Chevy Woods Talks Upcoming Collaborations, Pittsburgh’s Music Scene, Weed & More [Video]

Here is part two of HHS1987’s exclusive with Taylor Gang capo Chevy Woods. Wiz Khalifa’s right hand man sat down with HHS1987’s own E-Money to discuss a plethora of topics including his upcoming collaborations with the likes of Fat Trel, Ca$hout, and Migos, his hometown’s territorial music scene, and his dream of working with Bad Boy Records alumnus Black Rob. Chevy also chopped it up with E-Money about his transition from hustling in the streets to pursuing music full time, taking advice from Trinidad James, his favorite weed strains, sneakers and much more.

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Boldy James – Video Print [Video]

On this episode of Video Print we linked up with the one and only Boldy Blocks out in the motor city. While showing us around his neighborhood in Detroit, Boldy let us in on how he feels his environment has shaped and molded him. Out on the East Side, Boldy sat down with us at producer Filthy Rockwell’s studio where the two shed light on the struggle of being a artist in one of the most dangerous cities in America.

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Souls Of Mischief – All You Got Is Your Word [Stream]

Here’s the b-side to Souls Of Mischief’s Snoop assisted lead single “There Is Only Now”. Check it out below. Souls Of Mischief on their forthcoming LP: The track “All You Got Is Your Word” falls in the first half of the storyline of the concept album. Set in 1994, There Is Only Now reads like a audio-only blaxploitation film with drama, suspense, and plot twists involving strong character roles played by Busta Rhymes, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Snoop Dogg, William Hart of The Delfonics, Scarub from Living Legends, and all four members of Souls of Mischief, who play themselves. The plot of the entire album is based on a violent near-death experience the Souls of Mischief actually encountered in San Francisco in 1994. “All You Got Is Your Word” comes into play during a significant part of the plot which involves a kidnapping of a Souls member and takes place during a flashback to a show they did at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC. The message of the song is simple: Regardless of your successes, failures, trials and tribulations, all you have is your word. “So make it something you can stand behind,” explains Tajai.

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Chuck D On The Combat Jack Show [Stream]

Internets, this is such an honor. It’s been few years of me trying to get the legendary Chuck D on The Combat Jack Show. It took current events, plus the Freddie Foxxx episode to make this happen (thank you Bumpy!). How do I even describe this 3 hour long discussion with Chuck D and Keith Shocklee? Def Jam, Hot 97, Dr. Dre, N.W.A., Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, Marley Marl, Flavor Flav, Eric B and Rakim, COINTELPRO, Run-DMC, the Bomb Squad, the dearth of diversity on rap radio… so much knowledge. What I’m walking away with is how we have the power to control how we’re perceived in this culture. And how we have to stop making excuses. Now. Ladies and gents, we present to you, the Episode Without A Pause.

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