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‘Park Champ’ is the first leak from DJ / Producer The Last Skeptik’s solo, instrumental album masterpiece, entitled ‘Thanks For Trying’. Released on BBE records on April 29th, the album is a mad cinematic, orchestral based epic, and ‘Park Champ’ being the first leak is a taste of the more synthy, hip hop meets electronic, Trap-in-a-blender side of the record.
In this episode, Jazzy Jeff hits up Tokyo and Bangkok. His life is better than yours (and mine).
Check out the official video for ‘TEARdrop’ off the upcoming FREEdom Drop project (you can download the song here). Directed by Georgi Banks-Davies.
Studio City & Home Of The Greats have teamed up with Link Up TV to bring you the world premiere for the 2nd installment of the ‘Deal Or No Deal’ trilogy by Skott Summerz featuring Era, Rebler & Vee with additional hosting by Asqueezy on the bridge. First premiered on BBC 1Xtra by DJ Cameo.
DD172 reveals some footage of Jim Jones as he deals with his Vampire Life clothing line.
Mack Maine shows the world the true essence of freestyling when he builds a song from scratch in the comfort setting of a first class studio in Los Angeles. With his new project available now for download (Freestyle 102), Mack Maine exhibits how he never writes any lyrics or words for the project. Instead of the normal pen & pad that helps artists put words together, Mack uses spontaneous inspiration while the engineer records his vocals.Welcome to this Mack Maine freestyle, live from Los Angeles, exclusively for Bread Over Bed.
Birmingham was definitely the place to be, with Saf.One, Deadly, Mayhem NODB, Bomma B, Trilla & Big H rocking with Logan Sama for the Goonies Haus Party event. Check out some footage above.
Rosenberg kicks the realness on why MTV got it right by placing Big Sean ahead of Ye on their 2013 hottest MC countdown.
Justin Timberlake releases his new album “The 20/20 Experience” on March 19th. Here are 5 things to know about it.
Houston representer L.E.$. drops his latest visual from The Struggle Continues.
Joey Bada$$ and Pro Era perform a freestyle exclusively for Billboard. As a bonus, the crew also performs ‘School High’ (below).
Here is DJ Paul’s video for ‘In My Zone’ from A Person Of Interest, out now.
Chris Bo links with his Southside homie Shy Glizzy for the visual off his debut mixtape, Ur Heart Or Minez, which is available now.
In addition to some pimpin’, Project Pat also announces that he will be joining Juicy J for his Trippy Tour.
D’Angelo and Questlove. Brooklyn Bowl. Anyone who was present got one hell of a show, which was a precursor to the upcoming album from the Richmond native since Voodoo….and we’re hype about it. Check out a few more clips below.
Produced by Teeza and from the forthcoming Progress 2 (due next month).
Sports lifestyle brand K-Swiss, takes its new campaign back to where it all started for the brand; the American West Coast. This spring, BBC Radio 1 DJ and trainer connoisseur, Charlie Sloth, kicks off the new ‘K-Swiss California Love’ campaign, with a four-part documentary style mini-series starting the 4th March, 2013.
California is the birth place of hip hop culture with rappers such as Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg as icons of the West Coast music scene. ‘K-Swiss California Love’, is a glossy, documentary style mini-series following Charlie Sloth to LA to explore the origins of hip hop, it’s rise, it’s fall and its resurgence in the UK.
Comprised of four short films chronicling Charlie’s adventures in LA, and followed up by eight artist-based films back in London which will explore California’s wide-ranging appeal and influence over the UK hip hop scene. The story begins with the godfather of UK rap getting to grips with California’s resurgent hip hop scene and its iconic local communities, from the birthplace of gangsta rap Compton, to the Santa Monica pier and the affluent Beverley Hills.
In the latest episode of The Truth, Elliott Wilson give his pick for Best Emcee of 2013. Do you agree with him?
Kat Dahlia liberates her latest visual….you can check out behind the scenes footage here.
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I’m sure no one is surprised. Started from the bottom indeed.
As MTV News’ Senior Hip-Hop Writer Rob Markman said, Drake dominated rap features all year long, and that was underscored when you realized that every artist on his lineup had at least one big collab to perform with him on the cross-country jaunt. “He strategically had features with people he was going on tour with — so it was Waka with ‘Round of Applause,’ 2 Chainz with ‘No Lie,’ A$AP with ‘F—in’ Problems’ and Kendrick with ‘Poetic Justice,’ ” Markman explained. “Anything he touches is a guaranteed smash.”
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Atlanta-based rapper previews two un-released songs, one that could be assumed under the name of “Blessed” and the other featuring Young Chop production with a feature by fellow Atlanta-based rapper Future.
I don’t recall this before, but — in this series for freestyles from New Camp on Logan Sama — we get a tracklist on beats used:
French Montana brought his Excuse My French tour to his hometown as he took over New York’s SOBs. The show was packed as tickets sold out in record time. Besides running through his known cuts such as ‘Pop That’, ‘Marble Floors’, ‘Straight Off The Boat’, ‘New York Minute’, French also had a few surprises up his sleeve.
Busta Rhymes, Trina, Yo Gotti, Wyclef Jean, DJ Khaled, and Uncle Murda joined French on stage to perform their own tracks, much to the enjoyment of the crowd. Here is a recap of the guest performances, shot by David Downer. His debut album Excuse My French hits stores May 21st.
Oprah invited Alicia Keys on her OWN series. Alicia Keys discusses being raised by her single mother, her music career, family life and everything else in between.
