Mic Crenshaw ft. dead prez – Superheroes
Fresh off the release of their new album Information Age , dead prez collaborate with Mic Crenshaw.
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Fresh off the release of their new album Information Age , dead prez collaborate with Mic Crenshaw.
Read MoreWhen I first heard of Rick Ross's now famous line about slipping a girl some "Molly" and having sex with her when she "doesn't even know it," in the song "U.O.E.N.E.O.," I thought it was distasteful.
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Italian jazz guitar virtuoso and music producer/songwriter Fabrizio Sotti will release his stunning new album Right Now on May 14 via Sotti Entertainment, Inc. Mixing his jazz and pop sensibilities for the first time as a recording artist, Fabrizio has assembled an exciting and unexpected list of guests on his latest effort, which features original songs and timeless covers of popular tunes.
Read MoreM1 and Stic Man from Dead Prez stop by the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus at SXSW 2013 to talk about the new album, Information Age , the RBG Fit Club, Million Miles Movement, and where the future of music is going with streaming services like Rdio and Spotify.
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If you ever wanted to overdose on Hip Hop, SXSW 2013 is surely the place to do it.
Read Morelmaooooo, you're not the first person that said I resembled Suge Knight.
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What do you do when one song you write becomes more ubiquitous than you ever do as a performer?
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The folks at British audio company RHA sent us a pair of headphones.
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Usually one tendency erodes the other until you get predictable or go soft.
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Immortal Technique was going to be a difficult man to interview.
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Less than six months ago, Caskey was off the radar but a phone call from Cash Money mogul Birdman changed everything.
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Not long ago, DJ Fresh was ready to give up on music – and he thought he was dying.
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Hip hop duo Dead Prez are hardly prolific, the pair have managed just two albums in the past twelve years, in that time they have only released two mixtapes bucking the industry trend of a release every 4 weeks.
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Sonically, the title couldn't be better suited, as a poppy rhythm and chorus have surprisingly been favored over the unabashed beats of old.
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dead prez announced today that they will drop Information Age, their first official release since 2004′s Revolutionary But Gangsta, through digital outlets on October 16th with a CD release to follow on October 22nd.
Read MoreHe doesn't even peep cell phone pictures of groupies.
Read Moreword to HW that bahama song its a slept on, beat and flow-wise.
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By all measures, this is the year of El-P.
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Sadly, there was drama this year for more sombre reasons as well, as a 19-year-old student died on the Saturday after taking a legal high.
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"I write a line, and I bring it by him. He's like my actual human dictionary when I'm in the studio rapping."
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Killer Mike is definitely going to read this, so let me just take a moment to wish him a good afternoon.
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Rap Genius is supplying The BoomBox with the top lyrics of the week and serving a meaning behind the raps in the process.
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Although the fourth Portishead long player is still somewhere way off in the distance, Barrow's industrious streak has brought forth a trio of distinct album projects.
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It was perhaps one of hip-hop's most unlikely crossover singles.
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What started off as a passing joke between DJ Drama and rapper 50 Cent became something very real, very quickly.
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It seems like anyone can make hip hop today; it's pretty much everywhere and it's arguably the most popular genre on the planet.
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Hip-hop collective Quakers, produced by Geoff Barrow (Portishead), Katalyst and 7Stu7, stream more tunes and release their debut.
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For those of you that don't know, WTUL is New Orleans' dope a$$ progressive radio station where you can catch the best local and national music.
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It should not be called Austin, but Exhaustion.
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Portishead's Geoff Barrow has embarked on this hip-hop project with Australian producer Katalyst and Stuart Matthews.
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I spoke briefly with Thomas over email about, among other things, the origins of his interest in Black Power anthems, Motown's brief foray onto the scene, and the need for more politically charged music today.
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There's only one thing that I need to sell you this song; Geoff Barrow from Portishead doing hip-hop.
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Three superstar producers lead the 35-member hip-hop collective Quakers, and deliver their first release.
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A new track from Geoff Barrow's multi-artist hip hop project Quakers has emerged online.
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Portishead member and noted producer Geoff Barrow (pictured above) has announced plans to release an album of hip-hop tracks he's crafted under the Fuzzface moniker in collaboration with 7STU7 (Portishead's engineer) and DJ Katalyst.
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Geoff Barrow of Portishead has a new hip-hop project, Quakers, as the Guardian (via Beats Per Minute ) points out.
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On April 9th, the Portishead multi-instrumentalist will enter the hip-hop genre with his Quakers project, issuing a self-titled, two-disc effort through Stones Throw Records, as Exclaim points out.
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The description that's getting bandied about for Ness' 'EYE2025' EP is "a hip-hop ' Clockwork Orange.'"
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Dizzee Rascal finished out the first decade of the 21st century as a skirt-chasing, champagne-popping celebrity with a taste in totally fun (but gaudy) dance-pop.
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