Here’s the lead video off Vast Aire’s upcoming solo project OX 2010: A Street Odyssey. The album will feature guest spots from Cappadonna and Guilty Simpson, production from Ayatollah and J-Zone and perhaps most significantly, a Cannibal Ox reunion cut with Vordful Mega and Raekwon.
?uestlove considers Roy Ayers’ influence on Hip-Hop and Bobbito Garcia recalls a miralce in Central Park. These are trailers 1 & 2 for the upcoming Roy Ayers Project documentary on the highly influential and oft-sampled musician.
D12 released a new street album today entitled Return of the Dozen Vol. 2 and here’s the Eminem-featured track from the project. But more importantly, it was announced today that Em will be heading to my hometown to headline the three-day Osheaga Music & Arts Festival this July.
For those who were thinking “Jeezy finally got a Lex Luger beat”, he ended up getting Lil Lody to remake the original beat for whatever reason, which was initially by Luger.
Produced by Aesop Rock. Murs’ Varsity Blues 2 EP is out now, with production from Terrace Martin, Foundation and more:
Fresh off this year’s edition of his annual Paid Dues festival, Los Angeles rapper Murs presents the six-song Varsity Blues 2 EP, the sequel to 2002′s first installment. Murs (just about) kicks drugs and alcohol, pulls a gun on the ‘other guy’, dedicates one song to a dead love, another to a lost groupie, and ends by breaking clean with maybe his toughest habit, Los Angeles. Varsity Blues 2 is the sound of a young man strangling his weaknesses one by one, only to discover that nobody gets them all. Production by Aesop Rock, Terrace Martin, Issue, Foudnation, Karl Berringer and Droop-E.
DOM speaks to BlowHipHopTV about his whole process, everything leading up to the release ofThe Original DOM Kennedy.
Los Angeles rap has grown from khakis and bandanas into a eclectic hip-hop movement with some serious talent. Emerging from the pack of notable new artists is Leimert Park’s own Dom Kennedy. With some classic mixtapes and his finger on the pulse of the LA’s music scene, Dom is poised to make some noise while keeping it all original.