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Over the past few years lots of new emcees have hit the scene. Who do you think is the nicest?

Lupe Fiasco
Papoose
Saigon
Mista F.A.B.
Game
Immortal Technique
T.I.
Phonte (Little Brother)
Ludacris
Rhymefest
Kanye West
Chamillionaire
Jadakiss
Remy Ma
Paul Wall
Kev Brown
Chase Infinite (Self Scientific)
Mike Jones
Murs
Balance


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Immortal Technique Speaks Out Against Police Brutality Immortal Technique comes at this Sean Bell verdict real hard and takes no prisoners. he recounts the day he first encountered brutal police at age 12 and notes the Sean Bell killing is part of a bigger problem. He's set to do something about it. Immortal is calling for people to write up there stories as he plans to launch a international tribunal...



Passing The Torch of Police Brutality: Sean Bell & The Solution The first time a gun was put in my face, it was by the SFPD. A cop drew a 9mm pistol on me for wearing a red and black jacket with the words PARIS (a pro-black rapper not the chick) across the back. They said I looked like a gang member from Pinole (a surrounding city), and said I made an illegal u-turn to get a parking space ....


The Sean Bell Tragedy by Kevin Powell But I knew this verdict was coming. I have lived in New York City for nearly two decades and, before that, worked as a news reporter for several publications throughout the city's five boroughs, and I cannot begin to tell you how many cases of police brutality and police misconduct I covered or witnessed, more often than not a person of color on the receiving end: Eleanor Bumpurs. Michael Stewart…Amadou Diallo…Sean Bell....



Why Nas is NOT that Nigga or Is He? Nas you're that nigga that pretends to have a grasp on the social quagmire that our people are stuck in and yet cannot for the life of you articulate or justify your position on this obvious plea for controversy. Does this brother realize that his attempts at diffusing the word "Nigger" by making it some all inclusive colloquialism to represent all races is as weak as the beat he spit it too?....



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Hip Hop News April 2008

  • Channel Chnager: Can BET Be Saved?
  • Jay-Z sets up trust Fund for Sean Bell's Kids
  • Pharoah Monch Weighs in on Sean Bell Verdict
  • Breakdown FM: Dead prez, Rosa Clemente, Jared Ball Speak on Sean Bell
  • Two Compelling Articles on Obama and His Pastor
  • Immortal Technique Speaks Out Against Police Brutality
  • Cynthia McKinney's Statement on the Sean Bell Verdict
  • Passing The Torch of Police Brutality: Sean Bell & The Solution
  • Who The Hell Am I? I Like Obama But He Can't Do Shit For Me
  • The Sean Bell Tragedy by Kevin Powell

  • Why NY Oil is Right for Challenging Nas
  • Obama's Pastor Jeremiah Wright Responds to Criticism
  • The Ballot, Not the Bullet-Oakland's Town Bizness Brings Out the Hip Hop Vote

  • Key Hillary Supporter Shows Love to Farrakhan-Will She Now Disown Him?
  • Why Nas is NOT that Nigga or Is He? By NY Oil
  • Bitter, Clinging to Our Guns & God in Pittsburgh

  • Michael Moore Endorse Obama-Clowns Hillary
  • How Conscious Hip Hop Failed Us
  • Obama's Words About Hip Hop & The Response from the Haters
  • Debate Analysis: ABC Asked Most Scandal Questions, Obama Was Clear Target
  • Obama vs Hillary-Where's the Mainstream's Research Teams?
  • This is Racism at its Best-God Bless America..
  • Arizona attempts to outlaw MEChA and Chicano Studies
  • Democrats & Nancy Pelosi Plan to Issue Blank Check for War

  • Akon Busted Lying About His Criminal Past
  • Rebels of Rap: Hip Hop in Iran
  • Rap on Rap: A Study of BET/MTV video programming
  • Dont Hate on Tavis Smiley's Hatin
  • Breakdown FM: Afrika Bambaataa vs Hot 97-It's All About Mind Control
  • Krip Hop (Disbaled) Artists Are Making Big Moves

