Radiation City‘s Animals in the Median which was released last month through Tender Loving Empire Records, and the album has received quite a bit of critical praise from the likes of Rolling Stone, Vice’s Noisey and a number […]
Tag: hip hop
The Los Angeles-based ZZ Ward got her start as a professional musician by playing in her father’s blues band in dive bars across Oregon when she was 12 – yes, that’s right, 12. Last year, […]
Coalmine Records just released a new single from Swedish DJ/producer duo Create and Devastate’s first single “Most Confident” featuring Stone Throw Records’ artist MED and Wildchild off Create and Devastate’s May 21st release Most Confident. It’s […]
The Black Constellation art collective conceived a thirteen part multi-disciplinary exhibit in 2010, dedicated to science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler. This short film, (Sparkles) … Recollections of the Wraith, which was conceived, written and directed […]
New York-based emcee PremRock recently released an album Mark’s Wild Years, which pays homage to the legendary Tom Waits – yes, hip hop can be that diverse. After a nation-wide tour with stops in places such […]
Rabbi Darkside’s Prospect Avenue Album Release Show at Littlefield 4/19/13 featuring the Hip Hop Re-Education Project, Rabbi Darkside and others
i often have busy nights and last Friday was a really busy night as I started off my night at Littlefield for Rabbi Darkside’s Prospect Avenue Album Release Show, and then had to run to […]
There are several things I enjoy about this line of work – introducing you, friendly reader, to music that’s worthy of your time and your love is a critical aspect of what I do. But […]
Jonwayne’s latest mixtape, Cassette 2 was specifically made for analog, cassette tape only – that’s right, no CDs. It’s something that only Stones Throw Records would do and in some way it brings me back to […]
http://www.audiomack.com/embed2/homeboy-sandman/dag-philly-too?btn=ff8a00&bg=34342e&bbg=121212&vbg=4d4b42&vol=ff8a00&dbg=ff8a00 Stones Throw Records also just released yet another album by the incredibly prolific Homeboy Sandman album. Produced by El Rntc, Kool Herc: Fertile Crescent is Sandman’s unapologetic homage to the godfather of hip hop himself, DJ […]
Jeymes Samuel writes and performs under the moniker the Bullitts. His debut effort, They Die By Dawn and Other Stories is a multimedia experience – yes, he has collaborated musically with the likes of Jay-Z, Jay Electronica, […]
The Philadelphia, PA-based Zilla Rocha and the Shadowboxers specialize in a unique brand of hip hop that owes a great debt to film noir – pulpy narratives describing tales of murder, deception, greed and the […]
The Brooklyn-based act Gangstagrass deftly mixes old fashioned bluegrass with hip hop – and it works. in some way, it’ll be reminiscent of Everlast’s incredible Whitey Ford Sings the Blues, Bubba Sparxxx and others. Although, the band […]
Scoop DeVille is a Los Angeles,CA-based producer and emcee who has produced songs for the likes of Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Jim Jones, Busta Rhymes, Blacastan, and several others. DeVille recently announced that he’d be […]
Ishmael “Butterfy” Butler, formerly of Digable Planets has a long developed reputation for creating an uncompromising hip hop sound – one that defies easy description or categorization. His current project, Shabazz Palaces, furthers cements that […]
Los Angeles, CA-based rappers M.E.D. and Blu team up on an EP that Madlib produced titled, The Burgundy EP which Stone Throw Records will be releasing on burgundy colored vinyl. The first track from the EP, “Burgundy […]