<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239</id><updated>2011-04-21T14:10:16.160-04:00</updated><title type='text'>10 Reasons</title><subtitle type='html'>So, the argument is on. Is Hip-Hop really dead? If so when did Hip-Hop "eat the dirt"? .... Hip-Hop, Current Events, Pax Americana, Hip-Hop, Rants, Sex, Conspiracies. And you guessed it. MORE HIP-HOP</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>75</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107828534121148372</id><published>2004-03-02T22:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-03-02T22:45:19.530-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Haven't posted in a few days but...</title><summary type='text'>I'm gearing up my new digs at funkdigital.com I need to leave mama's house and find a little studio apt. on my own, so to speak. I'll probably take my entries with me. See ya soon.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107828534121148372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107828534121148372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107828534121148372' title='Haven&apos;t posted in a few days but...'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107774695410365284</id><published>2004-02-25T16:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-25T17:12:00.326-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Spare Rib Tips</title><summary type='text'>Leave it the Wallabee King to drop knowledge on us about the mixtape promotors:"You got n*ggas making money off your sh*t which they ain’t even toss up a dollar,” he said. “Then want to front on you when you don’t give them a drop. Don’t come over here cause a n*gga ain’t give you a freestyle.”-----Inspired by fimoculous.con mentionHAL:I'm monitoring the ships systems, Dave. I'm detecting </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107774695410365284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107774695410365284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107774695410365284' title='Spare Rib Tips'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107774468145347711</id><published>2004-02-25T16:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-25T16:34:07.326-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Rats and Cheese Steaks Should Not Mingle</title><summary type='text'>I'm happy to report that we are still pumping human blood. My hope has been restored in our hallowed land called the United Stated of America. The ad execs responsible for this debacle warrant guest spots on Extreme Fear Factor. Picture them naked and chin high in muridae rodents. We would all chuckle.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107774468145347711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107774468145347711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107774468145347711' title='Rats and Cheese Steaks Should Not Mingle'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107774012376954805</id><published>2004-02-25T14:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-25T15:19:29.106-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Reality TV Images: Washington Post Analyzes "the Black Bitch" Proliferation</title><summary type='text'>Black women don't take no shit. Our mothers, sisters, girlfriends and spouses have been made to live up to this misrepresentation for awhile now. Quite frankly, its a paradox. Which came first: The media image or the sista gurl eye roll? Regardless, its a coping mechanisms over-utilized for too long--hard and cold exterior meant too mask a crumbling, mushy center. A Washington Post writer </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107774012376954805'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107774012376954805'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107774012376954805' title='Reality TV Images: Washington Post Analyzes &quot;the Black Bitch&quot; Proliferation'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107773193086207046</id><published>2004-02-25T12:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-25T13:02:15.200-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wedding Proposal: Rejected</title><summary type='text'>While some may think that this wedding proposal rejection  made by this D.C. woman was callous, I on the other had think she did the right thing. Something has to stop these attention-hounds. Not only must the woman give this chump an answer to his potentially life altering request, she has to do it to a crowd of 50, 000 strangers(more like 15,000. It is the Washington Wizards) in a musty </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107773193086207046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107773193086207046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107773193086207046' title='Wedding Proposal: Rejected'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107772949622365932</id><published>2004-02-25T12:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-25T12:21:02.640-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Roc-a-fella Seal of Approval</title><summary type='text'>With the attention that Dj Dangermouse's, The Grey Album has received you had to figure The Roc would weigh in on the matter eventually. Roc CEO Dame Dash spoke commented recently about the unauthorized masterpiece: While Damon Dash, head of Roc-a-fella, told The Associated Press that proper permission should have been obtained, he said, "I think it hot. It's the Beatles. It's two great legends</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107772949622365932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107772949622365932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107772949622365932' title='Roc-a-fella Seal of Approval'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107772281580834638</id><published>2004-02-25T10:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-25T10:29:41.436-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Moving on Up</title><summary type='text'>So, I decided to get serious with this blogging thing. Not incredibly happy with the functionality on blogspot. I acquired a domain. My new address will be www.funkdigital.com Don't ask me the significance of the name. It just sounds cooool. I'll still be updating this site until I get my new site up. I plan to use Movable Type hosted by bloghosts.com. