Prince Po is out the gate next month (February 4th) with his latest solo album Animal Serum (Wandering Worx & Green Streets Entertainment), produced by west coast rapper and producer Oh No. For those that don’t know, Po was Pharoahe Monch’s partner-in-crime when they were the pioneering duo Organized Konfusion. The futuristic music they made in the 80’s and 90’s remains relevant and groundbreaking to this day. Po’s solo albums, particularly The Slickness (2004), was a personal favorite. On “Bump …
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The premier global underground music show Boiler Room is hosting a live stream event tomorrow in San Francisco at 7p.m.-11p.m. (PST), 10p.m.-2a.m. (EST), and 12p.m.-2p.m. in Japan. DJs featured for the event are Q-Bert, Shortkut, Platurn, and producer Mophono. If you’re not familiar with Boiler Room, it’s a global underground music event that is simultaneously live streamed online, featuring titans of underground music, as well as up and coming artists in various underground music scenes. The live events are private invite only, but the beauty …
The UK’s Garage House DJs/production duo Disclosure just released a new video off their 2013 debut album Settle called “Grab Her”. The video is a play on the movie Office Space and the TV show The Office, with a lot of surreal, and absurd visuals. Supposedly there is a J Dilla sample, the vocal snippet possibly from Slum Village’s “The Look of Love” off Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1) . Can you hear it? The duo often credits J Dilla as inspiration for their production. They did a mix …
Lately Peter Mayhew aka Chewbacca has been feeling all warm and fuzzing inside since he’s been tweeting these crazy ill behind the scenes Star Wars flicks. He’s release 70 images so far, but said he still has 1200 in the vault. More images here. …
This is dope, Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and his art collective, A Country Called Earth will air “Time Is Always Now,” a live show featuring all new material from the continent of Africa. The show is this Friday, January 17, 12:30 a.m.(CAT)/5:30p.m. (EST)/2:30p.m. (PST). That’s 7:30am Japan time. The performance will commemorate the birth-date of the all time charismatic champion of the world, boxer Mohammad Ali. The undisclosed location of the concert will be revealed at the end of the …
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