Check It ... El Gant "Problems" Feat J57 & Tek (Prod. by J57)

I feel like I was just saying yesterday how The Brownbag Allstars and the homie J57 continues to send great music my way in very clean and to the point emails (and we all know how much I like well presented emails, ha). Anyway, check out the El Gant track featuring J57 and Tek. The joint is dope. Press play and enjoy! Chea!



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Ritchcraft's 30 in 30 (Day 11: The Search Promo)

You can go ahead and call this operation cross promotion. Ha! On day 11 Ritchcraft goes a slightly different route, as his beat is playing in the background of the promo video for Kayo and Quake's upcoming project The Search. Get the back story on Ritchcraft's 30 in 30 here and peep day 11. Enjoy. Chea!

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Check It ... Savant - "Cypher Pas De Trois ft R.J. & Technique" (prod. by EebSoFresh)

Check out Rarebreed's Savant with his latest joint. Hit us up with your thoughts.

Check point 3 of 2011... location: Chicago. Savant heads home and tabs the rising southside tandem R.J. & Technique for his most recent #CrashCourse leak, the "Cypher Pas De Trois". Forging a homage of sorts to one of hip hop's cornerstones, the cypher, the 3 emcees seamlessly trade bars over a beat box based, eargasm of an instrumental laced by Vancouver's rising sun, Ebrahim aka EebSoFresh.

Song Title: Cypher Pas De Trois
Producer: EebSoFresh
Vocals: Savant, R.J. and Technique

Cypher Pas De Trois (prod. by EebSoFresh) by Savant aka Stanstro

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What I'm Watching ... Smoke DZA - "Ralph Lifshitz" (Prod. By Boi-1da)

Latest joint by Smoke DZA. Check it.

Off the highly anticipated T.H.C DZA gives u a taste of his lifestyle visually with "Ralph Lifshitz" directed by Slick Jackson. T.H.C is on the way till then be cool and enjoy... Rrrright

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Check It ... Chris Turner - "Come Off It" (Live)

These are the kind of songs I want to get more of in the inbox. I'm sure EMS would agree. Chris Turner delivers with this smooth, bluesy, soul track here. I'm now in search of more of dude's music. This sounds so good. Check it.

Chris Turner The Soul Crooner currently on tour with Bilal, would like to present you live footage of a tune entitled "Come Off It" co-written by Jesse Boykins III soon to be released on his debut Album LOVEchild.



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EVENT: Black Is Beautiful (A Music Honor Concert)

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L.A.'s Black Is Beautiful Commercial


Warren Britt Black Is Beautiful Commercial


Cocoa Sarai's Black Is Beautiful Commercial


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Check It ... Fashawn, Buff1 & Scheme 'Theme Music' (Prod. By DJ Babu)

This joint with these 3 MCs and production by Dilated People's DJ Babu come through on this so heavy. Definitely sounds like some theme music for some crazy action movie scene. It's about to go...dooooown! Haha. Fashawn, Buff1 and Scheme are definitely on their way. Hip-Hop for real. Check it.

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TheSeKondElement "The Graduate."

"Because I'm black and educated..."

It's odd how when someone returns from jail they return to more fanfare than someone who returns from college. What's up with that? It's odd that if a person goes off to school or takes pride in their education their accomplishments are brushed off with a "oh, this n-gga trying to be smart." What's up with that?

Our school system and community are both jacked.

Before my blogging days I was heavy into working with youth. For ages I worked with young people after school and during the summer. For a while I spent some time in a few inner city middle school classrooms getting young folk ready for high school and college, which included transitions and making decisions that were based on more than what their friends were doing or going. Sometimes that included decision making that wasn't popular among their peers.

I also spent some time working with youth in juvenile detention centers on the weekends.

During this same timeframe, I spent every afternoon running an after school program in suburbia as the director. I saw how differently young folks looked at education in those three settings. And how their parents looked at it. And how people from their surroundings looked at it. Some valued education. Some were just going through the motions.

At the end of every week I was exhausted.

Anyway, recently while cleaning up my music library I stumbled upon this track from TheSeKondElement. The Graduate (off of her The Kommencement LP) made me think about a lot of my experiences with youth. And the conversations we had about education. The Graduate is a powerful cut. I dig it. Join the debate down low in the comment section. In the meantime, hit play, enjoy.





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Top $ Raz Is The New Flesh

Fresh artwork. Amazing production. Dope lyrics. And just the right amount of features. Top $ Raz delivers with The New Flesh.

The latest offering from the Far Rockaway Queens emcee is sixteen solid tracks, that starts off with the powerful jawn Mountains and ends with one of my favorite cuts, Nothing. The other fourteen tracks build on the story that Top $ is telling about his life and experiences. He's a storyteller. The New Flesh is a reflection of that.

Some of my other favorites on The New Flesh are Cold/Fresh, The Holy Ghost featuring Scienze, Jack and Coke Flow and the hilarious Don't Mind featuring Ciph Diggy and Alvietron. Oh and we can't forget about the killer track The Man that Top $ started the year off with. Or the monster of a track, The Plague, featuring YC The Cynic and produced by J57.

The New Flesh is a quality project, with production from Spills, J Monopoly, KO Beatz, Dr Khil and more. The New Flesh is executive produced by Coole High and Terrence "Thinker" Kelly.

With so many rappers on the scene who sound like cookie cutter replicas of others, Top $ Raz infuses a unique voice through The New Flesh.

I reached out to Top $ on the eve of this release. Check out our Q&A and a stream of The New Flesh after the jump. Chea!

What I'm Watching ... Vvs Verbal "Golden Era"

Here's another Independent's Day Showcase alum, Vvs Verbal, with a new video "Golden Era." Part of the Bucktown USA camp, this track is off of Vvs Verbal's upcoming The Rebirth: Of the Slickest project. Video directed by Cynical Smith & General Steele. Enjoy.

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What I'm Watching ... The Doppelgangaz "Tell Them"

I wonder how close to a brothel this video was filmed. Ha! Shouts to The Doppelgangaz and their black cloak lifestyle. These dudes rocked at the Independent's Day Showcase back in January. They have one hell of a live show. Check out the vid for "Tell Them." Enjoy. Chea!

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What I'm Watching ... MeLo-X "Cooked Food"

Pretty fresh (and funny) video from MeLo-X for his track "Cooked Food." MeLo-X has been featured on the blog a few times, including his dope Adele remix to "Rolling in The Deep." Anyway, check out the video for "Cooked Food." Enjoy.

Malcolm MeLo Mustafa X is a man of many talents ranging from MC, DJ, Producer and Photographer to name a few. But now you can add Iron Chef to the growing list. In this mini movie inspired by the Caribbean unity of his upbringing in Flatbush Brooklyn, Mustafa and his multi-cultural band The Redd Strypes conjure up the right recipe to get the ladies caught up in his cooking pot. This Studio One inspired piece is Shot by Slick Jackson & Directed by Jesse Boykins III.

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