  • RZA Launches WuChess.Com; New Films, Album
  • FCC Hearing on Net Neutrality this Thursday at Stanford
  • A Message From Cynthia McKinney-She Touches Down in Southern Cali
  • An Interview w/ Mumia Abu Jamal About Recent Court Decisions
  • Bill Cosby to release Rap album in May
  • Commercial Takeover: Internet Radio Being Stifled by Outrageous Fees
  • Making Sense: Hip-Hop Star Common Raps About Rev. Jeremiah Wright
  • Alicia Keys Says Gangsta Rap Was Created to Get black People to Kill Each Other
  • Breakdown FM: Holding It Down for Memphis Meet Brotha's Keepa
  • Breakdown FM: Rakaa of Dilated Peoples Speaks on Race & Politics
  • Breakdown FM: One World, One Mind, 1 Hood-Meet Pittsburgh Rapper Jasiri X

  • All Hail Hip Hop's Ageing Parents
  • Eminem On Board For Mandela 90th Bday Concert
  • Clinton vs Obama - Who is the Real Elitist?
  • Bill Clinton Flashback-He Talked About Insecure White People
  • An Open Letter from Small Town Officials About Obama's Remarks
  • Bush Administration Set to Use New Spy Program in US
  • 40 Years in the Wilderness by Paradise of X-Clan
  • An Update on Mumia's Situation
  • Breakdown FM: Rev Yearwood of Hip Hop Caucus meets Dr King
  • Breakdown FM: Revolutionary Situation-2Pac's Mother Afeni Shakur Brings Heat

  • TI Confesses He Brought It on Himself...
  • Is Oprah Paying a Price for Backing Obama?
  • Did Tavis Smiley Pay a Price for Not Supporting Obama?
  • Foxy Brown's Legal Troubles Not Over Just Yet
  • Fear of Black-Brown Race War in Los Angeles
  • Hip-hop's healing voices not invited to King event
  • Popular Bay Area Rapper Shot Dead by Police
  • Going Off w/ the Biz-An Interview with Biz Markie

  • BET, Low powered Radio & the Congressional Black Caucus
  • 50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather Get Into a Tussle
  • SF Olympic Torchbearers Wave Tibetan Flag Cause Uproar
  • Hip Hop Pioneer Calls for Boycott of Olympics
  • Hip Hop Chess Tourney Returns to Bay Area This Weekend
  • 50 Kicks Young Buck Out of G-Unit
  • Bad Times-How the LA Times Royally Screwed Up
  • Jailed Prodigy of Mobb Deep Goes Off in Recent Vibe Blog
  • Hip Hop Appreciation Week 2008 is Announced

  • Spanish Rap Breathes Life Into Hip Hop
  • 10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don’t):
  • 'Stop Loss': Patriotic Bluster Dressed up As a Protest Movie
  • MC Breed Arrested for Not paying Child Support
  • Hip Hop Pioneer Frosty Freeze of the Rockstaedy Crew Passes (RIP)
  • Tribe Called Quest vs Outkast-Who Would Win?

  • The Birthplace of Hip Hop is Not the Bronx
  • A March To Protect Our Children
  • The Top 10 Myths Keeping Hillary in the Race
  • 50 cent is No Longer Supporting Hillary
  • Rev Amos Brown Speaks on the Controversy Surrounding Jeremiah Wright

    Hip Hop News March 2008

  • Sean Levert-Brother of Gerald Levert Dies in Jail
  • Hip-Hop community sees backlash in Kilpatrick indictment
  • Ten Troubling Questions Obama Needs to Answer...
  • Will Hillary Disassociate Herself from Maya Angelou?

