Quick, name the first thing you associate with Staten Island. Angelina aka Dirty Little Hamster from "Jersey Shore"? Shame on you. There's only one correct answer, and it's Wu-Tang Clan, one of the most influential hip-hop groups of all time. Aside from being single-handedly responsible for the beautiful griminess of mid-90's East Coast rap, the Wu has displayed shocking longevity, with an impressive array of group and solo albums, not to mention the myriad other ventures that individual group members have embarked upon. This weekend, they tore it up at Club Nokia. Hopefully you still have your Wu Wear jeans? More»

[Joell Ortiz of Slaughterhouse via] Saturday was a great day to be from Queensbridge, or at the very least, to love the music that comes from there. The infamous New York City housing project put two of its most famous homegrown acts front and center, as Nas and Mobb Deep led a deep an impressive lineup of classic 90's hip-hop acts onstage at the San Manuel Ampitheatre to kick of the 2011 incarnation of hip-hop's biggest summer festival, Rock The Bells. More»

[Mos Def photo via] I think I owe Lauryn Hill an apology. Earlier this year in a set of pre-Coachella tips, I speculated that Ms. Hill's set would be one you could safely miss, and I then went on to posit that Pras was the most successful Fugee. Well, as per usual, listening to me was a terrible idea, because by all accounts, Lauryn completely killed it at Coachella. But I don't make the same mistake twice, so when it was announced that she would be headlining this year's Rock The Bells tour along with a super-impressive who's-who in hip-hop including Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Nas, Erykah Badu, Cypress Hill, and most of the Wu-Tang Clan, I knew that I wasn't going to miss this for anything. More»

Mickey Avalon—so that guy's still doing his thing, huh? According to The Cobra Snake, that is, who recently captured Mickey playing The Roxy. Luckily, for those of you concerned that Mickey isn't making enough income to put whatever it is he puts into or onto his body, the show was packed, with loyal devotees eagerly awaiting a full evening of penis-themed chanting. More»