This weekend the 5th annual Duke Ellington Jazz Festival will take place in our nation’s capital. The event starts Friday and will feature numerous jazz performances from various artists. Should be a good one. NBCWashington.com has a preview of the festival: http://www.nbcwashington.com/around_town/the_scene/Brunch-and-Bossa-at-Cashions.html.
Playing For Change | Song Around The World “One Love” from Concord Music Group on Vimeo. I stumbled upon this video and it’s wild. The man, the myth, the legend Bob Marley is still in the hearts of many and has traveled all over the globe.
Dead Prez, the underground political hip-hop duo, have announced that they are teaming up with DJ Green Lantern to release the third album of their independent series, Turn Off the Radio. Dead Prez and DJ Green Lantern went into the studio back in February. DJ Green Lantern is set to produce Pulse of the People. [...]
Yes, someone did make a cover to the classic booty anthem by Sir Mix-A-Lot. Jonathan Coulton puts a little country twist on the song that makes the dong go bong and badunkadunks shake, rattle, and roll.
This track is off the mixtape from LRG, 9th Wonder & Wale – Back to the Feature which was supposed to be released by now. The beats bumpin. Produced by Mikey Mike. Wale feat. Young Chris & Tre of UCB – Night Life
Kanye had a show in Melbourne last week and a concertgoer decided to throw something on stage. Not sure what he was thinking. Maybe he just wanted to piss off Kanye, which is exactly what he did. Kanye just spit a freestyle and made the crowd go wild, telling the fan to “Eat sh*t and [...]
I was just snoopin around and I came upon this jam. This song is off his mixtape The Smoking Section & Trackstar the DJ Present Wafeek’s The Aristocrat Mixtape which comes out today. Here’s another banger off the mixtape. Wafeek-Rep My Hood
With all the anticipation leading up to 808’s and Heartbreak, many avid Kanye fans were disappointed with the new release. This album is unlike all his other albums by featuring Ye in a more melodic form in which he drifts away from his energetic, free-flowing MC-ing. At first I was a little upset because I’d [...]
Presented by Kanye West, DJ Benzi, and Plain Pat and includes remixes by A-Trak, The Kickdrums, Diplo, and Stretch Armstrong. The beats after the break.
Kanye in a way we’ve never seen before
