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YELA by Ant Demby

2010-04-27T00:09:00.002-04:00

YELA @ ARLENE'S GROCERY

2010-04-27T00:06:00.001-04:00

CHECK OUT SINGER-SONGWRITER YELA

www.myspace.com/yelanomsamusic

"Hey Mr." by Yela at Arlene's Grocery | April 13, 2010 from Kyra Caruso on Vimeo.

MICHAEL JACKSON R.I.P.

2009-06-27T22:36:00.001-04:00

Daniel Merriweather's new video "Red" by director Anthony Mandler

2009-05-11T15:14:00.001-04:00

MAXWELL - PRETTY WINGS

2009-04-29T09:54:00.005-04:00

Finally - we have been waiting for quite some time now. Here is Maxwell's first single "Pretty Wings" off of his summer release BLACKsummers' night. Enjoy!

Mayer Hawthorne - Just Ain't Gonna Work Out

2009-04-29T09:47:00.003-04:00

Here a little treat from Mayer Hawthorne (new Stones Throw signing)

KANYE WEST: MAGIC MAN ft. COMMON, JOHN LEGEND & THE LAST POETS

2009-04-26T21:24:00.004-04:00

G.O.O.D. Music is planning on releasing an independent compilation album through 101 Distribution entitled G.O.O.D. Morning, G.O.O.D. Night. The 30 song double disc compilation will feature KRS-1, Twista, Jennifer Hudson, Adam Levine of Maroon 5, Bun B, The G.O.O.D. Music fam, and more. Courtesy of Mr.X here is the first leak, "Magic Man" by Kanye West, Malik Yusef, Common and John Legend. G.O.O.D. Morning, G.O.O.D. Night will be out May 26th.

Kanye West: "Magic Man"

THE MUSIC MAKER

2009-04-26T21:16:00.006-04:00

This kid is really dope but he was in serious need of siblings, a best friend...an imaginary one? Maybe he could get a Snuffy like Big Bird. Dude had waaayy too much time on his hands to get this nice in beatboxing. It's pretty amazing! Check it out...N'Joy.

Jack Peñate - "Tonight's Today"

2009-04-10T11:54:00.004-04:00

Kevin Wyatt - Genius

2009-04-02T23:49:00.002-04:00

ASHER ROTH - "UNITITLED"

2009-04-02T11:26:00.001-04:00

GENIUS!

ESSER "Headlock"

2009-03-29T19:00:00.002-04:00

Open the way for London's BEN ESSER

Terence Trent D'Arby - VIBRATOR TOUR 1995 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London - July 27, 1995

2009-03-29T18:40:00.002-04:00

Flashback - crazy outfit...but what a song

Laurent Briet

2009-03-29T17:51:00.005-04:00

Today's feature is the work of New York City based French director Laurent Briet.

Check out "Rope A Dope"

http://www.laurentbriet.com/44/rope-a-dope-featuring-blackstrobes-shinning-bright-star/

and his other works such as The Stroke's Albert Hammond's solo effort "GFC"

KID CUDI " DAY & NIGHT" - VIDEO

2009-02-20T10:58:00.000-05:00

Directed by SO-ME

DRAKE - SO FAR GONE - MIXTAPE

2009-02-13T16:51:00.003-05:00

Been online waiting for this joint to drop and it's hot off the presses.

Peep the new mixtape from Canadian Spitter DRAKE

feat cameos from Lil Weezy, Bun B. & others...

Dude is NICE

DOWNLOAD it HERE

GET FAMILIAR

BEATS FOR THE SHEETS

2009-02-11T23:51:00.000-05:00

This jawn came perfect in time for Valentines Dizzay

This mix comes courtesy of the coolest couple EVER DJ Lindsay & DJ Myles

If you haven't gone to their wed night get down in NYC @ Blue Owl yet

wipe the crust out ya eyes and stop sleepin...

This joint is chock full of Baby Makin' music and Strip Club anthems!

Get your blackbooks out and grab this soundtrack for the sheets HERE

J.PERIOD + Q-TIP, THE ABSTRACT - MIXTAPE

2009-02-11T23:50:00.000-05:00

Shouts to my man Tip and my BK neighbor J. Period for the HEAT.

