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CKLN's vital hip-hop show Mixtape Massacre interviewed producer Just Blaze over the weekend ahead of his appearance in Toronto on July 11.

German deck-meister Sebastian Weiss of makes a solid solo move with this 17-track declaration of hip hop know-how. With heavyweights like Saigon and Detroit's Frank - n Dank doing the heavy lyrical lifting, ...

You don't know me. I interviewed you a few times, and once waited for you for three hours in the blistering cold, but you just didn't show... Okay, this is not my version of "Stan" . The second part is true, ...

The Charity Urban Music Festival will debut the first of a series of benefit festivals in Orlando, Florida next month during the fourth of July weekend.

The on-going feud between Brooklyn MC Saigon and his label, Atlantic Records, has finally come to an end, as the rapper officially announced his departure.

It wasn't an easy choice, but Saigon has finally disembarked from the sinking ship that is Atlantic Records' hip-hop division.

After numerous delayed release dates for his debut album, rapper Saigon has officially departed Atlantic Records, to which he signed in 2004.

“Crooked I and myself are setting up to drop a mixtape towards the end of the year”

Kool G Rap affiliate, Nino Bless, is gearing up for his first street album, after the strong response of a recently leaked posse track called "3rd Degree" featuring Saigon and Crooked I. The upcoming release, ... via Hiphop-elements.com

“Everything They Had' David Halberstam's graceful writing was a sharp contrast to the often rough, bloody and hard-driving sports he covered. "Everything They Had”

Madonna's new album reminds us of the power of a grown woman who knows what she wants and how to get it. via CourierPostOnline

Few Hip Hop artists spend more time in front of their audience than The Roots . Although the mass media in the States seems to have surprisingly ignored the group since they moved to Def Jam , the Philadelphia ... via HipHopDx

“They've lost it somehow, I don't know why.”

'Alien Encounters' leads the reader back to Edward Said's old assertion that the West's attitude to the East has always been characterized by fear and desire By Bradley Winterton CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Sunday, ... via Taipei Times

“I was allowed to take extra classes, so I could graduate in two years.”

Linh Rateau demonstrates a dance step at her dance school, DanCenter, in Ho Chi Minh City's Binh Thanh District A Vietnamese-French woman decided to do something of great significance - popularize different ... via Thanh Nein News

THE borough of Hackney, in London 's dingy northeast fringes, feels like a discount bazaar for immigrants. via The New York Times

Another week has past and more craziness going down! But before we get into all that I just want to send a big thank you out to Saigon. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Ladies and gentleman Saigon is coming to Seattle! From his reoccurring role on HBO's "Entourage" to signing with Just Blaze and dropping a lead single with the one and only Hova, Saigon has steadily built his ... via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A Young Vietnamese Woman's Take on Madison Nguyen Story by Thuy Ngo January 17, 2008 Madison Nguyen was put in a hot spot for all these months because she refused to name a spot specific in San Jose with the ... via Silicon Valley DeBug

“We were dead in the water when I took over”

They fought tough enemies at Normandy, Saigon and Baghdad. Now, some veterans are successfully battling a new foe - the decline of VFW posts nationwide. via Twincities.com

Exactly one month ago , Saigon shocked the Hip Hop community by announcing his "retirement" from rap via a MySpace blog. via HipHopDx

Frequent New Times contributor Sire Esq has just dropped a new digital mixtape that's worth checking out. via Broward-Palm Beach - News

“F--- this bum ass rap game anyway. It's full of fake ass n----s who pump poison to the kids, make a few dollars and act like they're larger then life when they know their music is detrimental to their f---ing communities”

Contributed by: Allen Starbury Source: ballerstatus.com Posted On: Monday, November 19, 2007 09:38 MST s Saigon done with rapping? Yes, according to a blog he posted on his MySpace page on Monday titled "I ... via Hiphop-elements.com