Fresh Island presents: KRS-One Live @ Aquarius Fresh Stage!
Video: Big Daddy Kane in Zagreb
Fresh Island Festival Trailer
Fresh Island presents: Iggy Azalea Live @ Papaya New Yorker Stage + more new names announced!
Fresh Island presents: A$AP Rocky LIVE @ Club Aquarius!
Fresh Island Festival presents: Snoop Dogg aka Snoop Lion!
Aloe Blacc was in Paris this week performing “I Need a Dollar” and other songs from his upcoming album Good Things on a TV show called “La musicale”. The photos and video below were made later that evening at la Favela Chic, both from Mikaël Colombu.
Continue reading for another video from the same show.
Via Stones Throw.
This was included as a limited edition single in the latest edition of Wax Poetics magazine. Produced by DJ Premier.
Download: Canibus – Golden Terra Of Rap
Via Preemo’s fansite.
New mixtape from Cee-Lo, hit continue reading to check out the tracklist & grab the download link.
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Back in 95 Nas’ classic “Deja Vu” appeared on a J-Love mixtape with a crazy first verse that would go on to be not only the best verse on Raekwon’s “Verbal Intercourse” but possibly the whole OB4CL album. Many have longed for the cd quality if not a J-Love- less version and after a plea from T.R.O.Y. to the songs producer Chris Winston for the same, our prayers have been answered with an acetate rip (lower grade master alternative ). Read about how the song came to existence here and whether or not we’ll ever get the actual cdq.
Download: Nas – Deja Vu (1995)
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Jay-Z was part of the Rock Am Ring 2010 concert in Germany yesterday. Above is Encore, and continue reading to watch 10 minute footage of Dynasty Intro, Run This Town and more.
Via HHNM.
“Behind The Beats” an instrumental mixtape released in 2003 and narrated by Kanye himself, chronicles the work it took for him to gain recognition as an MC/producer with Rocafella, the label that would eventually turn him into a star.
Download: Kanye West – Behind The Beats (Mixtape)
Via Collectors Item.
Artist: Wu-Tang Clan (and friends)
Album: Pollen: The Swarm Part Three
Release Date: June 22
Label: Wu Music GroupTracklist:
01 Yellow Jackets: “Roll With Killer Bees”
02 Ashmel, 12 O’Clock, P Sunn, Rev Burks: “Headline”
03 Wu-Tang Clan: “Assed Out”
04 O.D.B, Y.D.B. Boy Jones: “Dirts the Boogie”
05 Bobby Digital, Kinetic: “You Must Be Dreaming”
06 Johnny Blaze: “M.E.F.”
07 Ghostface, Trife, Solomon Childs: “Smooth Sailing”
08 King Just, Nate, Y.C.: “Get It Started”
09 Streetlife: “Faced Down”
10 Remedy & Killer Priest: “The Testimony”
11 Solomon Childs: “Action”
12 Killer Bees: “No Game Around Here”
13 Rev Burke & Rugged Monk: “Into You”
14 Remedy & Jo Jo Pelligrino: “Transporting”
15 Prodigal Son & Rev Burks: “Flight of the Killer Bees”Notes: Compilation featuring various Wu members and affiliated artists, including an unreleased track featuring Ol’ Dirty Bastard.
Media: Hear a snippet of Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Y.D.B. Boy Jones’ “Dirts the Boogie” here.
Via Pitchfork.
The official music video for Eminem’s new Boi-1da-produced single “Not Afraid” for his album Recovery, which is due out in stores June 18th.
Directed by Rich Lee.
Hit continue reading to watch a couple of interviews with Eminem shot during his promo run in Europe last week.
Next Tuesday, June 8th, Rhyhmefest’s sophomore LP, El Che, will finally be hitting stores. Here is the iTunes bonus track off the album, “Breakdown.” This song can only be found on the iTunes and elchethemovement.com version’s of the album. Along with the release of the song Rhymefest also announced that he plans to “Change Rap Music Videos Forever” with the release of a 3D video for “Say Wassup” featuring Phonte and produced by videographer Konee Rok. ‘Fest says fans can expect to see a video for every song on El Che. “because my fans have been so patient with El Che, I want to give them things they’ve never seen or heard before. That’s what makes El Che revolutionary on multiple levels.”
Download: Rhymefest – Breakdown
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