Megabusive continues his 365 Songs in 365 Days
series with this video for “The Shag”, proclaiming
that “Haters ain’t touchin’ (his) hair!”. Visit here to check out the rest of the series.
Bay area producer Nefarious! presents For The Night Time,
an aptly titled collection of tracks suited for nocturnal
listening. For The.. can be acquired here.
Bilal recently hit the studio to perform this inspired
take on Bob Marley‘s classic “Is This Love”. This
is the first of more covers to come, including Portishead‘s “Strangers” (WOW). Bilal‘s Airtight’s Revenge LP is in stores now
& at your favorite onlineretailers.
Bilal is on tour now – visit here for the tour schedule.
Hip-hop heavyweights Pete Rock and Smif N Wesson
present “Prevail”, the first single from their forthcoming
LP Monumental. The track features Raekwon and the
crew goes in, bringing what Tek calls the “return
of the Black Trump”. Monumental is due out
in 2011 on Duck Down Records.
Flint, MI-based Nameless offers “Special”, a track
he posted recently on his SoundCloud page. His 16 Bit: Bonus Stages LP drops in November &
features such talent as Quelle, Marvwon, ILLingsworth, Signif, Knxwledge, Daru, Vandalyzm, & more. The
trailer is featured below.
Open Transport is a film from 2000 featuring breakthrough
hip-hop artists of the time. The features include Pharoahe
Monch, Bahamadia, Planet Asia, Count Bass D, Rich
Medina, Massinfluence and more. It captures the era’s
creativity well & is a fascinating time capsule of the genre.
Scrunchface Show #18, featuring Illastrate and The Unknown Download
The Scrunchface Show continues showcasing
talented producers with Episode #18, featuring
an interview with ATL-based Illastrate and
a live beat session with The Unknown. Illastrate also shares some exclusives
from his upcoming projects. The
tracklist is featured below.
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The Unknown “Exclusive Instrumental” [THE OPENER]
Apollo Brown & Boog Brown “Understanding” from the upcoming LP “Brown Study” *Drops 9.28
Phene “Help Is On The Way” off “Leap Of Faith” (Free D/L)
The Left f. Kool G Rap “Frozen” off the upcoming LP “Gas Mask” *Drops 11.26
Black Milk f. Mr. Porter “Closed Chapter” off “Album Of The Year”
Boog Brown “The Essence (Oddisee Remix)” off “Grind Season Vol. 1” (Free D/L/Bloggerhouse)
TzariZM “Just Feelz Right” off the upcoming LP “The HearT BeaTZ Vol. 1” [EXCLUSIVE]
Von Pea “Boombox” off the upcoming LP “Pea’s Gotta Have It” *Drops 10.12
Scifi Stu f. Tha Connection “Miss Stress” off the upcoming LP “From The Heaviest Heart to the Coldest Soul’ *Drops 11.2
Blueprint “Dream Big” off “Who EP” (Printmatic/Free D/L)
Celph Titled & Buckwild “Step Correctly” off the upcoming LP “Nineteen Ninety Now” *Drops 10.26
Illastrate f/Lyric Jones “Beautiful (The Energy)” off the upcoming LP “Eddie Coleman” [EXCLUSIVE] *Drops 12.29
Joell Ortiz “Battle Cry” off “Farewell Summer EP” (Free D/L)
Kool G Rap “Sad” off the upcoming “Riches, Royalty, Respect” (Free D/L)
Thaione Davis “Survival Of The Times” (Bandcamp/Free D/L)
D. Black & B. Brown “On The Go” off “The Blackest Brown EP” (Free D/L)
Y Society “Don’t Do It” off the upcoming “Supply For Demand EP”
MC Boog Brown and producer Apollo Brown present
“Just Be”, a vivid take on romance & companionship.
Their LP Brown Study drops on September
28th via Mello Music Group.
Tasherre D’Enajetic uses Maschine to remake Slum Village‘s classic “Players”. Visit his site, TasherreDenajetic.com, for more videos
and his catalog of music releases.
Morocco-based producer neith offers “keepintogether”,
an atmospheric track boasting somber chords and
frantic touches of synth bass. Stay tuned to his SoundCloud page for more updates.