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Goodie Mob Talks New Album, ‘Soul Food’ 25th Anniversary [Video]

Source: TV One / TV One Goodie Mob has come a long way since the public first heard the paranoid piano stabs on their first charting single “Cell Therapy” in 1995. In the 25 years since the legendary Atlanta rap quartet debuted the seminal Soul Food LP that_along with OutKast & their Dungeon Family super clique—helped build the foundation of Atlanta‘s rap dominance. Cee-Lo, Khujo, Big Gipp, and T-Mo are still solid as ever as they return with Survival Kit, their first album together in seven long years. Hip-Hop Wired spoke with the group as they touched on their new music, Soul Food’s 25 year anniversary, Verzuz, politics, and their legacy as Atlanta legends. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with g...

NLE Choppa Talks Growth, Depression, ‘From Dark to Light’ LP & More

Source: Johnny Louis / Getty At the top of 2020, NLE Choppa was in a different state of mind. Granted, none of us knew what to expect as the year wore on, but as we were all forced to slow down and be still, the Memphis rapper found himself embracing the quiet moments. “I’m a helper and I’m a healer.”—NLE Choppa From time to time, anyone can catch Choppa online, either tending to his garden, making a vegan breakfast or meditating in his backyard. In October, he tweeted: “I didn’t change. I just found myself.”  Two months before in August, the rapper released his debut studio album Top Shotta, a nod to his Jamaican heritage on his mother’s side, but admits that by the end of recording it, he felt drained and listless. The fiery, devil-may care energy of Choppa’s music simply wasn’t mov...

Bigger Than ‘Love & Hip-Hop’: Olivia Is Back and Taking Charge

Source: Press Handout / Olivia When it comes to breaking barriers, Olivia is no stranger to the task. The former First Lady of G-Unit has had unprecedented highs on the music front, accompanied by her fair share of lows—but now she’s back with a fierce new sound and a lot of new projects on the way. After independently releasing two chart-topping hits “December” and “Walk Away” and completing the first three seasons Love & Hip-Hop: New York, Olivia took a hiatus from the industry to pen her first book aptly titled, Release Me, in addition to flexing her acting chops on both BET and more recently Netflix—starring in the film The Man in 3B. Olivia kicked off 2020, setting the internet ablaze with her bikini pics announcing her return to the Love & Hip-Hop: New York franchise. Recentl...