Live Concert Photography: Talib Kweli with Live Band with Rapsody, NIKO IS, K Valentine and others Brooklyn Bowl July 1, 2015 As I’ve already mentioned a number of times on this site, it’s been a […]
Category: hip-hop
New Audio: Introducing The Effortlessly, Soulful Sound of ZForbes
ZForbes is a Toronto-based producer/multi-instrumentalist/vocalist and beat maker, who has developed a reputation for effortlessly soulful productions and his latest single “Work That” will further cement that reputation as the single is comprised of chopped […]
New Audio: Guilty Simpson Teams Up With Quakers’ Katalyst for The Hard-Hitting “Fractured”
If you’ve been following JOVM over the past couple of years, you may know that Detroit‘s Guilty Simpson is not only one of my favorite emcees, but I think he’s arguably one of contemporary hip-hop’s shamefully unheralded, under-appreciated […]
New Audio: Method Man’s New, J57 Produced Single “The Purple Tape”
Long Island-born, Brooklyn-based DJ/producer/emcee J57 is probably best known among hip-hop heads as a member of the Brown Bag All-Stars, one of the more prolific and underrated crews in contemporary hip-hop. And over the last couple of […]
New Audio: The Uncompromising Homeboy Sandman’s Eerie New Single “Arrows”
As I’ve said a number of times on this site, Homeboy Sandman is arguably one of contemporary hip-hop’s most prolific, inventive and uncompromisingly challenging artists. As an emcee, there are few like him, who tackle complicated subjects […]
New Audio: Guilty Simpson’s Politically Charged New Single “Animal” Evokes the National Conversation on Policing Policies and Race
Detroit‘s Guilty Simpson is not only one of my favorite emcees, he is arguably one of contemporary hip-hop’s sadly unheralded and under-appreciated artists; in fact, 2013’s Highway Robbery, a collaborative effort featuring the production work of […]
Live Concert Photography: Rabbi Darkside at The Blue Note 6/7/15
If you’ve been following over the past month or so, it has been an incredibly busy; in fact, I’d say that the past month has arguably been the busiest in JOVM‘s history, as I’ve covered […]
New Video: THEESatisfaction’s Trippy Video for Album Title Track, EarthEE
Seattle has a long-held reputation for being the home of an important indie rock scene but over the past few years, the Pacific Northwestern city has started to develop a reputation as the home of […]