the GRIZZLY BEAR have got a new long_one VECKATIMEST out on the 25th May though to ensure you keep your wyg on the GB are giving away a track.

go QUEER to get yourself the CHEERLEADER track with regards from the GRIZZLY BEAR.

although the long_one leaked a coupla weeks back so put your thinking caps on and find all the tracks now now now as i’ve been high rotating it for a whiles and it is potentially one of the albums of the 09 !!

well sorta !

post 21 years of existing the HIP HOP CONNECTION magazine are closing their print doors.

the HHC will soldier on in digital format, avail for download from www.hhcdigital.net

In 1988 Hip-Hop Connection (HHC) magazine published its first issue. 21 years later, the world’s longest running rap monthly recently published its last.

It’s a cracker too, answering the question heads over the globe just can’t resist arguing over: Who is the great rapper of all time? And we didn’t just send our top critics down the pub to argue the toss. Rather, we polled over 100 emcees from all walks of life and all levels of superstardom to find the answer.

While there is an inevitable air of sadness that a combination of increased paper and production costs allied to viciously plummeting ad revenues have made continuing unworkable, HHC and its staff are happy the magazine is hanging up its metaphorical boots while in rude creative health.

Independently published by Infamous Ink since 2001, it’s charted hip-hop’s myriad highs and lows in candid and amusing fashion; never cowed by the preening demands of rap’s A-list stars or scared to take them down a peg or too, while also championing the UK’s homegrown hopefuls and the freshest underground US talent. Along the way HHC has posted upfront cover debuts for the likes of The Fugees, Wu-Tang Clan, Outkast, Eminem, Danger Mouse, 50 Cent and The Game – long before they were anything close to being on the mainstream’s radar.

And while HHC will no longer be the true rap fanatic’s monthly paper fix, it will still live on in other forms: from April 7 it will become the world’s first dedicated digital hip-hop magazine, available for download from www.hhcdigital.net. Please contact Phillip Mlynar on phillipmlynar@gmail.com or 347-731-1288 for more information.

All of HHC’s staff and contributors will continue to be active journalistically, so please retain on any relevant mailing lists.

Thank you for your support, in whatever capacity, over the years.

All the best,

Andy

Andy Cowan
Editor/Publisher
Hip-Hop Connection
Infamous Ink Ltd, PO Box 392, Cambridge, CB1 3WH
01223 210536
andyc@hhcmagazine.com
www.hhcmagazine.com

the weathers getting better !! ill have a cocktail after work please !

and the MISS KITTIN and the HACKER vid of their ELVIS cover on repeat throughout the PM please !

.. oopa it’s only 10:29AM thank you !

rece$$ion effecting the FLO-RIDA

check her LOw-budg vid.

makes me wanna go back to bed !!

the THE YOUNG DUBLINERS did the KIMMEL last PM.

the THE TING TINGS are determined to break the America’s back.

last night they did the FALLON.

new vid from hip popper the DIAMOND D.

the BELL X1 did the LETTERMAN last night.

.. good vocals butt wtf are you ??!

the THE SCRIPT did USA TODAY.

high rotating the new one from the PETE DOHERTY.

check her performance of LAST OF THE ENGLISH ROSES on le_French TV.

crazy joyous Tuesday PM good shit from San Franciscan duo the BOY IN STATIC.

new vid from the THE VIEW.

this band bore bore bore me and make my last hour at work more and more painful.

the MOBY offers his brill EXTREME WAYS to the latest HUGO addy.

you may recognise the tune from THE BOURNE films.

the 1990s should be a mystery band and stir well clear from appearing in their videos !

the THE VERONICAS are doing prom night on me fav zip – 90210.

check their ‘”"impromptu”"‘ backstage footage.

F I N A L L Y !
the PET SHOP BOYS has leaked in its entirety !

YES
D.O.B : 23rd March 2009
Label : Parlophone
Tracklist : 1. Love etc. 2. All Over The World 4. Did You See Me Coming 5. Vulnerable 6. More Than A Dream 7. Building A Wall 9. Pandemonium 10. The Way It Used To Be
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new vid from that DISNEY one the DEMI LOVATO.

the PUBLIC ENEMY did the FALLON last PM.

classically trained cellist the BEN SOLLEE played with himself on the JIMMY KIMMEL.

4th long_one from Welsh rap_poppers the GOLDIE LOOKIN CHAINS has leaked.

ASBO 4 LIFE
D.O.B : 30th March 2009
Label : 1983
Tracklist : 1. Mr Fahrenheit 2. Everybody Is A DJ 3. Disguise 4. By Any Means Necessary 5. Welcome To Germany 6. Apathy 7. 3D Superwoofer 8. Nothing Ever Happens Round Here 9. Space Police 10. Rollin’ 11. Strobe Lights 12. Unemployed And Overdrawn 13. Garlic Bread 14. New Day
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