DJ Melé puts his spin on the delightful Lianne La Havas track. Definitely one we don’t want to forget.
Turk First Post Prison Interview
Turk gave his first interview with Wild Wayne on Q93 in New Orleans. He said he’s set to release his autobiography and putting out new music. Below , check out footage from his release from prison
Ember Phoenix (@RealEmber) – Nu-Killa Freestyle (@Nu_killa_Ent)
Check out Ember’s company. I might normally say more, but I’m half asleep as I type this.
Shortz 1 (@Shortz_1) – Top Of The Ranks (Video)
Produced by Sir Prestige….look out for his forthcoming EP.
Ed Sheeran (@EdSheeran) On ‘The Jonathan Ross Show’ (@Wossy)
Ed Sheeran shows up for a pretty cool interview and performs ‘Give Me Love’ from his debut album ‘+‘ live on ‘The Jonathan Ross Show’ 13th October.
Jabb (@OneTakeJabb) – “Smoke Attire”
Jabb gave Jukebox his second single from Pen & Paper, “Smoke Attire” to drop today along with his Inside The BOX interview. “Smoke Attire” is produced by DJ Cruel Intentions. Pen & Paper drops October 24th. Check out the song below.
Jabb – Smoke Attire (Prod. by DJ Cruel Intentions) (right-click)
Inside The BOX: Jabb (@OneTakeJabb)
When Alexandria’s Jabb was preparing the release of his upcoming mixtape Pen & Paper, he sat down with Jukebox. In the latest version of Inside the BOX, Jabb talks about the project, his influences, how Black Cobain is a mentor to him and more. He also gave Jukebox an exclusive, the second from his mixtape (dropping October 24th). The song is called “Smoke Attire”, check it out here.
LA Times: Hanging Out With TY$ (@tydollasign)
Danielle Bacher spent a night hanging out with LA rapper TY$, who recently dropped a tape Beach house and also signed to Atlantic Records. An interesting night of clubs, drugs, alcohol and recording ensued. Read more here.
Purple Jams – Chopped and Screwed Songs for a Slow Sunday
Today I have two chopped & screwed songs to share with you all. The first is DJ Slim K’s excellent Purple Children mixtape that dropped this week. The second is a song from local rapper Bucky Malone. Enjoy.
Bucky Malone – “Jiggy” (C&S by MIKEY WHYLIN)
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Faces (@facedgod) – Prototype (mixtape)
Arizona’s Faces apparently dropped his Prototype mixtape yesterday along with the video for “Talk”. It has an electro meets Lil B/A$AP feel while remaining original and happily weird. Stream and download below:
Wiz Khalifa (@RealWizKhalifa) x 2 Chainz (@2chainz) – Its Nothin (Video)
As Wiz Khalifa begins his tour with Taylor Gang , he drops off a visual with 2 Chainz in support of his upcoming album O.N.I.F.C which is set to hit stores on December 4. Directed by Bill Paladino
Rival (@JusRival) – The Warm Up 2 (Video)
Rival’s ‘The Warm Up 2’ is taken from the ‘Rivz n Shine‘ mixtape out soon. Filmed by Marco The Myth.
@LordOfTheMics 4: @DepzmanInvasion &@KDotShefftown Send For Each Other (Hype Sessions)
Continuing on with the Hype Sessions series to get ready for LOTM4, here is Depzman & K Dot getting the fans hype for the upcoming battle.
FACES (@facedgod) – TALK (Prod. XXYYXX) (@pray4marcel) (Video)
Arizona rapper Faces drops a video for a track produced by XXYYXX (best known for this track). He has a full album on the way too. Check that out soon.
Sample This (Movie Trailer )
This is a movie trailer about the Incredible Bongo Band and the story behind their song “Apache”, one of the most sampled songs in all of hip hop. Interviews from everyone from ?uestlove to Afrika Bambaataa. “The true story of how an unknown music producer and the greatest studio musicians of the 70’s entwined to create one of the most influential albums in history.” Complex had it first.
“10 Dubstep/Rap Collaborations That Don’t Suck”
A few days ago Khal from Rock The Dub wrote a guest post over at Pigeons and Planes about some good Dubstep/Rap crossover songs that is definitely worth a read. Everthing from Cypress Hill and Rusko ‘s album together to one of the greatest dubstep remixes of a hip-hop song of all time, WTF!’s remix of “Bigger Than Hip Hop” by Dead Prez. Check it out here
Gucci Mane (@Gucci1017) – Truth (Music Video)
Gucci Mane wastes no time dropping a video for his Jeezy “not” diss record “Truth”. It looks like it was filmed last night, that was fast.
The Stadium Club 2012 Howard Homecoming Concert Series
The Stadium Club D.C. in will be turning it up to the max with the biggest Howard Homecoming 3 day concert series featuring Gucci Mane, 2 Chainz, Future, Birdman, Floyd Mayweather, Yo Gotti, DJ Drama, Fat Trel, One Way Boobe, Young Fresh & MORE! All hosted by Midieast’s & DTLR’s 2Face aka Dan Wilder.
Road To Brooklyn: Down By The Yards
Life+Times kicks off their new webisode revisiting the beginning stages of the Barclays Center and the mixed reactions from the people in Brooklyn.
Ace Hood (@AceHood) x Trey Songz (@TreySongz) – “Need Your Love” (Video)
Ace Hood drops off his new video with Trey Songz for his new single. Directed by Gil Green, the video features cameos from DJ Khaled, Birdman, Busta, Meek Mill and Fat Joe.
HD (@HDofBearfaced) ft. G-Dirty (@GDirty1) – Oscar Da Grouch (Video)
This is another track by HD from the Bay Area put out another video recently that I missed. This features the recently freed G-Dirty. Hopefully more songs on the way soon.
@JMEBBK, @Dexplicit & @JusRival Take Part In Tekken Challenge Against @RyanJosephHart (@DJLoganSama)
We…. well basically tricked JME, Rival & Dexplicit to come down to The Hub Entertainment offices and play Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (Out now on XBox360 & PS3)
What we didn’t tell them is they would be playing 2 time world champion Ryan Hart in a first to 5 match! It wasn’t pretty!