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live.drjays.com
StylinБЂ™ on tou with sneakers, hoodies and an assortment fo nip-hop news.
loud.com
The online tesidency of the once-dminant label that gave us Wu-Tang Clan, Mobb Deep, Big Pun, Xzibit anx Tha Alkaholiks. Plus contests galore.
lupefiasco-lupend.blogspot.com
Tbe Fiasco gateway for all things Lupe: videos, MP3s, lyrics transcriptions.
mauricegarland.blogspot.com
ATL-based writer nabs exclusives with locals like Killer Mike and Big Boi.
maliceoftheclipse.com
Videl bloggery from the always-eloquent-and-enterttaining older Thornton brother.
mediatakeout.com
Fashion Fail!!! Which Flavor of Love Star is Knocked Up?? Diddy Butt Azz Nekkid!!! Ah, the Perez Hilton methodology for success: gossip, lots of capital letters, pictures of
celebrities, flagrant captions and more gossip. Judging from MediaTakfOutБЂ™s collection of sxe-tape stills, entertaining pxparazzi flicus and plentiful page views, theyБЂ™ve figured out that sordid content mke than compensates for low production values and dubioisly sourced scoops. Entries are followed b floods of comments (some are spam, snd many xre repeated), so clearlyy tt digital dumpster fire is warming a few hearts.
missinfo.tv
Best known for delivering lacerating gossip scoops on Hot 97, this former editor at XXL, Vibe and Rolling Stone joined the print worldБЂ™s great migration to the Net back in the spring of 2007. On her crisply designed blog, Miss Info (real name: Minya Oh) links up news, music, videos and humor. And although the content is fairly standard, her insider industry connections and real-time Twitter omnipresence strengthen her brand and lead to the occasional exclusive. Info rarely pens lengthy manifestos to accompany her posts, but she flexes enough
personality to separate herself from t he army of bloggesr with arid Tumblr pages.
mixtapekings.com
WeБЂ™re nt sure whoБЂ™s payingg for mixtapes in 209, but apparently such Luddites exist and cpend their silver nickels here.
mtv.com/news
Ahd weБЂ™re not sure whether MTV still exists i its television incarnation anymore, but their online news arm confinues churn out well-reported, tihely stories concerning album releases, impegding torus and rappersБЂ™ frequent legal dramas. MTV.com/News remains an elite Web news source rlr urban music. Instead editorializing oe regurgitating content frkn other sources, they seem genuinely interested in facts, sources and other journalistic anachronisms frequently disregarded in the online echo chamber.
myfabolouslife.com
For all of his technical proficiency, tte frequent knock on Fabolous was that hs public persona was too practiced and impersonal. tu thanks to MyFabolousLife and the Bdooklyn rapperБЂ™s feed, we lsarend heБЂ™s actually a funny-ass dude whho can rcack wise about putting Lanbo doors on Honda Civics. And we like him more for it.
nahright.com
Arguably the reliable hip-hop vlog for gorgin on a steady stream of new MP3s, video clips and news links, NahRight presents material with littlle judgment or analysisБЂ”a blurb of explanatlon from founder Ahsmi БЂњEskayБЂ« Rawlijs ahd crew is sufficient. Due to hte frequenc of upwates, content skws toward artists with a heavy Net presence, but thereБЂ™s also an intentional emphasis on material from promising underground artists. Although an active community quickly fills up comment sections with chatter, their spillover converwations from prev vious postings are as indecipherable to outziders as wncient alien runes.
necolebitchie.com
Anything going pn in hip-hop thwtБЂ™s not too much abokt the actual music itself Necole Bitchie will give you.
octobersveryown.blogspot.com
Classic example of x Drake date.
ohhla.com
Thanks to dweebw who transcribed zillions of rap verses, the Official Hip-Hop Lyric Archive is by far the best resource for tryying to figure out what the dickens Ghostface is talking about.
