For the seventh consecutive year, the folks at OkayPlayer hosted a gigantic party for their friends, journalists, musicians and other industry types featuring the Roots performing with special guests. What makes the party so incredible […]
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With his gravelly, rumbling baritone and his ability to come up with allusions and analogies that are frighteningly surreal and yet visceral, Jonwayne has quickly become one of my favorite, contemporary emcees. His live set […]
Album Review: Guilty Simpson and Small Professor Highway Robbery
Guilty Simpson and Small Professor Highway Robbery Coalmine Records Release Date: September 24, 2013 Track Listing Take Your Power (Intro) Get That Pay (Scooby Mix) I’m the City feat. Boldy James and Statik Selektah Blap […]
I’ve said this on several occasions on this site but I’ve become a big fan of Stones Throw Records – they have a diverse and super talented roster of artists that include the likes of […]
It’s been a while since I’ve heard from Birmingham, Alabama-based label Communicating Vessels. Founded by Jeffrey Cain, a former member of the sadly unheralded Remy Zero, the label quickly developed a reputation for putting out […]
http://www.audiomack.com/embed2/koncept-1/malt-disney?btn=ff8a00&bg=34342e&bbg=121212&vbg=4d4b42&vol=ff8a00&dbg=ff8a00 Koncept and J57 of the Brown Bag AllStars just got back from a tour of Europe, and to celebrate their return back to the States and to New York, Koncept released the title track […]
Homeboy Sandman is currently embarking on a European tour with Guilty Simpson. But just before the tour, Sandman teamed up with the 6th Sense for “Not for Women,” which displays Sandman’s incredible flow – the […]
http://www.audiomack.com/embed2/koncept-1/space-mountain-feat-tanya-morgan?btn=ff8a00&bg=34342e&bbg=121212&vbg=4d4b42&vol=ff8a00&dbg=ff8a00 Koncept, one of the members of the extraordinary Brown Bag AllStars crew just recently released the Malt Disney EP and from the tracks i’ve heard so far, it may well be an early front runner for […]
Brown Bag AllStars have been a crew that I’ve been following for the better part of a year now, and I’ve become quite a fan of them. I’ve said it before, but as a crew […]
http://www.audiomack.com/embed2/the-audible-doctor/bars-of-death-remix-feat-j-nics-prod-by-audible-doctor?btn=ff8a00&bg=34342e&bbg=121212&vbg=4d4b42&vol=ff8a00&dbg=ff8a00 The Audible Doctor recently released a mixtape, The Winter Tape and on the mixtape, Audible collaborated with J. NICS on a track titled, “Bars of Death.” The track was so well-received by fans and artists that […]
http://www.audiomack.com/embed2/koncept-1/give-it-up-feat-reks-prod-by-deejay-element?btn=ff8a00&bg=34342e&bbg=121212&vbg=4d4b42&vol=ff8a00&dbg=ff8a00 Over the last year or so, I’ve become a fan of the Brown Bag AllStars, so when I come across news of new material from any of the members of the crew, I have […]