Hip Hop Music Page
The purpose of this page is to discuss my (Alex Alfred's) favorite artists and talk a little bit some of their material and why I like their music. All images,except for the one by me, were used from the site wikipedia.org, so I am giving credit to that site, which also provided a lot of information on the artists.
9-11-07 Kanye West Drops Graduation
Kanye West released his third solo effort Graduation on 9-11-07 on the same day as rival rapper 50 Cent dropped his third album Curtis. Graduation went on to sale 957,000 copies it's first week alone, almost reaching platinum status and surpassing his rivals 683,000 copies sold. The album is considered by many to be a breath of fresh air for Hip Hop fans and was eagerly anticipated.
Jay-Z Announces new Album American Gangster due out 11/06/07
Jay-Z announces he will be dropping a new album which he decided to record after being inspired by the upcoming Denzel Washington film American Gangster based on a true story. Jay-Z claims each song on the album will be based on a specific scene from the film and has already created 9 tracks for his upcoming LP in just 3 to 4 short weeks. It is much anticipated almost a year after his last effort Kingdom Come came out.