Performance
Kanye West Performing “Gold Digger” Back In 2003 (Video)
September 25, 2015
Yeezus H. West! Back before Ye went beast mode in the game, he was doing conference gigs just like a lot of cats… only they did not likely have John Legend on the keys. Ha!
The beat is waaaay different, less-evolved than what you’d recognize as “Gold Digger” but listen to the lyrics and there is no doubt. Watch some throwback Kanye goodness.
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Throwback, Videos | 
Tags: 2nd Annual Dynamic Producer Conference, Dynamic Producer Conference, Gold Digger, JOHN LEGEND, Kanye West | 
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Oddisee – “Tim Westwood Freestyle” (Video)
September 18, 2015
I am not a concept. I’m my own dream!
– Oddisee
Bow! There it is. Oddisee doesn’t have to convince us, but if any of YOU need it… Dude is out here… and over there. Proof: He fell through Westwood’s Crib Session and let a damn freestyle run loose across the UK!
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Videos | Tags: Freestyle, Oddisee, Tim Westwood, Tim Westwood Freestyle | No Comments »
Classic Clips: Prince Performing “Purple Rain” at the Legendary ‘First Ave’ (Video)
September 4, 2015
Prince LIVE at First Ave. Click to watch NOW!
Time traveling to the early 1980s. The Purple Rocker doing his soon to be classic for the first time on-stage at the venue First Ave. An hour strong, full of Prince rocking out. Watch it now, because these embeds have been getting snatched down off the Interwebs left and right with the quickness!
Posted in Performance, Rock, Throwback, Videos, Vintage | Tags: First Ave, Prince, Purple Rain | No Comments »
Alternative/R&B: The Internet – “Girl” (Live)
August 31, 2015
Above: Watch The Internet do a live in-studio version of “Girl†for KCRW. Like it? You can get the single and more dopeness on The Internet’s LP “Ego Death” (out now, linked via earlier post below).
Posted in Album, Alternative, Performance, R&B, Videos | Tags: ego death, egodeath, Girl, KCRW, Matt Martians, Morning Becomes Eclectic, Syd Tha Kid, Syd The Kyd, The Internet | No Comments »
Comedy: Craig Robinson Performs “Chocolate Muffins” (Video)
August 26, 2015
Baaahahaaa! Watch this. Craig Robinson a fool! Caught this online video of him performing “Chocolate Muffins” on Late Night With Seth Meyers. Hilarity! Watch out ladies: Craig The Bakerman is gonna stir y’all up with that wooden spoon…
– @ojones1
Posted in Celebrity, Comedy, Interview, Performance, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: Chocolate Muffins, Craig Robinson, Late Night, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Seth Meyers | No Comments »
Sean Price Makes It Hot In The ‘Boiler Room’ with Tragedy, Large Professor, & Royal Flush (Video)
August 11, 2015
Rest In Power, Sean Mandela. P was no stranger to the ‘Boiler Room’ or to cooking mics with hot freestyles or to rhyme ciphers. Here’s a vid encompassing all three from the recently departed Kembo Price. Banger!
Two Years ago i curated this Tragedy Khadafi n Friends Boiler Room Live Stream From Goblins Social Club.
Sean Price told Us “Once I hear Large Professor throw something on crazy I’ll come out n Freestyle”.
Thank You Sean Price for being a Friend and Over All Stand Up Guy !!
RIP SEAN P !!!!!
– Distrolord
SUPPORT: SEAN PRICE FAMILY CROWD RISE FUND PAGE
PREVIOUS: PRODIGY X SEAN PRICE SPIT HOT FREESTYLES IN THE BOILER ROOM (VIDEO)
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Series, Videos | Tags: Boiler Room, Crowd Rise, fundraising, Large Professor, ROYAL FLUSH, Sean Price, Support, Tragedy | 2 Comments »
Lauryn Hill Performs “Feeling Good” Live on ‘The Tonight Show’ (Video)
August 7, 2015
L Boogie sang that! You can admit it, once you watch. She was Jimmy Fallon’s guest on The Tonight Show – doing her tribute cover of “Feeling Good†(off the “Nina Revisited… A Tribute to Nina Simone” compilation) with a live band.
De La Soul Cause ‘Oooh’s’ In Los Angeles (Video)
August 6, 2015
Give it up for De La Soul having a new album coming. Give it up for Hip-Hop. Give it up for De La giving us the REAL Hip-Hop in its dopest form in this live performance in Los Angeles. Press play, so the De can make your day with that “Oooh” from back in the day. Gotta love this!