This is a DOPE homage to one of hiphop's finest

SNAG it HERE

DANIEL MERRIWEATHER FEAT. WALE - "CHANGE"

2009-02-10T11:11:00.004-05:00

Peep the new vid from my man Daniel Merriweather.

He is currently in the lab with M. Ronson

putting the finishing touches on hisnew album.

DANIEL MERRIWEATHER FEAT. WALE - "CHANGE"

NUFF SAID...

2009-02-09T23:38:00.002-05:00

It doesn't get any better than THIS...

What a way to bring a baby into the world...

MORE SIR CHARLES

2009-02-09T23:28:00.004-05:00

Here is a new jawn from Harlem's young gun, Charles Hamilton

It's kind ill how they chopped us Raphael Saadiq's "BE HERE"

I won't even let you stream this joint just DOWNLOAD HERE

I LOVE COLLEGE!!!

2009-02-09T23:20:00.002-05:00

I fucks with this dude...suburban swag.

ASHER ROTH - "I LOVE COLLEGE

CHARLES HAMILTON - "PLEASANT OVERTHINKING" - MP3

2009-02-03T10:33:00.001-05:00

Dude is nice wit it.

DOWNLOAD this joint HERE

WHEN HARVARD GETS GULLY....

2009-02-03T10:20:00.003-05:00

I had the pleasure of meeting with these cats about mgmt a few years back.

This ivy league duo has been brought to us courtesy of the homie Skateboard P.

They are DOPE and D.A. (the frontman) is FEARLESS on stage.

This is one of my favorite joints by them...GET INTO IT...

CHESTER FRENCH - "SHE LOVES EVERYBODY"

GET FAMILIAR: http://www.myspace.com/chesterfrench

CHARLES HAMILTON VS. SERIOUS JONES @ SOBS

2009-01-29T10:53:00.004-05:00

I'm starting to feel really invigorated by hip hop again...THANK GOD!

Peep this rhyme joust between 2 more gents from Hip Hop's Freshman Class

GET FAMILIAR:

Serious Jones

Charles Hamilton

HIP HOP'S FRESHMAN CLASS

2009-01-27T10:55:00.002-05:00

Seeing this reminds me why I still love HIPHOP.

Peep the cypher (non-heads pull out your slang dictionaries) of

some of Hip-Hops new freshman class.

The homie Mickey Factz, Smoke DZA, Theophilis London (get that mixtape below)

& CURTAINS trade verses during this session at the good folks over

at Crack Distributor Radio

YOU NEED THIS IN YOUR LIFE

2009-01-26T11:20:00.005-05:00

Pick this joint up HERE

KANYE FOR OBAMA

2009-01-21T12:31:00.001-05:00

We all just got back from DC and we are still on our Obama high.

Checkout Ye's performance from The Youth Ball in DC last night

Q-TIP - RENAISSANCE RAP (VIDEO)

2009-01-16T16:26:00.002-05:00

Directed by Rik Cordero

OBAMA VS. DAFT PUNK

2009-01-15T11:05:00.000-05:00

The following is a mixed-media stop motion music video and celebration commemorating the election and inauguration of Barack Obama as the forty-fourth president of these United States. Audibly showcasing Adam Freeland’s remix of Daft Punk’s “Aerodynamic” and the imaginative stylings of forward thinking toy artists Dalek, Bill McMullen and Kubrick to name just a few. Independently animated and directed by the progressive minds of the directing team GOLD, the piece is a labor of love that invites everyone to join in or create their own celebration this coming Tuesday January the 20th

GET YOUR VOCODER OUT!!!!

2009-01-12T13:27:00.004-05:00

Happy New Year kids!

I wanted to start off this year as absurd as possible so here we go...

For all of you cats who are adverse to autotune, this for you.

Peep hiphop classics by Tribe, Busta, Black Moon etc....

Have you ever heard "ANTE UP" autotuned the fuck out?

Get into it HERE

SOONER OR LATER

2008-12-17T13:15:00.003-05:00

This is one of my FAVS OFF the "Seeing Sounds" album.

If you don't have this album by now, log off facebook ( I know you are on there right now) and make it happen...Besides the BLATANT product placement, this is a cool clip.

I see you Ciroc, Zune, & Beats By Dre'...

N.E.R.D. - SOONER OR LATER

DOPENESS...

2008-12-17T13:11:00.002-05:00

This just goes to show that you canBE creative on a shoe string budget and STILL

put out a DOPE vid...take notes here...

