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The Game Gets Play on Both Coasts

"NWA, Biggie, Tupac, Snoop and Jay-Z all had something to say. Then Biggie, Pac and Eazy died and it was devastating ... I feel like it's my turn now and I can fill the shoes." The Game . . . When word began circulating in 2004 that rap legend and Aftermath Entertainment mogul Dr. Dre had inked a recording deal with underground…
Lil’ Jon Serves Up Some ‘Crunk Juice’
BMI's Erica Tompkins crunks with rapper Lil' Jon at a CD listening party held recently in New York for the upcoming Lil' Jon & the East Side Boyz release, Crunk Juice. The album, which features Snoop Dogg, Usher, R. Kelly, Ludacris, Nate Dogg, Ying Yang Twins and others, drops November 16th.
BMI Celebrates Urban Music at 2004 Awards with Top Writers, Producers, Publishers
Al Green Honored as BMI ICON BMI saluted the premier R&B, rap and hip-hop songwriters, producers and publishers at its 2004 BMI Urban Awards, staged tonight (8/27) at the Grand Ballroom at the Fontainebleau Hilton Resorts & Towers in Miami Beach. Pictured at the 2004 BMI Urban Awards are…
Nate Dogg

Story-telling is the foundation of any recording artist worth his salt, and rapper Nate Dogg has demonstrated for years that he possesses top-shelf skills in that department. Perhaps he inherited his smooth orating style from his preacher father, or maybe he honed his trademark flow through years of practice. Either way, the Long Beach-born performer continues to demonstrate he's more than just another rhymer with a…
Kurupt

On his third solo album, Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey, hip-hop star Kurupt (aka Young Gotti) says that after nearly a decade of forging groundbreaking and often provocative jams that helped put West Coast rap on the contemporary musical map, he's starting to grow into his status as an elder statesman of the urban music scene. "This album is more mature musically. I decided to call the album…
Snoop Dogg’s on the Trail to the Top

Snoop Dogg's new album, No Limit Top Dogg, is already being hailed as a classic by many observers - including the artist himself. "This album solidifies me in the hip-hop game as one of the top five solo artists in the history of the music," Snoop states. "I've been on top of the rap game ever since I've been in it." The artist, born Calvin…
