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Nottz has a new track with Asher Roth and Colin Munroe as part of the building anticipation for his album that drops October 12th. Download “Dontcha Wanna Be (My Neighbor.)”

The queen of jazzy cool R&B is hitting the road October 16th to start her first North American tour in ten years. Tickets can be purchased at the Live Nation site. Sade’s chillout music on tour is greatly appreciated right now because of all the stress in America. 06/16 Baltimore, MD – 1st Mariner Arena [...]

The Black Rock Coalition Orchestra did a tribute to War in New York City’s Bryant Park and thankfully they recorded it for those of us not able to attend. Here is their version of “Galaxy.”

(Los Angeles, California – September 29, 2010) Tamar-kali’s hard-rocking brand of outsider art leaped from every track on her 2005 solo EP, Geechee Goddess Hardcore Warrior Soul, enchanting listeners with its melody, while delivering a swift kick to the gut with its incisive emotional core. Five years later her first full-length release, Black Bottom, packs [...]

(September 29, 2010 – Brooklyn, NY) The 2010 A3C Hip-Hop Festival is fast approaching. Kicking off Thursday, October 7th, the two-night, three-day festival will feature a number of exciting panel discussions and performances from a who’s-who of rappers — legends and up-and-comers, alike, will be rounding out the festival’s performance schedule.

Looking the most glamourous we’ve ever seen her is Marsha Ambrosius on the cover of her solo project Late Nights & Early Morning in stores November 9th. If you haven’t heard the remix on her first single “I Hope She Cheats On You” with Maino and Fabolous you can download it here.

“Welcome (Gotta Go)” is the second video from Black Milk’s Album Of The Year. Black Milk’s videos are bringing needed visuals of Detroit at an important time because the world must remember and understand that Detroit is still an artistic city with its own rhythm inspiring people like him. The sparseness of the video is [...]

Los Angeles – Inndustry veteran, radio personality and music producer Jay King had the distinct honor of holding court with music mogul Dick Griffey days before he passed away on September 24, 2010. Not realizing his role model was living his last days, King had initially planned to pay homage to Griffey on his BlogTalkRadio [...]

The Hip-Hop Chronicle in the UK interviewed Jean Grae and Pharoahe Monch and we find out that Monch used to be called “The Human Mailbox.”

Faith Evans does Good Day LA to promote her album Something About Faith that’s in stores October 5th.