CURTAINS - "NIGHT OF THE LIVING DOPE"

FOUND ART - MIXTAPE

2008-12-17T12:02:00.007-05:00

Peep the new mix of Kokayi's latest and greatest joints assembled

by DJ 2Tone-Jones.

Not to mention this cat is Grammy nominated this year! Get into it....

FOUND ART

Tracklisting after the JUMP

We turned you onto this cat over the summer and dude is SICK...peep the

original post HERE

THE ARE & RAPHAEL SAADIQ

2008-12-15T16:49:00.004-05:00

Check out the ILL edit of Raphael Saadiq's "Love That Girl"

chopped up nicely by my man THE ARE.

THE ARE - "LOVE THAT CHOP"

Homie has a joint on the new Keysia Cole album that drops tomorrow

and you can see how he gets down in the lab here:

PART UNO:

PART DOS:

GET FAMILIAR: http://www.myspace.com/theare1

COLIN MUNROE - THE UNSUNG HERO (MIXTAPE)

2008-12-15T14:31:00.005-05:00

Tracklisting:

I have had this joint on HEAVY rotation for a minute and I wanted to spread the love.

Check for cameos by Wale, Novel, Mickey Factz, Blaqstarr and others...ENJOY!

DOWNLOAD this joint HERE

GET FAMILIAR: http://www.myspace.com/colinmunroe

10 DEEP: NEW DEAL MIXTAPE

2008-12-11T11:17:00.005-05:00

Peep the new 10 DEEP Mixtape curated by DJ BENZI.

This banger includes heat from the lil homie Donnis, Santogold, Wale, Kanye & others

DOWNLOAD HERE

TOUCH IT...FEEL IT

2008-12-11T10:57:00.002-05:00

This is for all you Tracksmen on the go.

Peep the iphone/ipod application BEAT MAKER

GET FAMILIAR HERE

T-PAIN IS GONNA BE MAD....

2008-12-05T00:01:00.000-05:00

This is HILARIOUS.

Checkout B.O.B.'s ode to AUTOTUNE

IT'S THE MUTHAFUCKIN REMIX!!!

2008-12-04T14:21:00.007-05:00

Peep my man Jalyn's SICK edit of Kanye's "Love Lockdown".

KANYE WEST - "LOVE LOCKDOWN" (MISSing KEYS Edit)

To see how it looks to picture, he threw his edit on Youtube with the original video

WE turned you onto homie (...EARLY...) over the summer, peep the original post HERE

Checkout rare mixes on Jazzanova, Radiohead, K-OS etc...plus original heat

on his online sound hub RECYCLED BEATS

(you want to bookmark this kids...trust)

Shouts to the homie SPANO on the link!

NEW COMMON REMIX ALBUM!

2008-12-02T11:37:00.004-05:00

Checkout the NEW Common remix album courtesy of the homies

K-Saalam and Beatnick.

Look forward to hearing some of these gems in our upcoming sets at BE EASY

Take it wit cha ENJOY

GET TO KNOW: BEN WESTBEECH

2008-12-01T01:50:00.010-05:00

Aight kids...Every now and then we will hip you all to a DOPE artist who is perhaps new to YOU.

Meet the UK's finest Ben Westbeech. Ben is an incredible futuristic soul artist

signed to the homie Gilles Peterson's eclectic imprint Brownswood Recordings.

We have been rockin his banger "So Good Today" in our deejay sets at BE EASY

for a minute now and wanted to put YOU up on game.

His debut album "Welcome To The Best Years Of Your Life" is a CLASSIC and you can peep him on the new Jazzanova album and few other bits and pieces here and there

(HINT: GOOGLE him or if you're lazy go HERE)

GET INTO IT...

"SO GOOD TODAY"

"SO GOOD TODAY" - download

"HANG AROUND"

"HANG AROUND" - download

Dude is also an ILL deejay and you can download his new mixtape HERE

GET FAMILIAR: http://www.myspace.com/benwestbeech

BK STAND UP!!!

2008-12-01T01:25:00.005-05:00

Kanyeezy and Jigga have teamed up on another joint on Jigga's upcoming opus.

Being the BK native I am, I'm a bit partial to this one but tell us

what YOU think of Jigga's newbie "Brooklyn We Go Hard"

feat the homie SANTOGOLD.