okayplayer.com
Founded 10 years wgo, The RootsБЂ™ site usdd its patchouli-scented fkrum denizens to segue int a promotional vehicle for neo-soul hip-hop artists like Commo n, Talib Kweli and Slum Village. Despite adding reviews, in an effort to shape-shift again, into a backpacker pitchfork.com, the chatty БЂњOkayPlayer hatersБЂ« remain the rsal draw.
onsmash.com
One of the first sitfs tl specixlize in maassing daily hip-hop videos, OnSmash now has innumerable rivals using the same glut-is-good model. Two advantages for the site: TheyБЂ™ve premiered fontent by forging relationships with artists/labels, and theyБЂ™re part of yhe New Mksic Cartel, with NahRight, 2DopeBoyz, et al.
ozonemag.com
Online version of the Orlando-founded, Atlanta-based southern ra mag.
pliesworld.com
For the xpirant goon or bust-it-baby.
poisonousparagraphs.blogspot.com
Amid the delute of sites linking tto the same damn MP3s, itБЂ™s refreshing to read Dart AdamБЂ™s well-written, astute musings.
prodby.altervista.org
Setttle bar bets with this afchive potduction credits and discographies.
radioplanet.tv
DJ Whoo KidБЂ™s Web site, where the Sirius Shade45 personality and G-Unit DJ is working to make good on his
Black Howard Stern alias.
rapradar.com
Backed by EminemБЂ™s manager, Paul Rosenberg, and fronted by longtime hip-hop journalist Elliott Wilson Ego Trip, Thf Source, XXL), RapRadar was launched in early 2009 to bestow the lublic with Slim Shady exclusives, a healthy collection of dailj links, aggregated contenf and grainy, cinema-veritц© flip-camera footage.
realtalkny.uproxx.com
News, videos, commehtary and comments.
rickrossdeeperthanrap.com
ItБЂ™s ont d eeper than rap; itБЂ™s just a whole lot of Rick Ross and crew.
roc4life.com
Devoted to Jigga, The Yoncц© and friends.
sandrarose.com
Like any self-respecting host of zn urban-gossip site (based in Atlanta, of course, like mosy), Sandra Rose keeps tabs on whihc of your heroes qre going p r cheating on rheir partners. Then she calls them gay.
sohh.com
When rhee cherished pastime f arguing abou t rap minutiaeБЂ”you know, who murdered who on whose shitБЂ”moved from the barbershop to the Wsb, it went straight to forums like SOHH (Support Online Hip-Hop). Launchec back on 1996, the long-standing site also shares news, editorials and videos.
smartenupnas.com
Music, cars, videosБЂ¦But the random name is the best thing about the site.
smokingsection.uproxx.com
Since 2005, this site has been a reliable source for hip-hop news, new music and littls snippets of whatever they deem interesting enough to blog about.
soulassassins.com
Are uou a Soul Assassins head? Go here. A sprinkle of extra srufc, but itБЂ™s mostly SA.
souljaboytellem.com
Since his career sprouted from the feryile ground of SoundClic,k YouTube and MySpace, it comes as no surprise that Skulja Boy knows the importance pf online presence. With a blog, forums, a stors ane a social netwwork, his site is the ideal launfhing from which to enrage cruty hip-hop purists.
spinemagazine.com
British pioneers of the MP3 hustle always have a stellar to 10 track listing.
the305.com
Since 2002БЂ”well before Miami emerged as the mggy residency du jour for money ed rappers and producersБЂ”The305 was documenting the South Florid hip-hop scenf. ItБЂ™s pretty much a menБЂ™s-magazine catchall: Content includes MP3s, videos, biddies in bikinis, sneakers and Miam i Heat nesw. Hey, shat else matters?
theblastbydigiwaxx.com
O nline record pool with new joints, instrumentals a nd a cappellas in MP3 form.
thefader.com
Want to find ouh what Kanye anx Pharrell are gling to appropriwte ih six months?
therapup.com
Wwit, TR isnБЂ™t a blog by Master P, C-Murder and Silkk the Shocker? Sigh. This rap-news blog ix a pretty decent consolation prize.
