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By Richard Watson
And when my pen hits the paper? Aww, shit! In news that promised to revolutionise lyricism, Crooked I made the sensational revelation that his rhymes come out a bit better when he sits down and writes them out first. Okay, so it’s hardly a bombshell, but with Xzibit and Pusha [...]

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By Phillip Mlynar
Having migrated from France to set up base in London, producer-on-the-rise dEbruit is now looking to take his patented bump-hop sound worldwide. But be forewarned: his super slick sound is best enjoyed with the use of 3D glasses…
Where does the name dEbruit come from? And what’s the significance of the capital E in [...]

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HHC does the track-by-track thing to Damon Dash and The Black Keys’ rock-meets-rap project, out at the end of November…
BLAKROC
‘BLAKROC’
(BLAKROC RECORDS)
1. ‘COOCHIE’ FEAT. LUDACRIS & OL’ DIRTY BASTARD
An inspired up-from-the-vault collabo, Luda and the late great Dirt McGirt basically run around town looking for chicks to get involved with. ODB holds down Jeanine (from Queens) [...]

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HHC’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
The Fat Boys are back! Just in time to capitalise on hip-hop’s vogue for, er, skinny jeans and extra-smedium tees, rap’s most rotund crew announced their arrival in the clothing game. HHC Digital was lucky enough to get a peak at the boys’ debut collection and their mustard-stained gusset jeans are [...]

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Culled from the Black Keys-helmed and Damon Dash-pushed BlakRoc project, here’s the Mos Def and Jim Jones collabo ‘Ain’t Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo)’. Dropping at the end of November, the album also features rap chaps RZA, Raekwon, MOP’s Billy Danze, Pharoahe Monch, Q-Tip and some up-from-the-vault ODB business.
Speaking on the project, RZA says, “It [...]

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HHC Digital’s weekly online rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
In 1994, HHC placed a bet that, by 2010, Memphis horrorcore upstarts Three 6 Mafia would have both an Oscar and their own cookery show. Sorry, Ladbrokes. Meanwhile, in TV news we didn’t prophesise in the nine-fo’, Ice Cube parlayed his Are We There Yet? family film franchise [...]

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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 [...]

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One of the originators in the online rap writing world, the good chaps at Spine Magazine have been typing away long before the blog boom hit. Now celebrating a decade of dopeness, we checked in with editor Zaid to get the story of their rise…
What was the original goal with Spine Magazine?
“The MD of [...]