January 2011
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Jonathan Knight Of New Kids On The Block Comes Out...
Last week former popstar turned actress Tiffany accidentally outed New Kids on the Block singer Jonathan Knight as gay on national television here in the US. Tiffany‘s outing came almost 2 years after an ex-boyfriend of Knight‘s outed him in the pages ofThe National Enquirer. In the wake of both incidents, Jonathan Knight neither confirmed nor denied that he was gay … until now. Jonathan posted...
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Mindshare.
“I’m not going to lie. It’s not easy. It’s hard to make money, and to get people to really cough up money for music at this point. They have a lot of things they can spend their, not just their money on, but their attention on. So you really have to do something that stands out above everybody else. No one’s going to settle for a mediocre experience anymore.” –Ian Rogers,...
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Benni E Starts 2011 With Musical Snacks
by OutHipHop.com
Philadelphia’s Benni E previewed some bold new tracks this month that she has indicated are NOT from any of the projects she is presently working on. Whether or not this an indication of the type of material she will be releasing in 2011 remains to be seen. You can listen to the five new tracks here.
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Cut The Intro
Get right to the hook. Two time lessons this year were seconds and clicks. At NMS NYC 2010, Jay Frank (@futurehitdna) said that artists have, “10 seconds to engage someone—to impress them.” He said to “clicks to content,” because the more clicks it takes, the more it’s bye-bye attention span. In a way this explains the addiction to YouTube, whose videos are one mere click beyond Google search...
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App Me Up!
“Mobile is no longer that thing you need to start thinking about in the next few months. It’s that thing you needed to be taking seriously yesterday. The iPhone is doing well and is very strongly rumored* to be launching on Verizon shortly. Android sales are absolutely booming. If you’re not doing something about mobile, you’re doing it wrong. There is so much good music out there—if you won’t...
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S.R. Music Group - "When The Beat Drops"
Producer Swanny River unveiled the S.R.MusicGroup this past week and dropped the single “When The Beat Drops” featuring rappers Splash T, Durrty Hanna, and VS (aka Verbal Science)
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Glee creator Ryan Murphy has called Kings of Leon...
The row started after the band refused permission for their song ‘Use Somebody’ to be included in the gay-friendly comedy.
Murphy called the band “self-centred assholes” and accused them of “missing the big picture”.
Kings Of Leon singer Caleb Followill said he was “shocked” by Murphy’s reaction and said it was normal practice to refuse licences when a song had been over-promoted.
But...
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GHH Posse Cut for 2011 Seeking Contributors
by OutHipHop.com
MistahMaker of GayHipHop.com (and so much more) is coordinating another posse track, this one for 2011 and he has put out a call for artists. Listen to the instrumental here. Below are the instructions:
Listen to the instrumental and be honest with yourself with regards to if you think you can spit a fast flow or ride the beat because if your 16 doesn’t sound good on the...
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New Song from VS - "You Don't Know Me"
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J. Knight aka Joe Flow Picasso: 2011 Mixtape
Click the cover art to download
Track List:
1. Beware
2. Life
3. Lovely You
4. Modern Day Slavery
5. Stage One
6. Killing Season
7. Many Places Many People
8. I Got The Munchies
9. This Is My Life
10. Too Fresh
11. Has Been
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Shorty Roc Called "NYC's Gay Hip Hop Legend" by...
by OutHipHop.com
While it’s uncertain everyone will agree with the title, Shorty Roc was the subject of an in-depth profile on NewYorkWorld.com called “Shorty Roc - NYC’s Gay Hip Hop Legend”. Joseph Pulitzer’s New York newspaperThe World, which ran from 1860 to 1931, inspires the spirit of The New York World. The contributing writers and managing editors of this website...
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Last Offence Talks About New Project, "Charm"
by OutHipHop.com
Last Offence (aka LastO) has posted on his Facebook some information about his next project. 2010 saw the prolific artist largely silent (as far as new material), but 2011 seems to be the year new material will surface. ”Charm” is the next project from LastO and it will feature guest appearances from Shyori, KIN4Life and Stern Savage and possible other collaborations...
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Rainbow Noise - "WHO DAT?!"
Hey, I’m Stud Phamous from Rainbow Noise Ent. We recently released our new video “WHO DAT?!”, wanted to know if you can check it out & possibly put on your blog if you like it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFdb5XwVY6Q
(Uh, yes…… I like it!)
“If money is your religion sky’s the limit live life, numbers is big business...”
– Nas (via iamjabari)
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Lester Greene On An Acting Roll
by OutHipHop.com
Out hip hop artist Lester Greene has been racking up the acting roles as of late with three roles in the last few months. He plays an aspiring rapper in “Generation”, a janitor in “The Mortar Between Bricks”, and a gang member in “The Lost”.
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OUTing The Music Industry: The Year In RexView
by OutHipHop.com
Our resident critic Rex Stone was the guest last week on OUTing The Music Industry with Dj SirRah as they ran down out hip-hop’s “The Year In RexView.” The chat room and phone lines were buzzing as listeners tuned in and commented on the things that Rex had to say. Some of your OHH favorites for 2010 were discussed, like: Kaoz, VS (Verbal Science), King...
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FLASH & KLEVA B ARE NOW BEING PRODUCED BY SWANNY...
THE MOVEMENT HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN Flash and Kleva B are now OFFICIALLY working with one of GHH finest Producers Swanny River under the new name of Royal T, GHH Caught up with Kleva B and asked a few questions about the new project and whats coming up AND giving GHH a Christmas gift in the form of a free download for our readers. (check back tomorrow peeps)
Is this a Swanny is this new track...
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KRUNK THE FUTURISTIC NIGHTMARE
Q: How would you describe your sexuality ? A: I’m a discreet bi-sexual, meaning that if you ask me I’ll tell you….if u don’t ask….U will not know lol!
Q: How Long Have You Been Rhyming? A: Here’s the thing. I’ve always been like a super smart dudes. I mean, Spelling B’s, English papers, etc. lol, and I have always had my way with words, but I...
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