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Off of Kane Mayfield’s “Return Of Rap” project. Coming soon! “‘Shoes’ is a look into… well… perception vs understanding. If we put ourselves into each others shoes, we’d be better off. Actually… we just wouldn’t be as much of a jerk lol. So the first verse is just being a functional person and what you deal with. And the second verse is on being Middle Eastern, and the labels that come with that.”
Read moreMarsi’s neues “Ring der Nebelungen” könnt ihr u.a. hier vorbestellen.
Read moreChicago rapper Mick Jenkins talks about how his truth comes out in the Kaytranada-produced track “P’s & Q’s”.
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Read moreNipsey Hussle drops by the house and speaks with Big Boy at the Real 92.3 studio! Nipsey The Great talks about ‘proud to pay’, the marketing of his album “Crenshaw”. He also discusses the time-frame for the release of “Victory Lap”, why he turned down “Straight Outta Compton”, and more!
Read moreThis is taken from Big Pooh’s moste recent effort “Words Paint Pictures“. Rapper Big Pooh returns with a new video for the Apollo Brown produced track, “Stop.” Pooh has dedicated this album to illustrating the complicated issue of race in America. The new video tackles some of the more subtle and nuanced issues faced by Americans. So much is said through the media and so many troubling stories are passed down that being Black in America can mean being constantly on the defensive. The video begins with Rapper Big Pooh and crew driving, being followed by the police. Pooh gets pulled over, expecting the worst. Flashes of historic racial injustice flash in his head, now expecting to be treated differently because of the color of his skin. Surprisingly to him, he is only given a warning, leaving him to consider the double-edged sword of awareness.
Read more“Homeboy had a problem with being compared to us,” says Inspectah Deck. “[So] we had to approach him in Europe.” After hearing Tyler, the Creator – the frontman of Odd Future – rant about not wanting his group to be compared to the legendary Wu-Tang Clan, Inspectah Deck felt the need to speak to him along with other members of the Wu. He says if his group was compared to one of a higher status than his, he would have been elated, and would not have gone about it the way Tyler did. “If I’m a young dude coming up and we got like an 8-member group [and] we’re being compared to one of the greatest of our era, I’m taking that as a compliment,” Inspectah states. In this clip he also speaks on why he’s not into the whole “Black hippy” movement and how he feels rappers these days live a life of “absurdity” filled with “showcase broads.” Hear more about his talk with Tyler, the Creator and the modern rapper’s lifestyle above.
Read more“Hey guys! Check out the making of The Art Form of Whatever! I produced, wrote and created this entire album in 4 days when I got back from tour w/ Hoodie Allen. Had a big help from The Arcitype whose studio we used to create the album. Peep it! Shot and edited by Xander Hayes.” – Jared Evan
Read moreWe caught up with DJ Premier before Big Shug’s “Triple OGzus” album release party to talk about his work past and present in the industry. We started by going over his relation to Big Shug and how Shug was one of the founding members of Gang Starr. Moving on Premo lets us know more on his history with Boston and how the city embraced him and Gang Starr in the beginning. We go on to get into his production style and why he keeps with what he has been doing despite what the current trend is. Despite trends Premier has the ability to do whats popular but at this stage of his career he wants to do what he loves and continuously makes him happy. Next up he lets us know more information about his upcoming work scoring a VH1 film about 90’s hiphop called “The Breaks” and how he wants to do more work in that particular field. Speaking on his release with Royce da 5’9″ (PRhyme) he tells us how a 5 track Slaughterhouse project turned into the PRhyme album that went on to be released and why it didn’t work out in its original form. While on the subject of collaborations, Premo tells us more details on his often talked about collaboration album with NAS, the upcoming NYG’z album, an MC Eiht Collaboration album, a new album from Khaleel, an up an coming artists A-F-R-O from LA and more. To close out his upcoming projects he updates
Read moreTermanology came by and kicked a freestyle on Showoff Radio with Statik Selektah.
Read moreWith his mixtape Hungry for success dropping June 30th Nino Man drops by the Hot Box to kick it with DJ Enuff. Check it as Nino shares the story of how he linked with Jadakiss and preforms their track “Movie”.
Read moreLil Durk shows NYC what his life is like during his release show for “Remember My Name” at Irving Plaza, June 2nd.
Read moreSonny Cheeba and Geechi Suede of Camp Lo explain lyrics from their new album “Ragtime Hightimes” as well as one vintage line from “Coolie High”. Parts 2 – 4 after the break.
Read moreTha Alumni Music Group’s Vee tha Rula drops the official visuals for the fan favorite “Go Hard” off his “Rula 2” Mixtape. Directed by Dan Centrone.
Read moreWhile sitting down with Sway for an exclusive interview, Philly native Lil Dicky stepped to the mic to spit a few bars live in studio. Hit the jump for Dicky’s interview with Sway.
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