Damu The Fudgemunk released this promo video for his upcoming release How It Should Sound Vol. 1 & 2. The project is a 27 track instrumental album which will drop in April on CD, vinyl & digitally on Redefinition Records.
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Here’s a preview of Hell Razah’s collaboration with producer St. Peter called “Gunz, Oil & Drugz” which drops April 1st. Razah’s new mixtape Stairway to Heaven-Razah & T.H.U.G. Angelz project with Shabazz The Disciple are coming soon as well as his highly anticipated Heaven Razah album which drops on Nature Sound.
This Saturday in New Orleans, we’ll be presenting (along with BlackSmith Music & The Soundclash) The Kicks & Snares event at The Howlin Wolf. The event will feature plenty of live performances along with live graffiti, break dancing, battling & a sneaker exchange. All the elements of hip hop will be in full effect & to top that off, the legendary Pete Rock will be there as well! Later that night will be the March SoundClash which Pete will also be judging. Hit the jump for the SoundClash flyer & if you’re in South Louisiana this weekend, make sure you’re at The Howlin Wolf for this can’t miss event!
I know we have been pushing the HiPNOTT 2010 Takeover for the past few months… and I ain’t just talking about the mixtapes — it’s a movement. We started the top of the year pushing Cymarshall Law and his Creator’s Kid EP. more recently you’ve been hearing a lot from K. Sparks and A Day In the Life. Earlier today we announced our whole lineup for 2010… peep it if you missed it. For the next month we’re going to be steadily pushing our next project: Almost Famous by Spectac & Amiri. The album doesn’t drop for another month, but this Monday we’ll be releasing the first single from the duo.
As I’m sitting here going through some of their footage to prep for promo, I came across a couple of freestyle videos that Spectac just did last year. The one above was done on a radio show where the DJ just gave Spec flash cards to rhyme about… insane! After the cut, you’ll see Spectac opening for KRS-One at a show in North Carolina. The whole cut is freestyle. I just had to share these to give you all a taste of the talent we’re working with at HiPNOTT Records. If you all aren’t familiar with Spectac, check the exclusive interview on him we did a couple of years ago when we dropped his album with 9th wonder, Corner of Spec & 9th [download] (a classic album if you haven’t checked it yet). The new album is crazy as well. Amiri’s beats are something that I think a lot of you all are going to dig.
Truth Universal is set to drop his new project Guerrilla Business next Tuesday and here’s a sample of what to expect. The project will be available on all digital outlets as well as physical copies through TU’s own website. Hit the jump for the sampler & make sure you cop the new record next week!
HiPNOTT Records will follow their explosive first quarter with an equally dynamic remainder of the year as exhibited by the following 2010 Release Schedule for their artists:
- April 15th: Spectac & Amiri – Almost Famous
- May 25th: Jermiside & Danny Diggs – Middle Classic (feat. Maverick Sabre, Donwill & Von Pea and more)
- June 22nd: Cymarshall Law & Skit Slam are Everliven Sound: Freedom 2
- July 27th: E Reece – Concrete Steppin’ (feat. production by Oddisee, Kev Brown, Nobody Famous, Proh Mic, Presto, and artists Buff1, Othello and JimiJames)
- August 31st: Cymarshall Law – Freedom Express Line
- September: K. Sparks & Pajozo – Untitled LP
- October: WEB – Marvelous World of Color
- November: Trav Williams & DJ Qvali – The Elixir
- December: Has-Lo – In Case I Don’t Make It
* Schedule subject to change
Restless Films goes behind the scenes of the upcoming video for “The Return” by RADix produced by Statik Selektah and directed by Court Dunn.
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.
This Wednesday marks the premiere of a brand new online radio show — Cypher Lounge Radio. Founded by my HiPNOTT Records partner, Kareem Fort, this radio show is something I believe the readers of KevinNottingham.com will be interested in.
Hip-Hop Meets Jay Leno with a Twist of CNN.
Kareem Fort, the brain behind the scenes and Talented Emcee/Songwriter/Cypher Lounge Host, Hassahn Phenomenon invites celebrities, indie artists, and anybody out there changing the world to an experience where they get to relax, reflect, laugh, converse, and showcase their talents.
To get you all up to date on the show and its first airing this Wednesday night, I sat down with Kareem to let him give us the inside scoop…
Preview for eLZhi’s video “Deep” off The Leftovers: Unmixedtape, directed by Gerard Victor Atillo. Official World Premiere coming soon!
The homie John Public lets loose another track from his upcoming project with NahRight. We also get a glimpe at the album artwork, designed by yours truly!
“…This track was both incredible and a gigantic pain in the ass to make. I got the original sequence from Goodwill Beats and spent literally months refining the flow. When I finally got it recorded at Willow Street, the engineer (Dave Entwistle) layered some guitars and we jacked Hendrix’s riff from “Purple Haze” as the lead melody, thinking it was a wrap. Numerous spins later tho, it felt too busy, so we stripped out the lead melody bells (which also had the original bassline in it). I sent it with just the drums, vox and flutes to my homie Jordan Scannella, and he laid a new bassline, added some Rhodes and piano stabs. Then I hit up DJay Cas to sequence some new drums. This joint was inspired by the Sensationalist Journalism episode. I think the third verse is pretty awesome.” -John Public
Man, I apologize for the site loading slow as ass today. Looks like we’re about back to normal, so let’s get some goodies posted!
Here’s footage from Donny Goines’ 20X listening party last week. The free EP drops March 4th!
KevinNottingham.com BTS w/ Hollywood FLOSS Pass The Mic from Hollywood FLOSS on Vimeo.
The homie Hollywood FLOSS gives us some exclusive behind the scenes footage of his segment for the upcoming Pass The Mic (Houston Underground). The new song & video from Houston Press is coming soon which also includes appearances by Hollywood’s fellow T.H.E.M. collective members hasHBrown & Kidd the Great. Look out for The Xperiment Vol. 2 dropping soon!
QN5 has announced their planned release schedule for 2010. The schedule is highlighted by a some huge releases: CunninLynguists’ new album Oneirology, Tonedeff & Kno’s long delayed Chico & The Man, PackFM’s highly anticipated I Fucking Hate Rappers and a few surprises such as a Kno solo album, a Deacon The Villain/Sheisty Khrist collab and a sophomore LP from Mr. SOS. Which ones are you looking forward to? Do you think we’ll see all of these projects drop this year?
