Posted by: Punch Counter Punch on: November 24, 2008
Can female rappers make a comeback?
In the early days of hip-hop, female emcees rocked the mic with their male counterparts. Roxanne Shante, The Real Roxanne, MC Lyte and Queen Latifah were just some of the few fem-cees who managed to hang with the boys and also flip their own styles. Then in the [...]
Posted by: Punch Counter Punch on: November 24, 2008
The trailer for the Christopher Wallace a.k.a. Biggie Smalls or The Notorious B.I.G. biopic, “Notorious” just hit the Internets. By all accounts, it looks interesting. Interesting in the way that when you saw The Dark Knight over the summer, they showed the trailer for Christian Bale’s other soon to be hit franchise “Terminator Salvation,” and [...]
Posted by: Punch Counter Punch on: November 24, 2008
First Ice-T, then Ludacris and now Nelly. No, I’m not talking about rappers who have beef with the cops or the media. I’m talking about rappers popping up on prime time television dramas. Last week, Nelly made an appearance on the network drama CSI New York. And while you’d think that Cornell just showed up [...]
Posted by: Punch Counter Punch on: November 24, 2008
Can you have a number one album without stirring up controversy?
All you rappers take note: if you want a number one album, you may want to get busted trying to buy some illegal firearms. Just kidding, but not really.
Unless you’ve been under a rock for the last two weeks or too preoccupied [...]
Posted by: Punch Counter Punch on: November 24, 2008
When R&B singers start beefing, things can only go downhill.
Rappers, you guys better start watching out. Seems like the R&B contingent may be stepping into your territory. On Big Boy’s radio show, Ne-Yo recently threw some shots at Young Berg and Chris Brown. With regards to Berg, Ne-Yo agreed that dude needs a three-finger [...]