Hip-Hop Archive

  • Gang Starr’s Guru loses battle with cancer at 47

    Gang Starr’s Guru loses battle with cancer at 47

    Guru (real name Keith Elam), one half of hip-hop outfit Gang Starr, passed away yesterday, April 19, 2010. The rapper struggled with a year-long battle with cancer, but the specifics are unknown as the rapper kept the disease a secret from his fans. In early...

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  • Weekly Album Release Parties! :: Releases for December 8th, 2009

    Weekly Album Release Parties! :: Releases for December 8th, 2009

    Welcome to the party, ETSers! This week’s party should be a pretty good one compared to the past couple of weeks and features a lot from the Hip-Hop and R&B genres! Hope you’re ready to get your groove on cuz the Gin and Juice is...

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  • “The Maritimes” by Classified

    “The Maritimes” by Classified

    Have you ever wondered what Hip-Hop from Canada sounds like? Me neither! But on my recent trip to San Francisco, I met Nick, who was drinking by the jacuzzi alone. So what did I do? I hung out with him and got to talking about...

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  • Blitz the Ambassador :: “Stereotype”

    Blitz the Ambassador :: “Stereotype”

    Like Mailo (and probably a ton of you), I believe it really is a shame that music has taken a turn for the worst; especially Hip-Hop and Rap. So to prove what Mailo said last week about everything coming full circle here at Enter the...

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  • Artist of the Week- G.U.R.U.

    Artist of the Week- G.U.R.U.

    Let me start by screaming: RAP is CRAP! Now that I got that off my chest I can continue. I hate to sound like your old uncle who talks about music sucking and how the music he grew up with was great but think about...

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