With Lord Finesse recently dropping a new album, Pete Rock announcing that PeteStrumentals 2 is on the way, and DJ Premier still working non-stop, its a great time for the classic boom bap producers. And Large Professor is back too, prepping for the release of new album RE: Living Legend with new single Opulence. Its vintage … Continue reading Large Professor – ‘Opulence’
We’ve been posting tracks from Saga album From Out Of The Shadows for a minute, and now you can listen to the full album thanks to the stream/download below. With a guest spot from Roc Marciano, and Marco Polo on the beats, this is definitely worth checking out. Let us know what you think. http://www.audiomack.com/embed4-album/diamond-media-360/from-out-of-the-shadows
Here’s a round-up of the best hip-hop journalism from the last week, from sites where you’ll find some of the best music writing today. Kanye Haters at Glastonbury: Racism, Rockism and Flying Bottles of Piss by Ashley Clark. This excellent piece looks into the true-meaning behind the hate thrown towards Kanye West since it was … Continue reading The best hip-hop writing from the last seven days
J Dilla affiliate Frank Nitt has dropped new single Slippin, with a nice beat from J. Rocc. Listen below, and look out for new album Frankie Rothstein coming next month, including production from Dilla.
The Willie The Kid and Alchemist Masterpiece Theater album has been around for a while, but this video for Gettysburg has only recently been doing the rounds. Watch below, then go cop the EP, if only for Medusa, which features a lovely Al beat, plus guest spots from Action Bronson and Roc Marciano.
Jazzy Jeff is one of the greatest to ever grace the turntables, and occasionally likes to remind us. He does that and way more in this amazing clip of him cutting up Run DMC classic Peter Piper, filmed against a nice backdrop during a trip to New Zealand. Watch below and get ready to be … Continue reading DJ Jeff cuts up Peter Piper to perfection
The recent news that De La Soul have launched a Kickstarter campaign to get their new album out is part awesome, part sad. Its awesome for obvious reasons. De La are one of the greatest hip-hop groups of all time, and have never released a bad album. No matter how it ends up making its … Continue reading Thoughts on the De La Soul Kickstarter
There’s no other art form that has been spoofed and lampooned as much as hip-hop. It was the butt of everyone’s jokes for decades, and even now, after years of mainstream exposure, the wider world’s lack of understanding of the music still makes us feel like we are being laughed at whenever a rapper appears … Continue reading How commercials ruined the hip-hop classics
Just when you thought the Run The Jewels hype was starting to die down, they’ve gone and released an incredible video for Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck), featuring Zach de la Rocha. It’s a powerful piece, and you can watch it below.
The nautically-named U-Boats is the latest single from Billy Woods, taken from new album Today, I Wrote Nothing. Its produced by Aesop Rock and Busdriver, and you can listen below. Hit us up with your thoughts.
