by clicking here (or here for the track-marked [...]

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HHC’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
They Reminisce Over Jacko: Live in London, Pete Rock & CL Smooth offered a unique tribute to MJ, with Corey unleashing some distinctly British expletives on a fan unwilling to observe five seconds’ silence for The King of Pop. Afterwards, the Caramel King reflected that, while he enjoyed his latest trip [...]

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With MC Hammer back on the tour circuit, we checked in with some Bay Area staples to look back on his rise from the underground – and also figure out the crucial Hammer pants versus skinny jeans dilemma…
OPIO (SOULS OF MISCHIEF)
Can you remember the first time you heard Hammer’s music?
“I want to say it was [...]

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HHC Digital’s online news round-up…
By Richard Watson
LL Cool J is so hyped about his role in NCIS Los Angeles that he crowbarred the name of the TV franchise into a track he had lying around on his hard drive – sorry, composed an all-new song inspired by the show. Meanwhile, Masta Ace and Edo G [...]

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HHC Digital’s weekly online news round-up…
By Richard Watson
Clan In Da Front! Following a sneak peak at Tony Starks’s new Cell Block Z graphic novel, Wu Tang fans were treated to a Lego reconstruction of a classic Wu-banger. Block-rocking stuff (even if Raekwon looks like one of the Polish dockers from season two of The Wire), [...]

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One for the neo-soul head-wrap crowd, ex-Floetry gal Marsha Ambrosius talks about why the duo split up and how they got to work with the King Of Pop before he passed away. Click here to view it, and check some live footage of her in action here and here. Oh, and here too.

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HHC Digital’s weekly online news round-up…
By Richard Watson
In a week where the world continued to reminisce over Mike, The Game revealed how Jacko offered to broker a peace treaty between himself and 50 Cent. In full Heal The World mode, Jayceon apologised to Fif’ and released a video for his all-star MJ tribute song featuring [...]