MAGICAL PROPERTIES TOUR FEAT. DAEDELUS + THE GASLAMP KILLER
Oh hot damn. Someone get my helmut cause my heads about to explode from awesomeness. L.A. the land of smog and TRUE underground music is about to do it again. This lineup is about to terrorize the United States (and Canada) and I suggest any beat loving fool to book their tickets NOW. Check the official press release after the drop for more info on this spectacular event.
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MY MIC SOUNDS NICE: A TRUTH ABOUT WOMEN IN HIP-HOP
A couple weeks ago, I attended a screening for BET’s first ever original music documentary, “My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women In Hip-Hop“. Directed by Ava DuVernay, the film takes a loving, yet critical look at the history of sisters in Rap music. It is equal parts celebration of pioneers and those carrying the torch and lamentation over the lack of estrogen in today’s Hip-Hop spaces.
Take a peek at the trailer:
Commentary is provided primarily by woman rappers, including MC Lyte, YoYo, Trina, Salt n’ Pepa, The Lady of Rage, Diamond, Eve, Missy, etc. Other heads weighing in include Kevin Lyles, Joan Morgan, Questlove, Glennisha Morgan of The Fembassy and Russell Simmons. I was really excited to hear the thoughts Jean Grae, Tiye Pheonix and a few other female rappers who aren’t as familiar to the BET audience (there is a great independent artist roll-call at the end as well).
Continue reading after the jump.
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N.E.R.D.-MTV LIVE SESSIONS
We love N.E.R.D. Love. Love. Love. We’re impatiently waiting on their next album, Nothing to be released. Here’s a little set of live songs the group performed for MTV. There are some new tracks: “Help Me” and “Party People,” which probably sounds ten times better recorded. Partake!
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Tracks/link next door
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VIDEO: JOHN LEGEND & THE ROOTS – WAKE UP EVERYBODY (FEAT. MELANIE FIONA & COMMON)
Cool visuals directed by Gil Green for the lead single from John Legend + The Roots new collaborative album “Wake Up!” dropping September 21st. A new spin on a classic, well done!
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VIDEO: MIC TERROR – SHE GON LET ME
Hiyooooo! The homie Mic Terror got in tune with dope video producer GL Joe for the visuals to his joint “She Gon’ Let Me” and the video turned out pretty fucking cool! Mic’s recently been on a tear, getting a couple placements on MTV and HBO and holding the torch for the crew. Phedz! Treated! Partake.
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HIP-HOP GETS POLITICAL: POWELL FOR CONGRESS
Most of us are old enough to recall Kevin Powell as a cast member of the first season of MTV’s The Real World (back when it was provocative, ground breaking documentary television and before it descended into “OMG! Everyone is, like, drunk and hot and totally gonna make out!”). What some of you may not know is that Powell has a 25 year career as an activist and writer based in Brooklyn. He is the author of some 11 books and was an integral part of Vibe’s original editorial line-up.
Powell is currently making his second run for Congress in Brooklyn’s 10th Congressional District, which includes the iconic Bed Stuy, Fort Greene and East New York neighborhoods (home to a lot of Hip-Hop history and some of your favorite artists, indluding Jay, B.I.G., Jeru, the GZA, ODB, etc). My interest in Powell’s campaign is twofold: I’m not only a huge fan of his writing and activist work, but I’m also a resident of the central Brooklyn area he wants to represent. And I definitely think the brother represents a change we need around these parts.
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VIDEO: N.E.R.D. – HOT & FUN
Schitt’s looking like Blind I TV up in this batch lately huh? Mad videos dot com n schitt… & here I come adding more! HA! Naw but, a doode flipped to MTV Jams yesterday for a quick sec & caught this video… pretty damn groovy & dope & HOT DAMN …. GOT… 2 be mo careful! YOU KNOW!!!
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VIDEO: TABI BONNEY – NUTHIN BUT A HERO
This is my fucking JAM! Tabi Bonney’s video for ‘Nuthin But A Hero‘ debuted today on MTVJams and it’s dope! We were honored to have him rock at the Quality! Showcase down in Austin and I wish much success for Tabi! Pow!
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NPR INTERVIEW: LAURYN HILL SPEAKS
It was hard for me to not react dramatically when I began reading this. As a writer, sometimes I fear that the internet has grown into such a dominant force, that it will cause these kinds of stories to become obsolete. But, like a breath of fresh air, Zoe Chace interviewed people Lauryn Hill has worked with for context and she also got Ms. Hill to talk. Everyone knows this is no longer an easy thing to do. She sounds like she’s ready revisit the music world. Listen here and hit the skip for the entire article. Major props to NPR. We’re waiting on you Lauryn.
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LAURYN HILL – KHULAMI PHASE
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Aight so I had to do my research on this. It ain’t NEW-NEW per say, but yet a collection of schitt that was supposed to be released on her album Khulami Phase in December of 2004, same time the Fugees’ reunion was slated to go down other than their tour stint. There’s a few that I didnt hear on her MTV Unplugged that seem like they came from that. Some live schitt. & then some other. Definitely some stuff on here I never heard tho. The cover was suspect & I had to flip it since $ & I decided to drop it on Blind I, you can peep the O.G. cover, the track listing & DL after the the after…
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