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107772281580834638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107772281580834638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107772281580834638' title='Moving on Up'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107772251356384225</id><published>2004-02-25T10:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-25T10:24:39.246-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Black Self-Hate</title><summary type='text'>Conversations with self-loathing blacks often go like this:"The first step in freeing one another is for black people, collectively, to surrender. Blacks must consciously give up on achieving racial justice. . . . "Debra Dickerson has jokes. Sadly, this is not comedy. Matter fact, I'd take this even from a white comedian but when you're a black author receiving glowing reviews in the New York</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107772251356384225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107772251356384225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107772251356384225' title='Black Self-Hate'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-10775675003720344</id><published>2004-02-23T15:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-23T18:48:40.950-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Can't We Black Folk Have Nothin' No More</title><summary type='text'>Found at American Black:An Underground Railroad theory being questionedWASHINGTON - A popular book that asserts that escaped and freed slaves used quilts as message pads to guide themselves north on the Underground Railroad is under attack by scholars, who say its basic thesis is unproven.Other Black Matters: Anyone peep this series on Public Broadcation Television? It aired on NJN in New </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/10775675003720344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/10775675003720344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#10775675003720344' title='Can&apos;t We Black Folk Have Nothin&apos; No More'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107755984805189250</id><published>2004-02-23T12:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-23T13:26:19.450-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dis and Dat</title><summary type='text'>I saw the entry over at hiphop dot com and on another site that's not coming to mind right now. It reminded me that I didn't add my own random list of my nearly 3000 tunes on my Ipod. J Smooth, you did it again.From But this one's kinda fun:Your instructionsStep 1: Open your MP3 [CD] player.Step 2: Put all of your music on random.Step 3: Write down the first 20 songs it plays, no matter </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107755984805189250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107755984805189250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107755984805189250' title='Dis and Dat'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107729978394024015</id><published>2004-02-20T12:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-20T12:59:02.653-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A Bit Much Maybe, But...</title><summary type='text'>I'm conflicted about this... Black Leaders Express Outrage Over ABC-TV Selection of Justin Timberlake as Co-Host of "Motown 45" SpecialA coalition of prominent African American organizations and leaders are demanding that the American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) remove entertainer Justin Timberlake as co-host of "Motown 45," the upcoming ABC-TV special. Outraged over the selection of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107729978394024015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107729978394024015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107729978394024015' title='A Bit Much Maybe, But...'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107729100524452351</id><published>2004-02-20T09:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-20T11:41:59.013-05:00</updated><title type='text'>More Kanye, Please</title><summary type='text'>Negroplease.com  theorizes a bit on Kanye West's album College Dropout. The blogger makes a number of valid points. His most convincing argument is that Kanye's music is deeply rooted in the tradition of R &amp; B rather than hip hop...He distills the power of Lauryn Hill's best track on her disjointed unplugged album on All Falls Down and twists an old Marvin Gaye track on I'll Fly Away into a </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.negroplease.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/433' title='More Kanye, Please'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107729100524452351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107729100524452351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107729100524452351' title='More Kanye, Please'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107728682612734331</id><published>2004-02-20T09:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-20T09:23:05.170-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My 'Roids Are Flaring Up, Again</title><summary type='text'>Beyonce tops the nominations for this year's Soul Train Music Awards. R. Kelly is in there somewhere, too with his multiple nominations. Employee of the Month, Janet Jackson is scheduled to perform. Alicia Keys and Babyface will host. Here's a full list of the nominations... </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107728682612734331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107728682612734331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107728682612734331' title='My &apos;Roids Are Flaring Up, Again'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107722231258103912</id><published>2004-02-19T14:57:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-19T16:57:26.873-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Pretty Tony, MadVillainy and YNQ</title><summary type='text'>That's it for now. These are the albums I eagerly await. Yesterday's New Quintet: Stevie is bound to be an Ipod fav. Ghostface and MF Doom meets Madlib are for rides down the NJ Turnpike. Throw Dead Prez in the mix, too. Yeah, I'm a backpacker. Eff you.A few Dogstar mixtapes would be a welcome addition but I need to complete air traffic control before that goes down.Speaking of Stones Throw. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107722231258103912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107722231258103912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107722231258103912' title='Pretty Tony, MadVillainy and YNQ'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107722005838367657</id><published>2004-02-19T14:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-19T14:50:16.030-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Couch Potato Activism</title><summary type='text'>If you're like, into protests and stuff but are a shut-in, couch potato or morbidly obese (that's me) you can like support artistic freedom. Join in the "civic disobediance" and general mayhem to support Danger Mouse's The Grey Album. The online protest, set for Tuesday, February  24, will be marked by participating sites posting The Grey Album (you know, those tracks you had before the flying </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107722005838367657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107722005838367657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107722005838367657' title='Couch Potato Activism'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107721904188848236</id><published>2004-02-19T14:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-19T14:33:19.746-05:00</updated><title type='text'>How Did I Miss This?</title><summary type='text'>O'Reily skirmishes aside, you have to choose your battles these days. So, Pepsi dropped Luda awhile back and his lyrics were unnecessaryily debated. I could care less, but seems some AmeriKKKans want to beat this rug again. Don't get me wrong. You won't see me at the counter-protest. One of the fliers was left on the porch of Joseph VanLandingham, a black Evansville resident. He said he </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107721904188848236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107721904188848236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107721904188848236' title='How Did I Miss This?'