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Robert Glasper Experiment: ‘Black Radio’ on Blue Note Records
ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT RELEASES BLACK RADIO FEATURING ERYKAH BADU, BILAL, LUPE FIASCO, LALAH HATHAWAY, LEDISI, MUSIQ SOULCHILD, MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO, YASIIN BEY & OTHERS On February 28, 2012, Robert Glasper Experiment will release Black Radio (Blue Note Records/EMI), a future landmark album that boldly stakes out new musical territory and transcends any notion of genre, drawing from jaz (Continue)
‘RE:GENERATION’ TEAMS WITH ESPN FOR WORLD PREMIERE OF MARK RONSON’S “A LA MODELISTE” VIDEO TODAY MON 1/9/12
‘RE:GENERATION’ TEAMS WITH ESPN FOR WORLD PREMIERE OF MARK RONSON’S “A LA MODELISTE” VIDEO --FEATURING Erykah Badu, Trombone Shorty, Mos Def, Zigaboo Modeliste and Members of The Dap Kings-- DURING THE ALLSTATE BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TODAY, JANUARY 9, 2012 IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE GRAMMYS®, HYUNDAI VELOSTER PRESENTS 'RE:GENERATION MUSIC PROJECT' MUSIC TO (Continue)
Black Star Still Shines Bright | NYC Event Review
Two Brooklynites who might have stood in Times Square as teenagers taking pictures with their friends, now command a huge audience at the Best Buy Theater. Things in the city have definitely changed and so have the people. Blackstar, known individually as Mos Def (or these days Yasin Bey) and Talib Kweli, are finally putting together a sophomore album. Their debut was released over 1 (Continue)
NEW RELEASE: Georgia Anne Muldrow “Owed To Mama Rickie”
Funk and soul visionary Georgia Anne Muldrow is back with a brand new album, Owed To Mama Rickie, available everywhere today via animatedcartunes. Georgia Anne Muldrow is hardly new to the music scene, having worked with the likes of Erykah Badu, Mos Def, and Madlib. Her newest project, Owed To Mama Rickie, pays tribute to her mother, Rickie Byars Beckwith, a former jazz singer and (Continue)
11/3 – FREE DOWNLOADS, MIXTAPES & PODCASTS
FREE DOWNLOADS: Magnificent Ruffians, D-Stroy featuring Del The Funkee Homosapien, J-Live, Miles Bonny & Circle Research, Alekesam, Mark Ronson featuring Mos Def, Erykah Badu, Trombone Shorty, Zigaboo Modeliste & Dap-Kings, Anthony Valadez, Shane Eli, A.Dd+, Killer Mike, Thurz, and Aleon Craft, T.iM.E featuring Joy Jones, Onra, Daily Bread, Proh MIc featuring Georgia Anne Muldrow, and May (Continue)
Mos Def Discusses Name Change on MTV2′s “Sucker Free Countdown” on Sunday September 11th at 11am
Tune in to MTV2’s “Sucker Free Countdown” this Sunday, September 11th at 11am ET / 10am CT where viewers will get a behind the scenes look at Rock the Bells 2011 in NYC. Guest host Peter Rosenberg gets exclusive interviewswith Nas, Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, NBA all-star Steve Nash, Cypress Hill and many more. He will count down the top hip hop videos of the week. Sucker (Continue)
Event Review & Photos: ROCK THE BELLS – SoCal: Saturday 8/20/11
"I got good news and bad news. The good news is that Wu-Tang is Forever." -Raekwon Another summer in LA was made complete as Rock The Bells hit the city for the 11th year in a row. From Mobb Deep performing 'The Infamous' to Ghostface and Raekwon doing "Only Built 4 Cuban Links" on the 36 Chambers stage to Ms. Lauryn (Continue)
Guerilla Union And House Of Blues Ent. Announce Premiere North American Live Hip Hop Partnership
Companies Launch Intimate Rock The Bells Club And Theater Series Confirmed Artists Performing Full Album Sets Include: Raekwon, Ghostface, Mobb Deep and Black Star (LOS ANGELES, CA) Guerilla Union and House of Blues Entertainment today announced a strategic alliance that will bring festival brands and unique properties to the club and theater circuit and in doin (Continue)
6/29 – FREE DOWNLOADS, MIXTAPES & PODCASTS
FREE DOWNLOADS: Idle Warship featuring Jean Grae & Jay Knocka, Mos Def remixed by Silent John, Friendly Fires reworked by Dezlin, Busta Rhymes featuring LL Cool J and Z-Trip MIXTAPES & PODCASTS: The Goin' Way Back Show Episode 112 with DJ Icy Ice, JRocc, Jean Grae, Hyder, Drums & Ammo, DJ Muggs x Bambu, DJ Destroyer (Continue)
EVENT REVIEW: Rock The Bells 2011 Press Conference
words/photos: Ani Yapundzhyan Twitter.com/Aninomous What I've always known about the Rock The Bells festival and what was confirmed for me at this year's press conference is that it's a family affair. The mutual respect between the world-class artists and Guerilla Union CEO Chang Weisberg is a unique circumstance in artist-promoter relationships and it is one huge (Continue)
