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What Was Your Favorite MAJOR LABEL Hip-Hop Album Of 2011?
We’ve already picked our favorites already for our soon-to-be revealed 2011 Year-In-Review, but what about you? Let us know what your favorite MAJOR LABEL hip-hop LP was for 2011. Vote on Facebook.
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Hear The Roots “Undun” In It’s Entirety
The Roots new LP hits stores on December 6th. Here it in it’s entirety right now, courtesy of NPR.
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Tryst w/ Lil Jon + DJ Pizzo Tonight
I’ll be opening for Lil Jizzle tonight at Tryst in Las Vegas. Hit me for guest list, HHS readers.
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Win Tickets To Red Bull Thre3style In Vegas
Win tickets to see the Red Bull Thre3 Style national finals DJ battle in Las Vegas, where 11 up-and-coming DJ’s will compete to see who’s the nicest. The 21+ over event happens November 10th at Rain at The Palms Las Vegas, featuring a set by DJ Vice and hosted by DJ Hollywood and DJ Hapa.
Of course, finding your way to Vegas is a whole other story, but for locals it will be a cinch. HipHopSite.Com will give 25 pairs of tickets to the first 25 people to email mistapizzo@gmail.com with the subject line reading “Red Bull Thre3 Style Tickets”. Include your name, age, and address in message body.
Check out RedBullUSA.Com/Thre3style for more info.
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Did P.E.A.C.E. Dis Greg Nice In 1993?
Since there was no internet in the 80′s and 90′s, there was no discussion about subliminal rap disses of that era. We’re here to uncover them all, as we did recently in the case of Del vs. De La Soul.
One that’s always bugged us was on Freestyle Fellowship’s “Bullies Of The Block”, as seen above. P.E.A.C.E. starts the song off, and in the middle of his verse, he (seemingly) imitates Greg Nice of Nice & Smooth with the line “Wicky Wicky Wicky Wack MC / There’ll be no tricky tricky tricking me!” before reverting back to his own style with “Shut up! Sit back and enjoy the beatdown, sucka!”
The rest of the verse doesn’t seem to apply to Greg Nice, but the competition in general. Anyone out there that can shed some light on this? Discuss.
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Del Dissed De La Soul On “Pissin’ On Your Steps”
New shit has come to light. While the jabs at Vanilla Ice on Del’s 1991 classic, “Pissin’ On Your Steps” from the I Wish My Brother George Was Here were obvious, he also took some shots at De La Soul, which we didn’t pick up on before. Read:
“Me & Myself and I ain’t with the Daisy’s / cuz I’m no goddamn flower / And every single dancer in circumference / Receives a golden shower.”
Del’s beef with “dance groups” was the main focus of this song, which was likely recorded in 1990, a year after De La Soul’s “Me Myself & I” single was released, a dancefloor hit that thrusted them to platinum status. De La would later define themselves as much more than a one-hit wonder with each consecutive album release, and eventually earn the respect of Del, despite this premature dis. The two acts would collaborate on Handsome Boy Modelling School’s “The Projects (The PJays)” for the So… How’s Your Girl LP. We’re sure there is more back story to this that we are unaware of.
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“Beats, Rhymes, and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest” (Film Review)
Before there was even a glimpse on this documentary running on YouTube or before any posted trailer clip started circulating, there was something really exciting just in anticipation about any type of documentary film focused on a milestone group such as A Tribe Called Quest – pioneers in hip-hop and credited to selling 5 Gold and Platinum albums before their 1998 break-up. It’s similar to the rush a sports fan would get upon hearing about the making of a Muhammad Ali film; or a jazz fan’s delighted eyes upon hearing of a Miles Davis flick in the works; or a reggae fan literally seeing red, gold n’ green when finding out that a script was approved by a major film studio on the life story about the iconic Bob Marley. [cont.]
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Who Is May 2011 Top Shotta? TomL
Not surprisingly, Tom L nabbed the Top Shotta honor for May 2011, once again, commenting on the site the most out of any user, over 580 times. Yeah, we are shocked as well. Tom L will receive the following package of promotional goodies from the HHS archive:
1. Mr. Lif – “Santa’s Got A Motherfuckin’ Uzi” Head-Shaped Picture Disc Vinyl
2. DJ Shadow + Cut Chemist – “Freeze” DVD
3. Swollen Members – “Freak Fantastic” 7″ Test Pressing
4. J-Live – “The Day I Fell Off” 7″ Single
5. Reflection Eternal – “Back Again” original CD single
6. Lords Of The Underground – “Chief Rocka” original CD single
7. DJ Pizzo – “She’s The Model, I’m The DJ” Mix CD (Lucky you!)
8. Preemptive Hype Vol. 4-9 on CD
Who will take the crown from TomL in June?
