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#bigbinkshow – This was BIGG news and then it kind of went away, but now everyone is talking about it again. According to reports, There are drugs that are found in the drinking water that has been identified from New Jersey all the way to California.  Check out this report from almost a year ago. […]

Hip-Hop is a genre built on sampling. However, most young fans of the music rarely know that a drum loop on a KRS-One song was…

Black Music Month

You might know singer and rapper Mack Wilds as actor Tristan Wilds of “The Wire” & “90210″ fame. While he does have things in common with…

Black Music Month

So many rappers have sampled the late, great James Brown. Let’s take a look at 10 of the best songs to have taken from the…

New Music

According to several sources Doo-Wop and funk artist Jimmy Castor has died at the age of 64. Details of his death are still forthcoming. Castor found success as both a solo musician and as the leader of the Jimmy Castor Bunch. While his music spanned many genres (hence his nickname “The Everything Man”)  he was […]

If you’re in the entertainment business, in any fashion, it’s safe to say Quincy Jones has had some influence on you. From creating some of the most memorable music in history to founding one of hip hop’s most loved magazines, Quincy Jones has done it all. WBW: Samples of History: Hip-Hop Mines Afrobeat In celebration […]

Rap Radar and DJ Soul are back with the follow up to their “No Idea’s Original” mixtape. The Tracklsting for the sample-fest is below so check to see if you can guess which hip-hop song from 2010 got it’s inspiration from the original song. Download No Idea’s Original 2 here. Tracklisting 1. Average White Band […]

When Danger Mouse released The Grey Album, a mash-up of The Beatles self-titled 1968 album, also known as The White Album, with Jay-Z’s 2003 album The Black Album, the Beatles’ record label, EMI, put a stop to its distribution because none of the samples of the Fab Four’s work had been cleared.  It turns out […]

Led Zeppelin is considered by many to be one of the greatest bands in the history of rock music, but their roots clearly lie in the tradition of the blues. Their blues influences got the best of them on a few occasions during their run in the late 60s and 70s. In 1972, the band […]

On December 26, 2010 singer Teena Marie died in her home at the age of 54. As is customary when a musician we love has passed away, we take a moment to highlight how they’ve influenced the hip-hop generation. R.I.P. Teena Marie: Celebs Remember The Legendary Singer On Twitter As a gifted singer and musician […]

From Nodfactor.com. I can’t even take credit for this one. That walking hip-hop encyclopedia  Dart Adamsover Blogger House put Kanye’s latest leak “Lord, Lord Lord” on blast for being more than a little similar to Nas’s “Find Ya Wealth.”