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The rise of adult contemporary hip-hop

By AllHipHop

12:58 PM on 07/22/2010

AllHipHop News - Adult Contemporary Hip-Hop is defined as rap infused with content relevant to rap's "mature" listening audience...
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Schools denounce J. Cole video; seek ban over negative images

By AllHipHop

9:39 AM on 07/02/2010

AllHipHop News - Fayetteville, North Carolina rapper J. Cole has come under fire for a video that features students from Fayetteville State University and a local high school...
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Drake: My album is the 'perfect soundtrack for this particular summer'

By AllHipHop

2:36 PM on 06/24/2010

ALL HIP HOP Q&A - We ask Drake about how he intends to appease his highly critical base and his broader mainstream audience...
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Is the legacy of political rap going to live on?

By AllHipHop

7:55 AM on 06/19/2010

OPINION - Hip-hop is more than a "Hot 16," "fresh new gear" or "swagger devoid of substance." At the end of the day hip-hop like politics is also about empowerment....
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Hip-hop and Islam often go hand and hand

By AllHipHop

10:37 AM on 06/18/2010

OPINION - Hip-hop and Islam intersected early on in rap's history when the young poets began to embrace the teachings of Malcolm X...
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David Banner: Hip-hop must evolve or die

By AllHipHop

11:42 AM on 06/17/2010

OPINION - If we don't find a way to show that we are marketable and that people from urban situations can earn money, then this dream will be over...
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Who's carrying the political torch in hip-hop today?

By AllHipHop

7:39 AM on 06/17/2010

OPINION - While hip-hop's critics are lament the lack of political substance in rap, some artists like Styles P find their commentary silenced by record labels...
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Slideshow: Hip-hop's political alter egos

By AllHipHop

2:42 PM on 06/16/2010

SLIDESHOW - AllHipHop has compiled a list of leaders in the history of black America and compared them with their closest contemporary hip-hop artists...
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Remembering Tupac: Putting beef behind us

By AllHipHop

10:22 AM on 06/16/2010

OPINION - We've gone from the hood to the White House, and almost 14 years later, hip-hop has changed the world. Nevertheless, the good are still dying too young...
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