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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
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.
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
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.
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.
New track from DJ Babu feat. M.O.P.
Here’s DJ Babu featuring M.O.P.’s “Dearly Departed,” courtesy of Clockwork Music. DJ Babu’s Duck Season 3 hits stores via Nature Sounds on October 30. MP3: Dearly Departed (Dirty)
R.I.P. Paper Thin Walls
Today, Paper Thin Walls announced that it is shutting down operations on Labor Day. According to head honcho (and former hip-hop guru at CMJ) Christopher Weingarten, the site will stay archived online…for a while. Paper Thin Walls was a curious … Continue reading
New Music: Doomtree
Here’s a YouTube video preview and three cuts from P.O.S.’s Minneapolis crew Doomtree. Note that the songs are clean versions, just for the kiddies! If you like Rhymesayers/spoken-word style hip-hop, then check these out. Doomtree’s self-titled debut is out now. … Continue reading
Video: Talib Kweli, “The Perfect Beat”
New clip for Talib Kweli’s track with KRS-One from last year’s Eardrum.
Coming Soon: Count Bass D
Count Bass D has a new album coming out called L7. It’s hitting stores via Sound Tribe Sector 9’s digital-only imprint 1320 Records. No word on whether L7 will get a physical release. There’s no scheduled release date yet, but … Continue reading
The Mighty Underdogs prepare “Droppin’ Science Fiction”
The Mighty Underdogs, a supergroup featuring Lateef the Truthspeaker, Gift of Gab and Headnodic from Crown City Rockers has finished its debut album. Droppin’ Science Fiction is set for an October 14 release on Definitive Jux. Droppin’ Science Fiction doesn’t … Continue reading
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Atmosphere paint the nation
Next month, Atmosphere will launch its first extensive national tour for its hit album, If Life Gives You Lemons You Paint That Shit Gold. Slug & Ant (that is, if Ant goes out on the road this time) has been … Continue reading
Blu and Mainframe form “Johnson&Jonson”
Blu may be one of the hottest MCs in indie hip-hop. The Los Angeles rapper’s debut with DJ Exile, Below the Clouds, was one of the best albums of 2007. Another project with Ta’Raach, C.R.A.C.’s The Piece Talks, generated serious … Continue reading
Heltah Skeltah reunite for “D.I.R.T.”
On September 30, Brooklyn duo Heltah Skeltah will reunite for D.I.R.T. (Da Incredible Rap Team). Set for release on Duck Down Records, it’s Rock and Ruck’s first album together since 1998’s Magnum Force. Although the two haven’t issued a Heltah … Continue reading
People Under the Stairs celebrate ten years with greatest hits, tour and “Fun DMC”
This fall, true school hip-hop vets People Under the Stairs will celebrate ten years in the rap game with a series of new projects. First comes a greatest hits collection from Om Records, the San Francisco label which signed the … Continue reading
Shadow and Cut Chemist play final shows for the Hard Sell
DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist are currently in the midst of a third — and final — leg for The Hard Sell. Yes, after over a year and dozens of cities in several countries, the Hard Sell tour seems to … Continue reading
Murs releases “Murs for President”
Murs has scheduled a release date for his long-awaited sixth album and major label debut. Reprise/Warner will issue his sixth album, Murs for President, on September 30. Interestingly, if the initial track listing is correct, Murs for President doesn’t include … Continue reading
Aesop Rock meets the fans
What do you do when you’re one of the biggest independent hip-hop stars of the past decade and want to capitalize on your big-man status with a green-minting run, but don’t have a new CD to promote? Well, you go … Continue reading
C-Rayz Walz collabos with Kosha Dillz, the Almighty
I often write about unjustly ignored artists who never get their due from either the mainstream music media or the “indie” press that sometimes covers underground hip-hop. But if there’s one dude who’s a veritable litmus test for hip-hop aesthetics, … Continue reading
Common Market paves “Tobacco Road”
On September 9, Common Market will issue its second album Tobacco Road via a joint venture between Massline Media and Hyena Records. As the latest project from rising Seattle collective Massline, Tobacco Road marks a number of subtle but noticeable … Continue reading