Low Budget Crew member Roddy Rod plays a joint called “Redscheme” on the MPC & discusses his upcoming project Oakwood Grain II. The producer’s new album will be released on March 13th, but if you pre-order now from Nature Sounds, you can get an 11 track EP version for free.
Honest Management presents the official commercial for the upcoming Rashid Hadee release Aural Sex: The Search For Pinky Tuscadero. The very soon to be released album will be the first full length from Rashid Hadee since Dedication (one of my personal favorite albums of all time), his debut on Neblina Records. Although he has released a [...]
Nobody Famous will release a collection of favorite songs he’s produced over the past several years on a mixtape entitled The Life and Times of Reggie on February 23, 2012. The project is presented by KevinNottingham.com and hosted on DJBooth and includes a collections of songs featuring hip hop artists Dom Kennedy, Donnis, Wax, Raven [...]
Speaking of Damu the Fudgemunk, Redefinition Records just released this promotional video announcing the release of Damu’s new project, KILAWATT V1.5, to be released on February 28th. You may remember KILAWATT V1, released back in November 2009. The new 1.5 version will be a 16 track CD with a 2 Track 7″ vinyl featuring all [...]
KevinNottingham.com got the jump on the artwork and tracklisting for the upcoming debut album, Jones St, from Lyric Jones. The Atlanta emcee has been hot on our radar since we caught wind of her last year. We were even fortunate enough to have her perform on our A3C Underground Express stage back in October. This [...]
In this shot-for-shot reenactment of the famed “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” intro, Raven Sorvino mirrors Audrey Hepburn’s character, Holly Golightly, a young New York socialite smitten by love. However, instead of chasing a man, Raven walks the streets of Beverly Hills in search of her Dreams. Paper Girl finally drops January 26th.
The homie Tokyo Cigar put together this trailer for J-Love’s upcoming mixtape On The Verge, which will feature some of his production. The new tape from the veteran DJ will include guest appearances by The Regiment, Agallah, Tragic Allies & Re-Surch as well as production by Audible Doctor, IMAKEMADBEATS, Nick Wiz & of course Tokyo.
K. Gates previews his upcoming project Walking On HellFire, due out in the spring, with this dope teaser video. Also, visit the New Orleans emcee’s Youtube channel to catch up on his new series Road To Be A Rap Star which features interviews with some of the top names in Hip Hop today.
2011 is behind us and it’s time to anticipate the future. Since the first quarter (January – March) is normally very quiet for music releases, there hasn’t been too many albums that have officially been announced for release and those that have be announced are more than likely to have their release dates pushed back [...]
HipHopDX reported first yesterday (but Oddisee hinted about this last July) that Detroit producer Apollo Brown has completed an album with legendary emcee O.C.. Yeah….O.C. of D.I.T.C. fame and the one with two classic albums (Word…Life (buy) & Jewelz (buy)). As of right now this is my most anticipated album of 2012 so far. This has [...]
DJ Low Cut let’s the cat out the bag and reveals the official artwork and tracklist from his forthcoming project NY Minute. Looks solid if you ask me. What do you think? Check the tracklist below. The project will be dropping in March. 01 – Intro 02 – Ruste Juxx “Worldwide Roughness” 03 – Blaq [...]
As C.O.O. of HiPNOTT Records, Co–Founder of Cypher Lounge Radio and creator/Executive Producer of the highly anticipated documentary film DEMOS, you would think Kareem Fort wouldn’t have time for much more but, the multi-talented Reem has taken on the role of executive producer for the upcoming compilation LP, Executive Suite. Executive Suite is set to [...]
The duo of Gangrene (Alchemist & Oh No) will be releasing their sophomore album, Vodka & Ayahuaska on Decon Records January 24, 2012. I’m definitely looking forward to the album as last year’s Gutter Water was one of my favorites and their first single was solid (“Dump Truck” feat. Prodigy). Spotted at DR
The Ghostface Beat Tape will be released Christmas Eve. The project features numerous DMV producers constructing beats inspired by the Wally Champ. The video up top is a stream of the projects first leak produced by Nick tha 1da. The second video below features Pete Twist playing his beat for the project, his favorite Ghostface [...]
Common‘s The Dreamer/The Believer drops next Tuesday and is currently available for free streaming on YouTube. Thoughts on the album whether you’ve listened to the stream or leak?
The Roots 13th album, undun will be released on December 6 and from what I can gather from twitter and around the internet it’s another jewel on the group’s discography crown. I have yet to listen to the album in full, but plan on purchasing it Tuesday. What I have done is view the undun [...]
NPR has the exclusive full album stream of The Roots 13th album, undun. The disc, which we reviewed [read here] is available for pre-order at iTunes, Amazon, UGHH, and other online stores. I told Justin I’m not listening to this until it hits stores next week. Stream HERE.