By Elisa Ludwig, eMusic ContributorEddie Huang, celebrity chef, TV host and author of the memoir <em>Fresh Off the Boat</em>, is pretty sure that hip-hop saved his life when he was a bullied, racially "other" kid growing up in Florida.… more »

A promo shot from OutKast's 'Idlewild' project

By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorBig Boi — the star of eMusic's latest Jukebox Jury feature — has stoked the fire of OutKast reunion rumors by agreeing to appear on two remixes that happened to feature André 3000 in the… more »

Big Boi

By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorJust when you thought no one could top DMX's raucous rendition of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," Big Boi has stepped in with a spot-on reading of that Dr. Seuss classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas.… more »

By Christina Lee, eMusic ContributorInside his own Stankonia Studios on November 27, Big Boi sat on a stool onstage, nodding furiously to "Descending" – the ambient conclusion to second solo album Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors. Suddenly, one of… more »

Big Boi - 'Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors'

By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorIf the tracklisting for Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors is any indication, Big Boi has rebounded from the endless delays of his last solo LP with a record that embraces his eccentricities as much as… more »

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By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorThe posse-rap album has become a rite of passage for rap superstars. Either just before or right after you've snagged your shoe line and/or headphone endorsement, the crew album is up next: the time to… more »

By John Schaefer, eMusic ContributorYou will either have a lot of fun with this record, or none at all. If you are a classical music purist with no use for popular music and find the word "bitch" on a… more »

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By Hua Hsu, eMusic ContributorIt started with a note of relief. Our computers had survived; we had made it. The clocks had passed midnight into the year 2000, not 1900, and all those tanks of propane and fresh water cached… more »

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By Hua Hsu, eMusic ContributorOn September 7th, a federal appeals court in Cincinnati, Ohio, all but closed the book on sampling in hip-hop. A three-judge panel ruled that recent federal laws pertaining to the piracy of digital recordings also… more »

By Michelangelo Matos, eMusic ContributorThe player and the poet; the funk-faithful homeboy who raises pit bulls and the slightly spacey guitar-wielding dandy who takes movie parts; the championship singles act whose albums work best as whole units: What about… more »

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