It would not be an overstatement to say claim Yasiin Bey as being one of the most prolific visionaries. While many were first exposed to him as the rapper Mos Def, few realize that Bey had his start in show business as a child actor – which contributes to his ceaseless passion and experience on-screen. On top of these two professions, the Brooklyn-native has also made noise on the social and political tip, on which we have been taking notice of for a more than a decade now.
MC Lyte shared details on upcoming projects that she’s got in the works this clip from her exclusive interview with VladTV.
Lyte briefly discussed a new and very positive scholarship project that she’s involved with, before sharing details on her new album. Her new work is scheduled to be released on April 18th, and she has tons of collaborations on her project, including Common among other renowned artists.
Footage of Sangy’s recent appearance on Unity Radio on The Jack PD Show. Watch as he drops a few bars either side of a quick interview about his upcoming EP “Introspection”. Introspection will be dropping on 1st December on Room2 Records, look out for our review of the EP and make sure you cop that!
Influential MC Big Daddy Kane sat down with VladTV and shared his thoughts on the meaning of a label deal in the late ’80s, how he got down with The Juice Crew, and how he was caught in the middle between MC Shan and KRS-One.
The now infamous Juice Crew vs. Boogie Down Productions beef found Kane in the middle of the mess, as he was down with the Juice Crew through his connections to Biz Markie, while also knowing MC Shan didn’t care for him. He was also good friends with KRS-One during the height of the battle, as the “The Bridge is Over” spitter helped Kane early in his career, even helping him move out of his mother’s home.
Joey Bada$$ sat down for an exclusive interview with VladTV, where he revealed when he got his first big break in music. The Brooklyn born rapper says that after Jonny Shipes reached out to him on Twitter, and he realized how big of a deal the encounter was.
The “My Yout” rapper then explains how all the major labels were offering him deals after he dropped “1999,” but Joey says that he would need $9 million to sign.
Check out his full thoughts on the situation above.
Exclusive in-depth interview with DJ Premier and Royce da 5’9″. In part 2, Nick Huff Barili sits down with both artists to talk about the current state of hip hop. “I don’t see as much of a balance as I would like to see” states Royce. “You always got your programed artists and there is nothing against that cause I was at one point programmed. You get in a position, you don’t want to let people down. You start making records and you start making decisions for the wrong reasons. Its almost like desperate, a desperate thing. Or you get to a point where you start feeling like I got to do this because I have to make this amount of money. And what artists don’t realize is that shit is a distraction. If you are thinking about anything other than making good music, you being distracted.” Royce elaborates saying “I never want to be one of those people that sits around and complain about the state of Hip Hop and not be doing something to help change it. And really all we need is balance…I have a 16 year old son I would like for him to hear everything. I would like for him to get a fair shot at being an evolve listener. Instead of being programed to hear one thing.”
DJ Premier adds to the conversation by stating “I don’t like when the older artists from my age or older than me are like that’s them young dudes, fuck all this shit. But yeah you should still do the research on what’s happening with them so that you know what is going on in the culture.” Watch the video for the full conversation including more on the current state of Hip Hop, Premier talking about the greatest challenge in working on PRhyme album, Royce talking about why Eminem is not one of the collaborations on the album and much more.
BREALTV recently caught up with Tech N9NE at the Knotfest festival & spoke about music influences, new album, his hometown of Kansas City, staying on his a-game, music diversity, and talks of a dream tour.
Exclusive in-depth interview with DJ Premier and Royce da 5’9″. In part 1, Nick Huff Barili sits down with both artists to talk about the formation of their new group PRhyme, their collaboration album coming out Dec 9th, their creative process, Eminem, Guru, Adrian Younge, and much more. We are just getting started.
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Capone N Noreaga speak to Westwood at the Crib Session about a new CNN album, the old school days partying in The Tunnel, touring Europe, working early with Pharrell, Good Belt Gang & New York Hip Hop.
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