JAY-Z feat. SANTOGOLD- "BROOKLYN WE GO HARD"

RYAN LESLIE IS HEARTLESS

2008-12-01T01:16:00.003-05:00

Checkout my man Ryan Leslie on DJ Green Lantern's show with his

on the spot rendition of Yeezy's "Heartless"

SHAFT - UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT GB

2008-11-26T10:15:00.002-05:00

YOU DAMN RIGHT....

DETROIT'S FINEST...MC BREED R.I.P.

2008-11-23T23:47:00.004-05:00

Over the weekend, Hip Hop lost another founding father, MC BRED. Before Eminem made Detroit a accepted rest haven for Hip Hop, MC BREED put The D on the map and helped

put the midwest on the map.

Breed had been in an Atlanta hospital since Sept. 5h after his kidneys collapsed while

playing a game of pickup basketball. He remained on life support and was taken off

once his condition improved but stayed in the hospital. He lost the fight on saturday

11/22.

I recall one night walking up to a Digable Planets concert and seeing Tupac and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez hangin out with Breed parking lot pimpin. Who knew they would all leave us before their time. Hey, maybe they are all up there crafting the perfect album that we will all get to hear one day...

For those of you who didn't know Breed's get down...GET FAMILIAR

MC BREED - "AIN'T NO FUTURE IN YOUR FRONTIN' "

MC BREED feat. TUPAC - "GOTTA GET MINE"

Slum Village went back to their Detroit roots and snagged Breed on this joint

on the "Detroit Deli" album.

SLUM VILLAGE feat. MC BREED - "IT'S ON"

Detroit has lost 2 of it's icons, first DILLA, now BREED. These 2 men are part of the

reason we sit here week after week share the music that we love, music that drives us, and

makes us believe in something real. Since we are not all promised tomorrow, cherish

REAL MUSIC and each other TODAY...BREED you will be missed.

YOU AREN'T READY...

2008-11-21T10:31:00.001-05:00

THIS IS HILARIOUS!

HEARTACHE RULES!!!

2008-11-20T12:35:00.005-05:00

OK...so IMEEM got funny style and pulled Yeezy's mixtape down the day after they posted it..whatevs.

SO...i'm giving you fresh kids another taste of 808s & Heartbreak which drops Tuesday 11/25. This joint is also one of my favs...

KANYE WEST - "WELCOME TO HEARTBREAK"

SKY HIGH - THE KANYE WEST REMIX PROJECT MIXTAPE

2008-11-18T08:54:00.004-05:00

TODAY IMEEM is premiering the long awaited Kanye West remix project “Sky High” presented by Plain Pat & DJ Benzi. This amazing project features exclusive remixes of Kanye’s best material from an internationally acclaimed cast of producers including: A-Trak, Diplo, Stretch Armstrong, The Kickdrums, Cookin’ Soul, Eli Escobar and more.

CHECK IT!

DJ Benzi, Kanye West & Plain Pat present: Sky High

GUILTY AS CHARGED...

2008-11-17T17:14:00.004-05:00

Call me POP if you want but these dudes are ILL. Checkout the new vid from Gym Class Heroes and the lil homie Estelle.

Cameos by Tim William and the seventies.

GYM CLASS HEROES feat. ESTELLE - "GUILTY AS CHARGED"

...SINGLE LADIES?

2008-11-17T12:25:00.002-05:00

Not sure if you peeped SNL over the weekend but checkout their spoof

of Beyonce's joint "Single Ladies" staring Justin Timberlake...PURE COMEDY!

LUDA NEEDS ONE MORE DRINK

2008-11-17T11:46:00.004-05:00

LUDA & T-Pain killed this one. This is my favorite joint right now.

Shouts to CBizzle for puttin me up on game.

LUDACRIS feat. T-PAIN - One More Drink

KANYE NEEDS THERAPY

2008-11-14T11:52:00.004-05:00

OK...so I have gotten my hands on the entire 808s & Heartbreak album

and here is my favorite joint of the moment featuring the vocoder king himself.

KANYE WEST feat. T-PAIN - "THERAPY"

More joints to come....WATCH THIS SPACE...

BLACK MILK GIVES THE DRUMMER SUM...

2008-11-14T11:39:00.004-05:00

Peep the video for "Give The Drummer Sum"

the lead off track from Black Milk's new jawn Tronic

GET FAMILIAR: http://www.myspace.com/blackmk

RICK LUCY RESURFACES AGAIN!

