It’s interesting to see that Kanye’s “Stronger” is the number one Hip Hop single in iTunes, but even more interesting is the top album: Kanye’s Graduation. The album isn’t even out yet – it’s beating everything else in the category on pre-sales alone. But the strength of “Stronger” goes even further – its success seems [...]

Hip Hop is dead, but it’s still apparently to blame for everything wrong in America . Or so you would think if you read any of the current news about it.

HipHopDX interviews Pete Rock. PR says about K. West: “He basically opened the doors back up for cats like me. They weren’t playing Pete Rock-ish beats. Like, if you listen to the radio they play a bunch of radio-friendly records that’s wack. He’s bringing that soul back.” And who gets the Pete Rock stamp of [...]

The Smoking Section has a review of Little Brother’s Get Back. You can pre-order here.