A late edition to the SXSW schedule – Steve Stoute interviewed Nas about the future of hip hop after its death and, apparently, the possibility of Nas shaving his head to play his old manager, Stoute, in a future film (I guess he didn’t get all of his acting out with Belly). I haven’t seen … Continue reading
I had the pleasure of attending the March episode of Uncomun, a monthly live music and film event at Drom in the East Village/Alphabet City borderlands. I had no expectations other than seeing the funk-rock band, Loud APT, a second band that I assumed was some-how Latin in its musical nature, and a Pharaoh Monch … Continue reading
Nas basically maintained his tendancy of not releasing new music for long periods of time before unleashing a single of epic proportions by putting out “The Don”. The Queensbridge legend actually has dropped a decent amount of music, mostly collaborative (Ghetto Dreams, Tower Heist, Nasty), during the years since his last full-length album, but that … Continue reading
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I’ve written before on Jay-Z’s partnership with Water For Life and the UN to raise awareness of the world’s water crisis, but after seeing a video from the World Food Programme about rapper 50 Cent visiting Somalia to see how his donations have helped during the…
Not at SXSW? Need a reason to wish you were there? Assuming the answer to these questions is no, you’re probably pretty salty and you might not want to watch video of Santigold performing “Disparate Youth” at the Fader Fort showcase. Salty or not, it’s recommended you watch it anyway because it’s seriously good (like … Continue reading
Hip hop heads throughout New York City, across the country, and around the globe have been paying tribute to the late, great Notorious B.I.G all day and memorial parties will, no doubt, continue all night long on this 15th anniversary of his assassination. Biggie’s lyrics have been coming out of speaker boxes and headphones everywhere … Continue reading
Cypress Hill is still grinding after two decades in the game, and the crew is still pushing the envelope – musically and socially. The Southern Cali rap icons are scheduled to unload a new hybrid hip hop/dubstep EP next month (April) in collaboration with UK artist, Rusko. Whether you love dubstep or hate it, or … Continue reading
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XXL Magazine’s editor-in-chief Vanessa Satten and writer/journalist Jayson Rodriguez visited the Cipha Sounds & Rosenberg show to explain and defend their decision to pick the 10 freshmen for 2012. XXL Magazine, Peter Rosenberg, and Cipha Sounds Fight Over the Freshman 10 – Watch more Videos at Vodpod. XXL Magazine | Hot…
