This week’s hip-hop quotable is k-os’ Mr. Telephone Man from his latest album “Yes!” It was very difficult to pick just one track to feature from this album, as I have a different favorite pretty much every day, so I chose Mr. Telephone Man for my hip-hoppers that want k-os to rap more. This track has a dope beat and a couple dope verses, and I’m still trying to figure out what it means – though I do have a couple theories. Maybe you can help? Click below to listen to the track:
And be sure to follow along with the lyrics after the break. (more…)
Big ups to Chelsea at Karmaloop TV for sending this over. Brother Ali discusses music, life, and his upcoming album “Street Preacher.” Part two of the interview is after the break. (more…)
This week’s underground hip-hop track of the week is Kats and Domer’s Never, off their mixtape “Almost Fameless Volume 3,” which you can download for FREE here. I basically like this track because of the dope beat by UK producer Miss Tofelees, and because of the two tight verses dropped by the emcees. Click below to listen to the track:
And be sure to follow along with the lyrics after the break. (more…)
Another track from Snowgoons’ album “A Fist In The Thought,” which dropped today. Just like the previous video for One Shot, this song features Savage Brothers and Lord Lhus.
Interview by Prop Anon – Immortal Technique is an artist in the lineage of Zach De LaRocha and Chuck D, and he needs to be listened to. His story is a testament to the power of the pen. Born in Peru and raised in Harlem as a child, he found himself in trouble with the law as a teenager and young man. After serving time in prison for a couple years and becoming free, in more ways than one, Immortal Technique worked his way up through New York City underground Hip-Hop in the early 2000’s battle-rap scene. During this period, Tech got a name for himself for delivering vitriolic rhyme schemes deconstructing a system that has repeatedly lied to many in order to benefit a few. He also ran with the well-known underground NYC Hip-Hop crew, Stronghold, and frequented thenow longest running open mic in the city, End of the Weak. (more…)
The United Nations has launched a trust fund to build a permanent memorial for victims of slavery, and appointed entrepreneur and hip-hop pioneer Russell Simmons as a Goodwill Ambassador to promote the project.
A 2007 General Assembly resolution designated 25 March as an annual day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, and called for a permanent memorial to be erected at UN Headquarters to acknowledge the tragedy and consider the legacy of slavery. (more…)
At least a couple of times a week, U.S. Army Capt. Alfonso Johnson opens his laptop at his base in Afghanistan and plays a rap video _ a clip with his young son singing of his fears his father will die in combat. “I’m 11 years old, already grown up, ’cause my dad’s been gone so much,” Xavier chants into a microphone, his head bobbing to a hip hop beat. Then the boy gets more blunt: “I’m feeling real sad now, I can’t lie, ’cause there’s a chance that my dad might die.”
Rather than depressing him, Johnson says the song, called “Keep ‘em Safe,” makes him feel closer to his son. That is partly because of the memory of working with Xavier to make the song and video in the U.S. But the lyrics also have a harsh honesty that lets 37-year-old Johnson feel the torrent of emotions his son, now 13, is experiencing back in Fort Drum, N.Y. (more…)