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Videos | Tags: Annenberg Foundation, De La Soul, KCRW, Los Angeles, Oooh, Sound In Focus, Sound In Focus Concert, Sound In Focus Concert Series | No Comments »
Mos Def-initely: Kendrick Lamar Gets An Assist From Yasiin Bey For Live Performance Of “Alright” (Video)
August 5, 2015
Like the song said, we gone be Alright…we already Alright. However, turning up to it live with Kendrick Lamar made the Canadian crowd gathered more Alright. Now, what do you think happened to the “Alright” levels of the crowd when Yasiin Bey joined Kendrick onstage during his Osheaga 2015 festival performance of “Alright” (off the “To Pimp A Butterfly” album? Watch and see (and feel).
PREVIOUS: KENDRICK LAMAR – ALRIGHT (VIDEO) | TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY (ALBUM)
Posted in Album, Hip-Hop, Performance, Videos | Tags: Alright, Canada, Kendrick Lamar, mos def, Osheaga, Osheaga 2015, To Pimp A Butterfly, Yasiin Bey | No Comments »
Ta-ku – “Love Again” feat. JMSN (Live) [Video]
July 10, 2015
Uh oh. They not doing it live, are they? Dope! Off Ta-Ku’s EP “Songs To Make Up To” (which we posted on here a while ago), this is “Love Again” – featuring JMSN.
Posted in Performance, R&B, Soul, Videos | Tags: Boiler Room, JMSN, Love Again, Red Bull Music Academy, Songs To Make Up To, Ta-Ku | No Comments »
Chris Tucker Live (Trailer)
July 9, 2015
I know y’all know it didn’t start with ‘Smokey’ for Atlanta’s (Georgia, USA) Chris Tucker. Tucker was a standout as a standup comedian. His Def Comedy Jam sets back in the day…legendary! Well, now, the comedian-turned-blockbuster-movie-actor is returning to the stage.
A man who needs no introduction, Chris Tucker is a comedy legend and is bringing his larger-than-life comedy to Netflix in his FIRST EVER stand-up special. Filmed in his hometown of Atlanta, nothing is off-limits as Tucker brings it home for the comedy special worth waiting for.
Swizz Beatz & Friends Show 100,000+ Fans And The World ‘I Love Haiti’ (Video)
July 6, 2015
“Putting together this concert was important to me because I wanted to provide the Haitian people a platform of hope and unity through music.â€
– Olivier Martelly, Big O Productions CEO
A little footage (above) and a few pictures (after the jump) to show Hip-Hop having big heart! Shout to the people of Haiti. Earthquakes & the thievery related to relief efforts, ethnic cleansing & racism in the Dominican Republic, persistent poverty and despair… and still the people of Haiti push through. That’s real.
That said, it’s only right to shine a light on artists who try to bring a little light into dark times for a people. Haiti’s Big O Productions brought multi-platinum artists Swizz Beatz (who partnered with Martelly to make this happen), Chris Brown, and Lil Wayne to join Haitian Artists T-Micky and Barikad Crew in Port-au-Prince to present a FREE six-hour concert event for the over 100,000 people that attended. Actress/Model Kate Upton, Haitian-American boxer Andre Berto and Def Jam records exec Bu Thiam were also in attendance.
“This was a very humbling experience,†said Swizz Beatz following the concert. “To see the number of Haitians come out during a time like this was amazing…. The energy was perfect.â€
– Swizz Beatz
Posted in EVENTS, Hip-Hop, Performance, Politics, Travel, Videos | Tags: Andre Berto, Barikad Crew, Big O Productions, Bu Thiam, Chris Brown, Haiti, I Love Haiti, Kate Upton, Lil Wayne, MWEN RENMEN HAITI, Olivier Martelly, Swizz Beatz, T-Micky | No Comments »
Darius Simpson x Scout Bostley – “Lost Voices” (Video)
July 2, 2015
Watch ’em double up and switch up to bring awareness, style and rawness to Slam Poetry in another way. Darius Simpson and Scout Bostley speak for each other, and in so doing, show us the “Lost Voices” that result when society’s downtrodden do not get to express their struggle their way themselves. Good stuff! FREE download of the audio available.