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107714925515389656</id><published>2004-02-18T18:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-18T19:10:48.356-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Nasal Drip</title><summary type='text'>Whatever sickness Browngirl and Chang have right now, I don't want it. Or maybe I do. They're both coming thru on the posting. While blocking those germies J-Boogie even manages to bash the Yanks.Jeff Chang:Man, let me just say cheering for the Yankees because you're from New York is like rooting for the Republicans cause you're from Texas. You could do it, sure, but it's still wrong! And now </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107714925515389656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107714925515389656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107714925515389656' title='Nasal Drip'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107713827780439971</id><published>2004-02-18T17:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-18T17:30:28.653-05:00</updated><title type='text'>No One Can Do It Better</title><summary type='text'>Reportedly, pioneering Left Coast rapper, D.O.C. and singer, Erykah Badu, have a child on the way. Meanwhile Badu's been chatting it up concerning the industry imagined "neo-soul" label.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107713827780439971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107713827780439971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107713827780439971' title='No One Can Do It Better'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107714254791697622</id><published>2004-02-18T17:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-18T17:38:57.343-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Timbo Weighs In On The Music Industry</title><summary type='text'>A few interesting tidbits from this interview and SF/J on producer, Timbaland. Q: DO YOU THINK PRODUCERS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN ARTISTS, AND HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR PRODUCING STYLE? A: I think producers are bigger than the artists. We're responsible for the sound that they have. We give them direction and bring something out of the artists that they may not realize that they have. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107714254791697622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107714254791697622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107714254791697622' title='Timbo Weighs In On The Music Industry'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107714178816536238</id><published>2004-02-18T16:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-18T18:53:21.686-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Turntabilism 101: Physical Tricks are Extra Credit</title><summary type='text'>You see, I'm a decent DJ. Yeah, I can blend hip-hop, house, dancehall, or just about anything with a beat. I can scratch, too. Nothing too fancy--Your garden variety Funk Flex stuff. However, that stuff Roc Raida of the X-Ecutioners does is not in my playbook. Matter fact, I crumbled my playbook up when I saw what kid could do. I mean, that beat-juggling-one leg up on the table-through the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107714178816536238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107714178816536238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107714178816536238' title='Turntabilism 101: Physical Tricks are Extra Credit'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107713883831281971</id><published>2004-02-18T16:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-18T16:18:09.483-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Leadership Void</title><summary type='text'>Thulani Davis focuses on the present dearth of Black leadership. Black leaders are failing us for the same reason white leaders are failing us: They are not dealing with the problems on the ground. For the past 30 years too many have modeled their ideas of leadership on mythical icons. Sharpton wanted to be the next Jesse Jackson, and Jesse Jackson wanted to be the next Martin Luther King Jr.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107713883831281971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107713883831281971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107713883831281971' title='Leadership Void'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107703002729383439</id><published>2004-02-17T11:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-17T17:12:24.373-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Chinese Deliveryman Killed Over a Pair of Tennis Shoes</title><summary type='text'>I've been diggin' ghetto Chinese food for awhile. I like Sesame Chicken. Truthfully, for those of us living in "tha hood", buying a carton of beef and brocolli was, for most of our folks, was our first experience of cultural diversity. That, Korean markets and fish stores. Chinese food spots are as omnipresent in our neighborhods as the liquor stores and bodegas. In some neighborhoods, its the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107703002729383439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107703002729383439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107703002729383439' title='Chinese Deliveryman Killed Over a Pair of Tennis Shoes'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107696383229739824</id><published>2004-02-17T11:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-17T11:53:59.810-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sports Rap Up</title><summary type='text'>Quite a big weekend for the sports fanatics. Everything from The NBA All Star Game in La-La Land to the Daytona 500 (yeehawww).A few notes:Forget the game, (though it was slightly entertaining) Beyonce was looking hot as usual. Nice lipsync for the opening, then ole girl fired it up for Crazy In Love. Scared me for a sec. We don't need Britneyesque performances from honey. Yet, B is straight </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107696383229739824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107696383229739824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107696383229739824' title='Sports Rap Up'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107669458602139398</id><published>2004-02-13T12:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-13T14:46:14.233-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Impending Album Remix Crush</title><summary type='text'>Yeah I'm behind the curve, but I'm a quick study. So, can I get a late pass?God's Stepson, the re-imagining of Nas's Godson, by an up-and-coming N.C producer, 9th Wonder was a sonic re-awakening. It seamlessly blended Nas's veiled threats and pained tributes to his departed mom, to a backing that both complemented and soothed the assault on the ears that was much of the original. However, it </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107669458602139398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107669458602139398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107669458602139398' title='The Impending Album Remix