Archive for April, 2007
SHR and Livingroom Johnston Pair Up in “Write on Bros.” Joint Show at Eyejammie Opens on Wednesday, May 9 The artist/writers Sacha Jenkins SHR and Livingroom Johnston are teaming up to exhibit their works in a show entitled “Write On Bros.: Paintings and Words by Sacha Jenkins SHR and the Legendary Livingroom Johnston.” Hosted by [...]
Brooklyn, NY April 23, 2007) Detroit native Phat Kat, aka Ronnie Cash, is set to release his second solo album, Carte Blanche on May 8th on Look Records. Carte Blanche marks the first time Phat Kat was given total creative control to cherry-pick the best beats and the best emcees to work with. The result [...]
Hip-Hop’s transformation from an organic folk culture bred in the Bronx with roots in Afro-diasporic cultural practices into a commercially-successful zeitgeist of cool has put a lot of the artform’s core values at stake. After 30 years of popping, scratching, emceeing, tagging, Phat Farm, Def Jam, BET and The Source questions of hip-hop’s death, authenticity [...]
AN INCREDIBLE FIRST WEEK FOR AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST WITH… #6 ON BILLBOARD INDIE CHART #24 BILLBOARD RAP ALBUMS #48 BILLBOARD R&B/HIP HOP ALBUMS #69 ON BILLBOARD TOP 200 (10,781 SOLD) #1 SELLING ALBUM IN MINNEAPOLIS (2028 UNITS) #3 HIP HOP RELEASE ON ITUNES #63 TOP 100 ON ITUNES Brother Ali’s new album “The Undisputed Truth,” [...]
Now that Sly has resurfaced to perform with comedian George Wallace in Vegas we would like to remind people of how nice Sly is!
THIRD COAST fully explores the history of rap as it emerged out of the South through many crosscurrents. Sarig goes way back to the oral tradition of slaves in the South, field hollers, the blues and gospel, and connects the dots to early 20th century African American radio announcers who rhymed, testified and signified. Hosts [...]
The industry’s obsession with the fluffy ingenue obscures grown women singers into the land of independents which gets richer everyday. Luckily for Vesta she started her career at a time when there was more appreciation for the Old School singer. Whitney Houston, Regina Belle, and Anita Baker were other singers in that ’80′s class to [...]