After a four year hiatus, La Coka Nostra returns with a new album To Thine Own Self Be True, which features Statik Selektah, Rite Hook, Q-Unique, Vinnie Paz, Apathy, SKAM2 and much more. You can stream the album in its entirety now. Enjoy the darkness.
Boston’s Edo. G and Shabaam Sahdeeq recently released Recognize Your Power and now drop a video featuring Torae, DJ Eclipse and produced by Fokis “Play To Win.”
Reks drops the visuals for “Gone Baby Gone” off his dope ass album The Greatest X, which you should have copped by now.
The La Coka Nostra collective will embark on a European tour starting November 5th in La Coruna, Spain and wrap up on November 19th in Thessaloniki, Greece. If you are part of our European fanbase, you don’t want to miss this show.
RAP IS OUTTA CONTROL RADIO SHOW FOR OCTOBER 30, 2016
“Rap Is Outta Control” 10/30/16 (w/Mikey Factz & Mikey D.)
1. RUN-D.M.C. “Jam-Master Jay” (prod. by Larry Smith)
2. Mickey Factz x Nottz feat. Showtyme “Some People” (prod. by Nottz)
3. Joe Budden “Uncle Joe” (prod. by araabMUZIK)
4. DJ Rude One feat. Jeremiah Jae “Street Scenes” (prod. & cuts by DJ Rude One)
5. Vinnie Paz “Philo: Metatron: Wisdom:” (prod. by Oh No, cuts by DJ Eclipse)
6. Johnny Hustle “So Tired” (prod. by Audible Doctor)
7. Mickey Factz x Nottz feat. Styles P “Vs” (prod. by Nottz)
8. Burl Dollah “GMA” (prod. by Motif Alumni)
9. Mikey D “Bless M” (prod. by Ligalize, cuts by DJ Slice)
10. Nutso ft. Tony Born, Kon Boogie “Catchin Wreck” (prod. by Domingo, cuts by Chinch 33)
11. Dynasty “The Lord” (prod. by OP Supa)
12. La Coka Nostra feat. Nems “Archie Bunker” (prod. by DJ Lethal)
13. Vinnie Paz feat. Ghostface Killah “Herringbone” (prod. by Oh No)
14. Mikey D feat. Chris Rivers “Horns Of Fury” (prod. by Ligalize, cuts by DJ Slice)
15. Menace feat. Royce Da 5’9 “As far As Rap Goes” (prod. by Menace, cuts by DJ Eclipse)
16. Mickey Factz x Nottz feat. Phonte “Treat You Right” (prod. by Nottz)
17. Bishop Lamont feat. Angie Fisher “Speak To Me” (prod. by Bishop Lamont & King Karnov)
18. Tru Trilla “Fuck Ya Favors” (prod. by Chat One)
19. Mickey Factz x Nottz “Get It” (prod. by Nottz)
20. Mikey D “Biiiitch!” (prod. by Ligalize, cuts by DJ Slice)
21. Edo.G & Shabaam Sahdeeq feat. Oh No & Planet Asia “Wild Young Man” (prod. by Fokis)
22. SmooVth “Just Like That” (prod. & cuts by Chinch 33)
23. Mikey D & Mickey Factz Live Freestyle!
24. Vinnie Paz “Ninety Three” (prod. & cuts by DJ Eclipse)
Check out the documentary where Young Guru visits Cookin Soul’s home town in Valencia, Spain and they go crate digging at some of the relatively unspoilt local record shops, show their findings and share some of their digging experiences all around the world.
The artwork for A Tribe Called Quest’s final album We Got It From Here…Thank You For Your Service has been revealed in advance of their November 11th release date.
A mixtape for the Broadway play “Hamilton” will drop on November 2nd and we get a taste of what the project has to offer with The Roots, Busta Rhymes and Joell Ortiz on “My Shot.”
Learn about the history behind Black Sheep’s legendary hit “The Choice Is Yours” with Black Sheep’s Dres and Mista Lawnge, DJ Red Alert, Posdnuos of De La Soul, Chi-Ali and others all giving their account of the duo’s smash that still gets burn today.
One of the top hip hop party anthems of all-time, “The Choice Is Yours” celebrates its 25th anniversary with a look at the fascinating story behind a song that almost never was made but continues to be reborn to this day. – Complex
On November 11, A Tribe Called Quest will release their final album titled We Got It From Here, Thank You for Your Service that will feature the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Andre 3000, Consequence, Jack White, Elton John and Busta Rhymes.
Q-Tip talked to the New York Times about the last years of Phife Dawg, repairing their relationship and so much more, including the creation of the album, which took place with everyone showing up in person at Q-Tip’s New Jersey studio.
All of the recording sessions for “We Got It From Here, Thank You for Your Service” took place at Q-Tip’s studio, which Busta Rhymes called “phenomenal.” Soft design touches like bamboo floors and pink mood lights contribute to the warm aesthetic. But a vibe also flows from the history in the room. The main recording board has captured the music of Blondie, the Ramones and Art Blakey. There’s a tape reel that was used by Frank Zappa and equipment from the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix.
Q-Tip had one major rule for the album: He insisted that everyone who was a part of it come work in the studio. “If you wrote your rhyme somewhere else, you still had to come back and lay your verse in Q-Tip’s house,” Busta Rhymes said. “So we pretty much did every song together. Everybody wrote his stuff in front of everybody. Everybody spat their rhymes in front of each other. We were throwing ideas around together.”
When Jack White came to the studio, things fell right into place. “We recorded so many tracks and ideas,” he said. “It’s one of those scenarios where we’re so excited to finally get to work together that it was exploding in a whole different direction. We really didn’t know what we were doing, it was just a ‘hurry up and press record’ kind of moment.” (Q-Tip and Jack White connected when he asked to do an old Tribe song called “Excursions” in his stage show. They learned they were mutual admirers of each other’s work.) Jack White came to the studio without his own gear. “He just took a guitar off the wall and plugged it in and just got his wizard on,” Q-Tip said.
“It was thrilling to the guys to watch stars like Jack White, Mr. Lamar and André 3000 come through and record. It was even more exciting to have their brother Phife around all the time. But now some of the group members think that all that traveling may have contributed to grinding him down, physically. “Doing this album killed him,” Jarobi White said simply. “And he was very happy to go out like that.”
Look for the album on November 11th.