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Fabolous Drops $45K on Booze

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:25:45 +0000

Fabolous is a big spender. The "Throw It in the Bag" rapper threw down $45,000 on a hunnid and twenty bottles of champagne at a nightclub. So says a friend of a friend of a friend of a source close to a friend of a source with intimate knowledge of Fab's club life and such who spoke to TMZ.

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Top 10 Rap Songs for February 26, 2012

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:37:57 +0000

This week's Top 10 offers a cornucopia of auditory goodness for every hip-hop taste bud, including sweet, syrupy, and down and dirty grime. Dig in.

Chart Watch: Top 10 Rap Albums of the Week

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:59:54 +0000

Here they are, the best-selling hip-hop albums for the week ending February 12, 2012. It's the same lineup from last week, pretty much. Drake keeps his grip on numero uno. The Throne has now been watched one point three million times. Tha Carter IV is a hair away from double-platinum. Peep game.

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Cam'ron and Mac Miller Working on Joint Album

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:00:38 +0000

If you polled random rap fans on their dream collaborators, I'd bet my last pink hoodie that Killa Cam and Mac Miller would't get any mentions. But that's not stopping the odd couple from proceeding with a collaboration anyway. The pair will try to build on what they initiated on the Big Jerm-produced single "Dig That," which dropped earlier in the year.

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Share Your Favorite Big L Memory

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:52:02 +0000

Big L left us thirteen years ago on this date. He's generally counted among the greatest, despite a thin catalog and a career cut short by tragedy. L was an unfulfilled gem who displayed lyrical wizardry on songs like "MVP" and the wildly cherished "Ebonics," though he never matched the successes of Children of the Corn alumni Mase and Cam'ron nor the momentary pop recognition of DITC comrade Fat Joe. He was a gem nonetheless -- he placed #23 on my Greatest MCs list.

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Kanye West Sweeps Rap Grammys

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:02:08 +0000

Kanye West won more Grammys from his couch than any other artist last night. West scored in every hip-hop category, including Best Rap Album for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Best Rap Performance for "Otis" with Jay-Z, also a no-show at the 54th Grammys.

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Liveblogging the 2012 Grammys

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:05:11 +0000

If you watched the 54th Grammys you were part of the second largest audience in Grammy history. Many tuned in to see winners announced; I watched strictly for the sophisticated bow-ties. Here's my play by play recap of the 2012 Grammys. Good luck to you and your brain cells.

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Questlove Explains Why J Dilla is the Greatest

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:30:36 +0000

It's frustrating trying to explain J. Dilla's legacy. The biggest frustration in introducing people to him is in trying to get them to appreciate his work without invoking (consciously or otherwise) any sort of sentimentality -- a challenge amplified by his death.

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Top 10 New Rap Albums for February 2012

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:44:31 +0000

This month: Too $hort drops his 19th album; Ja Rule and 7 Aurelius try to reignite their magic; Knowledge Medina mulls existentialism. Proceed for February's Top 10 Rap Albums.

M.I.A.'s Middle Finger Steals Halftime Show

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:14:20 +0000

NBC put measures in place to prevent wardrobe malfunctions during last night's Super Bowl show, but they had no way to anticipate M.I.A.'s bird flipping, sh!t-talking moment -- what Paste magazine co-founder, @JoshJackson, cleverly dubbed a "middle finger malfunction."

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