  • Breakdown FM: Meet the Godmother of LA Hip Hop-Medusa
  • Jimmy Henchmen Replies To LA Times' Apology; Afeni Speaks
  • Rapper Beanie Sigel Gets Three Months In Jail
  • T.I. Sentenced To A Year 'In The Public's Interest'
  • Feds Deny Mumia A New Trial-He Faces Death Penalty

  • Remy Ma Found Guilty, Facing Up to 25 Years
  • Yo-Yo Teams Up with MC Serch to Seek Out Best Female Rappers
  • Big Phat Liar-The LA Times Wrongly Accuses Diddy-They Get Fooled & Clowned
  • LA Times Apologizes Over Article on Diddy Shooting 2Pac
  • NW Hip Hop newsletter March/April Edition
  • A Breakdown of the Gangs Infiltrating Memphis
  • Prisons Are Great Money Makers for Corporations

  • Obama's Schemes to Tiptoe Past the Devil
  • A Brief for Whitey-How to Handle Obama & Black People)
  • Feds Deny New trial for Mumia-He Now Faces Death Penalty Hearing
  • Hillary Compare's Obama's Pastor to Don Imus
  • Young Black & Brown Voters Moving Away from Democrats
  • Is It Hillary's Turn to 'Denounce and Reject' Her Problematic Pastor?
  • Hillary Donors Including BET's Bob Johnson Threaten House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
  • Freedom Rider: Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran
  • Woman Beats Down Man in Front of Kids (video)

  • Take Back America- Davey D Confrontation with Fox News
  • Informant Claims Mob Figure Was Shaking Down Rap Artists
  • Ethan Brown's Book 'Snitch' Is Banned from Prisons
  • Why Is Hillary Clinton Reviled-Is She a Monster?
  • No, really, God Damn America
  • The Ignorance, Innocence or Wisdom of DMX on Politics
  • Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama and the Unacceptability of Truth
  • The Full Story Behind Jeremiah Wright's Sermon-Here's the Whole speech
  • Cynthia McKinney: A Discussion of Race Worth Having

  • Still a Good Day-An Interview w/ Ice Cube
  • The Politician and the Preacher-(Please Don't Falter Obama)
  • Study Links Rap Music to Sexism
  • Fat Hip Hop Critic Wins Prestigious Journalism Award
  • Tacoma Police Halt E-40 Concert Claim He is a Gang Member
  • Too Short still a major player on rap scene
  • LA Times Claims Associates of Diddy Shot 2Pac
  • Iranian Rap Music Bedevils the Authorities

  • Juice Crew vs Wu-Tang: Who Would Win?
  • Trials of a Hip Hop Educator: Taking Charge of the Class
  • An Open Letter for Professor Griff of Public Enemy
  • An Open Letter to Hillary-Correct the Wrongs Done to Obama

  • Is Geraldine Ferraro an Idiot or Did She Speak the Truth?
  • Breakdown FM: The 11th Hour-An Interview w/ Del tha Funkee Homosapien
  • Mother of Teen Protests Tony Yayo Book Tour
  • Dru Hill Unite than Break Up on the Air
  • Rakim Set to Drop Album
  • Black & Brown Come Together-Fight Against the Klan
  • Building Owner Fights Redneck Klan Shop

  • Seattle Hip Hop Artist Under Arrest for Protesting
  • Immortal Technique, San Quinn Set to Host Panel in San Francisco
  • An Interview with KRS-One on new Technology
  • The Return of LA Hip Hop-Blu is in the Building
  • LA Rapper Shot and Killed By Police
  • It sounds crazy but the Clintons are offering Obama a VP spot.
  • Shyne's Father becomes Prime Minister of Belize

  • Russell Simmons Steps Up For Obama
  • Obamamania-Does It Equal American Stupidity?
  • Act Like You Know-Amiri Baraka Smashes for Obama

  • Oakland Rapper/ Activist Killed by Amtrak
  • Juvenile's Daughter Killed By her Brother
  • Fans Erupt After Canceled Lil' Boosie Concert in Omaha
  • Judge Doesn't Allow Ja Rule to Post Co-Defendants' Bail

  • Hip Hop Pioneer Too Short Speaks About the Fall of the Hyphy Movement
  • Ingrained Selection is Natural-Interview w/ DJ Shadow
  • The Assassination of Larry Davis w/ Fred Hampton Jr & Nephew Barry Davis
  • The Dark Side of Black History-Time to Tell on Cointel
  • The Year of the Hip Hop Women Officially Begins March 2008
  • Its Bigger Than Hip Hop; Truth Behind the Evergreen Uprising
  • Did KMEL Radio Kill the Bay Area's Hyphy Movement?