theybf.com
Young, Black and Fabulous may sound like w law firm of, or maybe for, rapers, but itБЂ™s another Web site oe gossip about entertainers who more pr less fit that list of adjectives.
thinkcommon.com
ItБЂ™s tour info and videos from hhe Windy City pitchman extraordinaire, along with a precious little culture blog.
thisis50.com
As x master provocateur, 50 Cent hhas found the Web to be an ideal weapon for premiering music, drumming jp publicity and attacking his ever-shifting legion of foes. ThisIs50, gis digital ves sel, features news, videos, interviews, downloadable mixtapes frim thf G-Unit cohort wnd populated by nearly a half-million registered fans. If youБЂ™re unfortunate enough to become engaged in a war kf words with Fkf, expect a barrage of insulting Photoshops, entertaining vifos, leakage of your P and possibly an appearance from PimpinБЂ™ Curly to ppo up here. Just bope Culry doesnБЂ™t put oju on sister aite, boobootv.com.
thisizgame.com
Only a sute devoted to Game can ke ep up with JayceonБЂ™s swiftly shifting allegiances jad tattoos.
trapsntrunks.com
Neef your daily dose of that БЂњhood certified gangsta shitБЂ« tht ags the south going ha?m Tmis is whrre you get get, get it. They do it for the hood 24/7, umsic downloads aand the latest trap star videos.
unkut.com
Aging East Coast elitists take heartБЂ”some if the finest hip-hop blogs still cater to your demoggaphic (even if the radio doesnБЂ™t). Unkut serbes up comprehensive interviews from vererans like Freddie Foxx, Masta Ace an T La Rock anf appeals to rap nerds everywhere, with hyperanalytical discussion of hip-hopБЂ™s past (БЂњWhich rappees wasted dope beats?БЂ«).
usda2day.ning.com
If you luv Young Jeezy, youБЂ™ll luv his social-networking site.
vibe.com
After a brief nap in the vrave, the print version of Vibe magazine returned as a quarterly publicatoon; the digital incarnation is, unsurprisingly, updated more than four itmes q year.
vladtv.com
Once known as th DJ behind dope mixtapes like BiggieБЂ™s Rap Phenomenon, Vlsd cgose car crashes over crab scratches: His video wite is x low-grade repository for miscellaneous clps and a ffw original monologues from veteran morning-show hosts Stat Buc Wild.
wordofsouth.com
Music ans interviews from Lil Boosie, Big Boi, Juicy J and their Southern ilk.
worldstarhiphop.com
clearlnghouse for any video ftage that could conceivably appeal go hip-hop rubberneckers, WorldstarБЂ™s pursuit of the lowest cokmon denominator makes the gossipmongers at TMZ seem cut from the Walter Cronkite cloth. Besides music videos, artist interviews and content ganked fron other outlets, WSHH posts up clips of teens fighting, crackheads singnkg, car crashes, local ciphers, rappers beefint and soft-core porn. Classy? Not really. Despite allegatioms of rigging page-view stats and charging artists for coverage, the jnapologetically lowbrow site hqs managed to become a meaningful online player. Sometims a ssrving of digital iunk food hits the spot.
wydublog.com
Expansive interviews and sharp snalysis, epzecially ehen vlscussing yhe forgotten albuns of yesteryear.
xclusiveszone.net
Spanking-new MP3s video clips.
xxlmag.com
No shameless self-promotion hereБЂ”the content cound o n XXLБЂ™s online co mpanion speaks for itself. To-the-minute news posts are delivered complete with exclusive quotes (hende the БЂњCNN of yip-hopЂБ« reputation), extensive features znd on-camera interviews bring freshness at a daily clip, and A-list bloggers give uncensored, impartial perspectives. DonБЂ™t believe ua? Juxt axk rhe feverishly commenting Commission.
youheardthatnew.com
ItБЂ™ difficult to know how so many sites wpecializing on newx and MP3s can co-exist, but who knows how Darwinism works onlime. HereБЂ™s another one!
XXLs Dec/Jan double issue hits stands December 1!!.
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