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Yusha Assad – "With Great Care 3"

By: Jake CratesCategory: Music

Yusha Assad is a North Carolina native by way of Washington, DC. Yusha describes himself as humbled by his roots as he seeks to connect to the soul of his listeners while providing reflections of his life, love, business and religion. “With Great Care 3” highlights how reaching your dreams should not be a final stage of your greatness. “When you’ve reached the things you set out to do, set new goals and accomplish more,” says Yusha.  Make sure to go check the latest installment of his With Great Care series, appropriately entitled The Dream via iTunes,

King Bo & Russ Blade ft Fred the Godson – "3 Man Weave"

By: Jake CratesCategory: Music

After hitting a host of blogs with their songs, “Anything Goes” and “I’m Dat N####”, King Bo and Russ Blade are back with another cut, this time featuring Bronx rapper Fred the Godson.  While the previous songs pulled features from both Red Cafe and Uncle Murda, this next one is a gem in its own right, with basketball artwork thats timely as the NBA season heats up.

New Music: Jodeci "Every Moment"

By: Rea Davis @IamReaDavisCategory: Alternatives

The Bad Boys of R&B aka iconic R&B group Jodeci have released their new single “Every Moment.” After a reunion performance at the 2014 Soul Train Awards, where they also debuted their first new single “Nobody Wins”, this is another sweet treat for die hard Jodeci fans. Sticking to the signature Jodeci sound, the mad band brings back that timeless music with sound production and lush harmony. The record offers a ’90s nostalgic R&B vibe that takes one back to the golden era of R&B. The quartet shows their love for their significant other as they croon “My sweetest moments are when you are here with me, and girl you can get it, anytime you want it”

The 1990’s garnered many R&B groups but none quite like Jodeci. It was an era dominated by New Jack Swing where Jodeci married R&B soul and Hip Hop to create a sound that is classic and timeless even today. It’s easy to see why so many fans are excited about the release of their new single. “Every Moment” is now on iTunes. Take a listen below.

N.E.R.D. Scores New Songs for Spongebob Soundtrack

By: Jake CratesCategory: Music

Its been a min since N.E.R.D. gave you something to step to but they return in full form here for a few songs on the SPONGEBOB: SPONGE OUT OF WATER movie thats hitting theaters February 6th.  Today N.E.R.D. released three new tracks contributing to the film soundtrack.  Bring in your Tuesday by grooving to the great tracks titled “Squeeze Me”, “Patrick Star” and “Sandy Squirrel”.

Cipha Sounds Leaves Hot 97

By: YourfavenightmareCategory: News

Cipha Sounds, One of the staples of Hot 97, has left the long-running urban radio station.

Hot 97 issued the following statement:

“Effective immediately, Cipha Sounds is no longer with WQHT HOT 97 FM. We wish him well on his future endeavors.”

Cipha Sounds said he has already started his next move.

“After 17 years, I’m leaving Hot 97. I’m changing my relationship status from ‘it’s complicated’ to ‘single’. It’s been an amazing ride – from intern to weekends to morning show host to fill Angie’s seat in afternoons,” he said on Instagram. “Many years of incredible, life-changing experiences and enough amazing memories to last five lifetimes. The next move is already underway and I promise it’s going to be huge.”

FRESH HEAT – Qualmes – "StankaKILLaFornia" [P###. By DannyDee]

By: Jake CratesCategory: Music

Cali word flipper Qualmes drops his project StankaKILLAFornia, via Soundcloud.  The project is an instant gem as Qualmes and the team have dug deep to give you that raw.  Fans of Twista and Bone will dig this project  as Qualmes shows his ability to fill his verses with a ton of words not wasting any time with gaps and basic overdubs. His words are backed by raw emotion as you can hear on the title track “StankaKILLAFornia.”

Says Qualmes, “We as humans go through a cycle of emotions & stages that’s why I never re create the same song. I can’t give you something I made a year before again hell not even a week ago because I’m constantly growing & changing. This is where I spent the last year this is where I’ve mentally lived everyday in StankaKILLaFornia. The project takes you through every 5th of Hennessy & raw paper I consumed.  Now I give it to the world as a new destination to visit & soak in.”

Manolo Rose Ft. Telli – "Run Ricky Run"

By: Eleven8Category: Videos

“Run Ricky Run,” produced by Fame School Slim,  has been tearing up the streets of New York for months now and finally Manolo Rose has given us a video for it. Based on cult classics Boyz In The Hood, Juice and Menace II Society, “Run Ricky Run” was directed by Shatek.

