LIVE From The Basement

Somewhat abbreviated, we had to take off early this week, but there was no shortage of discussion, hip-hop fight club or music! We also dropped our official iPhone app this week, get it FREE at hoodhype.com/iphone or search HoodHype in the App Store! R.I.P. MCA

We havent dropped a mini-episode in a while! Well all that is changing starting with this very episode. From this point forward, your boys are gonna be dropping HoodHype episodes on you EVERY week! Enjoy this special mini-ep and well catch you on the next full episode!

Midwest bracket for the hip-hop fight club this episode. What we thought would be one of our easiest, was actually one of the toughest with the biggest upsets. Make sure you check that out! We also had Bumpy Knuckles and DJ Premier's new album The Kolexxxion on the chopping block for Blend it or Bump it.

Were all back and having a great time (thanks sweet baby Jesus). Tons of new music, Hip-Hop Fight Club West Coast went down and Obie Trices Bottom's Up was on the chopping block for Blend It or Bump It. Lets go!

What we thought the Trayvon Martin case would be a single topic we'd carry through the show and it ended up taking it completely over. The episode was full of heated debate and overrode any of the other segments, so we're releasing this as a "special episode" since this has never happened on the show before, as we're sure you'll hear. We were all in rare form and the episode was not your typical installment of the show. Everyone was extremely emotional and passionate about the topic so things go crazy at times. We're still recovering.

Phro was out this week, but Major and JMack held down the fort going into the East Coast bracket for the Hip-Hop Fight Club, discussed South By South West with the homie Sean Falyon and a ton of crazy new indie hip-hop!

We continued selecting our picks for the HoodHype Hip-Hop Fight Club as we wrapped up with our West Coast and Down South picks for 2012. Bracket coming soon on HoodHype.com! We also launched our first installment of our new game show What's Really Hood? Black and White Edition. You may or may not be shocked by the income. We also discussed the new Nike Galaxy Foamposite shoes. Press play

We kicked off HoodHypes Hip-Hop Fight Club 2012 with our East and Midwest selections, make sure you check back next episode for South and West Coast selections! We also had a great debate over Outkast's ATLiens album in Classic or Trash It? and a lot more!

It got overheated in the basement this week thanks to a really emotional debate over the Red Tails movie. We also discussed the return of HoodHype's hip-hop fight club, Indie artists following their passion and more!

Race was a huge topic this episode and we arent talkin NASCAR. Between the Red Tails movie, MLK Day and Phro being back to the show, it got really racial in the basement this episode, (no finish line). We also reviewed Commons The Dreamer, The Believer for Blend It or Bump It, visited the Common vs. Drake beef and much more. Lets go!