Black Thought – THE 5TH ELEMENT MAGAZINE

New Music, Playlist

SoundCloud Selections: Playlist 202

New music we currently have on repeat.

Playlist, Video

Weekend Visuals: Playlist 236

Your weekend playlist of the videos you should be watching.

Emcee, New Music

Jam On It: DangerDoom (MF DOOM & Danger Mouse) – Mad Nice (ft. Black Thought & Vinny Price)

An unreleased gem that needs to be heard.

Emcee, Events, Issues, Lifestyle

2015’s Best: The Most Memorable Hip-Hop Moments

Just as any year before it and sure to come, hip-hop’s 2015 was momentous, disastrous and triumphant in a slurry of events, often dissected both as mega and minutiae. There were beefs, there were memes, there were endorsements and reunions. We saw many a classic album hit a milestone and many a rapper ignite and […]

Emcee, Media, Video

Game of Thrones Rap From The Roots is a Must Watch

Winter is coming for the upcoming season 5 of HBO’s Game of Thrones and The Roots’ Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter is bringing the heat with this catch-up rap. Too dope. Will you be watching this season? Which character will reign supreme? Dear Jimmy, can Tariq rap all the new episode recaps for GoT? “…folks are loving […]

Emcee

Jam On It: The Roots – When The People Cheer

Our favorite purveyors of that ill headnodic from The Illadelph, The legendary Roots crew, have their 11th studio album on the horizon entitled “And Then You Shoot Your Cousin”, which is being lead off with their latest single, “When The People Cheer”. Enlisting the rhyme stylings of Greg Porn to accompany Black Thought, the track […]

Emcee, Events

Rockin’ With The 5th: Black Milk

We caught up with Black Milk at Brick & Mortar in San Francisco, in the middle of touring to promote his new album coming out on October 15th, No Poison No Paradise. He was cool enough to chop it up with us after the show to go over what he’s got going on for him […]

DJ, Emcee, Issues, Lifestyle, Media

Jam On It: Statik Selektah ft. Raekwon, Joey Bada$$ & Black Thought – Bird’s Eye View

If you want to find out the definition of a banger or something that would absolutely have you on head nod 1000, then turn your attention to Statik Selektah’s latest track, “Bird’s Eye View”. Don’t try and google the definition of a banger unless you want to catch knowledge about sausages and English cuisine. But […]