Once again, I’m back with more of the stuff that you want to know, but probably missed. After the Super Bowl, it seems as if this week was put on fast forward. Nevertheless, here’s your underground news rundown, Uptown style!
Yo KN readers! In honor of February being the late great J Dilla month, today’s installment of Who Flipped It Better will examine one of my favorite Jay Dee produced tracks from his expansive catalogue from Slum Village’s classic Fan-Tas-Tic…
When he is not on his grind, producer/emcee Rashid Hadee enjoys making music purely for the joy. The Honest Management signee’s new album, Aural Sex: The Search for Pinky Tuscadero, was just released and I was lucky enough to speak…
“I’m so excited about his life. It’s such a celebration. How can you cry when you live to brighten the world with what he gave? I think his gift was something to brighten the world. So I’m just so super…
In the early 1990’s, Los Angeles’ rap scene was blowing up, bringing to the national stage the brash, violent, and powerful music known as gangsta rap, and earning the left coast the distinction as the wildest cats around. But Cali…
Rhymesayer emcee Brother Ali dropped this new video in support of his upcoming free release project, The Bite Marked Heart, dropping Monday, February 13th. Directed by Dave Wilson and produced by Jake One. Download the track below.
Directed by Myster DL and produced by Statik Selektah, here’s the first video/single from JFK’s upcoming debut album, 1000 Days, coming soon on Showoff Records. Download the track below.
MarQ Spekt takes “Luther” from Deacon The Villain & Sheisty Khrist’s Niggaz With Latitude album and puts his spin on it for a dope remixed version. Spekt gets Sheisty, who didn’t rap on the original, to drop a verse and Deacon reworks the beat slightly for an all new track. Don’t forget to check out [...]
Here’s the first official video from EvergreenOne’s new album Mines Really Tho, set to release Feb 25 2012. Produced by TrussOne. Filmed and Edited by Cody Shea.
Young Gully gives the visual treatment to one of the heat rocks off his latest LP, “They Don’t Ride For Me” produced by DJ Fresh. Make sure you cop the Oakland emcee’s oustanding album David, which is available now.
Nemo Achida released one of the best EP’s of 2011 in Goodbye Brooklyn and is now set to drop a new version, Goodbye Brooklyn Extended, next month. The Rocki Evans assisted “Not The Same” is the first leak off the upcoming project, which drops March 3rd on iTunes.
Once again, I’m back with more of the stuff that you want to know, but probably missed. After the Super Bowl, it seems as if this week was put on fast forward. Nevertheless, here’s your underground news rundown, Uptown style! Mac Miller gives his picks on up and coming MC’s from Pittsburgh In a recent [...]
This video from We Are Drugs is pretty wild, but I’m digging it (and the song). “War On Drugs” is the first release from the Nashville duo of emcee Tino Bugg and producer/singer Evan Moore’s upcoming debut EP. Check out what Moore had to say about the duo & the song: The concept is that [...]
Animal Farm member Serge Severe delivers a dope new solo cut calle “Say What You Really Feel” produced by Panama Red. If you haven’t already, make sure you cop the latest Animal Farm album Culture Shock right now.
Yo KN readers! In honor of February being the late great J Dilla month, today’s installment of Who Flipped It Better will examine one of my favorite Jay Dee produced tracks from his expansive catalogue from Slum Village’s classic Fan-Tas-Tic Vol.1. “The Look Of Love” samples Barney Kessel’s great jazz guitar cut of the same [...]
When he is not on his grind, producer/emcee Rashid Hadee enjoys making music purely for the joy. The Honest Management signee’s new album, Aural Sex: The Search for Pinky Tuscadero, was just released and I was lucky enough to speak with Hadee recently to discuss the new project. And over the course of our conversation, [...]
With his Maybach Music Group drama behind him, Pill gets back to what he does best with his new mixtape The Epidemic hosted by DJ Holiday. P-I Double L’s latest project features 16 tracks with just one guest appearance made by Twista. Tracklist & link are below.
“I’m so excited about his life. It’s such a celebration. How can you cry when you live to brighten the world with what he gave? I think his gift was something to brighten the world. So I’m just so super excited,” Ma Dukes Six years ago today, I remember exactly where I was and what [...]
Longtime Immortal Technique affiliate Diabolic released his long overdue debut LP in 2010 and is now set to return with his sophomore effort later this year. Here’s the first single off the New York emcee’s upcoming Fightin Words LP, ”Mission Statement” produced by C-Lance.
Karmaloop Music & Rocksmith partner with legendary Philadelphia rapper Freeway on the release of the Freedom of Speech project. Freedom of Speech features 12 all new original songs exclusive to this project. Peep the cover art and check out the first video off the release, “Master of Ceremony,” where Freeway gets busy with it then download the joint below. [...]
Fast rising Atlanta recording artist Trailblaza & Flawless Tracks (Wale‘s producer behind “Bait“) team together to bring forth this weeks YouHeardThatNew freestyle, interestingly titled “Fuck Your Favorite Rapper”. Give it a shot below.
New Jersey-born, Harlem-based rapper Kyle Rapps is back with the release of his new music video to “Bully”! The track was featured on his debut EP, Re-Edutainment. The in Bed-Stuy shot video was directed by Alex Ghassan for Anu Day Media. Enjoy!
Knowledge Medina & Numonics unleash the visuals for “All I Know” from their collaborative album “Never Enough”, which was released Tuesday via iTunes & DJBooth. Directed by Juice of 9 Fifty Four Films, the video shows a day in life of Medina and a glimpse of the recording process of “Never Enough”.