Author: Nanci O Is Hip Hop

All my fellow Eagles, let’s say it together:EEEEE Funk!!!

Last week Vibe Magazine released their list of the top 50 Hip Hop blogs and websites. Maurice Garland’s (an editor at Ozone Magazine) website made the list. This week on Episode 14 Randy and I discuss the top 50 hip hop blogs, their current major impact on music coverage and consumer influence and what this…

Forget Emimen. Tab Uno from Kooley High/Inflowential is my favorite white rapper and Foolery is one of my favorite white producers. When Kooley and Inflowential came up to the show for an interview, took over the studio and busted a dope freestyle they had the phone lines going nuts. You just gotta love those kids.…

Where Is Hip Hop? Episode 12 was done live at Ozone Magazine’s Atlanta offices while I was in the A for Core DJ’s retreat 5th anniversary. With two cans of Red Bull on deck to say I was a little geeked up while we were recording is an understatement. On top of that R.E. had…

It’s been a minute since I’ve heard from Florida emcee Ghostwridah. He now has a weekly freestyle series going on which I’ve been slipping on posting up. But now **in Common voice** it’s here, it’s here, it’s here. Download Ghostwridah’s ‘Say You Will’ freestyle here. Bonus: ‘Weatherman’ by Ghostwridah.

New edition of Shelly B’s ‘Big Tyme TV’.This episode features Dirty Den, Amtrack, a whole bunch of other NC hood stars + a tribute to Lil Buna. There’s also footage from a recent Gucci Mane show. Lately Oochee Gucci has been seen more in North Carolina than former Governor Mike Easley. And speaking of the…

New mixtape from Demevolist Music Group’s J. Means. If you’re new to the group’s movement Demevolist consists of Interscopes’ Charles Hamilton–who did a surprisingly lengthy interview on the show last year (this was before the XXL freshman 10 cover, for some reason I tend to be up on the fresh material before some folks consider…

When the 2nd Annual North Carolina Undergound Music Awards went down last month in Winston-Salem, NC it was a weekend not to be forgotten in NC/SC—plus The Nanci O Radio Show was the ONLY media outlet to broadcast LIVE during the event via 104.5 FM Fayetteville, NC. This years’ event topped last year with the…

Fresh out the studio track from ATL’s Fuze. Now I’m wondering if dude has another mixtape dropping again so soon??? He did tell me a couple months ago that he was born in the studio. Download Fuze The MC’s ‘So Fine’ here. Bonus: Download Fuze’s Life:Soul/Flesh (mixtape) here.