Strng Frnds collective general and chief, Shango, shared a new single on Souncloud entitled “Demonstrate” from his forthcoming project Love Hotel. For a time, Strng Frnds had a sort of creative center at Shango’s apartment that housed a few other crew members. “Love Hotel” reflects the fluidity of that home, and maintains a clarity and […]
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The new J*Davey EP entitled #Litewaitlife is streamable until it’s schedueld born day of January 12th Four songs long, #Litewaitlife features one guest appearance from one of LA’s most masterful emcees, Micah James, who blesses the opening song “Outburst” in typical style-upon-style fashion. You can catch J*Davey and Micah James at the Lyric Theater, this Friday. […]
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There was standing room only Monday night at the Regent Theater, the night hip-hop curators and ambassadors Bobbito and DJ Stretch Armstrong premiered “Radio that Changed Lives,” a documentary about the duo and their radio show that did indeed do just that. The film features interviews from Big L, Nas, Jay-Z, Wu-Tang Clan, Biggie, Eminem, The Fugees, […]
Read moreAram Sinnreich is a musician and author of the books “The Piracy Crusade” and “Mashed Up: Music, Technology, and the Rise of Configurable Culture.” He is often cited by major outfits like NPR, The Wallstreet Journal, and The New York Times, and is also an assistant professor at Rutgers University School of Communications. His expertise […]
Read more“From the crib I spend months gone Sat by the window with a clutched dome listenin’ to shorties cuss long Young girls with weak minds, but they butt strong.” – Common
Read moreKing Push has long been known to be one of the best to do coke rap. His latest drop, “Nosetalgia”, pretty much upholds that title. Featuring the current poster boy for vicious guest verses, Kendrick Lamar, the track is a perfect example of how both can equally body a beat. With Pusha T already […]
Read moreLast week Odd Future MC and talented wordsmith, Earl Sweatshirt, dropped his debut LP, Doris. Though the skills were already evident with the young spitter for quite some time now, there were always questions of whether or not he could hold down a complete album by himself. I got my hands on a copy and […]
Read moreKool Herc: Fertile Cresent is Homeboy Sandman’s 8th studio album, 4th EP, and 5th offering since finding an artistic home at Stones Throw Records. The latest disc is entirely produced by El RTNC (formerly Rthentic RTNC). Although El RTNC did work on HBSM’s previous albums, “First of a Living Breed”, and the “Subject Matter EP”, […]
Read moreEarly this year Trinidad James had an anthem that banged at every party, with a particularly memorable line from it that went, “Popped a Molly, I’m sweatin. HOOOOOO!” It became an instant quotable that had just about everybody screaming along every time the song came on. Kendrick Lamar’s video for “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe” […]
Read moreIf an artist can accomplish three things, they often are considered great: 1) Displaying effectively an obvious influence of the greats before them. 2) Fitting the wave of what the people are feeling at the moment, while in your prime. 3) Elevating their craft or contributing something unique to a movement. Detroit emcee and one […]
Read moreArguably the greatest hip hop group of all time, the Wu-Tang Clan has released a new joint called “Execution in Autumn” from their forth coming album.
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