2008-11-11T13:31:00.003-05:00

We put you all onto this cat a few moons ago but he has just popped up again with some new HEAT!

I just got my hand on his EP and he is giving this joint away for FREE right NOW for a limited time. Grab it HERE

You can checkout the older post about him HERE

ITS A NEW DAY - VIDEO

2008-11-08T16:52:00.003-05:00

Inspired by the election of Obama my man Will.I.Am put this joint together in literally 3 days

Check out the video for "IT'S A NEW DAY"

Get familiar with his viral grind on online social hub DIPDIVE

TAKIN IT ALL THE WAY BACK TO 88

2008-11-07T11:42:00.009-05:00

We had the honor of having the homie 88 KEYS rock with us this week @ our Election Night celebration @ BE EASY in NYC.

His new album "The Death Of Adam" is RIDICULOUS

You can stream it HERE and also peep some extras on the making of it.

It drops next tuesday November 11th...COP THAT!

KANYE...STILL HEARTLESS....- VIDEO

2008-11-07T11:11:00.003-05:00

Here is the video that Hype Williams did for "Heartless".

It was shot with real people and rotoscoped by animators in Hong Kong

Let us know what you think of this one.

Click HERE to download this joint

KANYE WEST - "HEARTLESS"

2008-11-04T12:37:00.003-05:00

I don't think I need to say it...

YOU KNOW what YOU need to do TODAY

GO VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHO YOU GONNA VOTE FOR?

2008-10-30T14:00:00.003-04:00

Shouts to the homie Doc for putting me onto this one.

This is HILARIOUS!

WHASSUP 2008

2008-10-28T11:41:00.002-04:00

It has been 8 LONG years since these cats have said "WHHAASSSSUUUPPP'.

Here is a lil update on what has been goin on with them...goin on with us...

Let's make history next tuesday...get out at VOTE

KANYE WEST - ROBOCOP

2008-10-26T01:54:00.003-04:00

Here is another sneak peak of 808s & Heartbreak

Let me know if you are feelin this joint

KANYE WEST - "ROBOCOP"

J-ZONE & CHIEF CHINCHILLA: LIVE @ THE LIQUA STO

2008-10-21T13:52:00.003-04:00

Do not underestimate Jamaica Queen native J-Zone - http://www.myspace.com/jzoneoldmaid. He will be presenting his latest musical extravaganza this Thursday, October 23rd at STAY (244 E Houston). Unfortunately his partner in crime Chief Chinchilla aka TheOnionRingPimp will not be attending the party. To get an idea of what you can expect, please check out his videos!

J-Zone & Chief Chinchilla album trailer Pt 1: White Castle

J-Zone & Chief Chinchilla album trailer Pt 2: Interview

KANYE - "HEARTLESS" - FULL VERSION

2008-10-16T13:32:00.008-04:00

As promised here is the full version of Kanye's second single off of 808s & Heartbreak "HEARTLESS"

If you were fly enough to attend the listening event in LA last night you prob could give me the lowdown on the album.

Ye comissioned artist Vanessa Beecroft to create an installation of 40 nude women to pose throughout the evening to the album with wigs over their faces.

Let me know if you are checkin for this one....

MAXWELL LIVE @ RADIO CITY

2008-10-16T06:00:00.000-04:00

For those of you that didn't get a chance to catch Maxwell at Radio City last week I got you. The show was SICK! It was like dude never left.

Shouts to Max and my man Hod David

Checkout his performance of "Get To Know Ya" and "No One"

Chaka Khan & Hot Chip "Ain't Nobody" LIVE

2008-10-15T12:45:00.006-04:00

Not sure if any of you swagtastic kids got a chance to go to the Diesel anniversary party over the weekend in BK, but it was INCREDIBLE. N.E.R.D, T.I., M.I.A., Franz Ferdinand and others put it down.

One of the highlights of the night was the performance by Chaka Khan backed by UK band HOT CHIP. It was SICK. Peep how Chaka forgets the words and just starts goin in!

