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EVENT REVIEW: Red Bull Presents Mobb Deep & Lloyd Banks | 9/26, NYC

EVENT REVIEW: Red Bull Presents Mobb Deep & Lloyd Banks | 9/26, NYC

Red Bull Music Academy loves hip hop, and they want the world to know it. Their Five on Five series is a testament to the birthplace of hip hop. Five on Five showcases iconic artists from each of the five boroughs, (like Wu Tang, Slick Rick & Black Moon) to possibly remind people what hip hop used to be like. Starting off the series ironically with a Queens act performing in Manhattan seem
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Event Review: Kendrick Lamar Live at SOB’s

Event Review: Kendrick Lamar Live at SOB’s

By Dashaun Simmons Twitter @13rose When some people think of a Baptist church, visions of pews, organs, and a choir come to mind. One key element to that scene is a person channeling energy from the heavens filling the room with spirit. Anyone in attendance for Kendrick Lamar’s sold out SOB’s performance in NY will tell you, he did just that. This Hiiipower congregation had to wait fo
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Baba Brinkman’s “The Rap Guide To Evolution” uses hip-hop as a vehicle to communicate the facts of evolution

Baba Brinkman’s “The Rap Guide To Evolution” uses hip-hop as a vehicle to communicate the facts of evolution

DARWIN GOT IT GOING ON! A novel species of theatre combining the wit, poetry and charisma of a great rapper with the accuracy and rigor of a scientific expert, Baba Brinkman’s The Rap Guide to Evolution uses hip-hop as a vehicle to communicate the facts of evolution while illuminating the origins and complexities of hip-hop culture with Darwin as the inspiration. A smash hit at the Edinburgh
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Track submission for next What Is Good Music Compilation

Track submission for next What Is Good Music Compilation

What Is Good Music is as a streaming audio compilation compiled by Asya Shein & Nina Morena of Fusicology.com. If you are an artist or artist representative, we would love to hear from you, we love to fuse together both up and coming and seasoned artists - it's what FUSICOLOGY is all about! RELEASE & SUBMISSION DUE DATES: FALL 2011 Deadline for submission: August 5, 2011
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7/28 – FREE DOWNLOADS, MIXTAPES & PODCASTS

7/28 – FREE DOWNLOADS, MIXTAPES & PODCASTS

FREE DOWNLOADS:Dennis Coffey featuring Mayer Hawthorne, Erik Rico, John Dew, Kye Rapps featuring Talib Kweli, Jay-Z & Kanye West featuring Otis Redding, Dennis Coffey featuring Jamall Bufford, Quantic, Daily Bread, Elephant & Castle, Mr. J. Medeiros, Oveous Maximus featuring Tiffany Janell, Trek Life, Rochelle Jordan MIXTAPES & PODCASTS: Cali, Captain Planet, Tailwin
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EVENT REVIEW: A Random Duck Down Night

EVENT REVIEW: A Random Duck Down Night

By Dashaun Simmons It takes a lot of confidence for an underground artist on an indie rap label to perform two back-to-back shows in NY at different venues. What group would take on such a task? The most random group in hip hop Random Axe. The group is made up of three rappers from two different regions; Sean Price hailing from Brooklyn flanked by Guilty Simpson and Black Milk representing
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New Orleans: Jazz Heritage Fest 2011 and Beyond

New Orleans: Jazz Heritage Fest 2011 and Beyond

words/photos: Ani Yapundzhyan twitter.com/Aninomous   When I started telling people that I was planning a solo trip to New Orleans, it  always garnered the same reaction: "You better be careful, it's shady out there" or "It's still a lawless land, watch your back." People on the West Coast harbored the general consensus that New Orleans was a dark place where folks were lurking i
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Yoruba Records Presents: PYNOGRAPHY by OSUNLADE

Yoruba Records Presents: PYNOGRAPHY by OSUNLADE

  YORUBA RECORDS PRESENTS: ‘PYROGRAPHY’ ~ CD& LIMITED EDITION BOOK Worldwide, May 16, 2011 Osunlade has embarked on what is to be the greatest achievement of his career. One would think that being a gold and platinum selling producer and creating one of the most respected recording labels in the world (Yoruba Records)
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EVENT RECAP: Mobb Deep Comes Right Back At You [NYC]

EVENT RECAP: Mobb Deep Comes Right Back At You [NYC]

By Dashaun Simmons The Best Buy theater for one evening became transported as close as possible back to the 90s. There was blunt smoke and Mobb Deep T-shirts present as soon as you walked past security with an approved ticket. The ladies were out and the guys were grabbing their hands for an opportunity to talk and hopefully later "hit it from the back". You have to feel sorry for those who
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This Is Hip Hop (Side B)

This Is Hip Hop (Side B)

By Dashaun Simmons Live N Direct's (LiveNDirect.eu) "This Is Hip Hop" was a show that tried to fit in so much in one night it was overwhelming.  The audience was mixed with hip hop heads who live for these types of shows. They hailed from all over New York (two fully dressed hasidic Jews were in attendance) as well as places like France and Belgium. The show started out with resurrecting
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