Hip Hop News From ProHipHop.com

• Kanye West's VIBE Cover: Portrait of an Identity Crisis
• Rap Critics Poll Winners: Q-Tip, Wale, Lil Wayne
• URB 1000: Artists Call for the Next Round

Album and DVD Releases

• Early January hip hop album releases are exceedingly thin with high points to date the Notorious soundtrack and Playlist: The Very Best of Run-D.M.C.
• Darkest Light: The Best of Lafayette Afro-Rock Band Art, Tracklist, Sample List
• Divine Fire: The Story of Jedi Mind Tricks DVD Trailer & Cover Art

Music Industry

• Jermaine Dupri Loses Island Records Presidency [What About TAG Records and Q DA KID?]
• Death Row Assets Back On Sale Jan. 15th
  

Web Business

• The Source Newsletter by FanBridge: Sp@m, Baby, Sp@m
• Signs of Smart Marketing: Encouraging Unsubscriptions

Merchandise and Equipment

• 2008 Vinyl Album Sales Highest Since 1991
• Adam Bernard on Promo CD's and Piracy
• RjDj Strike: iPhone App Adds Beatmaking Possibilities
• Killer Mike: How To Open A Record

TV/Web Series and Commercials

• 50 Cent: Money and Power Reality Show Cancelled
• Soulja Boy Tell'em: The Animated Series Theme/Intro
• Lil Wayne in What's G? & Lebron James' Chalk Commercial, Bonus: Murs on G

Mixed Messages and Bad Looks

• Oakland Riots: Pictures, Videos, Personal Accounts
• drank Inventor Peter Bianchi Claims Shock at Drug Image
• Tour DMX's Abandoned, Foreclosed Home

ProHipHop Network

• VidRap adds a Hip-Hop Chess Federation Channel
• The ProHipHop Network's press release site, Hip Hop Press, launches two companion sites, RnB Press and Urban Arts & Fashion Press.

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