Slick Rick has had a busy 2023. The legendary lyricist received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Grammys back in February, marking his first win from the Recording Academy. Less than a month ago, Rick The Ruler also shared the Yankee Stadium stage with Doug E. Fresh and Snoop Dogg to perform a maxed-out version […]
The MTV Video Music Awards announced on Friday that Nicki Minaj will perform at the 2023 award show as well as emcee the ceremony, set to air live from New Jersey’s Prudential Center on Sept. 12, 2023 as she did in 2022. The hip-hop star and last year’s winner of the coveted video vanguard award […]
Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre have the formula—especially when The D.O.C. is involved. After his 1989 debut solo album No One Can Do It Better, the Dallas, Texas native was highly involved in the direction and songwriting of Dr. Dre’s The Chronic and Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle. He offered lyrics to Dre and to Snoop. The […]
Yesterday (August 25), Ghostface Killah teamed with Westside Gunn and DJ Muggs for “Sicilian Gold.” The collaboration between members of Wu-Tang Clan, Cypress Hill, and Griselda appears on the new Soul Assassins 3: Death Valley album and is embedded below. GFK, who released a Remy Ma collaborative single “YUPP!” this month, is on a tear. He […]
Clarence Avant, one of the most influential and respected figures in Black Music’s history, has died at age 92. The famed executive “passed away gently at home” yesterday (August 13), according to a family statement given to The Los Angeles Times. “Through his revolutionary business leadership, Clarence became affectionately known as ‘The Black Godfather’ in the worlds […]
Last night (August 11), Hip-Hop culture took over Yankee Stadium. There, a host of legends performed songs in the same Bronx borough that is credited with birthing Hip-Hop as Heads know it, 50 years ago this weekend. Kool Herc and his sister Cynthia Campbell were part of the festivities. It was Herc’s August 11, 1973 […]
Life is too short to listen to bad music. So…let Ambrosia For Heads sift through it for you and only supply you with that great stuff. Despite the reports, Hip-Hop is alive and well and, in many ways, it’s better than it’s ever been. Not only can we go back and listen to all of […]
The night of September 7, 1996 changed history. Tupac Shakur, one of the biggest stars of Rap, was fatally struck that night in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. The attack happened the same night Tupac and his label co-founder, Suge Knight, were in an altercation outside the MGM Grand Casino. That evening Mike […]
July 23, 2023 | Published By Bandini In his role in Public Enemy, Flavor Flav is often considered one of Hip-Hop’s greatest hype-men. On several songs throughout the P.E. catalog, the Bronx-born, Long Island, New York-bred artist flexed his MC chops. He also was an accomplished DJ and radio personality 30 years ago. However, some […]
Life is too short to listen to bad music. So…let Ambrosia For Heads sift through it for you and only supply you with that great stuff. Despite the reports, Hip-Hop is alive and well and, in many ways, it’s better than it’s ever been. Not only can we go back and listen to all of […]
