Category Archives: The Wrap Up

The Wrap Up: The legacy

Living in a post-Jacko America: DJ Spooky honors NAACP’s 100th anniversary with new work (latimes.com) MTV’s James Montgomery on M.J.’s video legacy (mtv.com) Boots Riley and Tom Morello’s Street Sweeper debuts in top 40 (mtv.com) More bad news for the … Continue reading

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The Wrap Up: Mad men and gossip folks

Time for the body slam: RJD2 wins ASCAP award for theme to “Mad Men” television show (myspace.com) Lil Wayne, Drake, various craptastic rappers on Young Money tour (billboard.com) Timbaland gets sued for biting again (allhiphop.com) Fonzworth Bentley signs with E1 … Continue reading

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The Wrap Up: Waiting games

Celebration of the auto-tuners: Ras Kass finishes prison sentence, still think he’s the G.O.A.T. that never blew up (allhiphop.com) Atlantic Records launches Black Music Month campaign (allhiphop.com) Slaughterhouse album postponed to August 11, more delays forthcoming? (allhiphop.com) The Roots postpone … Continue reading

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The Wrap Up: Pop life

Another day, another dollar: Lil Wayne’s Rebirth set for August 18 (mtv.com) Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 set for September 11 via Atlantic Records (billboard.com) Drake sues over The Girls Love Drake, mulls deal with Universal Motown (billboard.com) Def Jam Records first … Continue reading

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The Wrap Up: Ones x twos

Lights out: “DJ Hero” game on tap with contributions from DJ Shadow, Jay-Z, Eminem (djshadow.com) (hiphopdx.com) T.I. begins prison sentence after looong farewell “media tour” (allhiphop.com) (mtv.com) Eminem at number one on Billboard album charts, Method Man & Redman at … Continue reading

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The Wrap Up: Short and super

Slaughterhouse supergroup signs with E1 Music (xxlmag.com) Random Axe supergroup signs with Duck Down (allhiphop.com) Jay-Z buys out his Def Jam contract, leaves label after 12 historic years  (mtv.com) Downloads: Cage’s I Never Knew You EP (subterraneanblog.com), Donny Goines, The … Continue reading

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The Wrap Up: School’s in

Don’t call it a comeback: DJ Q-Bert launches online school for DJs (allhiphop.com) John Forte working on album, memoir (billboard.com) Jay-Z’s rider (sohh.com) M.O.P. signs with EI Music, works on new album Foundation (hiphopsite.com) Andre 3000 endorses  Georgia’s Republican Gov. … Continue reading

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The Wrap Up: MySpace malaise

Peace to the gods and the earths: Drake’s rise from Degrassi High star to Lil Wayne protege (nymag.com) Chris DeWolfe out at MySpace, Tom Anderson’s fate unclear (wired.com) Judge denies injunction for QD III’s Lil Wayne doc The Carter (allhiphop.com) … Continue reading

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The Wrap Up: Super late passes

Still on the grind, barely: Kid Cudi signs with Universal Motown (billboard.com) Pirate Bay loses criminal trial, vows appeal (nytimes.com) RIP Anthony “Tony D” Depula, producer for YZ, Poor Righteous Teachers (myspace.com/pbwolf) 2dopeboyz joins Okayplayer.com (okayplayer.com) Somewhere out there: Rhymefest’s … Continue reading

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The Wrap Up: No more kings

The world is a ghetto: Goodbye to King magazine, the hip hop version of Maxim (ballerstatus.com) President Obama stocks cabinet with RIAA executives (wired.com) Lil Wayne files lawsuit over Dedication mixtape series,The Carter documentary (allhiphop.com) DOOM’s Born Like This cracks … Continue reading

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The Wrap Up: Meat and cheese edition

Remember, there’s no crying in hip hop: T.I. sentenced to a year and a day in prison (billboard.com) DOOM finally admits he uses an impostor for his shows, photo shoots (stonesthrow.com) Kanye West finally admits he uses a “ghost blogger” … Continue reading

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The Wrap Up: RIP HHC, Eddie Bo

All the news that’s fit to forget: British rap mag Hip Hop Connection calls it quits after two decades (unkut.com) VH-1’s “Behind the Music” returns with Kanye West, M.I.A., Lil Wayne, others TBA (hollywoodreporter.com) RIP Eddie Bo (soulsides.com) Big Boi … Continue reading

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The Wrap Up: DOOM 3000

Hip hop is for the children, “Pimpin’ Curly” is for the Stans: Thom Yorke remixes DOOM track for iTunes version of Born Like This (pitchfork.com) Andre 3000 turns “Class of 3000” into stage play (hiphopdx.com) Wyclef Jean joins former president … Continue reading

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The Wrap Up: K’naan rises, Virgin and Circuit City collapse

More sad tales of the music industry’s demise: K’naan’s Troubadour debuts at number 32 on the Billboard album charts (billboard.com) Pirate Bay cowed in court? (wired.com) Telefon Tel Aviv’s Josh Eustis discusses his late musical partner Charlie Cooper (antigravitymagazine.com) Virgin … Continue reading

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The Wrap Up: Jared Paul wins, Pirate Bay battles, Lil Wayne stalls

The latest Internet hype: Chareges dropped against Sage Francis associate Jared Paul in Republican National Convention protest case (myspace.com) Kaze and LF Daze win Loud.com rap contest, SRC/Universal contracts (www.loud.com) T.I. tours before jail bid (allhiphop.com) Surprise! Lil Wayne delays … Continue reading

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The Wrap Up: Post-Valentine’s Day edition

Now that hip-hop artists synchronize on special occasions like menstruation, I guess that every major holiday/historic event will bring an avalanche of mixtapes and themed tracks. Oh well. At least it makes for some interesting music. Charles Hamilton’s Well Isn’t … Continue reading

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The Wrap Up: No More LupEND

Surfing the mainstream chum so you don’t have to: Koch changes name to E1 Music (allhiphop.com) Grammy Awards winners list (grammy.com) Shepard Fairey tussles with AP over famous Obama “Hope” poster (breitbart.com), arrested in Boston on vandalism charges (boston.com) Cheo … Continue reading

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The Wrap Up: UGK’s post-mortem swan song

Post-Obamapalooza news briefs: Bun B completes final (for now) UGK album For Life (mtv.com) Production on Juice Crew movie The Vapors shuts down (hiphopdx.com) Charles Hamilton hits the cover of The Fader (thefader.com) The Source finally gets rid of dirty … Continue reading

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The Wrap Up: Run-DMC lands in Rock Hall

A few links before the pre-Obama show: Run-DMC lands in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (billboard.com) Stupid rap trend of the week: Rappers beefing on Twitter (complex.com) Motown celebrates 50th anniversary on January 12 (billboard.com) Free Internet-ish: Z-Trip’s “The … Continue reading

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The Wrap Up: Oakland fights the power

Oakland residents rise up over BART police killing unarmed rider Oscar Grant (sfgate.com) (vibe.com) Lupe drives Internets nuts with Japanese Cartoon stunt (mtv.com) Apple tosses iTunes DRM, institutes three-tier pay structure (nytimes.com) Asher Roth — or, more accurately, a member … Continue reading

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