On sex, drinking, songwriting, consumer manipulation and R&B/Hip-Hop Billboard Charts

In a recent study released by The University of Canterbury, sex/love making and drinking alcohol/partying were ranked as the top two activities people enjoy most. These are followed by care giving/volunteering, meditation/religious activities childcare/playing with children and listening to music.

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Disco sucked. Now dubstep does, too. And hip-hop’s shaking the rattle of death.

On Saturday night, the first American-hosted Dubstep Music Awards will take place in Atlantic City, NJ. Not to be the harbinger of the macabre, it’s also the day that dubstep dies. Think I’m bizarrely tilting at windmills? I’m not. This

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Jay-Z is having hip-hop’s best year ever.

It’s really not up for debate. Shawn Carter is having the best hip-hop year ever. It all started on January 7, 2012 when Jay’s wife, Beyonce, gave birth to Blue Ivy Carter. The child was barely a week old before

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Flashback VIDEO – Q-Tip and Kanye at BHF ’11

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Turning Tables: When Allies Become Adversaries In Hip-Hop

“Contemplatin’ war, niggas I was cool with before / We used to score together, Uptown coppin the raw / But… a thug changes / And love changes / And best friends become strangers…” –- Nas, “The Message” Things change. It’s

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Why Doubt Watch The Throne? BrooklynBodega.com columnist, Run P argues for the Jay-Z and Kanye West collaboration

Annually, artists and labels alike make these intense marketing pushes to get fan salivating for some new crack music to fulfill that oratory fix. Unfortunately, the other yearly tradition is disappointment. These set album dates come and go like night

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Jay-Z, Kanye West Perform “Otis” At VMAs

Jay and ‘Ye “crashed” the VMAs, perform “Otis.” Look out at the end for this year’s Lil Mama redux. Get More: 2011 VMA, Music, JAY Z and Kanye West

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#BHF11 Round Up: What The Fans Said…

The impact of a Hip-Hop artist can be measured in so many different ways, from album sales, to exclusive collaborations, to crossover appeal, career longevity and a bunch of different variables too varied to count here. But the true impact

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[Watch] Q-Tip, Kanye West Perform “Award Tour” At #BHF11

BHF ’11 – Kanye West Assists Q-Tip with “Award Tour” from BrooklynBodegaTV on Vimeo. 6 Camera Angles. 1 Historic Moment. Because Part 1 wasn’t enough, here’s Kanye West assisting Q-Tip on the seminal Tribe cut, “Award Tour”. Shot by: Jose

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[Watch] Q-Tip X Busta Rhymes X Kanye West

BHF ’11 – Q-Tip from BrooklynBodegaTV on Vimeo. BHF ’11 – Q-Tip X Busta Rhymes from BrooklynBodegaTV on Vimeo. BHF ’11 – Q-Tip X Kanye West from BrooklynBodegaTV on Vimeo. More Jav Martinez genius… Shot by: Jose Cota, Jr. (twitter

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