Posted in Performance, Poetry, Videos | Tags: 2015 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational, CUPSI, CUPSI 2015, Darius Simpson, EMU, Lost Voices, Poetry Slam, Scout Bostley | No Comments »
Kanye West Full Live Set At Glastonbury 2015 (Video)
July 1, 2015
Live at Glastonbury 2015, it’s the one and only Kanye West. Whatever else folks say, Yeezus hitting a stage is an event of epic proportion; and there is no let up in this way-past-an-hour-strong clip!
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Travel, Videos | Tags: Glastonbury, Glastonbury 2015, Kanye West | No Comments »
The Roots Picnic 2015: Erykah Badu with The Roots In Philly (Video)
June 30, 2015
“Love Of My Life” will be a classic forever! For this show clip… just the beginning. The Roots x Erykah Badu collabo on stage live at The Roots Picnic 2015 – SMASH! That’s in the books. Captured on video forever. Historical! Watch a great performance above. Enjoy!
(Guest pop-ins from Philly Freezer, YG and The LOX, too? Boom!)
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Videos | Tags: Erykah Badu, Freeway, The Roots, The Roots Picnic 2015 | 1 Comment »
Nas Made Them ‘Run The Jewels’ During Festival In New York (Video)
June 26, 2015
Killer Mike and El-P (aka Run The Jewels) had to have dreamed of rocking a festival stage coming up. Check. Dreamed of of that crowd; ravenous fans wilding out in front of the stage. Check. But in their wildest dreams… rocking a stage with the G.O.D.M.C. Nas though? Yoooo! Watch and feel the energy stage side where they were shootin’… this video.
PREVIOUS: NAS & COOKIN SOUL – THE LOST TAPES 1.5 (INSTRUMENTALS) Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Videos | Tags: El-P, Killer Mike, Nas, Northside Festival, Run The Jewels | 1 Comment »
Jarren Benton x Cyhi The Prynce x Joell Ortiz – MULA Cypher (Video)
June 16, 2015
Dope cypher recorded live at Mission Underground LA (MULA) featuring emcees Jarren Benton, Cyhi The Prynce, and Joell Ortiz. East side heat from down south (GA, USA) to up top (NY, USA). These dudes ROCKED that ominous beat by Trox. And in true form, when the cypher starts with an emcee hoping he doesn’t offend anyone… somebody ’bout to get their damned feeling HURT! Watch.
Posted in Hip-Hop, Music, Performance, Series, Videos | Tags: Cipher, CyHi The Prynce, CYPHER, Jarren Benton, Joell Ortiz, Mission Underground LA, MULA, Team Back Pack, Team Backpack, TeamBackpack, Trox | No Comments »
Ghostface Killah x BADBADNOTGOOD – “Shimmy Shimmy Ya†/ “Brooklyn Zoo†(Video)
June 8, 2015
Ghostface Killah does a tribute mini-set in honor of his late Wu-Tang Clan homie ODB. Backed by the BadBadNotGood band. Pretty damn dope. Check it out.
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Videos | Tags: BADBADNOTGOOD, Ghostface Killah, ODB, Tribute | No Comments »
Fashawn – “Crib Session Freestyle” (Video)
June 4, 2015
While in the UK, Fashawn dropped by Tim Westood’s studio. Even hit ’em off with a freestyle. See that above.
Bonus: Check out the interview in which Fashawn speaks on his album (“The Ecology”), working with Nas and much more after the jump.
Posted in Album, Hip-Hop, Interview, Performance, Series, Videos | Tags: Crib Session, Crib Session Freestyle, Fashawn, The Ecology, Tim Westwood | No Comments »
Ma Dukes Announces ‘ATL J Dilla Chapter’ + Planet Asia & Methuzulah Performance (Video)
June 3, 2015
The spirit of J Dilla lives on way past his death. Â If you are not familiar J Dilla as a producer set the soundtrack for artists from Common to Erykah Badu to Talib Kweli to D’Angelo, A Tribe Called Quest and many more. Â His mother Ma Dukes along with the Dilla Foundation have kept his mission and movement going to this day. Â Recently Ma Dukes along with the Dilla Foundation were in Atlanta to announce the new ATL Dilla Chapter. Â The night consisted of a great beat battle from producers all over the country. Â It was capped off by great performances from Methuzulah and Planet Asia. Â Check out more videos after the jump.
Posted in Cover Story, EVENTS, Hip-Hop, Performance | Tags: Beat Battle, J Dilla, J DILLA FOUNDATION, Ma Dukes, Methuzulah, Planet Asia | No Comments »
