Honest Management presents episode two of the Rashid Hadee web series entitled The 2nd Life. In this episode we see Rashid Hadee working with one of Chicago’s own as he puts the final touches on a selection that will appear on his upcoming release; Aural Sex: The Search for Pinky Tuscadero. For those of you [...]
What would you do if you would have the power of god for 24 hours? Laelo asked himself that question and gives us his take over a Bad Abbot produced beat which samples Placebo‘s 2003 Kate Bush cover of “Running Up That Hill.” The track will be featured on Laelo‘s upcoming album, Life in High [...]
Benefit gets a little help from Steele of Smif-N-Wessun on the first single off his street album Timing Is Everything. Like the rest of the tracks from the album, the cut is produced by Norman Crates.
Fresh from the release of his Almost There EP, the San Diego native Young Lyxx drops the new cut “Swangin,” which features Houston representer Young Von.
What exactly is a classic? What makes an album a classic? Is it one that is the standout of the year? One that has dope producers and featured artists? Or one that is notable to some but ghastly underrated? And who even decides what makes an album classic? As we introduce our newest column, What [...]
Random track from Nas and Rick Ross (produced by Salaam Remi) that popped up on Remi’s Twitter page last night. The track comes from Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy’s “Tower Heist.” Update: Back with an Mp3 for the track after the jump.
Eligh & Amp Live give the visual treatment to their single “Tattoo Song” (which you can download after the jump) off their upcoming album Therapy 3. You can pre-order the Living Legends emcee & Zion I producer’s collaborative effort, which drops November 15th, right now and get three exclusive bonus tracks.
Going solo is never easy — for the group or the solo artist. But in 2007, after eight years and five albums with the venerable Los Angeles based Dilated Peoples, Evidence released his first solo album, The Weatherman LP. Now three years since Decon put out The Layover EP, another statement from the Venice Beach [...]
Trav Williams returns to the scene with the first leak from his upcoming mixtape, Learning Curve 2. “Dear Skeezers” has Trav going in over the Just Blaze-produced “Dear Summer”. Trav, it’s been too long!
“Ain’t no free beats worth being no man’s bitch.” And the plot thickens. Things ain’t looking good for 9th Wonder’s reputation right now as longtime collaborator and friend (maybe former friend?) Kaze tells his side of the story regarding the controversy in North Carolina’s Hip Hop scene revealed in our recent interview with Jozeemo. I gotta stress that [...]
We here at KN.com are proud to premiere the new music video from John Dew for his standout track “King On A Throne” produced by DJ Cozmos. The single appears on the Houston emcee’s new free LP Tech-NASA which you can download right now.
Originally recorded in 2008 and intended to be released on Talib Kweli’s Blacksmith Music imprint, Planet Asia & G_Force’s Camouflage Jackets has been sitting in the vaults ever since. But with the help of FRSH SLCTS, the Cali veteran and producer’s collaboration project is now available to the public for free. Tracklist & link after [...]
With the state of the ecomony and the Occupy Wall Street movement in full effect, Cyclops & Tokyo Cigar felt it was a perfect time to release this track “We Got Today” to the public. The song will appear on The Plexiglass Fountain’s new album The Year Of The Dragon: 2012 A.D. which drops in [...]
Producer DCT aka Sonic Skillz sent over this new joint he did called “Nairobi Hop” which he calls a “Hip Hop re-imagining” of the song from the old NES game Super Dodge Ball. The rhymes on the track are handled by Mr. Jones, Khakolak Boy and KN.com regular Random aka Mega Ran.
With the cyphers from the BET Hip Hop Awards still on everyone in the blogosphere’s mind, it’s fitting that this studio cypher footage was just released by 2-Cent’s Bmike. Mannie Fresh’s #GuaranteedFresh video blog series captured this great cypher during a recent studio session with Mystikal, Juvenile, The Show & Skip of UTP. Check out the four New Orleans emcees as the lay some rhymes over [...]
Idle Warship unveils the latest single “Rat Race” off the trio’s upcoming debut album Habits Of The Hearts. Although it won’t officially be released until November 1st, Talib Kweli, Res & Graph Nobel have made the entire LP available for streaming on Spotify. Idle Warship – Rat Race by idlewarship
Has-Lo will be releasing Conversation B digitally on 11/8 and in CD format on 11/15. The video above should gave everyone a taste of what’s to come in a month or so. Has-Lo, the Philadelphia based emcee/producer who brought you the critically acclaimed album In Case I Don’t Make It, is back! Conversation B is [...]
In November 1995 (when Mic‘s debut album, The Natural dropped) I was a 18 yr old freshman at the local community college with no care in the world. Only priorities at that time were attending classes, working weekends, and making it to basketball practice on time. This song reminds me of those care free times with [...]
Here’s a video to the title track from Tenacity‘s mixtape I’m Different. The tape is mixed by DJ Rhettmatic and hosted by DJ House Shoes. The project is available for “name your price” on Bandcamp or cop CD is at UGHH.com.
Mr. International presents his latest track “Insomnia.” The track is from his upcoming self produced EP The International Daze, which is scheduled to drop in Novevmber. Enjoy!
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