Tony K is an Iraqi-born Hip Hop artist out of Detroit, ‘Welcome to Baghdad’ is his latest song and music video detailing the struggles of living in Iraq. Not very long ago in Iraq a kid was executed for listening to Hip Hop so for Tony K to be a voice for that region using a banned form of music is something rare.
Liverpool rapper Royzy Rothschild with a a video for the track ‘Survive’, produced by Epitome. Royzy has a new EP coming out in April 2017 called ‘The Celeb Name Drop’ EP where every song title features a famous name.
Check the latest Open mic session from the DJ Sarah Love and Mysdiggi Hip Hop Show on FUBAR Radio. Yeti, The Prophecy (Verbaler, Benny Tagz, Burna J, Crispy Business) joined Omus One in the studio for this week’s session over a Vice Beats produced track (@beatsbyvice/https://soundcloud.com/vice-beats).
Also on the show DJ Rasta Root rang in from LA to talk about the unveiling of the Phife Dawg street sign and Omus One stopped by for a chat and performed a live track.
This documentary from Red Bull focuses on B-boy Victor as he enters last years 2015 BC One World Finals in Rome with something to prove. For some, b-boying is just a hobby. But for Victor, who carries on his shoulders the hopes of an immigrant family, it’s both a passion and a pathway to a better life.
Watch the 2016 BC One World Finals in Japan later today (Dec 2) here: http://win.gs/BCONELIVE
‘Penis For The Day’ featuring Dubbledge & Dirty Dike is lifted from Dabbla’s sick debut album ‘Year Of The Monkey’ which was released back in September.
The LP features jaw dropping production from the likes of GhostTown, Tom Caruana, Star.One, Don Piper, Naive, Chemo & Sumgii as well as guest appearances from Dirty Dike, Ocean Wisdom, Jam Baxter, Dubbledge, Cobes & Graziella. Check our review of the album and all previous video releases HERE
This is the first single from Toronto rapper Raw B Snatch’s debut EP under Reel Wolf Records titled “Lucky 13”. For this track he gets fellow Wolf Pack member J Reno as well as one of the greatest lyricists of all time: hip hop legend Kool G Rap, to slaughter this Sentury Status beat with lyrical mayhem. Stay tuned for more visuals on the way from the “Lucky 13 EP” coming 2017.
FULL TRACKLISTING:
1. KILLA
2. WOLVERINE’S SKELETON
3. VALLEY OF WOLVES (feat Mersinary, Seen B & Suspect)
4. NYCTOPHILIA
5. STOP FRONTIN (feat J Reno & Kool G Rap)
6. MONSTER PART 2 (feat Planetary, Sean Strange, Sentury Status, Outspoken, J Reno, Rob Whiskey & Mystikal Soldiers)
7. STOP FRONTIN REMIX (feat Steele, Kool G Rap & Sentury Status)
*Bonus Tracks
*8. FORK IN THE ROAD (feat Church Chizzle, Impakt, M Deezy & J Rome)
*9. FROM HELL (feat ODoub, J Reno & Swann)
Boston MC and EMS crew frontman M-Dot presents the music video for “Give It To Me”, his new Jon Glass-produced single from ‘EgO anD The EneMy’, his forthcoming 2-part album featuring Method Man, Hi-Tek, Large Professor, Marley Marl, Buckwild, M-Phazes, Marco Polo, 7L, !llmind, Da Beatminerz and Snowgoons.
A thematic followup to M-Dot’s “123 Flow” video (watch), “Give It To Me” is a 360 video shot in ‘little planet’ perspective by director Victor Keys in several locations around California. “Give It To Me” comes on the heels of the release of visuals for EgO anD The EneMy singles “Shine” featuring Method Man, Dominique Larue & Katy Gunn (watch) as well as “Dreamscape” (watch).
M-Dot’s last full-length release was ‘Jake LaDOTta’ featuring Ras Kass & Edo G (stream), and his discography includes ‘Run MPC’, ‘Money Doesn’t Own Thought’, ‘Layer Cake’ and ‘Making Doubters Over Think’. M-Dot has won multiple awards in Boston and did a 2012 European tour with Slaughterhouse.
“When I wrote the track I had a lot of built up angst that I felt needed to be poured out,” he says about the track. “I’ve felt a chip on my shoulder my whole life, most of the time it’s something I created (the “enemy” of course symbolic of pride) in order to feed myself fuel to work harder. Nevertheless, if respect wasn’t given, this song was evoking my sentiment that it be taken/earned one way or another. Far as the video goes….our main goal was to avoid doing anything like the first 360° we did. To us, it’s all about growth and it would be lame to repeat the same formula. Was a super fun shoot, albeit most people laughing at me I’m sure as I walked through Oakland streets strapped with a stick/device that held the 7 Gopros.”
Disc 1 of ‘egO anD The eneMy’ is due January 27th, 2017.
After over a year spent in a slight creative slump in a crumbling terraced house in Tottenham, Jam Baxter rang his label boss while heavily intoxicated to request they fly him to Bangkok forthwith, to rejoin forces with ‘…so we ate them whole’ producer and engineer, Chemo. After an initial period of understandable hesitancy, the flights were booked and Baxter found himself suddenly regurgitated from the belly of a Jet Airliner into the magical and surreal surroundings of ‘Mansion 38’.
It seems right that Jam Baxter’s two favourite tracks from the forthcoming ‘Mansion 38’ album, ‘Teeth Marks’ & ‘Soi 36’ be combined into a singular item, a limited edition hand numbered seven inch vinyl.
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Written by Jam Baxter
Produced by Chemo for KMJ45.com
Video by Theo Lowenstein and Sean Richards for 120degrees
Logistics and Animal Handling by Rueben Austen-Hakin and Ciaran O’Connell
New video from Masta Ace, “Mathematics” is taken from the legendary emcee’s newest album ‘The Falling Season’ (M3 Records/HHV) and is produced by Kic Beats. Not just a song title, the lyrics drop a lot of mathematical terms as metaphors of the emcee’s philosophy of life and hip hop. Reflective of the content the video directed by Lucrative Sight includes images of Black mathematicians of note throughout history.
The Falling Season (entirely produced by Kic Beats) is a concept piece centered on Masta Ace’s years at Sheepshead Bay High School in the early 80’s. Album guests include Chuck D (Public Enemy), Cormega, A.G, Your Old Droog, Torae, Wordsworth, Stricklin, The World’s Famous Supreme Team and Queen Herawin.
Starting his career with the legendary Juice Crew in the late 80’s, Masta Ace will be celebrating his 50th Birthday Celebration on his home turf of New York City on December 4th. The event will include DJ sets by the mighty Marley Marl, Mister Cee and The Freedom Party DJs Herbert Holler and DJ Cosi. Hosting duties will be handled in part by fellow Juice Crew members Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Roxanne Shante, Craig G and more (info link below).
Later in the month, Ace will also be performing with his Juice Crew cohorts with two reunion shows in the tri-state area. These include BB Kings in NYC for Dec 29th and The Wellmont Theater in Montlclair, NJ for Dec 30th. (info links below).
Info/Tickets to Masta Ace’s 50th Birthday Party Here
Info/Tickets for the Dec 29th NYC Juice Crew Reunion: Here
Info/Tickets for the Dec 30th Montclair, NJ Juice Crew Reunion: Here
More info on Masta Ace U.S./ European appearances: Here
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