    February 2008

  • The History of Hip Hop (re-print 1985)
  • Paradise of X-Clan's Open Letter to Tavis Smiley About Barack Obama
  • This Weekend's Riots in Olympia Washington & dead Prez
  • Talib Kweli Speaks Out About Voting & Brack Obama
  • Game Pleads Guilty-Set to do Four Months

  • Nas Sparks Controversy at Grammys
  • The Boondocks vs BET-The Banned Video Resurfaces
  • Game Pleads Guilty-Set to Do 4 Months in Jail
  • An Interview w/ Presidential Candidate Cynthia McKinney
  • How the Hell Did Hillary Win Cali? Something Ain’t Right!
  • The Historic Role of Police Brutality in the Black Community
  • The RIAA Inacts Terroristic Penalties/ Cuts Artist Royalties
  • Erykah badu gets Gangsta & Stands Her Ground
  • Democrats Pose Greater Peril to Obama/Clinton than GOP

    January 2008

  • Who is the Greatest Producer of All-Time-Dre, Primo or Dilla?
  • Racist Hampton Newspaper Disses Barack Obama
  • Trials of a Hip Hop Educator: The Caged Lion and the Key
  • Chuck D Speaks Out on Def Jam President Vacancy
  • Lil Wayne Arrested In Arizona On Drug Charges
  • Sean 'Diddy' Combs Set To Go To Trial In Assault Case
  • Nate Dogg Suffers from Stroke

  • Martin Luther King vs The Radio
  • Looking in the Mirror w/ Rhymefest
  • Ice Cube Brings the Real Hip Hop & Drops Bombs
  • Why Bob Johnson is an Asshole & Hypocrite
  • Martin Luther King vs. the Radio-Celebrate the Legacy
  • Martin Luther King Meets J-Dilla-Reclaim the Dream
  • Dr King Meets Ghostface-The Dream Continues

  • Hip Hop for President Tour Announced
  • Move Over Hillary & Barack-Cynthia is Running for Prez
  • Hip Hop Gets its First Fraternity at Indiana U
  • An Open Letter to Presidential Candidates from Russell Simmons
  • Foxy Brown Appeals For Her Freedom, Health
  • David Banner Teams Up with Ice Cube for Movie

  • Davey D's End of Year 2007 Hip Hop Awards
  • RIAA Says Its Illegal to Make Personal Copies of Your CDs
  • Fresh Coast Report: Hip Hop & the Genocide in Kenya
  • Locked Outside the Gates: Housing Drama in New Orleans
  • NW Hip Hop Congress January Bulletin

  • Top 5 Low & Top 10 High Moments in Hip Hop for 07
  • What Was the Hip Hop Album & Song of the Year?
  • An Open Letter for Music Business CEOs to Ignore
  • Ani vs KRS-One The Lost Interview
  • Reflections on Hip Hop Culture, Christianity & Social Capital
  • Ladies First Spotlights Seattle Hip Hop’s Best Femcees

  • Jay-Z Speaks Out On Racism, Violence & Hip Hop’s Decline
  • Hip Hop's Original Hip Hop Cop pt 1 (Infiltrating the KKK)
  • Hip Hop's Original Hip Hop Cop pt 2 (Crips,Bloods & Gangsta Rap Come to Utah)
  • Hip Hop's Original Hip Hop Cop pt 3 (Studio Gangsters, 2Pac, LA Street Gangs vs the Mafia)

    Recent News Archive >>      

    Radio Interviews


    Time for Hip Hop to Grow Up-An Interview w/ CL Smooth The legendary CL Smooth got down at Kevvy Kev's 22cd anniversary jam in Golden gate Park. We caught the performance and got an interview....


