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’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
Proving that today’s rappers aren’t oblivious to the big issues, Wale posed the question, ‘What if Tupac had a Twitter account?’ Next week, Wale speculates on how the advent of TiVo recording technology combined with the explosion of cookery shows would have impacted Biggie’s life, and what Big Pun would have [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Just a few bits to add to our pretty extensive preview of Rakim’s ‘The Seventh Seal’ album a month or so back:
– It’s now set for a November 17th release (though it’ll be November 16th in the UK).
– The first single will be ‘Walk These Streets’, now featuring Maino and Tracey Horton. It’ll be released [...]

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 [...]

Click here to download HHC Digital 004, which goes all out on the DMC tip as we celebrate 25 years of the world’s premier mixing competition with contributions from DJ Craze, Q-Bert, A-Trak, Scratch Perverts, Roc Raida, Cutmaster Swift and more.
Keeping up the DMC angle, we also present the greatest archived DMC photos you’ll ever [...]

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 [...]

Photography by WordsNTunes
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 [...]

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 [...]