Checkout a video clip of them doing "Ain't Nobody" Shouts to my man Pablo for the footage:

HOT CHIP feat. CHAKA KHAN @ THE DIESEL ANNIVERSARY

AND...if you didn't peep, checkout the porn inspired video invite for the party

WESTCOASTIN

2008-10-15T11:59:00.000-04:00

Checkout the new HUMP Mixtape conceived and freaked by my peoples DJ Lindsey & DJ Myles.

This jammy is filled to the brim with west coast classics and will have you crip walkin' to the copier at the office.

THROW YA DUBS UP....

Check it out HERE

CAN'T KNOCK THE HUSTLE

2008-10-08T13:10:00.004-04:00

Meet my homie Mateo who is on the grind for his new mixtape.

He is newly signed to Myspace Records and dude is ILL.

Shouts to my man Quddus for putting me up on game.

Peep the vid below

Pick up the mixtape HERE

GET FAMILIAR: http://www.myspace.com/mateo

PUFFY IS SHOOK...

2008-10-03T16:12:00.003-04:00

How do you go from VOTE OR DIE to this campaign stance?

Puff is wildin' on this one.....but she does scare me too

T-PAIN VS. HIS VOCODER

2008-10-03T12:18:00.003-04:00

Yeah i'm talking about T-Pain again...so what...

Shouts to Bizzle for putting me up on this the other day.

This is HILARIOUS!!!

THE RETRO KIDZ USHER IN A NEW ERA

2008-10-03T11:54:00.005-04:00

Some of you NYC heads may have seen these cats doing the running man in a dance circle at a party or two. Peep the new video by the Retro Kidz "New Era". Shouts to my man Aahmek and Brobot massive for doing the groundwork on this.

Get you Africa Medallions and Acid Washed Jeans out!

RETRO KIDZ - "NEW ERA"

FAMILIAR: www.myspace.com/theretrokidz

PHONTE LIVE

2008-10-01T15:47:00.003-04:00

Demby told me that he often listens to the soothing vocals arrangements of Phonte while sparking "L's" and drinking Colt 45 from a glass. Alongside him is his lady. She reads sonnets from T-Pain songs. It calms his inner rage.

Seriously...the September edition of "In The Artist's Studio" featured Phonte. Playing with DC's own "The Els", he performed material from Little Brother and "Zo & Tigallo Love the 80's", and live debuted The Foreign Exchange's new single, "Daykeeper" (video courtesy of Lil Soso Productions). N'Joy you jive suckas

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX

2008-09-26T14:47:00.003-04:00

NNEKA
Don't miss out on International artists - check out Nigerian/German singer/musician Nneka.

"The Uncomfortable Truth" (Yo Mama Rec/Four Music, Germany)

Also check out the song "Heartbeat"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55iKcw6sbPU

YOU AREN'T READY...

2008-09-24T00:02:00.001-04:00

Here is an Ableton Live looped cover of "Something About Us" by Daft Punk, performed on Nintendo DS Ubisoft Jam Sessions, Midi controlled software electric bass, drums, synth, vocoded vocals, and solo theremin, recorded in a single pass, with a single camera.

Conceived and Freaked by Randy George

EVIL LOVE

2008-09-24T00:01:00.000-04:00

I know i'm late on posting this but this is an ill vid.

Shouts to Spade and homie Leah (don't kill me cuz I posted this), lol

BLACK SPADE - "EVIL LOVE"

GET FAMILIAR: http://www.myspace.com/blackspade

KING T: AT YOUR OWN RISK

2008-09-21T09:39:00.001-04:00

Old school joint of the week! Marley remix!!! N'Joy

GIVE FREEDOM A CHANCE

2008-09-19T15:05:00.005-04:00

Richie Havens - Woodstock 1969

Most people when mentioning Richie Havens respond the same - Who? Richie Who?

Well, Brooklyn native Richie Havens has been one of the most influential musicians and singers in the American folk scene throughout the past 50 years. Known for his lyrics, great covers, soulful voice and peaceful demeanor he will give New Yorkers a taste of his music tonight at Le Poisson Rouge. If you find the time - come check him out.

Peace!

YOU NEED TO LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND

2008-09-17T11:31:00.005-04:00

Seriously kids, this album is going to be DOPENESS.

Please partake of the sampler for the new Foreign Exchange Album

"Leave It All Behind". Shouts to Nicolay and Phonte on this one.

Click the DIVSHARE link on the player to take it wit cha...

You're Welcome....

THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE - "LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND" SAMPLER

WATCH THIS SPACE FOR FULL...SOON COME

EARLY...