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Who Is April’s Top Shotta? TomL
Each month we award our most consistent commenter here on HipHopSite.Com with a big bag of schwag (not to be confused with “swag”). For April, user TomL killed it, commenting over 254 times on various posts on the site. Nobody was fuckin’ with this guy.
TomL gets a prize package which consists of:
- Steel Series Spectrum 5XB Gaming Headphones
- Steel Series Iphone Gaming Headset Adapter
- Steel Series 9HD Promo Gaming Mousepad
- Sealed Copies Of HHS Preemptive Hype Vol. 1-5 on CD
- Lootpack – “Psyche Move” Cassette Single
- Q-Tip – “Gettin’ Up” CD Single
- High & Mighty – “The Last Hit (Mighty Mi Remix)” 7″ Test Pressing
- Nas – “It Ain’t Hard To Tell” Original CD Single
Who will take the cake in May? Game on……
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HHS @ SXSW 2011
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This is my third time in Austin. The first was for SXSW in 2005. Things have changed. SXSW has been on the national stage most of the last decade, but even during the last six years, things have changed. The music festival hasn’t started officially, but things have been happening since friday due to the interactive portion of the 10 day long festival. [cont.]
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UPDATE: And The “Who Is Top Shotta” Winner Is…..
We’ve selected a winner in our monthly “Who Is Top Shotta” contest, which rewards the busiest commenter on the site with a huge grab bag of gear, equipment, and classic HHS promo items. The winner for February-March is….. McNulty!! McNulty and Dayz were close in comments with one another, but McNulty really came through commenting over 100+ times during the course of the month. McNulty will receive a prize package including the following items:
1. 1 Pair of Steel Series Siberia V/2 Pro Gaming Headphones
2. 1 Steel Series 4HD Pro Gaming Mouse Pad
3. 1 Stones Throw / J. Dilla “Turn It Up” T-Shirt Box Set
4. Original Sealed Copies of Pre-Emptive Hype Vol. 1-5 on CD
5. 1 Original Pressing of J-Live – “The Day I Fell Off / Schools In” 7″ single, limited to 500 copies.
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Poll: Should We Rip & Upload All Of The Old HHS Promos?
A lot of long-time HHS users remember the wealth of promo items that came with our online orders during our retail phase. This accounts for over 100+ releases, some officially branded by HHS, others provided by the labels. We’ve got them all here. Ripping them and uploading all of them will be a daunting task, however. The question is, is it worth doing? We probably have to figure out the logistics of it – a schedule even – to unload this wealth of releases for the public. We’re a little on the fence about it because we feel the HHS traffic needs to reach the levels of where we used to be at before we opened (and closed) the digi-downloads store. If we’re going to do it, we want it to reach the most people possible. Give us your feedback in the comments section below and maybe we’ll figure something out….
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DJ Shadow “Live From The Shadowsphere” 10.30.10
The above video is all we can show you from DJ Shadow’s “Live From The Shadowsphere” tour, out of respect for the show itself, which truly can only be experienced on location. The “Shadowsphere” is literally the globe shown in the video, which is a spinning DJ booth laid against a larger video screen backdrop. Visuals are then projected on both the screen and the globe itself as Shadow spins live, rivaling the type of effects-driven show seen on Daft Punk’s “Alive 2007″ tour. The end result is a three dimensional tour-de-force that must be seen to be believed. Without spoiling anything, the sphere and screen behind it interact with one another creating an incredible, almost 3-D effect that is completely mind-blowing, all to the sounds of Endtroducing, The Private Press, The Outsider, and some new stuff as well. Do yourself a favor and catch this show…. and Shadow, please bless the public with a Blu-Ray disc so we can re-live it in HD when it’s all said and done. Check out remaining tour dates here.
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Kanye West’s “Runaway”: What Does It All Mean?
Confused by Runaway? HipHopSite.Com’s DJ Pizzo explains it all. [cont.]
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Please Don’t Pretend Piracy Hasn’t Killed This Industry.
I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately. I’m not going to lie, I (allegedly) pirate shit all the time, and so do you. I kind of have my own set of rules concerning the practice though, just like you. For instance, I might (allegedly) download a movie illegally, but only in the case of something I’m not sure I want to see on the big screen. However if I love the movie, I will pay the exorbitant price of $30 to own in high definition on a Blu-Ray disc. And guiltily, I will probably upgrade my Blu-Ray disc when the Special Double Dip Edition comes out. The same goes for any album I love; I’ll definitely spring for the deluxe vinyl edition or oh-you-fancy-huh CD box set. [cont.]
