JoEl – Girl On The Dance Floor
Fly High’s JoEl has been under the radar for at least a year as far as releasing material, but now he’s cooking up something for the fall. “Girl On The Dance Floor” is his “comeback” record from the upcoming Average Jo 2 project and honestly, I wasn’t feeling the track for the first 28 seconds. Fortunately, when JoEl started singing, →
Sareem Poems – She’s So-So
This song is featured on Black & Read All Over released in July, 2009. [via] Black & Read All Over
Shad – Yaa I Get It (Oddisee Remix)
Decon Records emailed Oddisee while he was in Croatia, on the beach, and he went to work. Download to hear what he came up with. [via]
Black Milk – Deadly Medley feat. Royce Da 5’9″ & Elzhi
Available on iTunes. Album Of The Year drops September 14th. Catch Black, eL, & HouseShoes in SF September 24th @ Mighty.
Trek Life – Due West
Trek Life's new conceptual, chorus-less single, "Due West," "may be," according to Trek, "the most important song on the album (Everything Changed Nothing.) I've always wanted to get into the History of Cali more and more since it seems like, from a rap perspective, Cali (LA specifically) only really goes as deep as the early 80's." Trek continues, saying "I →
Fortilive – F**k You Song
I've been looking forward to new music from these dudes. I'm glad it's finally here.
Kanye West – Devil In A New Dress
Yeezy let off yet another track from this EP he's supposed to be releasing soon. This is the first song worth listening to, in my opinion. Bink on the beat.
DJ Green Lantern – Asphault feat. Young Chris, Curren$y & Emilio Rojas
No DJ cut from DJ Green Lantern's Invasion Radio 2K10 Mixtape.
Black EL & Durkin – Color Commentary
Download the new album from Black EL & Durkin here. Guests include Jelani & Jon Hope.
C Plus – Black and Purple
Sacramento rapper C Plus went in over Wiz Khalifa's "Black and Yellow" instrumental, produced by Stargate, and morphed it into a hometown ode. In case you aren't up on things, the title was taken from the Sacramento Kings' team colors. Download: C Plus - Black and Purple
Big Boi – You Ain’t No DJ ft. Yelawolf (Video)
Here is the third single and video from Big Boi's Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty album. Up and coming rapper Yelawolf also makes a memorable mark on the the song.
Pretty Slick – Can’t Be Life
Mr. Slick dropped off this heartfelt track about various issues relevant to most of us if not all of us. Pretty Slick - Can't Be Life
Nicatyne – Deaf Star (Video)
Nicatyne did the unheard of and debuted the video to "Deaf Star" before releasing the song. The track comes from Nicatyne's upcoming LP, Midday Marauder, dropping September 11th.
Big K.R.I.T. – Somedayz (Video)
The track for this video comes from Jonny Shipes’ Good Talk, Vol. 9: Curve Your Enthusiasm Edition mixtape, which is hosted by Big K.R.I.T. and will be dropped in September.
Tanya Morgan Live In Northern California
Tanya Morgan will be making stops in Northern CA for their Headphone Rock tour, presented by Fusicology. The group will be in San Francisco for Freddie Gibbs' Str8Killa EP Release party at 330 Ritch. A week later, Tanya Morgan will be in Sacramento at Sol Collective. Check out the flyers for the SF and Sacramento shows after the jump
Versis – The Need (Video)
Versis' "The Need" gets the visual treatment and the song is from his debut album, Illcandescent. Illcandescent is now available to stream and download/buy on Bandcamp.
810 – Open Mic
Refined Hype has just celebrated their one-year anniversary and released a mixtape featuring various artists to commemorate the occasion. One of the songs comes from 810 and he says "'Open Mic' is song expressing a moment with an intimate crowd... about the effect of one man passing and how one death can effect a large amount of people." 810 - Open →
Blakface – Cov Groove
Blakface‘s debut single, produced by Mike Wofford, is a relaxed take on having a good time. Their new album, Past Due, will be released under the new Cov Original Music imprint September 21st. Blakface – Cov Groove
Black Milk – Deadly Medley feat. Royce Da 5’9″ & eLZhi [Video]
The official video from Black Milk's release "Album Of The Year," dropping September 14 via Fat Beats Records / Decon. [via]
The Grouch – Under The Bay Interview (VIDEO)
After his Berkeley, CA show on August 12, 2010, The Grouch sat down with Under The Bay TV and did a 2 part interview. Check some performance footage and The Grouch talking on who has influenced him, his creative process, his favorite song that he has recorded, and lastly news about the long-awaited, upcoming Zion I & The Grouch project.
John Legend & The Roots Video Premiere “Wake Up Everybody”
VH1 TV Shows | Music Videos | Celebrity Photos | News & Gossip John Legend & The Roots introduce “Wake Up Everybody”, the debut music video from their forthcoming album WAKE UP!, premieres exclusively on the iTunes Store today. The "Do The Right Thing" inspired video features Grammy Award winning rapper Common and R&B Singer/ Songwriter Melanie Fiona along with →