DJ RellyRell Breaks Down The Making of Fabolous' "Gone For The Winter"

By: Scooby Wilson (@mcscoobins)Category: Videos

DJ RellyRell released a behind the scenes video today where he broke down the making of the beat for Fabolous’ “Gone For The Winter”, one of the lead singles off “The Young OG Project”. Relly explains what samples he uses as well as the instrumentation. Purchase Fabolous’ “The Young OG Project” on iTunes now!

Hip-Hop Rumors: Fabolous Hinting At Trouble With Emily B?

By: KubeezzCategory: Rumors

News broke that Fabolous and girlfriend Emily B are expecting another bundle of joy. So everything should be all good right?

Fab’s  recent Instagram post may be hinting at trouble in the relationship:

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Maybe it’s just a reference to his newest album. Whatever it is, its got the people wondering…

 

Reem Riches – "Nasty"

By: Jake CratesCategory: Music

Reem Riches remixes the classic “Darkest Light” riff found in the Lafayette Afro Rock Band song. You might remember Jay Z sampled the song on “Show Me What You Got” and Wreckx-N-Effect flipped it back in 1992 with the assist from Teddy Riley and and young Pharrell Williams on “Rump Shaker”. Reem Riches gets “Nasty” on the track talking about eating up a chick after the club and wanting to wife the chick of his dreams.

Facebook Experiences An Hour-Long Outage

By: Tanay Hudson (@NYStateOfMind2)Category: News

Facebook went down earlier today (Jan. 27) and users unable to login or access thier profiles and news feeds.

The outage, which also made Instagram unavailable, affected users in United States, Asia, the UK and Australia and lasted for an hour. The social media giant released a statement to USA Today saying that the glitch was their fault and was not a result of any third party attack.

“Earlier today many people had trouble accessing Facebook and Instagram. This was not the result of a third party attack but instead occurred after we introduced a change that affected our configuration systems. We moved quickly to fix the problem, and both services are back to 100% for everyone.”

Facebook and Instagram are back up and running.

Hip-Hop Rumors: J. Cole Wants To Turn Old Home In To Haven For Families

By: KubeezzCategory: Rumors

2014 Forest Hills Drive is more than the name of J. Cole’s latest album, it’s also the address of his home where he spent part of his life growing up at.

Although Cole’s moth roost the house, he was able to buy it back and plans to turn the home in to a safe haven for single mothers.

During an interview with The Combat Jack Show, Cole detailed his plans for the home.

““Nah, I don’t really live there,” he said. “What we gon’ do, we still working it out right now, obviously it’s a detailed, fragile situation I don’t wanna play with. My goal is to have that be a haven for families. So every two years a new family will come in, they live rent-free. The idea is that it’s a single mother with multiple kids and she’s coming from a place where all her kids is sharing a room. She might have two, three kids, they’re sharing a room. She gets to come here rent free. I want her kids to feel how I felt when we got to the house.”
Still, Cole joked about the unwanted attention the property has gotten since the album release.
“By the way, tell people to stop going to my house and sitting on my roof taking pictures,” he said. “And they stealing the f###### street sign.””

Travi$ Scott Announces 'Rodeo Tour' With Young Thug And Releases Two New Songs

By: Tanay Hudson (@NYStateOfMind2)Category: News

After dropping two surprise tracks in the wee hours of the night (“High Fashion” ft. Future and “Nothing But Net” feat. Young Thug & PARTYNEXTDOOR), Houston rep Travi$ Scott has announced he is hitting the road for a month full of concerts in March with Young Thug tagging along. The Rodeo Tour will kick off on Mar. 1st in Santa Ana, CA and will pass through cities like Chicago, New York City, Norfolk, Charlotte, Houston, Los Angeles and wrap up on Mar. 31st in Seattle, WA.

Lend your ear to the two new tracks below and then peep the tour dates to see when Travi$ Scott and Young Thug are coming to a city near you.


