Top 10 New Albums for June

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us Top 10 New Albums for June A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking. - Jerry Seinfeld. It's a sad reality that we often wait until great souls have left us to acknowledge that they were here in the first place. Pumpkinhead, who recently died at 39, exemplifies this sad reality. PH was an unsung fixture in the New York rap scene. The first time I heard Pumpkinhead was on Jean Grae's The Bootleg of The Bootleg EP, where he turned in an devastating, tear-soaked verse. Listen up: bit.ly/jgcodered  Henry Adaso Rap/Hip-Hop Expert The 10 Best New Albums for June When summer hits, duck. Better yet, grab these 10 new hip-hop albums so you're ready to soundtrack every occasion summer throws at you. READ NOW Share The Story of Pumpkinhead "He was one of those guys who would just freestyle in the street for hours, 20 round battles, of merciless bars, and he always had a box of CDs hustling." READ NOW Share The Science Behind Fetty Wap's "Trap Queen" How did a love note to a "Trap Queen" become the most popular rap song in the country? I invited a panel of hip-hop journalists, data analysts and music minds, and threw down a gauntlet: Tell me the secret to Fetty Wap's success. Here's what they told me. READ NOW Share All the New Hip-Hop Songs You Can Eat With tons of new hip-hop songs dropping every week, a few are sure to fly under the radar. I empty my inbox and comb the web for the ones worth highlighting, so you don't have to. Be sure to bookmark this page and check back daily for the latest, greatest (or not) and hottest new hip-hop songs available. READ NOW Share MORE FROM ABOUT.COM • Ghost Writers - Books, novels, poetry and music said to be written by spirits • June 8 in Music History • Congratulations, Lisa LoCicero and Family • News: Civil War Apparition, Strange Worm Phenomena, Underground Creatures... more • Nazi Search for the Hollow Earth • Days' Eve's New Plot Against Jennifer: She's Going to Drive Her Crazy • Dillon Quartermaine: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter • Um, That Cute Viral Image of a Frozen "Alaskan Tree Frog"? Hoax! Advertisement About Entertainment   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Rap/Hip-Hop newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved