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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)
INTERVIEW: Talib Kweli “Herman Cain is Bizarro Obama”
MTV Hive interviews Talib Kweli on Obama, Cain, troubles with magazine review and why Occupy Wall Street isn't going away anytime soon. On Herman Cain: “Herman Cain is Bizarro Obama. He’s the flip side; he lives in an alternate universe” On President Obama’s election promises: “I would’ve been surprised if he delivered on anything. With that said, he’s actually doing a bett (Continue)
NEW RELEASE: Idle Warship “Habits of the Heart”
Habits of the Heart November 1, 2011; Blacksmith/Element 9/Fontana After four years of independently released tracks that spread like wildfire across the web, Idle Warship will release their first official collection of songs entitled Habits of the Heart on November 1st, 2011, via Blacksmith/Element 9/Fontana. The 12-track album has Idle Warship storming the music scene with a (Continue)
NEW RELEASE: Statik Selektah
Statik Selektah 'Population Control' Album Out Now Featuring songs by Mac Miller, Big K.R.I.T., Talib Kweli, Bun B, Chris Webby, Pill, Dom Kennedy, LeCrae, Joell Ortiz, Freddie Gibbs, Brother Ali, Sean Price, Styles P, Colin Munroe & more. Click Here to Purchase at iTunes Statik Selektah is an established producer, DJ & radio personality from Lawre (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)
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 (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)
EVENT REVIEW: The Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival 2011
The Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival represents a new peaceful Brooklyn. A gentrified Brooklyn, which still finds time to pay respect to the music which made the poppers pop, and the breakers break. Q-Tip being an artist who got his start in the late 80s, is still putting out music and being well received seemed like the perfect headliner for this event. While the event was not perf (Continue)
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