Raise Up Knaan is in the Building-Make Room at the Table

Raise Up Knaan is in the Building-Make Room at the Table by Davey D Listen to the Breakdown FM interview w/ Knaan by clicking link below: http://odeo.com/episodes/24382570-Knaan-is-in-the-Building-make-Room-at-the-Table I met Somalian born rapper Knaan about 3 or 4 years ago in his current place of residence Toronto. We chopped it up back then and he assured [...]

Breakdown FM-Taking Over Hip Hop-An Interview w/ Zion I

We sat down and talked with Zumbi of the group Zion I and celebrated the release of their much anticipated album ‘The Takeover’. Its a masterpiece of an album that features brother Ali, Courtney Holiday, Ty, jennifer Johns, Omega and more. We walk through many of the cuts and marvel at the group’s attempts to [...]

CEDITORIAL: Why New York is not Winning

CEDITORIAL: Why New York is not Winning Written by Big Ced What made New York, in terms of Hip-Hop, the place to be, was the abundance of talent and the stories that needed to be told to the masses. It wasn’t the poverty or the ghetto life that separated New York from the world, it [...]

Outkast Catching Heat Over New Movie

original article-August 31, 2006 I feel bad for these cats, because they really try to do the right thing. First they had major drama from the late Civil Rights pioneer Rosa Parks. Next they had Native Americans upset with them for their stellar performance at the Grammys and now they got folks in the real [...]

The future of the internet: an interview with Hip Hop journalist Davey D

orginal article-Aug 26 2006 This interview between two old friends, JR and Davey D, alerting us to a looming corporate-government threat to our freedom of information and communication on the internet is taken from the Aug. 23 edition of the San Francisco Bay View newspaper, and we are spreading the word through this list until [...]

Hip-Hop In Germany

Hip-Hop In Germany from The Bomb Hip-Hop Magazine #46 (April/May 1996) by Boris Heimberger When I went to the States for the first time in 1986 I would say I was the typical European kid. I was a MOD and Ska and New Wave music was the hype. I went to a record shop while [...]

The History of Hip Hop (1985 Reprint)

The History of Hip Hop by Dave ‘Davey D’ Cook (reprint from 1985-The Power of Rap) Nowadays if you ask most people to give a definition of “rap”, they’re likely to state that it’s the reciting of rhymes to the best of music. It’s a form of expression that finds its roots embedded deep within [...]

DJ Eddie Cheeba & DJ Hollywood-The Disco Side of Hip Hop

DJ Eddie Cheeba & DJ Hollywood-The Disco Side of Hip Hop Cheeba, Cheeba Y’all! “Let’s take a trip, Back into the past, When the rappers had no records And the deejays were fast. When the great Kool Herc lead the Hevalo pack, And Hollywood and Cheba rocked the Diplomat…” ‘AJ Is Cool’ by Kurtis Blow [...]

Prince Goes Off on Soundman & Nokia Theater Executives

Prince Goes Off on Soundman and Nokia Theater Executives http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur51992.cfm *Prince pulled off his scheduled three concerts in one night on Saturday, but it came with a number of sound problems that irritated the singer and a calling out of executives that he felt were responsible. The groundbreaking promotion for his upcoming album began at [...]

The Big Takeover: Its All About Power Not Money for Wall Street Crooks

The Big Takeover: How Wall Street Insiders are Using the Bailout to Stage a Revolution The global economic crisis isn’t about money — it’s about power. By Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com. Posted March 23, 2009. http://www.alternet.org/workplace/132859/ It’s over – we’re officially, royally fucked. No empire can survive being rendered a permanent laughingstock, which is what happened [...]

Davey D’s Adventures at SXSW#3 Invincible, Homeboy Sandman & King Asoka

More adventures at SXSW with Davey D.  This time it’s a nice freestyle session w/ NY, Detroit & Dallas representing. Big shout oyt to Homeboy Sandman, Invincible and King Ashoka who all did their thing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91Lyr7x Return to Davey D’s Hip Hop Corner

Destablization, Demonization & Domination-The Mexican Drug War

 Maybe its just me, but it seems like for the past 20 years whenever I hear about huge ‘drug wars’ whether it’s between rival gangs in Los Angeles or rival drug families in the Bay Area or conflict overseas, I hear the same sordid tale. There’s always this story about guns being mysteriously left and [...]