http://www.urbanupdate.com Urban Hip Hop Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:29:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mayer Hawthorne is a 29-year-old white kid from Ann Arbor signed to Stones Throw.  His sound is soulful and extremely refreshing.  Dude can write a song. Check it. http://www.urbanupdate.com/?p=152 Scraps interviews Rick Ross and is officialy invited into the Yacht Club. http://www.urbanupdate.com/?p=151 Check out Scraps interviewing Asher Roth... http://www.urbanupdate.com/?p=150 You can see what inspired 8 Miles battle scenes. Eminem definitely was a pioneer in the battle/freestyle realm. Now battles are mad diverse, but he was coming out swinging as a white emcee before it was acceptable. http://www.urbanupdate.com/?p=147 ODB being interviewed by John Norris. He was out of his mind. I kind of want to try whatever he was on,,,it looks pretty fun. http://www.urbanupdate.com/?p=146 Iron Solomon is the craziest battle rhymer I've ever heard. Dude is nasty in every battle I've seen and he wrecks Shirt n' Tie in this video. Check it out. http://www.urbanupdate.com/?p=145 Check out this remix of Tribe's "Stressed Out". http://www.urbanupdate.com/?p=144 Arsenio Hall Cypher A Tribe Called Quest, Guru, KRS One, Mad Lion, Das EFX, MC Lyte, Wu-Tang,etc. To me, this is the pinnacle of Hip-Hop.  The game was still pure, expect for labels ripping off the artists, but it was a raw artform.  These MC's paved the way and really each had ... http://www.urbanupdate.com/?p=143 Rick Ross on Big Boy's neighborhood There were pictures released some time ago, but he has denied that he was a C.O..  He's finally coming clean about his past. http://www.urbanupdate.com/?p=142 Common Market Common Market is a Hip Hop duo based in Seattle, Washington with members RA Scion and DJ/Producer Sabzi.  They produce soulful, quality Hip Hop laced with potent messages.  I got the chance to hang out and interview them at SXSW.  Cool people.  I'll post the interview in the next ... http://www.urbanupdate.com/?p=140