Posts Tagged ‘Hip Hop’
Boog Brown – ‘U.P.S’ (Video)
March 25, 2011
New video from emcee Boog Brown (whose status is rising faster than gas prices) and beat maker supreme Apollo Brown from their critically acclaimed album Brown Study. If you dont have the album, STOP SLEEPING, and cop that!-Isreal
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Classic Clips: Pete Rock – “The Making of Soul Survivor” (Video)
March 21, 2011
To Hip Hop enthusiasts, Pete Rock is generally considered one of the top 5, if not the best Hip Hop producer of ALL TIME. His classic horns, bass lines,melodic pianos, James Brown samples, and gritty drums generated a signature sound to produce timeless joints such as “The World is Yours” and “T.R.O.Y”. I always though it was dope when artists gave glimpses into their world as they were creating material, so as a fan we can see what their creative process is and how they get down. Well this documentary gives us a look into the Chocolate Boy Wonder’s world as he was creating what I would consider a classic in “Soul Survivor”. With the likes of Ghostface, Big Pun, Mc Ehit, Nore, Sticky Fingaz, Prodigy, Inspectah Deck, Kurupt, CL Smooth, Method Man, Raekwon, Tragedy Kadafi, Cappandonna, Heavt D, O.C, Common, Large Pro, Kool G Rap, Black Thought, and Beenie Man, some would agree that this may be one of the great all time line up’s for a solo/concept album (I would throw Prince Paul’s Prince of Thieves in the there too). With PR’s navigating and directing this magnum opus of a project , no artist seemed out of place, and each track banged out as they transitioned into each other smoothly creating a great album flow. Check the the rest of history in the making after the jump!-Isreal Read the rest of this entry »
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Interview:Blu Speaks on New Album
February 28, 2011
If you been wondering what the hell happened to talented West Coast Emcee Blu or where he’s been,well he’s been laying under the radar, but he’s surfaced with details of a new album dropping this summer, along with more albums in the works for this year. After his critically acclaimed debut “Below the Heavens” with producer Exile in 2007, we haven’t heard much from Blu, other than the “Johnson and Jonson” release with producer mainframe, and the concept mixtape “Herfavcolor”. Blu chops it with HardKnockTV to discuss the details of his new album entitled “No York” along with his follow up album to “Below the Heavens” with producer Exile.Blu revealed that No York, which is presently mixing,will be including contributions from Flying Lotus, Daedalus, Shafiq Husayn (and Sa-Ra Creative Partners), Madlib, Knowledge, Bilal, J*Davey, Edan, and Nola Darling. This should a dope project. Be sure to cop it when the album drops!
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Mos Def on DOOM (Video)
February 4, 2011
Always dope to see when hip hop artists show each other love. All the so called “Beef” is always magnified and blown up in the media. We don’t see enough props being given. Check how Mos quotes DOOM verses off the head word for word, showing that he isn’t just a dope artists himself, but a true fan of the culture. -Isreal
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Vicious Cycle – “You People” (Video)
February 1, 2011
Lately I have been hearing a lot of really good hip hop from female artists. This is a duo from Texas coming with quality production and vicious lyrics. Actually I been hearing these ladies spit better and harder bars than a lot of the male emcee’s. Don’t sleep, these ain’t the typical sexed out, scantly dressed, sell my body, shake my ass for props hip hop from the ladies you maybe used to. Viscous Cycle, along with the likes of Dynasty, Boog Brown, Natee, Stahhr, Sa-Roc, Jean Grae, Eternia, Tiye Phoniex are tearin’ verses to shreads over gutter beats. Yo these ladies swords are sharp…so you better protect yo neck!!
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Madlib – “Charlie Hustle”
January 23, 2011
This is a new track from Strong Arm Steady featured on Madlib’s Medicine Show No. 11. The good people at Stone’s Throw do a great job with releasing the music that makes you cop it with limited edition packs and this project has a special 3LP release that has a lot of extras.
DOWNLOAD: MADLIB – CHARLIE HUSTLE
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Actual Proof – The Talented Tenth Mixtape
January 17, 2011
Actual Proof’s New free EP “The Talented Tenth” is available for download. Project has some really dope production and themes. Check it out HERE
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Producer Illastrate Draws Musical Pictures With Eddie Coleman’s Friday Night Theme Music
January 12, 2011
Although he originally hails from the midwest, Illastrate has been one of Atlanta’s best kept secrets on production duties for a few years now. He’s been the go to guy for many artists representing quality Soul & true school Hip Hop music. He recently dropped a new album on his birthday at the end of 2010 called ‘Eddie Coleman’s Friday Night Theme Music’ with the track ‘Inner G’ as the lead single. The Inner G track is so smooth I’ve even used it as a music bed on my radio show to talk over. I’ll give you a taste of the the Inner G track in this post but make sure you check out & support illastrate’s bandcamp page & website Working Class Music Group. Quality work
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