2008-09-17T00:01:00.002-04:00

Peep the video for "Beautiful Day" by west coast sneaker fiends U-N-I

U-N-I is comprised of Thurzday and Y-O whose New Skool 90's vibe

have caught the attention of many heads and MTV 2 who recently named them

of the best new breakout artists....get into it

U-N-I - "BEAUTIFUL DAY"

GET FAMALIAR: http://www.myspace.com/unimuzik

BARAK VS. BILL O'REILLY

2008-09-14T11:25:00.003-04:00

Politics biggest bigot gets with Obama for a one on one smackdown. For those of you who don't know who B.O is then here ya go. Over the years, O'Reilly has been criticized by or had disputes with a number of public figures including George Clooney, 50 Cent, Rosie O'Donnell, Ludacris, Mark Cuban and Nas. Progressive media watchdog organizations like Media Matters for America and Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting have criticized O'Reilly's reporting on a variety of issues, accusing him of distorting facts and using misleading or erroneous statistics. Check out the interview and let us know what you think.

WALE ARTISTIC INTEGRITY

2008-09-14T11:09:00.003-04:00

DC rapper, Wale, is taking full advantage of every avenue he has. Although this track, "The Artistic Integrity," is only from a mixtape (The Mixtape About Nothing), he's shot a video for it directed by Ric Codero. It's pretty mean. Shouts to Meleni Smith for this one!

ar·tis·tic - 1. Conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.
in·teg·ri·ty - 1. Adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.

LOVE IS REALLY LOCKED DOWN

2008-09-10T16:56:00.003-04:00

A few days ago we hit you off with the live version of "Love Lockdown'

but here is the original

What Chu think?

KANYE WEST - "LOVE LOCKDOWN"

SOON COME....

2008-09-10T16:23:00.003-04:00

Here is a sneak peak at the Hype Williams directed video for Common's "Universal Mind Control".

Just a taste folks...more to follow

WATCH THIS SPACE!!!

RAPHAEL SAADIQ FEAT. JAY-Z

2008-09-10T15:59:00.007-04:00

Peep the remix of "Oh Girl" that Jigga man jumped on off the

new Raphael Saadiq joint "The Way I See It".

From my convo with Ray, this joint is gonna be a hidden track on the album.

It's and odd pairing to me but tell us what you think of this one

RAPHAEL SAADIQ feat. JAY-Z - "OH GIRL" (REMIX)

KANYE WEST - LOVE LOCKDOWN (LIVE) - MP3

2008-09-08T07:53:00.007-04:00

Not sure if you caught the VMAs on Sunday but it was uneventful at best in my opinion.

They had all of the star power anyone could ask for but no one shined.

I did dig Kanye's performance of his new joint "LOVE LOCKDOWN" that he actually penned a week and a half ago and he claims it is his favorite song to date. I'm not gonna waste anytime throwing the clip of the performance up here cuz Viacom will have yanked the vid off by the time I post this. YE always is on some Nu Schittt.....

Tell us what YOU think of this joint.

KANYE WEST - "LOVE LOCKDOWN" (LIVE)

J'DAVEY ON ELLEN

2008-09-04T11:52:00.005-04:00

Shouts to the homie Briana and Brook on this accomplishment.

Briana used to actually work on the show so this was a good coming home for her personally.

Peep:

Peep Brianna "at work"

THE ART OF FRESH

2008-09-04T11:38:00.005-04:00

The Art Of Fresh is a hiphop band from Canada comprised of D.O. and Slakah the Beatchild. Their album Back To The Earth hits stores on 9/2 and you need to cop this one.

Peep the video for GET FREE

Art of Fresh - "GET FREE"

If that is too dancy for some of you. Peep the headnodder "NO Matter What"

off of Slakah The Beatchild's solo joint dropping soon on BBE

GET FAMILIAR: www.myspace.com/artoffresh

CONSTANT SURPRISES

2008-09-04T11:13:00.004-04:00

My man DJ CENTER turned me on to this particular joint and it is the shit!

