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Warp’s super-producer Flying Lotus heads up HHC Digital 006 (available by clicking here). Inside he drops details about his love of Dr Dre’s musicality, his obsession with Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle, and his infatuation with the TV show The Office.
Elsewhere, unofficial fourth Beastie Boy Ricky Powell gives advice on how to run a successful frozen lemon [...]

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By Richard Watson
Above The Clouds: In the wake of Guru’s tragic passing, the web was inevitably awash with tributes, the most significant and sincere coming from Guru’s brother Harry and a typically nimble-wristed Premo, who also broke his silence on Guru’s controversial cohort Solar. Dusting off a classic Gang Starr instrumental, [...]

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HHC Digital’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
Pop champagne like we won The Championship: Proving that his bank account goes considerably deeper than his knowledge of English football, Diddy threw his name into the bidding for beleaguered Crystal Palace. And lest you think that Mr Combs simply wants to bring Sean John tracksuits to Selhurst Park, apparently [...]

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An icon to rappers Ice-T and Snoop Dogg, Iceberg Slim put the intricacies of the pimp game into words better than anyone else, becoming the USA’s best-selling black author in the process with over six million books sold. Now author Ian Whitaker has published ‘Iceberg Slim: The Lost Interviews With The Pimp’, a fascinating collection [...]

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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 [...]

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HHC Digital’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
Never one to avoid either the spotlight or the caps lock button, Kanye West blogged against critics of the pelt-centric ensembles he and his lass have been flossing lately, and insisted that, post-Obama, black folks are denying their love of fur coats, fried chicken and red leather. “I CAN HEAR [...]

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Come April, Memphis men 8Ball & MJG will be releasing their ‘Ten Toes Down’ album through TI’s Grand Hustle enterprise. With input from Snoop, Bun B, David Banner, Drumma Boy and Mo B Dick, they’ve dropped a pre-release behind-the-scenes video teaser, plus the tracks ‘Ten Toes Down’ and ‘Bring It Back’. Speaking about the project, [...]

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By Richard Watson
Hard to believe that life could throw up any more cruel surprises for the kids orphaned in the Haiti earthquake tragedy, but it emerged this week that one of them could be getting Trina for a mother. Meanwhile, Russell Simmons defended Wyclef’s much-scrutinised Yele for Haiti charity and there [...]

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HHC Digital’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
There was no doubt about this week’s hardest hitting headline as Kwame dropped the bombshell that he’s never seen Coming to America or Friday, despite owning both movies on DVD. He’s also got the entire box set of Jeeves & Wooster, which he swears he’ll get round to watching one [...]

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HHC Digital’s online rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
Who’s up for Coco? With the nation feeling the freeze, Ice-T and the old trouble and strife warmed up Britain – and, indeed, Fern Britton – on All Star Mr & Mrs. Meanwhile, back in snow-free LA, Tracy’s old mucker Ice Cube mean-mugged Conan O’Brien and Snoop moonlighted as [...]