Saturday, August 16, 2008



The Source, which was in bankruptcy last year and is last known for a bitter ownership fight involving Benzino and David Mays, is relaunching soon with a 20th anniversary issue and a new focus -- a direction that its new co-publisher says will restore the magazine, once known as Hip Hop's bible, to prominence. The new issue, which hits newsstands next week, features four separate covers of hip-hop pioneers LL Cool J, Ice Cube, Queen Latifah and Nas, photographed by director Spike Lee. There is no denying the impact that The Source had on the game at one point; it was a badge of honour to get your lyrics immortalized in 'Hip Hop Quotable' or to have your album get 'five mics' in a review. Can these cats do it again? We'll see...

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