Crush'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107668805712867269</id><published>2004-02-13T09:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-13T11:21:37.530-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"Emo Rap" Gets Spin Magazine's Seal of Approval</title><summary type='text'>Jon Caramanica shines the light on an intended sub-genre of hip hop--emo rapIn case you haven't heard, this is the latest and greatest form since, uhhh crunk.More pearls from that pieceIn 2004, the hottest thing going in below-the-radar hip-hop is that most foreign of rap concepts: feelings. Feelings of love. Feelings of insecurity. Feelings of despair. For an increasingly vocal niche of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107668805712867269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107668805712867269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107668805712867269' title='&quot;Emo Rap&quot; Gets Spin Magazine&apos;s Seal of Approval'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107661855525553526</id><published>2004-02-12T13:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-12T17:10:37.763-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The New "Nicca" You Love To Hate</title><summary type='text'>I knew playing the School Spirit Skits 1 &amp; 2 from Kanye West's debut album, College Dropout  would disrupt the perpetual silence (wink) in my happy home. I played it for wifey. I'm a sadist, I guess. Needless to say, it didn't go so well.  I'm about to break the rules/Don't tell anybodyI got something better than school/ Don't tell anybodyMy momma would kill me/ Don't tell anybodyShe wants </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107661855525553526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107661855525553526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107661855525553526' title='The New &quot;Nicca&quot; You Love To Hate'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107653015387292974</id><published>2004-02-11T15:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-11T15:11:41.436-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Now You Just Popped in That METALFACE Workout Tape</title><summary type='text'>B-boys. Make Some NoiseElemental hip hop for your pleasure.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107653015387292974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107653015387292974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107653015387292974' title='Now You Just Popped in That METALFACE Workout Tape'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107651876057633844</id><published>2004-02-11T09:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-11T19:55:06.123-05:00</updated><title type='text'>If the Cultural Critics Say So, It Must Be True, Right?</title><summary type='text'>Banished to the corner cyphas amidst the glowing malt liquor placards and to the suburban bassments, that whoreson, known affectionately the world over as "that crap", now wallows at the dinner table with its perennially embraced siblings in music. Yes, after only a quarter century, the critics with outstretched arms, have finally acknowledged that hip hop and its off shoots --hip hop pop (</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107651876057633844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107651876057633844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107651876057633844' title='If the Cultural Critics Say So, It Must Be True, Right?'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107644367758953493</id><published>2004-02-10T14:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-10T15:10:36.746-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Ruins at Greece Have Some Appeal But...</title><summary type='text'>Detroit's Super Bowl '06 Bid Photos FakedA dead city. That's Detroit's downtown. See bombed out buildings and you known you're in the Motor City. The downtown, after numerous attempts, is a aging mass of concrete and steel long past its heyday.The bid association decided to but that reality aside and fake photos for its Super Bowl '06 appeal.In marketing Super Bowl XL at Ford Field in 2006,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107644367758953493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107644367758953493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107644367758953493' title='The Ruins at Greece Have Some Appeal But...'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107642582008437043</id><published>2004-02-10T10:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-10T10:12:46.013-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Strange Fruit</title><summary type='text'>Infamous HistoryClick Here</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107642582008437043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107642582008437043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107642582008437043' title='Strange Fruit'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107636462066946303</id><published>2004-02-09T17:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-09T17:12:45.700-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Where Is The Love' For Hip-Hop At The Grammys? --swipe MTV.com</title><summary type='text'>Ha, exactly... Did we really think hip hop was gonna' take over the world because of those few nominations..</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107636462066946303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107636462066946303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107636462066946303' title='Where Is The Love&apos; For Hip-Hop At The Grammys? --swipe MTV.com'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107636402108621005</id><published>2004-02-09T16:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-09T17:04:43.670-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Chelsea...When Residents Attack, a Hip Hop Club Takes an 'L'</title><summary type='text'>I'm disappointed that no partygoers were interviewed for this piece. Soon after the club opened in the fall of 2002, the police investigated a case involving a reported rape; several more investigations followed involving assaults, stabbings, drug activity and unruly clubgoers blocking the sidewalks. "People were actually stumbling into the street, blood-covered, after being stabbed," said a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107636402108621005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107636402108621005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107636402108621005' title='Chelsea...When Residents Attack, a Hip Hop Club Takes an &apos;L&apos;'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107636126693751083</id><published>2004-02-09T16:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-09T16:41:11.890-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dirty Diana</title><summary type='text'>Diana Ross Convicted of DUIFeb 9, 2:07 PM (ET)By ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Diana Ross was convicted Monday of driving under the influence and ordered to spend two days in jail... (more)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107636126693751083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107636126693751083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107636126693751083' title='Dirty Diana'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107634688156347134</id><published>2004-02-09T11:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-09T14:10:51.483-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Plug 1, Plug 2 -  The NARAS Strikes Back</title><summary type='text'>After last years desperate televised attempt to stem the tide that is illegal downloading of music, you'd think that the NARAS--which runs the Grammy Foundation--would have received the message. Yet there was Neil Portnow, President of the Recording Academy, wagging his finger once again at those irksome file sharers... LOS ANGELES (Feb 8, 2004) — “What’s The Download,” a comprehensive public </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107634688156347134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107634688156347134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107634688156347134' title='Plug 1, Plug 2 -  The NARAS Strikes Back'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107634524806708619</id><published>2004-02-09T11:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-09T11:50:34.513-05:00</updated><title type='text'>DJ MAG Swipe</title><summary type='text'>RIAA TARGETS DJS Words: Terry Church The Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) has launched a new campaign against DJs in an attempt to control copyright infringement.They have already confiscated $100,000’s worth of mix CDs from independent record stores across the US. DJ mix CDs, sold in almost every independent record store are on the whole unlicensed and technically illegal to</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107634524806708619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107634524806708619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107634524806708619' title='&lt;strong&gt;DJ MAG Swipe&lt;/strong&gt;'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107634344710790334</id><published>2004-02-09T10:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-09T11:41:52.043-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Grammy Follow-Up</title><summary type='text'>Do we really care what the @#&amp;! celebrities do or say? I guess I do at least because I'm talking about it here.What is 50 Cent  doing rollin' up on Evanescence? Can 50 be surprised that he didn't cop Best New Artist when "puckerface" been on the scene since like '90? His ass should have pulled up a seat next to Janet, wherever she may have been. While on the subject, respect to Patti LaBelle </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107634344710790334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107634344710790334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107634344710790334' title='Grammy Follow-Up'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107610562484211081</id><published>2004-02-06T17:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-06T17:29:24.513-05:00</updated><title type='text'>He's Going Out on Top...On Top of What?</title><summary type='text'>Muhammad Ali - G.O.A.T.So, Lewis calls it quits. Happy Trails. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107610562484211081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107610562484211081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107610562484211081' title='He&apos;s Going Out on Top...On Top of What?'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107610471169010765</id><published>2004-02-06T15:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-06T17:28:38.076-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ok. Let the corporate conditioning begin...right...NOW!</title><summary type='text'>This Could Be Your AdI don't wear jerseys. I'm thiry plus - S. CarterThis article by Guy Trebay should have been written about 12 years ago. But now the generation that made these trappings an adolescent uniform is pushing 35. As fans mature and ascend the work-force ranks, they find themselves looking for a new sartorial statement. Musical stars who set trends like Jay-Z and P. Diddy, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107610471169010765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107610471169010765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107610471169010765' title='Ok. Let the corporate conditioning begin...right...NOW!'/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107608839526556994</id><published>2004-02-06T11:20:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-06T14:39:52.013-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Overheard: Chris Rock Show at The Apollo Tuesday, 03 February 2004:    "So if I walk straight down this street that will take me to the train station that will get me back to Westchester? Yeah? Well, but how far is that?"    "That's Dana Dane, I think"     "Who Knew What He Looked Like W/O Those Trucks Jewels" Slick Rick sloughed a Webster size kid in that detention center. "The Ruler" </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107608839526556994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107608839526556994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107608839526556994' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107601808438516738</id><published>2004-02-05T16:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-05T16:57:04.233-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hip Hop Documetary: Hip Hop Immortals We Got Your Kids Seeing cats like Daddy Kane, Dougie Fresh and Slick Rick even Kwame(lol) brings a cat back to those great shows like Fresh Fest and so on. I remember Run DMC at the Garden. Even without Run the show with JMJ and DMC was hot by today's standard. And Erib B. and Rakim, whew. PE! Fuggedaboutit...That's a show.The trailer to this doc reminds </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107601808438516738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107601808438516738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107601808438516738' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107601449057455315</id><published>2004-02-05T15:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-06T14:28:07.513-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>How Hip-Hop Took Over The GrammysHmmm, how long before the "hip hop sucks" chantsWith O'Reily serving up the very worst aspects of the culture on a near daily basis, and the Toby Keith of the world smacked to the sidelines, not long I'm guessing. The backlash won't come from young white kids that's for sure. Hip hop isn't going anywhere, atleast not while Eminem is breathing anyway.