@Nas & Funky DL (@FunkyDLHipHop) – Jazzmatic (Mixtape)

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Funky DL might have outdone himself with this one…

Just imagine if this happened and picture the setting…

It’s the late 1930’s and local jazz club is packed to the brim with people awaiting the rapper Nas and his jazz musicians (orchestrated by Funky DL) along with featured artists to come and play a 10-track set to forever be remembered. The lights are dim and the hall is filled with smoke, whilst the clinking sound of champagne flutes ambiently gesture in the atmosphere. Nas and Funky DL are having their picture taken outside the club in an array of spotlights glaring from their vehicles (see artwork). Then it happens… The two step inside the club and “JAZZMATIC” erupts … All you have to do now is… “press play”…

We’re sure you’ll agree that this is a phenomenal project and ask you to share this with as many hip-hip and good music fans as you can find.

Ghost-Hunting Jean-Michel Basquiat In His Old East Village Apartment

This is dope. Spotted on Hypebeast:

It’s always nice when new information about a late artist is uncovered, and the art world’s fascination with Jean-Michel Basquiat has never waned. Imagine the surprise then, when it was revealed that Alexis Adler, Basquiat’s former partner (“We had multiple boyfriends and girlfriends,” she explains) was sitting on a wealth of never-before-seen artifacts from their time in a New York apartment. Animal New York has an interesting feature on this wealth of pictures, pieces, and other artifacts, as Adler leads us through her unorthodox relationship with the iconic painter.

Sisqo Performs ‘Thong Song’….In A Sports Bar….In Alexandria, VA

Continuing with Sisqo news in the last 24 hours, Dru Hill member and Baltimore, MD native Sisqo brought the house down in the above performance, all while managing to maneuver around bartenders and not knocking patrons drinks over. From TMZ:

We found the R&B star doing his signature song from 2000 in Washington, DC suburb … Alexandria, VA. But not in an arena — a sports bar. A REALLY cramped, small sports bar.

This shit just got upgraded to the ‘LMAO!’ section.

SPOTLIGHT: Dido (@didoofficial)

I know I’m real late on this, but no matter: one of my favourite artists (or one who used to be) Dido is back with a brand new album, Girl Who Got Away, and above in the latest visual from that offering.

In addition to the above single, Dido also let loose ‘Let Us Move On’ (with Kendrick Lamar, no less) and ‘End Of Night’ (which isn’t officially released as a single until 5th May), of which you can check out the lyric videos to both below.


Kendrick Lamar Announces Spring Tour Dates

Kendrick Lamar is hitting the road ’til June (and probably past that, who knows) and we now have the dates, which range from open and closed college spots to festivals. Check ’em out below.

03/29 Las Vegas, NV – 1 Oak
03/30 San Bernadino, CA – Paid Dues Festival
04/01 Iowa City, IA – Iowa Memorial Union
04/04 Boca Raton, FL – Florida Atlantic University +
04/05 Atlanta, GA – Private
04/06 Atlanta, GA – Georgia State University
04/07 Tallahassee, FL – Florida State +
04/09 Orlando, FL – University of Central Florida *
04/10 Charlotte, NC – University of North Carolina-Charlotte
04/11 Columbus, OH – Ohio State University *
04/12 Auburn Hills, MI – Oakland University (Meadowbrook Music Festival) *
04/13 Athens, OH – Ohio University (#fest) *
04/14 Buffalo, NY – University of Buffalo *
04/17 St. Louis, MO – Chaifetz Arena *
04/18 Kent, OH – Kent State University *+
04/19 Storrs, CT – UConn *+
04/21 Lowell, MA – Tsongas Center *
04/22 State College, PA – Bryce Jordan Center
04/23 Fairfax, VA – Private
04/24 Durham, NC – Duke University *+
04/25 Williamsburg, VA – William & Mary
04/26 New Britain, CT – Central CT State *
04/27 Cortland, NY – SUNY Cortland *
04/28 Waltham, MA – Private
04/29 Newark, DE – University of Delaware
04/30 Greensboro, NC – North Carolina A&T
05/01 Fairfield, CT – Fairfield University +
05/03 Ithaca, NY – Private
05/04 Watertown, NY – SUNY Jefferson
05/10 New York, NY – Downtown Music Festival
05/11 Columbia, MD – Sweetlife Festival
05/17-19 Gulf Shores, AL – Hangout Beach Music and Arts Festival
06/07 New York, NY – Governors Ball
06/29 Los Angeles, CA – BET Experience

* with Steve Aoki
+ Closed to General Public

Kirko Bangz Calls Not Being Featured On ‘I Been On’ Remix “Disrespectful”

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Houston young gun feels like he should have been asked to get on Beyonce’s remix for ‘I Been On’, judging from the interview he had with Chicago’s 107.5 recently. While that may be true, it looks like the focus here was of the legends from H-Town, which could explain the omission; nonetheless, I look forward to the replies that come from this.

There were other topics in this conversation, by the way (including Bangz upcoming album Bigger Than Me).

Is Timbaland (@Timbaland) Working With Shy Glizzy (@ShyGlizzy)?

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Could we be seeing DC’s ‘Street’s Hottest Youngin’ Shy Glizzy over a Timbaland beat? Only time will tell. But Timbaland’s right hand man just reached out to Shy Glizzy in a tweet below.