RIP hip-hop legend BIG BANK HANK. He passed away yesterday at the age of 57 succumbing to the complications of cancer(note that is the word in the blogesphere but not confirmed). Hank is a member of the legendary sugar hill gang for those who didn’t know i.e. the first group to prove hip-hop could have … Read More “RIP BIG BANK HANK” »
Month: November 2014
Ghostface Killah is preparing to drop “36 Seasons” through legendary Tommy Boy records on December the 9th. The first single is “love don’t live here no more” which a solid track. I wonder is he continuing down the past of his last effort which was a concept album centered around a comicbook? I will have … Read More “Ghostface killah-love don’t live here no more” »
P.A.T. Junior is a up and coming indie from Raleigh, N.C. He has a great cadence and voice quality and is fits in the category of what would be considered a thoughtful/conscious emcee. This Full length project entitled “Nystagmus” is a concept album of sorts dealing with the idea of searching for ones identity. The … Read More “P.A.T. Junior – Nystagmus” »
Sick artist/writer CHEO is preparing to drop his national cheographic coloring book inspired by the world animal sanctuaries. This look incredible and I cannot wait stay tuned to the folks at IRONLAK here.
Legendary producer, DJ and artist/tastemaker Ali shaheed Muhammad remixed the already soulful track “There is only now” from the Souls of Mischief new album and it is awesome. I have provided his instrumental of the remix below and by the sound of it I could stand to hear a whole album of this mans instrumental … Read More “Ali shaheed Muhammad remix’s souls of Mischief “there is only now”” »
I love to discover new music, especially the kind that is true to the core hip-hop. Well the good folks over at Indie hip hop aka Funkworm blessed us with another dope playlist of some of the “dopest hip-hop we never heard”(circa 11-7-14). Enjoy! the playlist and stop complaining about the radio and support the … Read More “FunkWorm-The Dopest Hip-hop you Never heard 11-7-14” »
Jackie Hill Perry is a well established poet who decided to Flex her emcee muscle on a few tracks for a brand new full length through Humble Beast called “The Art of Joy”. I think this statement from the humble beast site covered things pretty well as far as a break down of this album: … Read More “Jackie Hill Perry – The Art Of Joy” »
Ankoma is a up and coming indie artist from Cali who is obviously influenced they the greats. I stumbled across his latest effort on the net and it was more than a pleasant surprise. ENJOY! this great internet find
A Message from The Black Opera: “What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. The Black Opera enlist the Queen Georgia Anne Muldrow to reinforce the multilinear concept of the beginning and the end. This songs nuance … Read More “The Black Opera- This is the Beginning of the end” »
Method Man explains how limericks and songs from ‘Sesame Street,’ Masta Ace, Chuck Berry, and Rick Dees all contributed to his style of writing music and lyrics.