Album
Fashawn – “Confess” (Video)
October 13, 2015
Animated visuals for “Confess” off Fashawn’s latest project “The Ecology” (out now, link to our earlier post below). Lots of cartoonized cameos in there.
Styles P – “Welcome To NY” feat. Nino Man x Snype Life x Dave East (Video)
October 12, 2015
This that grimy sh!t you s’pose to hear in New York! And SP is gonna give it to y’all in raw banger form. Check out the visuals for “Welcome To NY” (featuring Nino Man, Snype Life and Dave East) off “A Wise Guy And A Wise Guy†(out now).
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Large Professor – “New Train Ole Route” (Video)
October 9, 2015
I’ll take the firearm on anyone that’s trying to divide our culture…
– Large Professor
New single and visual out: “New Train Ole Route” from Large Professor off his “Re:Living” album (which we posted on here earlier, linked below). Check it out.
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Dave East – “Numb” (Prod. By Triple A) [Video]
October 8, 2015
I’m still hustlin’
Only difference is I don’t feel nothin’
– Dave East
Damn. Dope! Classic lyricism delivered by Dave East over a major league beat produced by Triple A. Appropriately stark visual treatment for East’s joint “Numb” off his “Hate Me Now” project (out now). You can get that via the link to an earlier post below.
J Dilla – “Dillatronic #7” (Instrumental)
October 8, 2015
Wow. There are no words for this “Dillatronic #7” instrumental track from J Dilla. None needed. We know how you’re feeling as you listen to the stream above; scrunched up face, head nodding, body rocking. Yep.
A new track off the upcoming J Dilla collection “Dillatronic,” a series of unreleased electronic-influenced instrumentals from the iconic producer. Order now at dillatronic.com. Presented by Ma Dukes and Vintage Vibez Music Group.
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Hopsin – “No Words” (Prod. By Don Cunana) [Video]
October 8, 2015
Hahahahaaa!!!! Nothing better than a bit of biting satire to kick today in its azz! In this case, to kick folks putting out that bullsh!t (as well as those that believe what they do is cool) dead in their azz… For all those weirdos (as Stro might call them – “Skrrr”), there are “No Words.” Hopsin (er… ‘Hash Brown’ …is here to say so, to laugh AT them (not ‘with’ them); and he will get a laugh out of you, too.
Thing about it though: You know Hop is telling the truth here.
You can get this hot ‘Hash Brown’ banger (on the low…make it your secret shame…HA!) by grabbing a copy of Hopsin’s album “Pound Syndrome” (out on iTunes now).
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Dom Kennedy – “2 Bad” feat. Tish Hyman (Prod. By Mike N Keys) [Video]
October 7, 2015
One of my favorite Dom Kennedy songs gets a brand new video. Kennedy’s foreign policy looks like something we could get behind (translation: Dom picked a cute li’l dime piece for Eye Candy in this vid). This is “2 Bad” (featuring Tish Hyman) off the “By Dom Kennedy” project linked below. Beat by Mike N Keys.
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Illa J – “Illa J” (Album Stream)
October 6, 2015
Nice.
Illa JÂ (emcee, singer, brother of the late great J Dilla)Â has generously put out the full stream for his self-titled full-length project. Listen, and if you like what you are hearing, go on and grab that via the link below.
Public Enemy – “Mine Again” (Video)
October 5, 2015
Damn. The landmine…
From the latest Public Enemy album, “Man Plans God Laughs,” this is the visual for “Mine Again.”
So it’s cool to be black until it’s time to be Black?
Ain’t never too late to go back and give back.
So, I let born-afters
know I rap for Africa,
to give to The Motherland,
to see what’s “Mine Again.”
– Chuck D
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White Boiz – “Main St” (Video)
October 2, 2015
Okay, so as we posted earlier, Krondon & Shafiq Husayn Are White Boiz. They got a video for a new single, “Main St,” too. Wanna watch it? Here it go. Oh, and if you wanna cop their album, “Neighborhood Wonderful,” that’s out now, too. Here that go (linked below).
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Apollo Brown – “Grandeur” (Album Stream)
October 2, 2015
The Motown music-maker Apollo Brown has dropped it – his 19-track album, “Grandeur.” Featuring the likes of Freddie Gibbs, Sean Price, Evidence, Oddisee, M.O.P., Rapper Big Pooh, Ras Kass, Your Old Droog, you can stream for FREE and cop via the link below.