The Rodeo Tour

March 1 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
March 2 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theater
March 4 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theater
March 6 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
March 8 – Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall
March 9 – Detroit, MI – Saint Andrew’s Hall
March 10 – Toronto, Canada – The Danforth Music Hall
March 11 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
March 12 – New York City, NY – Webster Hall
March 14 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero Theatre
March 15 – Silver Spring, MD – Fillmore Silver Spring
March 16 – Norfolk, VA – The Norva
March 17 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
March 18 – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage
March 19 – Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall
March 20-22 – SXSW
March 23 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
March 24 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
March 26 – Phoenix, AZ – Live Wire
March 27 – San Diego, CA – Observatory Northpark
March 28 – Los Angeles, CA – Club Nokia
March 29 – San Francisco, CA – Regency Theater
March 31 – Seattle, WA – Showbox

PREMIERE: NephLon Don Ft. The Kidd QDH & DJ YRS Jerzy – "Perfect Time'N"

By: Scooby Wilson (@mcscoobins)Category: Music

NephLon Don and DJ YRS Jerzy team up with The Kidd QDH for a smooth release titled “Perfect Time’N”. They feel like they have been building and building for some time now and it is the perfect time to take things to the next level. There is alot more to come with NephLon Don and DJ YRS Jerzy including shows, music videos, more releases and overall more to come. Keep in tuned with these artists via social media to see what they are working on. Take the time out today and listen to “Perfect Time’N” you will like what you hear.

Jamie Foxx, Janelle Monae, The Isley Brothers And More Honored At Trumpet Awards

By: Rea Davis @IamReaDavisCategory: Alternatives

Photo by Robin Lori

Comedian/actor/music artist Jamie Foxx, singer Janelle Monae, legendary R&B group The Isley Brothers, and designer Tommy Hilfiger were among the honorees awarded at the 23rd annual Trumpet Awards. The event was held at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre and will be aired Feb. 21 on TV One. Founded by Xernona Clayton to celebrate and honor African-American achievers and those who support the African-American experience, the annual Trumpet Awards event salutes accomplishments in law, medicine, business, politics, the arts, civil rights, sports, entrepreneurship, entertainment and other fields.

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Photo by HYOSUB SHIN / [email protected]

Honorees also included MLB Hall of Famer Lou Brock, Carnival Corporation CEO Arnold W. Donald, PVH Foundation President Guy Vickers, Morehouse School of Medicine President Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice and Sunshine Holdings Chairman Franklyn R. Wilson. Luminaries, such as former Atlanta Mayor and U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young and his wife Carolyn Young, boutique owner Monyetta Shaw, “Real Housewives of Atlanta” cast members Cynthia Bailey and her husband Peter Thomas and singer-actress Jasmine Burke, walked the red carpet.

The evening was hosted by the lovely four-time boxing world champion Laila Ali and “The Biggest Loser” trainer Dolvett Quince. Honoree presenters included Lou Gossett Jr., Roland Martin, Quvenzhane Wallis, Egypt Sherrod, Cathy Hughes, Naturi Naughton and Laz Alonso. The Trumpet Awards featured musical performances by Avery Sunshine, Chante Moore, Leela James, ConFunkShun, The Bar-Kays, former “American Idol” champ Ruben Studdard and Debora Cox.

Xernona Clayton stated, “We’re going to keep inspiring. We’re going to keep educating. We’ve got to keep fueling the fire with the burning desire to do better.”

N.E.R.D. – "Squeeze Me"

By: Eleven8Category: Videos

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Apparently N.E.R.D.

Taken from the official soundtrack for The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water, N.E.R.D drops some pretty interesting visuals for “Squeeze Me.” This is just one of the three singles N.E.R.D has supplied for the soundtrack. The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water also features tracks “Sandy Squirrel” and “Patrick Star” named after two of the film’s main characters.

REVIEW: Lupe Fiasco's Tetsuo & Youth

By: YourfavenightmareCategory: Reviews

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Tetsuo & Youth, Lupe Fiasco’s 5th studio album, proves he’s no longer the quirky new guy cool with Kanye West. It has been a bit of a bumpy ride for the Chicago native. Tetsuo & Youth comes off the heels of two lukewarm efforts, leaving Lupe hoping to recreate the success as well as the critical acclaim of his debut album Food & Liquor, and his follow up effort The Cool.

The album starts with the intro track “Mural” (after a short instrumental track) with an almost nine minute sparring session where Lupe exhibits a seemingly endless barrage of lyrical jabs, hooks, uppercuts and any other punch that can be thrown. Tetsuo & Youth has a number of high points. Lyrically Lupe doesn’t disappoint one bit. He attempts to show layers even metaphorically in ways he never has before. There are a few points in this album that leaves one to think that Lupe could have been a star in the 90’s Golden Era of lyrical MCs. There are also points in the album like “They.Ressurect.Over.New” featuring Ab-Soul and Troi that leave you a bit disappointed less than halfway through the song.