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107601449057455315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107601449057455315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107601449057455315' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107601401175316913</id><published>2004-02-05T15:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-05T15:49:11.060-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Unreasonable. Not Unforeseeable.Saw Chris Rock at the Apollo on Tuesday night. One of his rants centered on having to defend rap music to someone say like a older adult. You know the kind of person that thinks Elvis actually revolutionized rock n roll. "How do you do it", Rock asks. How do you do it when you have Lil' Jon raping "til the sweat falls off my balls."However, absurd the lyrics </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107601401175316913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107601401175316913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107601401175316913' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107601303233161138</id><published>2004-02-05T14:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-05T15:32:51.780-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Ernie Can You Say Hijab?For better or worse, a concept that will prove to be ahead of its time has been put on cinder blocks for the moment. Imagine Big Bird teaching arabic or Elmo reciting the Shahada! Three months ago founders of the famous children's show proposed a new program called "Sesame Neighborhood." It would take place in South Dearborn, off Warren, and provide an inside look at </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107601303233161138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107601303233161138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107601303233161138' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107583346932390425</id><published>2004-02-03T13:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-03T13:40:05.793-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Terror Conspiracies Live ONRead this... We'll talk later</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107583346932390425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107583346932390425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107583346932390425' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107582616432077073</id><published>2004-02-03T11:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-03T13:33:51.810-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Microsoft Hunts For New PreyInteresting article in the NY Times Online Tech section. Microsoft is pouring through Google's patents searching for a weakness in Google's technology that can be exploited. Check this...     Mr. Gates, who for more than a decade has promised - but not yet delivered - "information at your fingertips" for his customers, has decided that the Internet search business </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107582616432077073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107582616432077073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107582616432077073' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107574671582785796</id><published>2004-02-02T13:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-02T13:34:11.060-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Kill The Haitians: They Have AIDS, tooThe struggle between free speech and promoting sterotypesI'll admit it-I love video games. So do millions of other average Jacquans. However, we Jacquans and Rasheeds and Leroys aren't at all represented at all in the games we play. I can't choose to play as a brotha in most popular "reality" based first-person shooters. Whether it be Battlefield 1942 or </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107574671582785796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107574671582785796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107574671582785796' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107574166675717095</id><published>2004-02-02T11:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-02T14:02:15.716-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Janet and Justin one-up Madonna and Britney "That's a nipple, 'cause I'm drooling." - Mevin Van Pepples, BoomerangAfter the smoke cleared and the switchboards stopped switching it became apparent what the "wardrobe malfunction" planned by Janet and former boy-toy, Justin Timberlake was all about. MTV and parent company Viacom, which incidentally owns CBS, saw $$$ following the girl-on-material</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107574166675717095'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107574166675717095'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107574166675717095' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107549762532006685</id><published>2004-01-30T16:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-30T16:47:48.060-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Can Kanye West Back Up His Boasts?The beatmaker extraordinare and Chi-Town rapper has his work cut out for him. If he can find that perfect blend between radio play and street heat no telling how well the album will do.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107549762532006685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107549762532006685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107549762532006685' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107549692143894252</id><published>2004-01-30T16:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-30T16:46:19.436-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Biggie's Baby Momma Got DramaSeems a faltering career and disintergrating marriage aren't hip-hop soul singer, Faith Evan's only black marks recently. How about we add some Mary Jane and Scarface's finest cocaine to the mix?  Faith and hubby and manager, Todd Russaw, were pulled over down South for possession while cruising a silver Hummer.  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107549692143894252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107549692143894252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107549692143894252' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107418721593793610</id><published>2004-01-15T12:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-15T12:36:21.700-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>It's a Hip-Hop Nation?!?!Oh, really. Don't belive me? Here's the proof.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107418721593793610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107418721593793610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107418721593793610' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107418600149350553</id><published>2004-01-15T12:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-15T12:38:42.420-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>What would a "hip-hop" site be without a little T-n-A? Well here's some to wet your appetite a bit.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107418600149350553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107418600149350553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107418600149350553' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107418527232238551</id><published>2004-01-15T11:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-15T11:49:43.500-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Dame Dash sued for alleged rapeUh, don't particularly like dude's persona but I'm not believing this chick. She was high on x and booze and she knows a dick was in her!??</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107418527232238551'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107418527232238551'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107418527232238551' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107418402653520396</id><published>2004-01-15T11:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-15T11:37:56.110-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This is a public service announcemnt: Let's focus for a second on the little known hip-hop talent out there.Read ONMF Doom and Madlib will never get their shine and that's ok with me because it helps keep their art pure.