MTV forms a panel every year to determine who is the hottest emcees in the game. They seem to be a bit biased towards the mainstream artist — nevertheless, the lists are pretty good — most people seem to agree with at least 80%.
Drake tells Sway that he doesn’t think that he is one [...]
Hip Hop Interviews
Rappers are being interviewed on a daily basis. We will attempt to add only the most unvarnished interviews and the ones with intriguing content. This section will contain videos and also audio versions of the interviews.
Drake – Hottest In The Game? – MTV
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
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Raekwon on Joe Budden – July 17th
Monday, August 10th, 2009
Raekwon speaks on Joe Budden before someone in his entourage punched him in the eye. Its nice to see that Raekwon wanted to keep this escalating beef as a straight hip hop situation and its good that his staff apologized for the incident, but I have a feeling this is far from over. Cuban Linx [...]
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Fabolous – Interview – DJ Clue
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Fabolous’s latest album Loso’s Way is available to purchase at all your favorite retailers. It does take a bit of adjustment for a long time Fabolous fan like myself to adapt to his much less aggressive style that he uses these days. He is still putting out great music and you can’t deny it. Check [...]
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Jay Z – Interview – Blueprint 3, Take Over 2.0
Friday, July 24th, 2009
Jay Z discusses his upcoming album Blueprint 3, doing a Take Over 2.0, what influenced this album, how this is the real blueprint, and much more. I’ll break it all down for you after the video.
*** Jay talks about laying down the blueprint for other artists and how he is starting to reach the peaks [...]
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Talib Kweli – 11 Minute Interview
Friday, July 24th, 2009
As we all know, Talib Kweli is one of the most talented rappers in the game, and he has had his share of extremely well received albums then only moderately received. He talks about all of that in this interview. He also talks about a possible Black Star album and the upcoming “Reflection Eternal – [...]
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DMX – 22 Minute Interview with Whoo Kid
Sunday, July 19th, 2009
In this 22 minute interview with DJ Whoo Kid, DMX reminds us why we were fans of him, before all of his stints in prison, and before he started to shove his religion down our throats. The interview is absolutely hilarious, he covers everything from the Ja Rule beef to his problems with the [...]
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Eminem Interview with 101 Barz
Sunday, July 19th, 2009
Eminem speaks on the Relapse album, his Detox and rehab stint, and the inevitable “Relapse” that inspired the title of his album. The interview is pretty short, only about 4 minutes, with a Dutch hip hop radio show.
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Jay Z Speaks On Bookdeal – Rained Out Concerts
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Jay Z speaks out about his upcoming 3 book deal, the first book will be titled Decoded. I’m most interested in the business book that will inevitably be released, his life story is quite well documented in his lyrics, especially Reasonable Doubt and the Black Album.
Jay Z Speaks On Bookdeal – Rained Out Concerts
Jay [...]
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