Spokinn Movement, a live band hip-hop act headed by underground lyricist Illspokinn, released their video for “Delicious” this week, the first single from their album “60 Min Spin Cycle.” Check the video below:

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  Review Date: June 26, 2007
  Website: Kemo The Blaxican Website
  Label: Dead Silence Records

Kemo The Blaxican “Not So Rich and Famous” Album Review
If there’s one about this country that I’m completely sick of, it’s those racist redneck hillbilly anti-immigration advocates. They be running around the halls of Congress, talking about how everybody should learn how to speak English if they want to live in this country, and how us Americans shouldn’t learn how to speak Spanish. And I think that’s just plain ignorance and hatred. (more…)

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  Review Date: June 25, 2007
  Website: Zeph & Azeem Website
  Label: OM Records

Zeph & Azeem “Rise Up” Album Review
Hip-Hop music is normally not that complex. For the most part, artists are fairly easy to categorize. You got your gangsters. You got your thugs. You got your backpackers. You got your emo rappers. You got your revolutionaries. You got your old-schoolers. You got your crate diggers. You got your conscious emcees. You got your mainstream pop stars. And probably 90 percent of all hip-hop acts can be placed in one of those categories. Unfortunately, this is not always fair for the other 10 percent. (more…)

Below are the thoughts of Wise Intelligent on “Chicago Church Billboards Target Ten ‘Trash’ Rappers” which was published in AllHipHop.com on June 19, 2007:

Can I get just ONE billboard (not 10) paid for by the black church of Southside Chicago that criticizes BUSH and the American Establishment for COMMITTING, not just perpetuating, violence against ALL the human families of the earth? (more…)

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  Review Date: June 20, 2007
  Website: Documentary Website
  Producer: Pressure Point Films

“The Hip Hop Project” Movie Review
When it comes to talking about hip-hop, people always seem to ask me the same question: “What’s the difference between rap and hip-hop?” Now the funny thing about that question is that it’s almost impossible to answer. If you live hip-hop, then you just know the difference. But attempting to explain the difference to someone who has to ask that question is very difficult. (more…)

I had a conversation with a group of young hip-hoppers recently. The subject was why does it seem like the south is dominating mainstream hip-hop? From radio airplay, album sales to simply the trends: the grills, the dances, the oversized tees, can we truly pinpoint what it is that is keeping the dirty south on top?

Based on the stats from Billboard.com, only one northern artist is on the list with a hot single or album at the moment: Mims. But the south currently has several southern artists who are holding their region down that includes Unk, Rich Boy, T.I., Young Buck, and Young Jeezy to name a few. Again I ask; why there aren’t more artists from the north listed? (more…)

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  Review Date: June 20, 2007
  Website: Custom Made Website
  Label: Rawkus Records

Custom Made “Truth Be Told” Album Review
Recently I had a chance to visit a different county within the state that I reside; one in which I had never been before. It was good to get away even for only the few hours in which I was gone. What I noticed was despite the line in which I had to cross to visit this area; the environment was different but still the same and that’s a good thing. I get the same notion when listening to Custom Made’s Truth Be Told. (more…)

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  Review Date: June 17, 2007
  Website: Andromeda Website
  Label: Elephant Audio Recordings

Andromeda “Blue Collar Music” Album Review 
I know, I know … I can just hear what y’all fools are saying already. “That cat at Hip-Hop Linguistics is always talking about slavery,” right? In our review for Jedi Mind Tricks’ “Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell,” we pointed to China’s unfair labor practices, the disproportionately black, Latino and lower class military, and America’s prison-industrial complex as examples of modern day slavery. In our review for Brother Ali’s “The Undisputed Truth,” we created a simple four-step backtrack to help our readers realize not only how recent slavery in this country actually was, but also how clearly it still affects us today. (more…)

Wise Intelligent iz…The Talented Timothy Taylor is almost here…July 17th 2007 is just right around the corner. The album release party for the record will be at FAT BEATS in New York, check out the show dates on the front page of this site for more information. Did I tell yall that Wise’s new album is straight FIRE and in my not so humble opinion it’s his best work since his last best work!

The God really dug deep this time around to give you something that’s not only going satisfying to your Hiphop needs but the Talented Timothy Taylor speaks directly to the hard issues that we are facing today. (more…)

Millions of Darfurians live in fear of murder, rape, and mutilation. They’re depending on us to help put an end to their suffering. But their torturers won’t stop until their funding dries up.

That’s why we’re working hard to create a global movement to Divest for Darfur. But we need your help to make it happen.  We’re off to a strong start but we’re still $340,000 away from our goal of raising $400,000 by Friday, June 15^th. (more…)