I downloaded Steel tipped Dove’s instrumental album “Nothing touches the ground” and have been nothing but pleased. It is a beautifully orchestrated effort. Most of the tracks remind me of experimental or cloud rap sound beds but of course they lean more heavily toward the experimental. ENJOY! Nothing Touches the Ground Here by Steel Tipped … Read More “Steel tipped Dove- Nothing touches the ground” »
Month: November 2014
Jahzel is a Chicago of emcee who has been on the grind in the Chicago underground for a while. He dropped a dope mixtape in 2013 “In Gods image”. He is a lyrical rapper with a modern cadence. CJ from flawless trackz flips the sample for DJ Rogers “faithful” beautifully on this. Some of you … Read More “Jahzel-Faithful” »
I am glad to see Dee-1 got on with RCA records because he was one of my favorite new southern emcees spitting the truth on every track “Against Us” carries on this tradition. February 17th is the day date of his official drop but in the mean time he gives us some good food for … Read More “Dee-1 : Against US” »
If this is the first time you’re hearing of somebody called Your Old Droog, don’t even trip. Some people know the name; those people spent the spring and summer speculating if an unknown entity who posted a better-than-it-should-be debut EP on Soundcloud was in fact Nas, our (hip-hop’s) Jeff Buckley, minus the tragedy. Those same … Read More “Stream your old droog new album” »
DJ Premier makes all of the sense in the world on this small documentary interview with complex magazine in which he talks about the fact aging artist need to stick to their script and develop their own level. ENJOY!
Von Pea connects with up and coming producers the other guys to drop a up coming album which is going to be a great listen, I think. I am feeling the new song “Chasing Amy”. ENJOY!
Hate is a bold word. As far back as I can remember, everyone and everything I’ve hated, I wanted dead. I spent hours thinking about how great it would feel to heat some Jiffy Pop, sit back in a recliner and watch people I hate hemorrhage slowly right in front of me: The cop who … Read More “Can We Finally Bury the Word “Hater?”” »
J-zone is truly a inspiration as a artist and musician and the type of journeyman I strive to become. This is a great interview brought to us by the good folks at redef records. Check out the breakdown from the redef youtube page. Redefinition Records sat down with the multi-talented J-Zone at his Queens NY … Read More “J-zone: Lunch break promo pt 1” »
As we get closer to the release of Ghostfaces latest offering he has given us a taste of the snippet of the whole album and has released song titles and premiums to be sold with the album when purchased. This album has me feeling good like old Tony Starks Ghostface less glitz and more grit. … Read More “Ghostface Killah-the battlefield(kool g rap, AZ and tre williams)” »
Brooklyn-born artist Jean-Michel Basquiat filled numerous notebooks with poetry fragments, word play, sketches, and personal observations ranging from street life and popular culture to themes of race, class, and world history. The first major exhibition of the artist’s notebooks, Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks features 160 pages of these rarely seen documents, along with related works … Read More “Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks” »