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107418402653520396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107418402653520396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107418402653520396' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107358449039970048</id><published>2004-01-08T12:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-08T12:56:32.293-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Benzino needs to be stopped...So do a few other so called "hip-hop artists".Howard U. is on point with this editorialReading is Fundamental, Playa.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107358449039970048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107358449039970048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107358449039970048' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107358410905174591</id><published>2004-01-08T12:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-08T12:50:11.030-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Curtis Jackson.The clock is ticking....Your 15 minutes are now down to 5. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107358410905174591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107358410905174591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107358410905174591' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-107358272378766761</id><published>2004-01-08T12:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-08T12:27:06.076-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Disturbing article from (B)lack (E)xploitation (T)elevision.com concerning the drop in numbers of Black Male College Students.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107358272378766761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/107358272378766761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#107358272378766761' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-106615265281303567</id><published>2003-10-14T13:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-01-08T12:10:13.796-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I'm feeling these guys right now. Andre 3000 is "killing" Hip-Hop while getting rock radio playChuck D - "Radio suckas never play me/" </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/106615265281303567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/106615265281303567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#106615265281303567' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-106615186956173796</id><published>2003-10-14T13:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-10-14T13:17:49.436-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This cat is toast. Literally. Black people got enough problems without brothas playing Son of Sam serial killers.Electric chair certain for Muhammad</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/106615186956173796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/106615186956173796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#106615186956173796' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-90925475</id><published>2003-03-18T10:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-03-18T10:07:02.250-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>France gets at us. Yeah the world hates us. Thanks Dubya.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90925475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90925475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#90925475' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-90925270</id><published>2003-03-18T10:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-03-18T10:03:30.076-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Special Report: The War on Iraq (or How Pax Americana will again provide a reason for the world to hate us).  Our President is bananas. War is officially on. Get out of Dodge Sadaam! Yee ha!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90925270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90925270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#90925270' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-90655926</id><published>2003-03-13T12:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-03-13T12:32:54.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Nab five in Times Sq. arcade horrorContestant1: Alex, I'll take Things Stupid Negroes Do for $800. Alex Trebek: Answer. These Negroes go to a arcade in Times Square to settle Crosstown Beef. Shots ring out. 10 negroes otherwise having a good time were shot or stabed because Tyrone had static with Dayquan.Contestant2: Brothas Gotta Act Out When They Come to the Big City cause they got no home </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90655926'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90655926'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#90655926' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-90654876</id><published>2003-03-13T12:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-03-13T12:10:39.420-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Special Report: The War on Iraq  (or How Pax Americana will again provide a reason for the world to hate us).Is it all falling apart? Is the war a no-go? LMAO. Are you crazy, son? We'll be in Iraq by April Fool's Day. France, Russia, China be damned. We scoff at the possiblity of the WWIII Jump Off. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90654876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90654876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#90654876' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-90653088</id><published>2003-03-13T11:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-03-13T11:38:43.013-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This Day in Hip-Hop HistoryMarch 13, 2001---Chi Ali Captured!Former Native Tongue MC Chi Ali was apprehended on this day in 2001. Police caught the armed Bronx rapper at a hideout in the Throgs Neck housing projects in the Booggie Down.Just another footnote in the tragedy that is Hip-Hop's fall from grace. This episode played out on the TV show "America's Most Wanted". </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90653088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90653088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#90653088' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-90652146</id><published>2003-03-13T11:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-03-13T11:22:47.903-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Common's "Come Close" Remixfeatures Pharrell Williams, Erykah Badu and Q-Tip will be made available on March 18. The track is supplied by Jay Dee.Not sure if Common's record label is pushing this or Common and Erykah are seeing $$$ but I'll take a listen.Check the Story Here.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90652146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90652146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#90652146' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-90614305</id><published>2003-03-12T18:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-03-12T18:09:55.