Soul Vintage artist Brian James gives us a taste of what’s to come from his new, Dub Cnn presented project Life On Mute. This song is called “If I Could,” a soulful feel good record featuring Ghost which is produced by Chris Reed. Give it a shot below.
Black Star Friday is here! Talib Kweli has been tweeting about this all week and in case you were wondering, it was in promotion for the new single dropping today. As most know, Talib has reunited with Mos Def (who now goes by Yasiin Bey) to bring back one of the greatest hip hop duos [...]
Notes To Self and Evidence mashed up all their favorite Hip Hop videos for the visuals to “Nobody,” the second single from Used to Dark [RECOIL]. Read what they have to say about the video below. — Remember back back in the day when you had that 1 Homie who would video tape & record [...]
Here’s the other remix that got left off NameTag’s The Name Is Tag re-release. As mentioned before, initially NameTag was in talks with me to put out the re-release on HiPNOTT Records. The deal ultimately didn’t work out and Tag decided to just put the project out on his own, but sadly a couple of [...]
Detroit emcee NameTag recently re-released his 2010 album, The Name Is Tag, with a few new remixes. Initially, NameTag was in talks with me to put out the re-release on HiPNOTT Records. The deal ultimately didn’t work out and Tag decided to just put the project out on his own, but sadly a couple of [...]
I think it’s pretty to safe to assume that most of our readers might have Hip Hop on the brain, but they definitely have food on the brain today too. In honor of Turkey Day, we present to you a dose of the Ol’ School Fat Kid Diet. Feast your eyes and ears on Fat [...]
Producer Freddie Joachim recently released this 5 song EP, Patiently. If you’re not up on Freddie Joachim and you dig real smooth jazzy hip hop instrumentals, I highly recommend you check this out. The EP is being sold for a whopping $3.33 with all sales being donated to a charitable organization for the holiday season. [...]
Unsung Hip-Hop legend K-Def is prepared to drop a brand new CD/LP titled Night Shift which is available for pre-order at Fat Beats right now. The producer behind Ghostface, Real Live, ODB, Diddy, Tragedy Khadafi, Lords of the Underground and student of Marley Marl has been deep in the lab pulling late nights (hence the [...]
Miami emcee QuESt, & Brazillian Dubstep production group Mt.Eden team up once again for another song that also won’t make the cut for QuESt’s upcoming Fear Not Failure. Props to QuESt for getting a RT Co-sign from Lupe Fiasco last week of his song “The Blur”. QuESt’s Fear Not Failure due out the first quarter of 2012.
Looks like the wild blue yonder just got wilder. On “Iron Eagle”, don’t expect the sound of Colonel Charles ‘Chappy’ Sinclair and Doug Masters to break any speed barriers in F-14 Tomcats, but do expect mic veteran El Gant to rip through 16s over J. Blanc’s guitar riff-sampled production. For good measure, throw in Sam [...]
Poe Mack presents his latest single “Till This World Ends” featuring ILLPO. A video to the single will be dropping soon. If you like the track, get the full project, Soul Of A Mack, here.
JSWISS shares his latest project Cool Grey EP with us. The six track deep EP features productions from Masta JLJ, U’Nique Music, TheArkaeologists, The Colombians and JSWISS himself. Give it a shot below and download it for a dollar at his bandcamp. Cool Grey EP by JSWISS
The homie Nastee tells us the story behind Thanksgiving as only he can. So if you non-Americans wonder why he eat Turkey every year around this time, check this out. Watch out Charlie Brown, I can see this cartoon being shown yearly!
Just in time for Thanksgiving, here’s the fourth episode of The Misadventures of Giovanni. Written by Louis Perrington & Dave Jackson and illustrated by Aaron the Artist.
The Demigodz make their long overdue return with the aptly-titled “Demigodz Is Back” featuring rhymes by Apathy, Celph Titled & Ryu. The current lineup of The Demigodz, according to Apathy, also includes Esoteric, Motive & Blacastan and the group will be releasing a new LP in 2012.
If you don’t mind mixtapes where the DJ is loud and obnoxious, check this new one out from Dave East. The music is quite good. Dave, do us a favor and re-release this one sans DJ Radio. You got talent and can hold a mixtape on your own man. Stream and download via the link [...]
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