The main quandary with Tetsuo & Youth is not so much the production, as much as it is the production for the most part sounding the same. There is no real change in tempo from start to finish. The album becomes at times monotonous, leaving listeners primed to miss a few hot lines that are drown out by the musical repetition. You find yourself remembering a superior line of Lupe’s, but not remembering which song to find it on because they all kind of run together. The flow of an album is very important, and I guess it could be said that the album flowed too well. It actually damages the overall cohesiveness by doing so.

Tetsuo & Youth is overall a really solid album. Lupe shines lyrically with witty punchlines and creative wordplay. Song by song the production holds up. I could have done without the attempt at trap music, but other than that all of the production risks seem creative. Lupe Fiasco fans will be delighted to hear his new outlook on the world. The album is definitely worth a listen.

Lyricism: 8/10
Production: 7/10
Cohesiveness: 6/10

Overall: 7/10
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Fashawn Reveals 'The Ecology' Tracklist And Release Date And Announces Tour Dates

By: Tanay Hudson (@NYStateOfMind2)Category: News

After releasing his critically acclaimed debut album Boy Meets World in 2009, Fashawn went silent. Now that he is signed to Nas’ Mass Appeal Records he has gotten his second wind and is gearing up to drop to his sophomore effort. The album, The Ecology, is set to be released on Feb. 24th and will feature Nas, Dom Kennedy,  Aloe Blacc, BJ The Chicago Kid with production provided by Exile, Beewirks, The Alchemist and more.

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The same week of his album release, the west coast spitter will be embarking on a 26-city tour along with SonReal, Exile and EarthGang. It kicks off on Feb 26th in Los Angeles and continues through New York City, Toronto, Boston and even includes a few dates at the South by Southwest festival.

The Ecology is available for pre-order.

Peep the album’s track list and his tour dates below.

The Ecology:

1. Guess Who’s Back (p###. Beewirks)
2. Confess (p###. Exile)
3. Something to Believe Feat. Nas & Aloe Blacc (p###. DJ Khalil)
4. Higher (p###. Exile)
5. To Be Young Feat. BJ The Chicago Kid (p###. Exile)
6. Golden State of Mind Feat. Dom Kennedy (p###. Exile)
7. Letter F (p###. The Alchemist)
8. Place to Go (p###. Exile)
9. Man of the House (p###. Quince Tones & Jo Caleb)
10. Out The Trunk (p###. Exile)
11. It’s A Good Thing Feat. Aloe Blacc & Choosey (p###. Exile)
12. Mother (p###. Exile)
13. F.T.W. (p###. Exile)

Fashawn Tour Dates (with Exile, EarthGang and SonReal):

2/26 — Los Angeles, CA — Echoplex
3/3 — Vancouver, BC — Alexander
3/4 — Seattle, WA — Crocodile
3/5 — Portland, OR — Peter’s Room
3/6 — Eugene, OR — Wow Hall
3/7 — Oakland, CA — Leo’s
3/8 — Sacramento, CA — Harlows
3/10 — Boston, MA — Middle East (Downstairs)
3/11 — New York, NY — SOB’s
3/12 — Philadelphia, PA — The Barbary
3/13 — Toronto, ON — The Drake Hotel
3/14 — Pittsburgh, PA — Club Café
3/15 — Chicago, IL — Reggie’s
3/16 — Grand Rapids, MI — Stache
3/18 — Kansas City, MO — The Riot Room
3/19 — Austin, TX — SXSW
3/20 — Austin, TX — SXSW
3/21 — Austin, TX — SXSW
3/22 — Jacksonville, FL — Jack Rabbits
3/24 — Atlanta, GA — Masquerade (Purgatory)
3/25 — New Orleans, LA — Parrish Room @ HOB
3/26 — Houston, TX — Studio @ Warehouse Live
3/27 — San Antonio, TX — ACMC
3/28 — Dallas, TX — The Loft
3/30 — Denver, CO — Cervantes (Other Side)
3/31 — Albuquerque, NM — Launchpad
4/1 — Phoenix, AZ — The Press Room
4/2 — Orange County, CA — Constellation Room