Baller Status

Baller Status is a real tight Hip Hop Culture website that features tons of breaking news stories, music videos, hip hop photo galleries, and killer contests in which, you, the user can win tons of cool prizes just to name a few. Baller Status Forums are a great place to go to network and discuss hip hop culture issues. The Baller Status Forum is currently a facebook forum, however in the past and most likely in the future the forum will be hosted on their website.

Baller Gear

Baller Status also brings you up to date hip hop fashion news like the info on a new line from Sedgwick & Cedar, New York based hip hop fashion company. Sedgwick & Cedar is an urban clothing brand founded by several of hip-hops pioneers and legends. Recently they announced a new line of graphic tees featuring images from legendary photographer Joe Conzo.

Baller Tunes

The list below is from one of Baller Status’ weekly “In Rotation” posts. These posts usually consist of fan/artist submitted songs and mixtapes. These are free for download and usually worth checking out. Featured below are Chali 2na from Jurasic 5, Homeboy Sandman, ROME (From Grind Time Fame) and a whole lot more. Baller Status doesn’t just release anybodies mixtape tracks, you gotta be fresh.

Homeboy Sandman ft. PackFM – “Bonkers”

Mike Schpitz – “Mike Is Like”

Stat Quo – “Ridin”

Chali 2na – “Step Yo Game Up”

Rahsaan – Popular Demand (Mixtape)

Darryl Moore – “She’s My Everything”

The Diaz Brothers ft. Soni – “Gone Too Soon”

ROME ft. Curta!n$ – “We Can’t Stop”

Piseas ft. Mistah F.A.B. – “I Do This

Kanary Diamonds – “It’s A Wrap”

Jazzy – Beauty And The Beast (Mixtape)

Don Cannon x Jeezy: Trap Or Die 2 (Mixtape)

Clinton Sparks ft. DJ Clue & Jermaine Dupri – “Favorite DJ

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Adriana Lima’s Comeback Video

From Will.I.Am’s website. Brazilian Super Model, Adriana Lima, is getting back in shape after her pregnancy to return as one of the hottest Victoria Secret Models ever. The song in the video is by world famous house DJ, Benny Benassi. In the video Adriana Lima does a boxing workout in the ring with her trainer and shows that she hasn’t lost a step after her pregnancy. While this is not hip hop related we felt that it deserved to be in our WSHH Daily because of her sheer beauty. Props Adriana for losing the baby weight.

Kurupt (Feat. Uncle Chucc) – Questions

The official video for Kurupt’s “Questions” from his album Streetlights out now! Kurupt (Feat. Uncle Chucc) – Questions

Yukmouth – Grittin

Street single off YUKMOUTH & DJ FRESH TONITE SHOW ALBUM comin in sept 2010

WSHH Daily

Yo we know everybody likes WSHH (better known as World Star Hip Hop) but to be completely honest we don’t like everything on WSHH. There are a lot of news clips, irrelevant/non hip hop videos, behind the scenes footage for videos that no one likes, etc. That’s why Bad Habitat and Surreal Music are bringing you the Best of WSHH daily. Don’t bother sorting through the multitude of videos on WSHH wasting your time watching videos you don’t like. Check out our blog post category “WSHH Daily”, coming soon to the top level navigation, for Posts containing the best of WSHH every day. Featured in today’s post is a super hot video from Will.I.Am’s website of Adriana Lima’s “Comeback”, a video of the Brazilian Super Model shaping up after her recent pregnancy. Another one of the featured WSHH Videos today is a new video from West Coast Rapper and member of the Dogg Pound, Kurupt. The song, “Questions” includes a slew of questions that the emcee gets bombarded with from fans and the media on a daily basis. You can here the frustration coming out in his voice in this song. Finally the last WSHH Video that we have for you today is from Yukmouth titled “Grittin”. Its another raw track from the dude that practically invented raw tracks. Thanks to WSHH for making these video available to the public.

WSHH Best Of World Star Hip Hop May 04, 2010

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24 Hour Hip Hop

All Hip Hop All The Time

24 Hour Hip Hop is a great hip hop culture website. They have interviews with such hip-hop hotties as seen below as well as all kinds of emcees, deejays, break dancers, graffiti artists and more. The hip hop website features a wide variety of videos, interviews, album reviews, hip hop fashion reviews, and a ton more.

