[tag]Jay-Z[/tag] is not retiring again. Or he is not retiring. In fact he went to Brooklyn to give fans an early listen to some of the music on his upcoming album, “American Gangster.” Jay-Z, along with a full band, performed several tracks from the album inspired by the upcoming Denzel Washington-Russell Crowe flick. “American Gangster,” in theatres Nov. 2, chronicles the rise and fall of notorious Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas. The artist said that…
Saul Williams is a man of many talents: poet, preacher, actor and somewhere along the road, a musician as well. His third record “The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!”, produced by his long time friend NIN frontman Trent Reznor, will be available for digital download, at his website, for free on Halloween (October 31). Well actually the the download system is more of a [tag]Radiohead[/tag]-esque one, with a free download limited to 192kbps MP3s…
Considered a true southern rap pioneer, Atlanta’s own Witchdoctor aka Eric Johnson, is set to release his latest record: “The Diary of an American Witchdoctor”, the spiritual rapper’s prolific collection of songs ranging from street life to the greatness of God. “The Best Year” is one of the album’s highlight, a upbeat song in the Down South funk tradition, which although doesn’t feature any moving lyrics, like he accustomed us with his previous work, it’s…
Hip-hop duo Tek and Steel, better known as Smif-n-Wessun are releasing their much anticipated forth album this week, titled Smif-n-Wessun: The Album. So as a appetizer and sampler consider this latest video for “Stomp,” The Album’s first single. The video features SnW and crew rapping out in a typical East Side manner, marching through the dirty, graffiti tainted streets. We’ll be doing a Smif-n-Wessun interview this week, so stay tunned for updates.
East side rapper [tag]Jay Z[/tag] will soon release his staggering tenth studio album, at the beginning of next month (Nov). On November the 6th, the day when American Gangster drops out, Jay will embark on a all-so-brief 5 gigs long promotion tour. American Gangster allegedly a concept album, is announcing to be a spectacular one, heavily influenced by the same titled movie, set to screen at the beginning of November. Jay Z is not the…
Last week we posted the official promo mp3 for My Heart Gently Weeps, a [tag]Wu Tang Clan[/tag] interpolation of the famous Beatles classic “As My Guitar Gently Weeps.” Clan guru RZA recently sat down with Kotori Mag and talked about The Beatles in general, the song, the people who worked on it (Dhani Harrison, John Frusciante etc), the theme of the song (dope and people affected by it) and a lot of other fun facts….
Yesterday we reported, the legendary NY based rap group [tag]Wu Tang Clan[/tag], just got clearance for sampling the classic Beatles classic “As My Guitar Gently Weeps,” actually the first Beatles sampling in history. Well apparently they didn’t sampled the Beatles, but what they did was a reply to the song; a interpolation, as explained by the band on the band’s myspace blog. “The statement that we made yesterday was incorrect and we apologize for any…
Rap demigods [tag]Wu Tang Clan[/tag] have managed to be the first ever musical group to be allowed to legally sample [tag]The Beatles[/tag]. A mighty feat no doubt. The song in question to be sampled is “As My Guitar Gently Weeps” and as we reported a while back it’s set to feature guitarist John Frusciante from RHCP and George Harrison’s 21 year old son, Dhani Harrison on acoustics. The cover is set to appear on the…
The Black Eyed Peas have showed interest in the problems of the world in their songs. They also took part in some charity but this time it is something big for them. “Being in Mexico is special to all of us, being from Southern California,” singer Fergie added. “They call Will a “blaxican” because he grew up with all Mexican friends and family. Taboo, of course, being of Mexican heritage. My great-grandmother is from Guanajuato…
Capitan Kirk vs. Capitan Picard, Ghandi vs Buddha, Bill Gates vs Steve Jobs all ones of the greatest one on one feuds in history, but such a list couldn’t go on without adding the latest Kanye vs Fifty. No need to detail the skirmish between the two, the important thing is the results are in and Fifty isn’t looking to good. This week Kanye’s third album Graduation toped the Billboard top 100 with a whooping…
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