By Phillip Mlynar
Photography by Ricky Powell
“I was locked up in jail during the shiny suit era!” laughs Blacastan, an emcee inspired by CNN’s steez who just happened to find himself being bombarded by the saccharine sounds of Puffy and Mase while doing a bid. Now with his thoroughly hardcore ‘The Master Of Reality’ set out [...]

Photography by Alexander Richter
On April 7th the mighty Method Man will be hitting London town for a one-off show at Matter. Support will come from Wu-Tang Clan affiliates Mathematics, Streetlife and Cilvaringz – you can check out more info on it by clicking here.
Even better, HHC has a pair of tickets to give away to [...]

Updating the Wake Up Show theme, King Tech has thrown the RZA, B-Real, Ras Kass, Tajai, Cooked I and Tech N9ne on to a track cannily titled ‘2010 Wake Up Show Anthem’. Click here to check the new style.

A round-up of the latest shenanigans from everybody’s favourite Shaolin soldiers…
- The Method Man, Raekwon and Ghostface project ‘Wu-Massacre’ will allegedly be released on March 30th. The artwork’s above, the tracklist promises the album will also include guest verses from Inspectah Deck, Cappadonna and Solomon Childs, and there will be a track titled ‘Criminology 2.5′ [...]

Compiled by Mathematics, ‘Return Of The Wu And Friends’ digs up 16 lesser heralded and previously unreleased tracks from the Staten Island icons recorded between 2000 and 2008. Peep ‘Clap 2010′ by Raekwon, Ghosface, Method Man and U-God by clicking here – and don’t forget to check out Rae’s mammoth HHC Digital interview here.

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 [...]

Their name and image may have all the trappings of another hipster doofus project to skip quickly over, but Bossasaurus’ recently released ‘Shove These Fossils Up Your Magnificent Creationist Ass’ is a top slice of sophisticated rap remix action. Whether flipping mid-’90s classics from the Wu and Tribe, or adding a new sheen to tracks [...]

HHC does the track-by-track thing to Damon Dash and The Black Keys’ rock-meets-rap project, out at the end of November…
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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) [...]

HHC Digital’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
Bucking the worrying decline in beat-digging, 9th Wonder dug in the televisual vaults for the week’s most amusing clip, flipping the classic Family Ties theme song something lovely before shutting things down with the timeless ‘Care Bear Countdown’. Also on the TV tip, upcoming emcee Amen brought the drama – [...]

Wanna get your hands on a pair of tickets to any of RZA’s soon-coming UK shows? Simply email us the name of the Wu head honcho’s new book to info@hhcdigital.net – and don’t forget to include which show you’d like to win tickets for. Now click here to peep the promo flick, or keep reading [...]