24 Hour Hip Hop covers much more mainstream hip hop compared to some of my favorite hip hop websites. That being said it is probably the best of the mainstream sites. There is a good balance of hip hop babes, music news, album reviews and all that. One thing that separates 24 Hour Hip Hop from some of the other mainstream hip hop websites is the fact that they cover a lot of New York Rappers, and give some special attention to the Latin Community. Most other hip hop culture websites are over saturated with southern rap. 24 Hour Hip Hop stands out in that regard. Other than that it is your typical mainstream hip hop news feed with up to date music news about gossip, concerts, beef, etc. The Name, 24 Hour Hip Hop, is appropriate considering the nature of the website and the constant feed of information every 24 hours. Other considerable Hip Hop Culture Websites that I would like to mention are listed below:

YORAPS
Clutch Magazine
Global Grind
ihiphop.com

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link between underground hip hop and other genres

This isn’t general or absolute, just an observation. I’ve noticed that most people who are fans of underground tend to have deep taste in other genres. What do you think the link is? Is it the different samples used in underground or what? People with diverse taste in music tend to be better at explaining themselves on hip hop issues?

HipHop Culture

Hip Hop Culture Essay

This is a very interesting point of view. There could be an endless debate about “What is true Hip Hop?” or “New School v. Old School”, but the debate is possible, only because there are good arguments for all sides! Here is a good, well thought out perspective.

The underground hip-hop scene has emerged as a circuit where young, talented and intelligent emcees can thrive. Their message is less abrasive and violent. While not all underground artists are choir boys, they are not barking over mics …

Underground HipHop: UGHH

22 New Hip Hop Joints Just Added – Underground Hip Hop dot com – Blog

22 New Hip Hop Joints Just Added 1/25: We just made a new audio update with 22 New Joints just added! New audio from: Critical Madness, Factor, Grouch, Guerilla War Tactix, Jaysaun & DJ Revolution, Jise, Oktober, PruVen, RJD2, …

Sandpeople HipHop

The Dapper Mob

Portland hiphop group Sandpeople with another hit from the upper left.

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Stussy X Haze on Hood Nerd

The Stussy X Haze Spring 2010 collection is available now featuring signature designs by world renowned graffiti artist Eric Haze across a range of apparel and accessories.

Born and raised in New York City, Haze has been making his impact felt in the worlds of art, product and graphic design for over 30 years. After spending the 70’s and early 80’s on the front lines of the graffiti movement, Haze opened his design studio in 1986 becoming one of the first visual artists to define the look and graphic language of Hip Hop during it’s golden years. Some of his most classic works include designs for Public Enemy, EPMD, LL Cool J and the Beastie Boys. Haze founded his own clothing line in 1993 which remains recognized worldwide as one of the original brands that helped to create the blueprint for streetwear as we know it today. Over the last 10 years, Haze Studios has also produced a diverse range of client work and collaboration with industry leaders such as Nike, Casio, Honda and Apple.

Recently relocated back to NY after over a decade based in LA, Haze now directs his brand and company out of their new Brooklyn headquarters. Please click the images or visit Stussy.com to preview or purchase!!!

The Hood Nerd Reminder

Air Jordan 2 “Silver Anniversary” Premier

The time has come for the first sneaker from the Jordan 25th Anniversary collection to release. Starting at midnight you will be able to purchase this Jordan 2 premier online with no lines no waiting. Just follow the link(s) below to reserve your size.

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KiD CuDi “cudderisback”

CuDi was very happy about the new supply he got while in Boston so he decided to put together a little stoner documentary/video with a few friends….hilarity. Oh and if you need to download the mp3 of this track click here.

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What are the Olympic athletes listening to on their iPods? A little Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, and even some Gucci Mane. Team USA’s shining stars share what gets them pumped before going for the gold at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

Skier Lindsey Vonn

1. Beyoncé – “Sweet Dreams”
2. Lil Wayne – Anything on Tha Carter III
3. T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake – “Dead and Gone”
4. Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”

Snowboarder Louie Vito

1. Gucci Mane – “Bingo”
2. Da Underdawgz – “Gorillaz”
3. Jay-Z – “Justify My Thug”
4. Stunnaman – “2800″
5. Trouble feat. Stunnaman – “Cadillac”
6. Shyne – “Diamonds and Mac 10s”
7. Lil Scrappy – “Oh Yeah”
8. 50 Cent feat. Eminem – “Patiently Waiting”
9. Dr. Dre feat. Eminem – “Forgot About Dre”
10. Juice – “Be Easy”
11. Clipse feat. Cam’ron and Pharrell – “Popular Demand (Popeyes)”

Snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler

1. Dead Prez – “It’s Bigger Than Hip-Hop”
2. 50 Cent feat. Justin Timberlake – “Ayo Technology”
3. Run-DMC – “It’s Like That”
4. Beatnuts – “Watch Out Now”
5. A Tribe Called Quest – “Da Booty”

Snowboarder Elena Hight

1. Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
2. T.I. feat. Rihanna – “Live Your Life”
3. Lil Wayne feat. Bobby Valentino – “Mrs. Officer”

Figure skater Johnny Weir

1. Sam Cooke – “A Change Is Gonna Come”

Hip Hop Culture Video

A look into youth, influence and hip-hop culture

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Critic’s Pick: Canibus – Rip The Jacker | Air & Sea Battle

It’s not that the album was terrible, indeed, his flashes of brilliance amidst the piss-poor production, sloppy beats and comically bad guest rappers left him with a strong underground following that is loyal to this day. …

micropsia: Simon Reynolds’s Notes on the noughties: When will hip …

Underground rap fans sniffed at this brash, bolshy sound, based not on the breaks-and-samples template of classic hip-hop (partly because licensing samples had become too costly) but favouring instead synthesiser riffs and refrains …

Hip Hop Press: TRAVISTY: THE NEXT BIG THING IN HIP HOP MUSIC!

November 27, 2009 (FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida) – The artist known as Travisty is well known for the work he has put in on the underground hip hop music scene in Florida and surrounding cities and he is going from underground to mainstream …

Hope you enjoy the read as much as I did and please if you have something to say, use the comments form below to let everyone know your thoughts.

Have a great day!

Getting Hip Hop News
by: Brent Wilson

Hip hop news is a huge priority of many people. Let’s face it, no other class of artists are involved in so many things, good and bad. But, where do you find just the information that you need? How can you learn what is happening? There are several ways that you can do this, but some are often times better than others. It never fails that you will find the latest in hip hop news available to you, but where you get it will tell you how good it is as well as how old it is. And, when you want the real thing, it matters where you go to get the hip hop news you want.

First, you can of course get a lot of information from hip hop magazines. These are great for the latest information right from the hip hop artist’s mouth. These magazines often incorporate quite a bit of information on the details of the latest happenings in the world of hip hop, but they are not the fastest method for getting the news you want and need about hip hop.

So, what is a better way to get hip hop news? A great way to learn what’s happening in the hip hop world is by tuning to your favorite hip hop radio stations. Yes, there are often a large amount of great news stories happening on them. Live interviews are always happening as are a large amount of in depth coverage of the inside story.

Yet another way for you to get the hip hop news that you want in a way that you can read it when you have the time is by using hip hop websites. They are available throughout the web and offer a huge amount of detailed information about the artists, the music, the culture and life in hip hop. Many of them offer inside information about hip hop as well as help to get you in contact with the hip hop artists you want to know. Regardless of where you get it, getting hip hop news is the key. You will find a wide range of all the news you need in several different ways.

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Brent Wilson

Hip Hop Capital is your online hip hop resource. The place where you can find TONS of everything hip hop. Hip Hop Capital has been a force online for years and only continues to grow. Go to http://hiphopcapital.com and see for yourself why thousands choose Hip Hop Capital.

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It was born in New York, then it began to travel across the country to hit California with groups like N.W.A. taking it and making it their own; what we are talking about is hip-hop. It started as just a past time event that young African-American took part in, in the streets of New York. After a couple of years, it began to really take life. With groups like Run DMC on the east coast, N.W.A. on the west coast, MC Breed in the Midwest and Uncle Luke and Ghetto Boys in the south. Hip-hop was no longer a past time or a fad; it had grown into a music genre that would take over as the leading music genre of the country.

By the middle of the 1990’s hip-hop had hit all regions of the country hard and they all began to shape in their own unique ways. In the south hip-hop took some time to really live as a respectable genre. Blues, R & B, Jazz and Country music were the music that the south knew and loved for years. Hip-hop was something new and for some time it was not embraced into the southern culture.

With groups like the Ghetto Boys in Houston, UGK also in Texas, Three 6 Mafia and 8Ball & MJG in Memphis, and Jermaine Dupree and his So So Def camp in Atlanta, hip-hop slowly but surely has reached the point it is today. These groups along with some others were the pioneers of hip-hop in the south. They paved the way for the next generation to be able to make the music that is reshaping hip-hop across the country. Without a leader no one will advance, these pioneers of the south have proven that the south’s version of hip-hop, although different, has become well respected.”

About The Author

Rodney Henry is a writer for MemphisRap.com. His articles focus on culture and music. For more info visit http://www.memphisrap.com

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