Monthly Archives: September 2008

John Robinson & MF Doom

Project Mooncircle announced yesterday that it is releasing a new project from John Robinson (a.k.a. Lil Sci from Scienz of Life) titled Who Is This Man?, and that it will be completely produced by MF Doom. MF Doom, of course, … Continue reading

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Medical problems for Buckshot, DJ Vadim

Today brought unfortunate news on two major artists. Allhiphop.com reports that Buckshot just suffered a series of seizures that led to his hospitalization: According to Duck Down co-founder and CEO Dru Ha, the legendary MC was returning home from a … Continue reading

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Newman and Shawn Jackson form New Jack Hustle

With albums from Blu (C.R.A.C. and Johnson&Jonson), Giant Panda and Shawn Jackson, Tres Records is definitely on the move this year. Next up for the L.A. imprint: a collaboration between Newman from Giant Panda and Mr. Jackson as New Jack … Continue reading

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14KT’s solo debut

Producer 14KT has a new album coming out on October 14 called The Golden Hour. 14KT is a member of the Athletic Mic League; he also produced several tracks for group member Buff1’s recent album, There’s Only One, as well … Continue reading

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Sweatshop Union’s “Water Street,” tour dates

Canadian hip-hop crew Sweatshop Union is releasing its fourth album, Water Street, via DJ Design’s Look Records on October 14. I haven’t paid much attention to these guys in the past, but now that they’re down with DJ Design I … Continue reading

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Finally, Q-Tip’s “The Renaissance”?

Q-Tip’s looong-delayed album The Renaissance finally has a release date of November 4. I’ve been writing about it for nearly as long as this site has been in existence, and I’ve been skeptical about each date Universal Motown has floated. … Continue reading

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Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid’s ode to “NYC”

Kieran Hebden has drawn mixed reviews for his series of albums with experimental/free jazz icon Steve Reid. On the one hand, you can’t really hate on a good jazz record. But on the other hand, it’s been, like, “When’s all … Continue reading

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Black Milk’s “Tronic”

Black Milk’s third solo album Tronic drops October 28 via Fat Beats Records. The music is bananas. All the haters who griped that dude was way overhyped will be silenced with this record. Here’s an excerpt from the label bio: … Continue reading

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New album from Fat Jon

I was scrolling through Discogs this evening and found a pleasant surprise: Fat Jon the Ample Soul Physician has just released a new album. Fat Jon is best known as one-half of Five Deez, a Columbus, OH group that had … Continue reading

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MC Chris tour dates

After spending most of the summer on the Warped Tour, hip-hop parodist MC Chris is going back on the road again in support of his relatively new album MC Chris is Dead. If you’ve never seen him live, do it. … Continue reading

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Cunninlynguists rants, tours

Cunninlynguists are touring the Eastern United States (as well as a Canadian date) next month. No new album, just more shows. The Kentucky trio is still booking the tour, so check back for updates. By the way, producer Kno just … Continue reading

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Tour dates for Restiform Bodies

Anticon sort-of-hip-hop trio Restiform Bodies are headed on a brief West Coast tour with pop savant Why? The group’s new album TV Loves You Back drops September 30.

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The Foreign Exchange’s “Leave It All Behind”

Nicolay and Phonte have finished their follow-up to 2004’s near classic Connected. It’s called Leave It All Behind and it drops October 14 on Hard Boiled Records, the label responsible for Nicolay’s The Dutch Masters Vol. 1 mixtape. (The digital … Continue reading

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Common, N.E.R.D. itinerary

Common is touring in advance of his upcoming album, Invincible Summer. It was scheduled to drop this month, but is currently TBA. N.E.R.D. are trying to stir up some hype behind their unjustly-ignored third album, Seeing Sounds. Hey, did you … Continue reading

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Raashan Ahmad “pushes” on more shows

Raashan Ahmad continues to promote his new album The Push with a short tour alongside Coolzey and Bru Lei. The tour kicked off Saturday in San Francisco, and winds through the Midwest this month.

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Panacea’s “On a Mind on a Ship Through Time”

Washington, D.C. duo Panacea will release a new album, On a Mind on a Ship Through Time, on October 14. It’s the follow-up to The Scenic Route (featured on Plug One’s top 50 albums of 2007 along with other year-end … Continue reading

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New mix from Ghislain Poirier

Straight from MySpace’s bulletin section, here’s a link to Ninja Tune artist Ghislain Poirier’s Cosmopolitan Bass mix, which features scores of international hip-hop. If you fancy a listen, click on the link and check out the track listing.

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Tour dates for Daedelus

Today, Daedelus is taking his trusty monome on the road for a national run in support of his excellent new album, Love to Make Music To. Joining him for most of the dates will be Phoenix, Ariz.’s Eliot Lipp.

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