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Green Label, a pop culture site, has come up with another interesting list for hip-hop heads, this one celebrating the 30 year anniversary of Def Jam Records by listing the "10 Most Notable Albums" from its history. We picked some other notables they forgot...including one album seminal to the history of music that you won't see coming. -
Jay Z, Roc-A-Fella Records Being Sued
Jay Z and Roc-A-Fella Records are facing yet another lawsuit. -
Beyoncé Tops Forbes Celebrity 100 List
Just in case you didn't think Beyoncé was in charge, allow Forbes to set you straight. The magazine ranked the pop star at the top of its annual Celebrity 100 list. -
Kanye West Praises Apple-Beats Deal, Digs At Samsung and Alicia Keys
Kanye West gave his opinions on the recent Apple-Beats deal, Samsung and Alicia Keys being appointed the creative director of BlackBerry. -
Fans Want Jay And Bey To Comb Blue Ivy's Hair
An online petition was recently created to get Jay Z and Beyonce to comb their daughter Blue Ivy's hair. -
Green Label Lists Greatest Hip-Hop Album Art of All Time
Green Label has issued its ruling of the Top 14 hip-hop album covers of all time, and we don't envy the process. Hip-hop, like alternative rock, is full of incredibly artistic pieces. -
6 Albums Intended To Be The Artist's Last
It's not very often that an artist or band can plan its final album. Most of the time, the band unexpectedly splits, or someone unexpectedly passes away, turning its most recent album into its last, even if it wasn't meant to be. However, these six albums were actually recorded with the intention of being the artist's last. Whether or not the artist actually kept this promise, though, is another story. -
Ab-Soul Breaks Down "Stigmata" On Jay Z's Life+Times Series DECODED [WATCH]
Ab-Soul breaks down his latest release on DECODED. -
Jay Z And Beyoncé's 'Part II (On The Run)' Music Video
Director of 'RUN' says no movie in the works, trailer was a music video. -
7 Pairs of Albums with the Same Title: Which Is Better?
A while back, I wrote an article comparing songs that happen to have the same title. Though two songs sharing the same title is fairly common (I could rewrite that list many times over with new songs), two albums sharing a title doesn't happen nearly as much. Let's unfairly compare some albums whose only similarities are their titles. -
Producer Attempts to Extort Jay Z with Master Tapes
Jay Z and Roc-A-Fella Records thought that they had lost four years worth of master tapes a decade ago, but it turns out they lucked out: The tapes were actually stolen by an idiot. Chauncey Mahan, a producer who had worked with Jay at the time, made off with the recordings and recently made a less-than-skillful attempt to extort the rapper. -
Diddy Named The Wealthiest Hip-Hop Artist
Diddy was recently named Forbes' wealthiest hip-hop artist. -
Made In America Festival May Schedule Second Event in Los Angeles
It's only a rumor for the time being (a well-sourced rumor, mind you), but reports suggest that the Made In America Festival might be looking to launch a West Coast version of the event as soon as this summer. According to the reports, Live Nation (the promoter of the flagship Philadelphia event) are looking at Los Angeles. -
Tupac Shakur Takes The Crown for Obscenity in Hip-Hop
Andrew Powell-Morse and the folks at BestTickets.com get a shout-out today, in thanks for publishing the best data analysis report we've read this month so far (it's only been two days, but this report is excellent). "Profanity in Rap Lyrics Since 1985" tracks just that, by taking five of the most popular albums from each year between '85 and '13 and counting up every curse word within. -
Papoose Better Than Jay Z?
Papoose says he's the greatest out of New York and better than Jay Z.
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