This episode we spoke with FWMJ, owner of RappersIKnow.com and design guru over at New Yorks Hot97 to talk about his site and some of the label politics hip-hop radio stations like Hot97 face. We also discussed the Asher Roth Twitter incident (link in the notes) as well as a few other topics which actually shook some of you out of the woodwork to give us a call.

Changing the format a little, weve moved the LIVE show to Thursdays which opens up alot of doors for us to deliver you an even better episode of HoodHype. Unfortunately we were Phro-less but that didnt stop us from spinning some hot new joints, getting in an interview with shit talker extraordinaire Byron Crawford and you know we couldnt do a show without Tres corner. Last but certainly not least we got a chance to catch up with artist you voted number one for Episode #86 Jus Mic.

This episode we spoke on March Madness, Eminems return, Jadakiss most recent album, Bishop Lamonts label rumors and a whole lot more. You know we couldnt do an episode without speaking with everyones favorite Liquor Store Mascot, Playboy Tre. Later in the show we caught up with CJ from KonsoleKingz.com to talk gaming as well, but that ended up outside the podcast. Well get that cut out later this week! Dont forget to vote for your favorite track this episode!

Featuring and interview with listener voted winner of Episode #84 B.A.S.H.W.O.N. for his track The Water as well as a real thorough interview with Noreaga AKA N.O.R.E. We spoke with him on everything from his e-beef with Perez Hilton to his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel. A great show, with more HOT independent hip-hop and alot of fun. Props to Dallas Penn for comin through as well, we will be posting his interview (which came later in the LIVE show) on the HoodHype blog later this week.

Featuring interviews with winner of Episode #83, Cash Clepto as well as a VERY welcome surpise caller Mr. Chi-City! Also, another edition of Tres Corner with Playboy Tre. And you know we had to speak with C J aka KingSoul of KonsoleKingz.com to talk some xbox and playstation games! Not to mention another large handful of some hot independent music!

Featuring interviews with Miss Nana (Winner of Episode 84 and Best of 2008 Finalist), Shady/Interscopes Bobby Creekwater and Detroit legend and 1/4 of Slaughterhouse, Royce Da 5 9. We also spoke with Snoop EZ for some boxing talk and as always, Playboy Tre was back again for another installment of Tres Corner

Congratulations to listeners choice “Best of 2008″ series Rideout and Terry Cole for taking the win! Had all kinds of fun this time around with Tres Corner, The Stash Box and KingSoul from KonsoleKingz.com were all in the house for some great convo and a damn good time. And you know we couldnt have a show without some phenomenal indie/unsigned hip-hop.

HoodHypes Best of 2008: Listeners Choice continues with PART 2 of the series getting us one step closer to your favorite pick of 2008 that weve spun on the HoodHype show! Congrats to Miss Nana for taking the win for Part 2 of the series! We will kick off the next episode by featuring the finalists for the series which will be New Jerseys Miss Nana competing against Ohios own, Rideout and Terry Cole.Mobile text voting polls will open right away so make sure you get in to get each artists voting codes! We also launched a brand new segment with Ham Squads Playboy Tre this episode, make sure you peep it! Also get on the show alert list and join us for the next LIVE episode right here Saturday, February 7, 2009 @ 6:00 pm EST! Or if you cant just come right back here and catch the replay!

Listeners Choice: Best of 2008 - PART 1 went off without a hitch! Special thanks to everyone who came through to the LIVE show and chatted, texted and called in their votes! We will announce the winner of PART 1 of the LISTENERS CHOICE: BEST OF 2008 on Part 2! Get ALL The details on how this series is going down and how you can join in with us on the live show check the full show notes on the blog for details! A MASSIVE shout to all of our prize pack sponsors, without them this whole thing wouldnt be possible! Angela Yees Shade45 Morning Show, NahRight.com, Donny Goines, Amalgam Digital and SongCastMusic!

This week we talked about the best and worst things that went down in 2008. Which included talk on Auto-tune, Barack Obama, the music of 2008 and more. We spoke with Arablak, winner of episode #78 and talk about his winning single “Off The Ground”. We also announced an upcoming 2-episode series in which we will feature all of the winning artists from 2008. Listeners will be able to text their vote for their favorites and the winning artist of the series will recieve one hell of a prize pack.