The RISE UP Project is a collective effort co-produced by J.Period, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Young Guru and DJ Khalil representing hip-hop in the name of social change. Black Thought, Andra Day, Posdnuos, Pharoahe Monch and Maimouna Youssef are some of the artists on the album. The 10 songs are aContinue Reading
[youtube id=”nXXxUNJ23uk”] Jay-Z and Damian Marley walk around Jamaica and talk about the role of the artist in the video for “Bam.” They are joined by Sister Nancy, the writer and performer of “Bam Bam” and she shares her belief in the timelessness of good music. Young Guru sits inContinue Reading
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/219688558″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Rapsody’s “Don’t Need It” from Beauty And The Beast EP gets remixed by Young Guru and added features from Joey Bada$$ and Merna.Continue Reading
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/199595791″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Rapsody is riding off her raised profile from her appearance on Kendrick Lamar’s “Complexion (A Zulu Love)” and today she released the deluxe version of Beauty and the Beast. “Don’t Need It” featuring Merna and produced by Young Guru is one of threeContinue Reading