A few weeks ago, Jake One & Brother Ali stopped by DJ Hyphen and J. Moore's Sound Session radio to talk about Jake's White Van Music album. In these videos, Jake gives an in-depth look at how he created the project, and gives some behind the scenes stories for every song. Brother Ali (who is featured on the album) is there to chime in with his perspective. White Van Music is in stores now and i...
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Sha Stimuli's long overdue retail debut, the Never Or Now EP is dropping soon via Digiwaxx. While we wait, here is his latest joint called "Insane" where he's spittin' that introspective rap, like only he can. Also we have a remix of Sha's collab with Skyzoo with the track "Black President" off of Sha's upcoming March On Washington (Electi [...]
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[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I6jWE5UIYg 500x405] Evidence runs through LAX airport along with old pal, lensman Jason Goldwatch in this video for the title track off Ev's new EP/DVD, The Layover . I am not sure why they are calling it an EP when it is 10 new songs with production by Khrysis (this track included), Alchemist, and Evidence himself and tracks featuring: Phonte, Blu, Wi...
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As we continue to wrap up CMJ, here are some more videos from last weeks shows. First we have Torae and Skyzoo performing "Get It Done" at Southpaw from last Friday. Despite technical difficulties, these two really killed that set, as did every other act on the bill. Follow me after the jump for a clip from Wednesdays SOB's show where Mickey Factz brought up Theo and U-N-I for U-N-I's "Beau...
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Another day, another Kanye song. The song is called "Coldest Winter" and samples "Memories Fade" by Tears for Fears. Beware, this is a very low quality radio rip. We'll update it with a better version when one is available. You have to appreciate an artist putting this much emotion into their music. UPDATE: The track has been updated with what is supposedly a CDQ versio [...]
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[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw7QpCcp4rI 425x344] The annual CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival has had NYC turned on its head all week. The one event you could have found the Okayplayer logo on this year was Decon's "Never Not Fresh" label showcase and party to celebrate the relaunch of their creative department. Check out the above video for performances clips from 88-Keys and I...
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Guess Who's back with a brand new single, Black Dante himself. The ball is finally rollin' with his upcoming album The Ecstatic . This song, "Life in Marvelous Times," is the first official release from the album. A snippet appeared on his myspace page earlier in the week, now we have the fulls tream of the song (available for download 11/4). Good to see Mighty Mos is still in top form. ...
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The 4th quarter couldn't be more loaded with releases. On November 25th, Ludacris will unleash his Theater of the Mind album. Luda's releases have been consistently good and the new joints I've hard so far have not disappointed. The latest to leak is the 9th Wonder produced "Do The Right Thang" feat. Common. The beat already had me, and both Illinois born em [...]
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A-Alikes documentary film The Ballot or the Bullet produced by Paul Biedrzycki is set to release on October 30th. The documentary follows the NY rap group A-Alikes over the course of the three months leading up to the 2008 Presidential Election. While each political party has built their platform on the theme of "change", A-Alikes specifically address what type of change individuals want to ...
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OKP's got the latest joint off The Layover, the upcoming EP DVD from Evidence. The Layover is nine new tracks accompanied by videos for six or seven of the nine (still TBD). We had the pleasure of getting a sneak preview of some of the videos and you are going to want to be around for those when they drop in the near future. In the mean time, listen to the Khrysis produced " [...]
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B.o.B airs out what he feels about the state of Hip-Hop in his new song "Hip Hop Ain't Dead (The Future)." Above is footage of him performing "Lovelier Than You" with a live band at the GA Theater in Athens, GA. B.o.B "Hip Hop Ain't Dead (The Future)" Spotted at 2db
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Two new joints from Cali emcee Shawn Jackson have hit the net. Above is Shawn's HHO performance with DJ Houseshoes on the tables. Then holla at Sweeney a new song from New Jack Hustle (Shawn Jackson Newman) called "New Shades." New Jack Hustle's album, Souncheck , comes out Oct. 21st on Tres Records.
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At a recent show, the legendary CL Smooth teamed up with Skyzoo to perform their song "Perfect Timing" produced by the homie M-Phazes. The show was at The Public Assembly in Brooklyn and the song is a nice collabo between old and new school. The track is off of Coalmine Records upcoming compilation album, Unearthed .
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Vimby goes inside Raphael Saadiq's recording studio where he talks about how he carefully assembled all the right instruments to put together the perfect sound for his latest album, The Way I See It . You can definitely hear what he's talking about when you listen to the album, it doesn't get much more soulful than that LP. The Way I See It is in stores now.
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This kid Emilio Rojas not only has an insane flow, but he's also got something to say. In his new song "Pain" he spits that real rap about, well, the pain in his life. The song is off of Reality's upcoming compilation album, For Future History. Emilio Rojas "Pain (Prod. Reality)"
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VIMBY - Raphael Saadiq Vimby goes inside Raphael Saadiq's recording studio where he talks about how he carefully assembled all the right instruments to put together the perfect sound for his latest album, The Way I See It. You can definitely hear what he's talking about when you listen to the album, it doesn't get much more soulful than that LP. The Way I See It is in stores now.
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We've been letting you know about Decon's latest release, Fresh Rhymes and Videotape for a minute via our exclusive pre-order. Today the DVD/CD officially drops. If you weren't convinced by "The FRV Anthem," here's another banger that should get you over to the OKP store to make that purchase. Alchemist teams up with Dilated Peoples for this song "Th [...]
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Diamond D, the legendary co-founder of seminal hip-hop group D.I.T.C., drops his latest album, The Huge Hefner Chronicles, today on Babygrande. For anyone needing a reminder of this mans' track record, D himself hooked up with imeem to put together "The Diamond 10." It's the top 10 Diamond D produced tracks including songs from: A Tribe Called Quest, The Fugees, Mos Def, P [...]
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Anticipation for this song had the net buzzing somethin' serious last week and last night, it finally debuted. Joe Budden's "Slaughterhouse" featuring Joell Ortiz, Nino Bless, Crooked I, and Royce Da 5'9" is a track off Joe's Halfway House mixtape (10/28), the prequel to his long delayed sophomore LP, Padded Room. As if I need to say it, the track goes hard an [...]
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