Dilla’s younger brother Illa J talks about his upcoming album “Yancey Boys”.
Illa J ft. Debi Nova – “Sounds Like Love” ( Delicious Vinyl / 2008 )
Dilla’s younger brother Illa J talks about his upcoming album “Yancey Boys”.
Illa J ft. Debi Nova – “Sounds Like Love” ( Delicious Vinyl / 2008 )
GrandGood.Com footage of diggedy Das EFX performing some of their Hit Squad-era classics at NYC’s Knitting Factory earlier this month.
“Freak It”
“Straight Out The Sewer” / “Baknaffek”
“Mic Checka”
“Real Hip-Hop”
“Jussummen”
“They Want EFX”
One of the UK’s finest producers-on-the-mic Jehst talks about his early Hip-Hop influences, his career as an artist and the British rap scene.
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Posted in UK Hip-Hop
Tagged Billy Brimstone, HowWeDoTV, Independent Hip-Hop, Jehst, UK Hip-Hop, Underground Hip-Hop
Pace Won & Mr. Green – “Children Sing” ( Raw Poetix / 2008 )
Taken from the pair’s recently released album “The Only Color That Matters Is Green”.
EPMD – “Listen Up” (EP Records / 2008 )
E-Double gets his Roger Troutman on with this first single from the Long Island duo’s forthcoming album “We Mean Business”.
Donny Goines brings his long-running “Bars” series to a memorable close with a mammoth onstage freestyle session at NYC’s Knitting Factory.
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Footage of Jigga’s headlining performance yesterday at Power 105’s “Powerhouse” NYC show featuring a brief Beyonce appearance.
Posted in East Coast Hip-Hop, Live Performances
Tagged Beyonce, East Coast Hip-Hop, Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek, Power 105, Roc-A-Fella
The ever-fly Camp Lo preview a new track entitled “Da Jaz” recorded for their forthcoming New Music Cartel EP.
A host of Hip-Hop celebs celebrate the forthcoming release of Q-Tip’s album “The Renaissance” at NYC’s Bowery Hotel.
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Oddisee ft. Buckshot – “Where I Be At” ( Rosenberg / LRG / 2008 )
Taken from the EP “Peter Rosenberg Presents – A Rosenberg Oddisee”.
Mr. Smith’s right-hand man Jazzy Jeff on the ones-and-twos in Paris with Skillz.
Esteemed author Jeff Chang talks about Hip-Hop’s place in wider pop culture.
Posted in West Coast Hip-Hop
Tagged Can't Stop Won't Stop, Jeff Chang, Lyrics Born, Solesides, Total Chaos, West Coast Hip-Hop
Footage of Q-Tip’s recent album listening session in Washington DC.
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Evidence – “The Layover” ( Decon / 2008 )
Title track from the Dilated Peoples emcee’s new EP.
A pre-Roc-A-Fella Jigga flips his long-forgotten tongue-twisting rhyme-style at an early-90s Big Daddy Kane show.
Hip-Hop’s original Propmaster speaks on his radio history and gives some advice to up-coming deejays.
Tip explains to RealTalkNY.Net how the game has changed since he was chasing Bonita Applebum back in the day.
The late, great Biggie Smalls rips it at his 1993 birthday party alongside Puffy, Lord Finesse, Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Mr. Cheeks.
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Short clip promoting Big Shug’s forthcoming album “Otherside Of The Game” featuring interviews with DJ Premier, Termanology, Akrobatik etc.
Footage of the Blastmaster performing at Brooklyn’s Studio B earlier this week.