I first heard of Dâm-Funk a few years ago, around the time he had “Burgundy City” single (2008) and later Toeachizown (2009) out. My first reaction to the music was “This is some funky music that touches your soul!” and my next thought was “I can see a rapper like… Snoop Dogg rhyme over these beats!” My fantasy came true when I saw an online video clip of an event HVW8 Gallery/Adidas “Dogg House” art show in 2011, where Dâm-Funk and Snoop Dogg …
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Red Bull Music Academy’s ever reaching wing span into dope music has yet to show it’s limits. To start the year off right, their releasing, What Difference Does It Make? a music documentary featuring nothing but ill contemporary artists. The documentary was shot using predominantly hand held cameras. Directed by Ralf Schmerberg, the film seeks to explore music and the parallels of life. After the trailer, watch the extensive interviews of El-P and Doom below. Trailer El-P interview Doom interview …
Queens, New York City rapper Rekstizzy expressed his love for the famous Huy Fong Sriracha hot sauce, which has been forced by LA county officials to shutdown it’s factory, due to neighborhood complaints of alleged smells, and alleged eye burning from factory fumes . Rekstizzy is also promoting shirts for the Hoy Fong Sriracha lovers out there to rep. Rep the Cock #FREESRACCI shirts here. Also cop his debut album Whatever You Say on itunes. Included below is the #FREESRACCI video, interview with Dumbfounded (DFD, …
What kind of music does a kid make from Chicago, born in 1993, and the first CD purchased for him was Kanye West’s The College Dropout (2004)? That kid would be Chance The Rapper, a 20 year old psychonaut navigating life in the inner-city of Chicago, self reflecting, making observations of his inner and outer environments. His style of rapping is a mixture of spoken word, stream of consciousness, soulful singing, jazzy scatting, choppy, and tongue twisting rap cadences. With the release of two official mixtapes 10 …
The winner of The Voice 2013, Tessanne Chin, like a good amount of contestants on TV singing competitions, they are not complete amateurs who happen to stumble onto the stage of a TV singing competition. Prior to being on The Voice, Tessanne worked as a backup singer for such artist as Jimmy Cliff, Patti Labelle, Peabo Bryson and Gladys Knight. She has also collaborated with other artist such as Shaggy on “Never Let Go”, Protoje on “Someone Like You”, the Trinidad and Tobago Soca band Kes on “Loving You”, and she …
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