NPR: “Tiny Desk Concerts†Series Welcomes “The Internet” (Video)
September 30, 2015
Straight outta Los Angeles, and Odd Future, The Internet – featuring founding members Syd The Kid (vocals/production) and Matt Martians (keys/ production), as well as Pat Paige (bass), Jameel Bruner (keys) and Chris Smith (drums) – falls through NPR to do a “Tiny Desk Concert.†The kind of Alternative that The Internet brings to your ears… well… it’s hard to describe. Good thing you have the above video to watch (and the “Ego Death” album link, via earlier post on here, to listen to).
Here’s an attempt at description: Think R&B’d out Hip-Hop swagger meeting homegrown Neo-Soul with a 21st century twist.
Yep. That’s the best description for it. And nope, that doesn’t quite cover it. But yep, you will enjoy it… perhaps enough to cop the album here.
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Miguel Gives A Mini-Concert To Raise Awareness And Help Poor Working Class Families (Video)
September 29, 2015
This is what art is for: touching the lives of people where they live. Miguel, doing so sharing his music and a personal backstory to connect, gave a private mini-concert in partnership with the Make Room group (www.MakeRoomUSA.org). About 35 lives will never be the same. People packed into a small home outside Detroit (Michigan, USA), singing, clapping and getting a little chocked up; while Miguel uses his gift and platform as a performing artist to raise awareness of working single parents struggling to keep roofs over their families’ heads.
Start watching above as Miguel does “Coffee.” Then check out “What’s Normal Anyway” and “Adorn” after the jump to round out the set.
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Erick Sermon – “Clutch” feat. Method Man x Redman (Video)
September 28, 2015
It’s the E-r-i-c-k. It’s Def Squad. It’s Red & Meth. It’s everything that is right with the Hip-Hop universe. It’s visuals for “Clutch” (which is saying pretty much the same thing). The single is off the “E.S.P.” album out today.
Scotty ATL – “Cloud IX” feat. Curren$y (Prod. By DJ Toomp)
September 28, 2015
Nice retouch of Scotty ATL’s “Cloud IX” (Go Up). Curren$y sits in for the ride along on the track. Production nod to DJ Toomp. We posted a link to the “Spaghetti Junction” project on here earlier.
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Blu x Med x Madlib – “Knock Knock” feat. MF DOOM (Video)
September 25, 2015
Normally don’t give much play to trailers for album releases, but see, how our Hip-Hop is set up… exceptions are sometimes made. Check out this animated vid snip for “Knock Knock” (featuring MF DOOM) right quick, literally. Promotion for the Blu x Med x Madlib LP entitled “Bad Neighbor” (due out October 30, 2015). You can pre-order that via the link below.
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Grammy Winner D’Angelo Talks With Tavis Smiley About “Black Messiah” And More (Video)
September 25, 2015
Come to think of it: Was there ‘Neo-Soul’Â music before D’Angelo? Not much, if any. He was a founding father of the genre, so to speak. From the son of a Baptist preacher, heavily influenced by church music, to making that funky stuff that grew from steeping in all that Stevie Wonder, George Clinton, James Brown, and Prince growing up. Then he got ‘extra-grown’ for the ladies with that “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” song and video. That earned him a Grammy (Best Male R&B Vocal Performance).
And then…nothing…for like over 10 years.
Now D’Angelo is back with his latest project, “Black Messiah.” And here he is talking to Tavis about it and more. Hey, it took two episodes to convey the convo. Keep watching after the jump.
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Illa J – “Never Left”
September 25, 2015
It’s like you never left
You with me up in the booth
I see your silhouette
– Illa J
“Never Left” is off the forthcoming Illa J self-titled album (due out October 2, 2015). Very touching reminisce-over-you type track to his brother, the late great J Dilla.
Dave East – “Forbes List” feat. Nas
September 24, 2015
Mentor and track co-star Nas ushering Dave East deep into some real ‘get yours’ Hip-Hop biz. Visualizing in this rhyme on par with AZ (another Nas partner, hmmm). Listen to the niceness in the stream above. Pre-order link for the “Hate Me Now” project (due out October 2, 2015) below.
Hip-Hop veteran Nas has taken Dave East under his wing and he’s ready to show the rising rapper real millionaire sh*t as mentioned in their new track “Forbes List.”
DAVE EAST – FORBES LIST FEAT. NAS |Â HATE ME NOW (PRE-ORDER)
Mac Miller – “Brand Name” (Video)
September 24, 2015
Mac Miller was not meant for the Average Joe 9-to-5 life; the concept isn’t even a reality he can grasp. His “Brand Name” video exhibits that and the skills for real. Straight off the “GO:OD AM” album (out now).