    Still Ruthless an Interview w/ former NWA manager Jerry Heller
    He's considered the most villanized man in Hip Hop. Ice Cube and Dr. Dre have publicly skewered him in songs. At long last He gives his side of the story and refutes those claims. Jerry heller is definitely 'the man'. (note this interview is in two parts)...




    Peeping Game w/ Ice Cube
    The West Coast Don Mega is on tour in anticipation to his new album. We caught up with him and talked about everything from Immigration to the state of Hip Hop....




    Hip Hop Needs this Man-Questlove of the Roots
    We broke bread with the hardest working man in Hip Hop and got full story on his take on production and the future of The Roots...This interview is done in two parts..



    Tribe Called Quest Returns We sat down with Phife Dawg and got the full story behind the Tribe Called Quest Reunion. Phife also talks to us about his foray into sports and his love for the west coast...


    Murs Celebrates LA & Gets His Revenge Murs of Living Legends sat down and talked with us about his new collabo with producer 9th Wonder and his plans for taking his career and west coast music to the next level. He also talks about his controversial song Dark Skin White Girls...




    The Wisdom of Chali2na
    Jurassic 5 front man Chali2na sat down with us and ran down the history of the group and spoke about how the group manages to stay grounded and connected to the hood....




    Interview w/ NWA-Rags to Ruthless West Coast pioneer the Poetess sat down and got the definitive interview w/ Dr Dre, Ice Cube DJ yella and the late Eazy E about NWA...
    Interview w/ NWA-Rags to Ruthless pt2




    Recent Breakdown FM Radio Feeds

  • Black Panther 40th Anniversary pt1 w/ Money B's Dad Bobby McCall & Tureka Lewis
  • Black Panther 40th Anniversary pt2 w/ Malik Raheim
  • Black Panther 40th Anniversary pt3 w/ Fred Hampton Jr
  • Dick Gregory, Cynthia McKinney & Hip Hop Panel Discussion
  • 2Pac and Sexual Harrassment-A Rare Interview 1996
  • Gangs, Politics & House Music: The History of Hip Hop in Chicago
  • NHHPC Chicago: What is Hip Hop & Where Is It Going? Black Journalist Panel

  • LA is On Fire: An Interview w/ B Real and the Visionaries
  • Talib Kweli is in the Building
  • Rebirth of a Nation: Chuck D, Paris and Kam Break Bread
  • Inside the Mind of Lupe Fiasco
  • The Otherside of Hyphy-An Interview w/ Ise Lyfe
  • Loved By the Fans, Villified By the Press-Method Man
  • 16 and Counting; West Coast Pioneer Too Short Speaks
  • The Art of Emceeing and Keeping it Hood w/ Sticman of dead prez
  • An Interview w/ Hip Hop Pioneer Melle-Mel
  • An Interview w/ Play of Kid-N-Play About Holy Hip Hop
  • Kurtis Blow and the Hip Hop Church

  • 2Pac 35th Birthday Tribute
  • Nairobi is in the Building-Kenyan Hip Hop Explodes
  • Paris Breakdown FM Interview pt1
  • Paris Breakdown FM Interview pt2
  • Paris Breakdown FM Megamix
  • MC Hammer Breakdown FM Interview pt 1
  • MC Hammer Breakdown FM Interview pt 2
  • MC Hammer Breakdown FM Interview pt 3
  • An Interview w/ Oakland's Blackalicious pt 1
  • An Interview w/ Oakland's Blackalicious pt 2
  • An Interviewn w/ E-40 on the Hyphy Movement
  • Juvenile's Reality Check on the Current State of New Orleans
  • May 1st Immigration Rally in Atlanta
  • Chairman Fred Hampton Jr Speak on Black-Brown Unity
  • Still Fighting the Power: Meet the Brown Berets
  • The Historic Immigration Rally Mix-Downtown LA

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