RZA’s directorial debut comes in the form of The Man With The Iron Fists, a Quentin Tarantino produced, Eli Roth co-written homage to classic kung-fu films of the 70′s. RZA’s no stranger to Hollywood, having scored Jim Jarmusch’s now classic Ghost Dog, appearing with GZA and Bill Murray in perhaps the most memorable scene of [cont.]

While Halloween nightlife is usually ripe with creative (and sometimes just plain revealing) costumes, our favorite of the year goes to “Low End Theory Girl”, a physical manifestation of the iconic A Tribe Called Quest covergirl, as captured by Gas Lamp Killer’s Instagram account. The photo was taken in Los Angeles last night, at the [cont.]

We usually stray away from the paparazzi posts, but Halloween is something special. Kanye West and Kim Kardashian dressed as Batman and Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer version), respectively, for their appearance at the world famous LIV in Miami.

Homeboy Sandman writes the following editorial for the Huffington Post. “I love going into schools and talking with kids. Before making music I taught high school full time. Ironically, students pay infinitely more attention now that I’m a rapper. Class always begins the same way. “What is hip hop? When you think about hip hop, [cont.]

In the 90′s, you might have heard scholars talking about Jazz as “the only form of music ever born in America”, largely ignoring a sub-culture that was in full swing just a few blocks away from their comfortable suburban homes. But today, rap music and hip-hop culture have invaded just about every corner of mainstream [cont.]

By popular demand, we have moved the Recently Commented On section back to the right-hand side of the site, like it was on our previous version, rather than the bottom of the page since the launch of this version. We’ve also added the latest headlines from our newly launched house/electronic sister site WeAllHitPlay.Com on the [cont.]

As we mentioned earlier, we’ve been secretly working on a sister site to HipHopSite.Com, called WeAllHitPlay.Com. Being based in Vegas, and spinning a whole lot of house music, it would be criminal for us not to cover this genre. That being said, WeAllHitPlay.Com is live. Read the origins of the new site and how A-Trak [cont.]

UPDATE 2: Forums are live now. And, if you are registered as a commenter on HipHopSite.Com already, you are also registered for the forums. So, we brought them back by popular demand, it’s now up to you guys to get them poppin’. Post away, HHS massive…. Go to HHS Forum UPDATE: We’ve put in some [cont.]

Update: This was originally posted at 10 PM pst last night. Since then, 65 posts have gone up in an effort to get caught up from the last few days. Here it is up top for those that missed it last evening. Dear heads, First off, I want to say thanks for the overwhelming response [cont.]

Dear heads, So, I have been in deep thought about what direction to take HipHopSite.Com in the future. I have to be honest, my heart is not in the site anymore. Mostly because I don’t like the direction that hip-hop music has taken. Don’t get me wrong, the underground has always produced great music, but [cont.]

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.

The Roots new LP hits stores on December 6th. Here it in it’s entirety right now, courtesy of NPR.

I’ll be opening for Lil Jizzle tonight at Tryst in Las Vegas. Hit me for guest list, HHS readers.

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. [cont.]

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 [cont.]

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 [cont.]

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 [cont.]

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’ [cont.]

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 [cont.]

Monday 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 [cont.]