Jay Smooth does another one of his great videos, this time focusing on the statements made by Wacka Flocka Flame (did I spell that right? lol) that lyrical rappers don’t make money. Make sure you check out Ill Doctrine for more of Jay’s hip hop video blogs.
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Soul Culture TV sat down with Statik Selektah to get his thoughts on the whole Guru situation. Statik quotes DJ Premier who says one of the best lines I’ve heard right now, “It’s bigger than Solar.” Statik also speaks on his previous experiences with Solar. If you haven’t been keeping up, it continues to be a mess as late last night Solar posted as Guru on his twitter page leading to further speculation on what Guru’s health status actually is at this time. Again, our best wishes go to Guru and we hope he makes a full recovery.
Watch Icerocks DXA breakin down some beats on the SP1200, live and direct from Grandma’s Studio in Astoria Queens. You can find this song on the KevinNottingham.com sponsored mixtate, DXA The Movement right here!
Following the success of his December 2009 EP, Dres of the legendary Queens, NY outfit Black Sheep will drop his long awaited full length LP, From The Black Pool Of Genius, on April 6th. To celebrate the release, Dres is proud to announce the official Prelude Remix Contest. With the contest, Dres is giving aspiring and established producers alike the opportunity to remix all five cuts off Dres’ From The Black Pool Of Genius: The Prelude EP, with the best submission of each of the five tracks being selected by Dres to be released for the official Prelude Remix EP, which will be subsequently released via all major digital retailers.
Nappy Roots gives you a preview of the upcoming video for “Back Home” off their upcoming album Pursuit of Nappyness. This snippet showcases Big V’s verse & gives a taste of what to expect onf the full video which drops soon. The new album from the crew drops April 20th but also look out for Skinny Deville & Fish Scales’ project together 40 Akerz & a Big V solo album to be released later this year.
J-Ro of Tha Alkaholiks is set to release his solo album Ro-Hab (Get Addicted) and Blackout Hip Hop has an exclusive sampler of the LP. Hit the jump for the tracklist & link to the sampler for the Likwit Crew member’s upcoming project. Props again to Blackout Hip Hop.
SMKA’s The 808 Experiment: Vol 2 Release Party (by Motion Family) from Motion Family on Vimeo.
Atlanta based video production team Motion Family put together this video of the release party for SMKA’s The 808 Experiment Vol. 2. The footage features performances by YelaWolf, A. Leon Craft, Grip Plyaz, Pill & Young Scolla (who all appear on the compilation). Make sure you download Volume 2 which is available now.
Good*Fella Radio – Cymarshall Law interview from Good*Fella Radio on Vimeo.
HiPNOTT Records artist Cymarshall Law sat down with Good*Fella Radio to talk about the New Jersey hip hop scene, working with international producers & more. Make sure you pick up Cy’s HipNOTT debut, The Creator’s Kid EP, which is available now!
In Episode #15 of Road To Release Day, Eternia does the radio show rounds and announces on air to the world, “We Got a Record Deal!!” The Record Label remains a secret, however, as Eternia promotes the “AT LAST (We Got a Record Deal) JAM!” on Fri. Feb 26th @ Sputnik in BK!. A.G. (D.I.T.C.) & El Da Sensei (Artifacts) extend their congrats, and E gets open on the ‘Exhibit C’ track @ Beatminerz Radio w/ Crazy DJ Bazarro.
Congrats Eternia! Can’t wait to hear what label picked her up….
In the latest D2S interview by Haylow, Jay Electronica gives a brief Exhibit C history AND addresses all the emcees that have used the Just Blaze instrumental, discusses high praise given by veteran emcees, the inspiration behind the upcoming Exhibit A, and more. Follow Distortion 2 Static on twitter @distort2static and Haylow @djhaylow
The shit is gonna be dope!
Raekwon just posted on his Twitter this artwork which may be the cover for the upcoming album from the Wu-Tang trio. No official word if it is but I hope so because it is ill! Hit the jump for the artwork, the new collab from The Chef, Method Man & Ghostface Killah drops March 9th on Def Jam!
