De La Soul ft. Chuck D “The People” Chuck D “Give We The Pride” ft. Mavis Staples (Official Video) – “The People” & “Give We The Pride” featuring Mavis Staples are some recent conscious, uplifting tunes from veteran emcees De La Soul & Chuck D. Feed your mind, soul, and body with these very timely tracks given the current state of things in the world right now. Eminem Shady XV stream Eminem ft. Sia “Guts Over Fear” Slaughterhouse “Ya’ll Ready Know” – Eminem …
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Around the time of the 2012 Olympics in London, UK’s Channel 4 aired a documentary hosted by actor Idris Elba about the evolution of club culture in UK/Europe and it’s influence on global culture. The documentary starts off by paying homage to the U.S. roots of dance music (soul/R&B, funk, disco, and electronic music coming from NYC, Chicago, and Detroit) and quickly moves into the evolution of dance music and club culture in UK and Europe. The documentary also touches …
J Dilla “Give Em What They Want” [J Dilla produced] J Dilla “The Doe” [produced by Supa Dave West] – New previously unreleased material from J Dilla & Supa Dave West (known for his work with De La Soul) on the EP Give Em What They Want is out. This comes as teaser (like “Anthem” b/w “Trucks” singles and the Diamonds & Ice EP) for an upcoming album release of unheard J Dilla tracks called The Diary. All of these singles and the upcoming album …
This past Mother’s Day Sunday May 11, 2014 RBMA hosted a street party in honor of legendary NYC Garage/House DJ Larry Levan. The event featured DJs David Depino, Francois K, Joey Llanos and other special guest performers like R&B Soul singer and House vocalist Jocelyn Brown. The event was also to promote a petition to the city of NYC to co-name a part of King Street (84th between Varick and Hudson), Larry Levan Way, in honor of DJ Larry Levan. …
In the mid-late 90’s there was a House track, “Icy Lake” by Dat Oven, which ruled the dance floors, popular with the gay vogue and ballroom dance scenes. Fast forward to 2000’s and now, the electronic sounds form “Icy Lake” some how wound up in machismo UK Grime tracks as well as more recent House and Techno productions. Recently THUMP along with the labels Night Slugs & Fade to Mind released a documentary exploring the history behind “Icy Lake”, and …
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