Public Enemy have announced reissues of 1988’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and 1990’s Fear of a Black Planet. It Takes a Nation will include liner notes written by the Roots’ ?uestlove, and will be reissued on November 24. Black Planet follows on December 8, with Wax Poetics editor-in-chief Andre … Read More “Public Enemy to Reissue It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Fear of a Black Planet” »
Month: October 2014
This Japan focused release “The Ramen Skate Sessions” is an exclusive 19 track heavy weight producer compilation with all 100% of proceeds going to Second Harvest Japan – A Group that helps out with hunger needs in Japan. Read more about what Second Harvest is doing in Japan (2hj.org/english/) The audio release is part of … Read More “Beats for change- The Ramen Skate Sessions” »
Joell Ortiz is my favorite member of slaughter house because he brings a level of heady comedy and soul to his bars. All of the guys touch different elements and have different strong suits though for instance Joe Budden is the soul of the group, he can do those tough subject personal songs flawlessly and … Read More “Joell Ortiz-Q&A” »
I have followed Astro the Astronomical kids career since he appeared on on the X-Factor and I have bee bumping his 2013 mixtape “starving like marvin for a cool J song” since it dropped back then. He is the type of artist that gives me hope for the future of the genre to get past … Read More “Astro- Sound Boy Burial and 88” »
J-live drops one of the most poignant and powerful songs breaking down the issues of police brutality in simple black and white terms. The track is a repetitive loop with a classic break beat feel on the drums and the hook consists of samples from Malcolm X and various civil rights speakers talking about the … Read More “J-Live – I AM A MAN (American Justice single)” »
Run the jewels drops the another song ahead of their album and it is epic. I caught them in concert last Saturday and they bring the same energy to their show as they do to every album. ENJOY!
This is one of my favorite indie groups in the ATL hip-hop scene and they have even been on the road with Ab-soul as of lately. Below is trippy video to their jawn “16 Albinos in the S.W.A.T.S.” ENJOY!
Two years ago, in the fall of 2012, Benjamin Bronfman heard that his friend Kanye West was looking for beats for his next album. “He called me, like, ‘Yo, what do you got?’” recalls the producer. read more at the rolling stone
“Black Liberation Theology” is about more than just the liberation of the African American people; it’s about liberation for ALL PEOPLE. If one group is oppressed, none of us are free. This song reflects a philosophy and lifestyle that rallies for freedom of the mind, freedom of the body, and freedom of the soul: the … Read More “CashUs King – Black Liberation Theology” »
It is Alchemists birthday and he gives us a nice gift, by releasing a unheard track from Mobb Deep entitled Biology. ENJOY!