Who knew New Zealand rocked? You better act like you know. I gotta admit my Hip-Hop listening has been confined mostly to America but its rapidly expanding. Case in point is the self-titled project from @Peace. This Auckland collaboration is made up of local heroes Tom Scott of Homebrew and Lui Tuiasau of Nothing To […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Perhaps known by many as the makers of the most annoying track int he world, the original for Beyonce’s “Run The World (Girls)”, Major Lazer, who have done better and less annoying than that in the past, have put out this new song for you to take a listen to. “Original Don” featuring The Partysquad […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Seems to me like they want us to be afraid, man. Maybe we just like being afraid. Maybe we just so used to it at this point that it’s just a part of us, part of our culture. Security alert on orange. It’s been on orange since ’01, G. I mean wassup man? Can a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“I’m not your normal kind of rap singer” is the opening line of Action Bronson’s “Beautiful Music” and I always got a kick out of that. It’s funny cause it’s true. On this outing Bronson is once again talking about food, name checks Bobby Fischer (checkmate!) and tossing money like a Muslim wedding whatever that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse’s take on the 1930s pop-jazz standard “Body And Soul”. It’s nice to see Amy Winehouse humanized again and showing some artistry, lest we forget she was a person, not just an addict as she was portrayed in the press. If you’re a Winehouse fan it might be hard not […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Apathy “radiates being broke” on this track. While it might seem like that makes for a terrible, hackneyed rap song Apathy does it with such wit it’s refreshing. He’s not just “leakin money like BP with oil pipes” he’s frustrated cause making money off your music ain’t what it used to be. He name checks […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Photo Credit: “Our History Too” by Oddisee A new instrumental track inspired by Sudan from the mutlitalented Oddisee as well as some nice photography from his last trip to Sudan. Al Mawrada by Mello Music Group
This rap video by Fog and Smog is right- the shopping carts at Whole Foods are dumb small! Everything else he mentions about Whole Paycheck Foods is absolutely dead on. This was good laugh. 01 Whole Foods Parking Lot www.sofreshandsogreen.com by SoFreshAndSoGreen.com fogandsmog.com
New Jersey rapper Rasheed Chappell just put out this latest installment of his “Capture The Moment” video series. This one shows of him en route to a show in Boston and the performance footage from it. Among other songs Chappell performs “Building 8″ (produced by Kenny Dope), my favorite song from him, about 3:45 minutes in.
The first single from The forthcoming Camp Lo and Pete Rock are 80 Blocks From Tiffany’s LP. Directed by Court Dunn.