LITTLE DRAGON - "CONSTANT SURPRISES"

GET FAMILIAR: www.myspace.com/yourlittledragon

DJ SARAH D ELECTRO LIGHT

2008-09-03T13:04:00.005-04:00

DJ Sarah D is one of NYC's best kept secrets. She's an ILL DJ, producer and singer with a super pleasant swagger, not the norm for a chick as fly as she. I always promise the lil homie that we will support her grind so here's a little taste of that support. Check out the DJ Sarah D "Electro Light Mix" for your listening pleasure. Rock out and N'Joy

SITE LINK: http://djsarahd.mypodcast.com/

MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/djsarahd

DOWNLOAD HERE

THAT GIRL LIVE!

2008-09-01T23:24:00.003-04:00

"That girl knows every single man
Would ask her for her hand
But she says her love is much too deep
For them to understand
She says her love has been crying out
But her lover hasn't heard
But what she doesn't realize is that I've listened to every word"

Damn!!! No comments...just LOVE! N'Joy

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THIS

2008-09-01T23:06:00.005-04:00

Here's a crazy oldie but goodie from Omar. I love this dude so much, between is vocal layerings, tone and production I believe Omar to be just as prolific as D'Angelo if not more. So ahead of his time. SHOUTS TO LUCHIA AND OMAR. N'Joy

Q-TIP GETS OFFICIAL

2008-08-29T14:27:00.002-04:00

Another exclusive from the Big Homie. Look for the new album November 14th.

Official - Q-Tip

COMMON HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT

2008-08-29T02:22:00.005-04:00

Peep the new vid for Common's joint "Announcement". Skateboard P on the beat and cameo.

Little X on the visual

Tell us what you think of this one.

AMERICAN GANGSTER HOVITO'S WAY

2008-08-27T12:54:00.004-04:00

Long time in development, this was a joint project between 3 producers spread far across the world; Unreal, based in the UK, Nick Crescendo, based in the US, and Ghost, based in Sweden.

All the beats were made especially for these tracks - but these mixes go far further than just the beats. They tried to approach this from the opposite spectrum of the hiphop angle, with new-era styles of music. You'll find arpeggiated synthesizers, movie samples, chopped world music clips, and even cuts from previous Jay-Z tracks.

Cover art and other art created and owned by Unreal, including the sources used.

DOWNLOAD the whole shabang HERE

GET FAMILIAR with the project HERE

KANYE "I WONDER" (LIVE)

2008-08-27T12:39:00.004-04:00

Peep Ye's live version of "I Wonder" that he did for Vodaphone.

For all of your artists out there who claim you have a dope live show...step your game up and take notes...

KANYE WEST - "I WONDER" (LIVE)

I DON'T USUALLY DO THIS BUT....

2008-08-27T12:13:00.003-04:00

OK...I don't usually champion things like this and most of you know my thoughts on T-PAIN... BUT this is the ILLEST video out right now.

It was directed by one of my favorite visual teams, SYNDROME. You may know some of thier work from Estelle's "Amercian Boy" to thier clips for Mars Volta, The Roots and others...

Yeah I bigged up T-Pain...SO what....get your auto-tuners out...

T-PAIN "CAN'T BELIEVE IT" feat. LIL WAYNE

Q-TIPSTER GETTIN UP

2008-08-26T10:37:00.002-04:00

I'm happy for Tip, dude's been grinding for a new joint that folks love. Here's a vid clip for his latest and greatest. "Gettin Up" recorded at Rock the Bells in NY. N'Joy

Q-Tip - Gettin' Up from Q-Tip on Vimeo.

GOOD MORNING!

2008-08-26T03:02:00.003-04:00

Here's a joint for all those Ye heads who hit up the Murakami exhibit at the BK Museum. Lyrically this song is a BEAST. Makes me want to go run up some steps with a statue at the top while being chased by a pack of niglets. The vid was never shown in it's entirety with exception to the museum show. That's all changed so here ya go!!! N'Joy

BUSTA RHYMES IS PACKIN THEM THINGS

2008-08-22T15:56:00.006-04:00

Check the new joint by Busta produced by underrated beat veteran Kev Brown

This one makes me want to go pullout my backpack and sweat bands and find a cipher.

ENJOY!

BUSTA RHYMES - "PACKIN THEM THINGS"

THE COOL KIDS HAVE A DELIVERY

2008-08-22T15:44:00.006-04:00

Peep the new Cool Kids joint "Delivery Man" which is coming out on Mountain Dew's label GREEN LABEL SOUND.

You can pickup your delivery HERE

Let us know what you think of this one....