Hip Hop Columns

Once in a while, we write our own opinions, make lists, and break down hip hop. We give you a behind the scenes look at the opinions of some of our authors and people who contribute to the site with their incite on hip hop happenings.

Presidential Candidate Discussion – Hip Hop Style

Presidential Candidate Discussion – Hip Hop Style

The presidential candidates are out in full swing, campaigning to become the next leader of the free world.
Earlier, Illest Lyrics, hypothetically speaking, caught up with a few rappers to find out, who they are voting for.
We sat down with West Coast Rapper – Snoop Dogg at first.
Me: Snoop Dogg, who do you plan to [...]

Posted in Hip Hop Columns
Comments Off
Top 7 of 07 – Big Stories – In Hip hop culture

Top 7 of 07 – Big Stories – In Hip hop culture

It’s been a semi-exciting year for hip hop with a lot of shocks. I’ll break down the news that had the most people talking.
1. Jay Z – Puts Kingdom Come behind him.
A year ago, Jay Z, came out of retirement to drop Kingdom Come, and the album got smashed by critics and fans alike. People [...]

Posted in Hip Hop Columns
Comments Off
M.W.J: 3 – Barack Obama Is Hip Hop? and more

M.W.J: 3 – Barack Obama Is Hip Hop? and more

Jesus covers Barack Obama and hip hop, Dog The Bounty Hunter’s racist slur, Sagging Pants being banned, Jim Jones dissing Jay Z, T-Pain getting arrested, 50 Cent’s – I’ll Still Kill Being Banned From MTV, American Gangster being released in theatres, Jay Z sales, Joe Budden – Star Inside of Me video, G-Unit feel good [...]

Posted in Hip Hop Columns
Comments Off

Sagging Pants – Pull Your Pants Up – Homosexuality? Column

A new track by underground rapper Dooney da Priest infers that people who sag their pants might be gay.
He is a religious rapper, for the record.
Sagging pants is a fashion style of the hip hop culture. Kids and young adults reveal their underwear. Usually by not wearing a belt and buying their jeans or shorts [...]

Posted in Hip Hop Columns
Real Music

Real Music

Kurse has a new bulletin that really gets into depth about emcees who rap about others lives.
What I can’t stand is…
…The fact that there are alot of underground artists out there who gas themselves up in wild belief that they’re the greatest thing walkin and spittin rhymes since the days of “Gin N’Juice”. I read [...]

Posted in Hip Hop Columns
Comments Off

Definition of a Hip Hopper

Lately there has been a lot of speculation over what exactly a hip hopper is after John Gibson’s comments.
I have decided to break it down as simply as possible for the non-hip hoppers.
Hip Hoppers originated back in the 1970’s when the hip hop culture began.
These weren’t your regular hip hop people though. They were [...]

Posted in Hip Hop Columns
Comments Off

30 Dumbest Hip Hop Lyrics And Comments

Rappers are not exactly known as the most intellectual people in the world. Rarely being educated beyond the streets and club scenes.
I have put together 30 of the most ignorant, embarrassing, and outlandish comments or lyrics that hip hop rappers have made.
Obviously there are 1000’s to choose from and it would be impossible to [...]

Posted in Hip Hop Columns
Comments Off

Hip Hop Column – Twisting Greatness

Twisting Greatness
By Niccolo Maranzano
“To be simple is to be great,” said American Poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. If that were stated to today’s misguided hip-hop fans, there would be an audible laugh from the ‘elitists’ and ‘backpacker’ hip-hop heads, with their holier-than-thou mindset.
In today’s hip-hop world, a certain percentage of the fan base, will not consider [...]

Posted in Hip Hop Columns
Comments Off
Page 2 of 4«1234»