Jan 13
50 Cent: Ayo Technology
Posted in: Today's ChiliOff the 2007 album Curtis, this song is an oldie, but a goodie. Since we met with 50 Cent last week as he was hawking his #SMSAUDIO headphones
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Dec 03
Rap music is usually a pretty good marker of what’s trendy—or what’s going to be trendy in a few months. Maybe people were bragging about Sidekicks in the early aughts, but when did that drop off? RapGenius’s new RapStats feature shows you.
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Oct 01
In May of 2000 three legends of hip-hop formed a supergroup and created something nobody saw coming: A futuristic, sci-fi rap album. Over the years, Deltron 3030 has developed an almost fanatical cult following. The long awaited sequel—officially released today—is likely to do the same.
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Sep 23
Future: Sh!t
Posted in: Today's ChiliIt’s very likely that Future is from another world, because the music he’s put out in the past year is on a different level. Produced by Mike Will Made It, "Sh!t" is the latest single off his upcoming November release Honest.
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Sep 13
Rappers have had a love affair with technology that started long before Biggie Smalls was name-checking Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. And their rhymes cover everything from the CEOs to mobile platforms. Here, we present you with the best tech references in rap:
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Oct 16
Watch a Microsoft Exec Hilariously Rap with a Rapper About F*cking Two B*tches [Watch This]
Posted in: Today's Chili
Microsoft exec Michael Angiulo had a pretty good day today: Microsoft Surface, an awesome product he helped make and introduce, opened up for pre-orders and this beyond awesome rap he did with rapper Too Short for his 40th birthday came out to the public. This guy is my new favorite technology executive. More »
Sep 19
DMX, a rapper I loved so much growing up that I had a poster of him in my room, is an interesting character. He’s been hugely successful even though he’s really hard to understand. He raps when he speaks. He growls. He’s intimidating. He’s also, apparently, never ever used Google on a computer before. Watch him use it for the first time here. It’s great. More »
Jul 19
David Johnson has Jay-Z’s email address. Probably. He has carried on a one-sided conversation for years, sending emails to an address he believes to be Jay-Z’s. With a service called ReadNotify, Johnson has confirmed that the emails have not only been read, but opened in locations that directly correlate with Jay’s travel plans. More »
Jul 17
Smule launches AutoRap for iOS and Android, Engadget’s editors drop some mad beats (video)
Posted in: Today's Chili 
Sure, we’re often mistaken for some of hip-hop’s illest emcees in our day-to-day lives, but the sad truth is that Engadget’s editorial team could use a little help with our flow. Thankfully, technology has come to the rescue, yet again — this time in the form of AutoRap, the latest app from the people who brought you such mobile blockbusters as I am T-Pain and Songify. Those who’ve spent time with either of the aforementioned apps know what to expect from this latest addition to the Smule family: talk or rap into your iPhone or Android device, tap the button, and then wait for the magic. AutoRap will go to town, or as Smule puts it: “turn[ing] speech into rap and correct[ing] bad rapping.”
Talking and rapping are the two primary modes here. With the former, you simply speak into your phone, and the app chops your voice and buries it in a whole mess of autotuney goodness. There’s a pretty broad handful of songs at present, including 30 premium tracks from the likes of Snoop Dog, the Beastie Boys, Outkast and Kid Cudi — naturally, if you want access to those, you’re gonna have to pony up some cash, or earn some credits doing things like watching instructional videos or filling out auto insurance quote forms. The free tracks mostly get the job done, however.
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