Speaking In Tongues: De La Soul On Native Tongues [Video]

We got a lot of golden footage while shooting our “De La Soul Is Not Dead” documentary. Unfortunately not all of it made it to the final cut. But fortunately for you, we’re able to share some of it with you today. A big part of the hip hop scene in the early ’90s was the collective known as the Native Tongues. In this short clip that was additional footage from our De La Soul doc, Prince Paul and others give some background history on the organic birth of the collective. It was founded on a mutual love for each other’s music and then a tour that solidified those friendships. Watch the full video above.

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Watch Kaytranada’s 2016 Red Bull Music Academy Lecture [Video]

Montréal’s own production star and 2016 Polaris Prize winner Kaytranada joined Anupa Mistry on the lecture couch for a wide-ranging conversation on his musical upbringing and synthesis of diverse tastes into a sound that’s entirely his own. This lecture coincided with the debut of a new episode of The Junction, an animated tale of Kaytranada and 2016 Academy participant River Tiber’s creative encounters.

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Big Twins & Twiz The Beat Pro – TNT [Video Medley]

Big Twins has been putting in work since the release of ‘TNT,’ his super-grimy collaborative album with Los Angeles producer Twiz The Beat Pro. And today, the Queensbridge, N.Y. native is showing off his foreign exploits as he travels across Lausanne, Switzerland in his brand-new video medley. Director Sha Tussle, of Hostage Media who also shot Twins’ previously released video for “Rap Star,” (featuring Prodigy), reunites with the Queensbridge spitter to shoot a number of locations in the French-speaking Swiss city. Those include a packed venue where Twins rocks the stage, which is a familiar setting given that he’s been performing throughout Europe these past few months. Big Twins also stunts on the historic cobblestone streets and spits his bars in tagged-up back alleys. During the medley, he shares select pieces of ‘TNT’ standouts “Cola Cash Stank,” “Bobby Flay (feat. Ras Kass),” and “Straight Face (feat. Killer Ben).” There’s also a snippet in the intro of a non-album joint, “Last Man Standing (feat. Planet Asia),” which was released this summer. And if we’re lucky, it’ll end up on another project from Twins and Twiz, because the world deserves a ‘TNT’ sequel. Check out the visuals, and be sure to support Twins and Twiz’s ‘TNT’ LP which is now available for stream and download through all major platforms and digital retailers, via Sound Unity Entertainment.

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