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Special Report: The War on Iraq  (or How Pax Americana will again provide a reason for the world to hate us).We dropping bombs, son. You wait. The MOAB has Sadaam and a few thousand Iraqi innocents written all over it. It's gonna be sick.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90614305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90614305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#90614305' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-90613113</id><published>2003-03-12T17:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-03-12T17:47:11.046-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Puffy should be stoned for this.Hmm... It's no St.Ides but damn. Stop it now!  Give it a rest. Jennifa don't want you back and I don't think this baller mover is gonna do it either.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90613113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90613113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#90613113' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-90612787</id><published>2003-03-12T17:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-03-12T17:42:41.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Nuff Said! Wait.. I can't resist. This is just dumb.US Congress renames French Fries..(AP) WASHINGTON, March 11 — Show the flag and pass the ketchup was the order of the day in House cafeterias Tuesday. Lawmakers struck a lunchtime blow against the French and put “freedom fries” on the menu. And for breakfast they’ll now have “freedom toast.” THE NAME changes follow similar actions by </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90612787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90612787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#90612787' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-90611795</id><published>2003-03-12T17:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-03-12T17:33:10.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Another Black TV show is headed for oblivion. Mark my words. Bernie Mac Show just jumped the shark.Of course the Brotha who helped create it gets the blame for the slow ratings of the show. I put this too you for your approval. Rupert Murdoch and Fox suck. I have to create a blog for that "evil empire" too one day. Why you ask? Let's see...Bill O'Reily, Fox News Sunday, the NY Post just to name</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90611795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90611795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#90611795' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-90609676</id><published>2003-03-12T16:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-03-12T16:58:11.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>  Why brothas gotta kill cops? Unless the revolution is on, just don't do it. NYPD aka po-po are gonna serve up some royal CPR on their asses. These nigraas are lucky they ain't dead but they'll wish they were. Don't you know Guiliani time is still in effect. Go get a late pass.If these "thugs" are kin to you I hope you found a rock big enough to crawl under. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90609676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90609676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#90609676' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-90607803</id><published>2003-03-12T16:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-03-12T17:34:31.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>And in other news... You are officially allowed to get your freak on again, Mayor James.Wow. This is pure Newark politics. Newark wants to get the Nets into a stadium in downtown Newark so the gestapo is sent to clean the place up. How you gonna get rid of a strip club frequented by Mayor "Freaknasty" Sharpe James. Answer? You don't. Nothing wrong with adults at play. As long as they are adults</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90607803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90607803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#90607803' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-90607103</id><published>2003-03-12T15:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-03-12T15:54:16.716-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hey as if we needed the Hubble to tell us this.Hubble telescope detects planet with hydrogen atmosphere in another solar system... </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90607103'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90607103'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#90607103' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-90606332</id><published>2003-03-12T15:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-03-12T15:40:56.840-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Here are another 10 Reasons Hip-Hop is dead. I can't make this stuff up by myself.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90606332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90606332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#90606332' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-90605071</id><published>2003-03-12T15:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-03-12T15:27:21.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Why I hate Mos DefRant # 6080: Why can't Mos get away from the movie industry soundstages for a sec and release some flavor like this? It's only been what 4 year's since he released Black On Both Sides. I checked out that damn Black Jack Johnson show in NYC at least a year ago. What's up?? That movie money must be too good. If your didn't check out these crazy ass lyrics please click the link. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90605071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90605071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#90605071' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-90603839</id><published>2003-03-12T14:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-03-12T14:56:31.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>These are the last days!Hmm... This might just work. Talib, Mos, Jay-Z and Kanye West. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90603839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90603839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#90603839' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157239.post-90602488</id><published>2003-03-12T14:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-03-12T14:48:09.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Is it me or is this eff'up going to jail? I mean damn man what happened? You're a former sports star who is liked and cherished by people of all races, backgrounds, etc. You're living well in what is to most a mansion. You have girls and probably more 'tang than you can manage and what do you do? You have to go and kill your ex-wife and her boyfriend... Oh, sorry that not Jayson Williams but you </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90602488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5157239/posts/default/90602488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hiphoprip.blogspot.com/index.html#90602488' title=''/><author><name>METALFACE</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
