EMCEEING

Emceeing encompasses many different layers that differentiate a good rapper from a talented emcee. Rappers can follow the beat with written poetry. Emcees improvise over a beat and deliver and exceptional rhymes, following basic or complex rhyme schemes.

"Recovery" is nothing like any previous Eminem's studio albums. Leaving the satire aside and sounding more mature than ever, Eminem accepts the faults of "Relapse" and "Encore" in an attempt to reposition himself in the hip-hop creme de la creme.

A double header of shows wrap up the series' second season.

Before his hit single, "Nothin on You", and his major label debut, "The Adventures of Bobby Ray", the artist (singer, rapper, producer) known alternately as B.O.B. and Bobby Ray released "Shoulda Been My first Album, another excellent mixtape.

Diamond Betty's gave their all at Zimzala Restaurant's Cabaret Series. Some of which could have been done better.

Tips on approaching the wedding planning process with the right mindset, getting real about your available funds and how to allocate them, and where to spend - and not spend those nickles and dimes.

Eminem recently released Relapse: Refill, a rerelease of his album with seven new songs to tide fans over until the promised release of a sequel to Relapse.

Hip-hop wouldn't stand where it stands today if it wasn't for James Brown. It would have had the skills, the culture and the philosophy to progress, but the soul was inspired by the 'Godfather of Soul', without the slightest doubt.

For over ten years I wondered whether public debate would ever be conducted on sane ground again. Lo and behold, that day has arrived.

Breakdancing isn't all fun and games. This subculture phenomenon frequently suffers from gender inequalities, battles and crews.

Hip hop artists such as Kanye West can be found on hip hop posters. Hip hop posters can be part of graffiti artwork.

An in depth look at hip-hop's evolution from obscurity to mainstream.

In 2006, when Jon Stewart first hosted the prestigious ceremony known as the Academy Awards, his performance left critics less than satisfied; two years later, Stewart has once again agreed to host the Oscars, leaving many confused as to why he would so eagerly return.

The fifth in a series of articles describing the development of one's comedy career; this article details rules and pitfalls for creating working relationships with other comedians.

There's a lot of hype surrounding the release of this Dilated album. People seem to be viewing DP as the great saviours of real hiphop, which has supposedly become increasingly bogged down and drowned out in a sea of jiggyness.

If you thought for even one second that you had seen everything when it came to the world of reality television, you are dead wrong.

They call themselves improv that squeals.

In the late '60s in the Bronx DJs were digging for the musical foundations of hip-hop.