THE FOUR OWLS – THINK TWICE (PRODUCED BY DJ PREMIER)
DJ Premier delivers another banger from behind the boards for the quartet of brothers from overseas known as The Four Owls on Think Twice.
JOEY BADA$$ FEATURING ACTION BRONSON & ELLE VARNER – RUN UP ON YA (PRODUCED BY STATIK SELEKTAH)
Before Joey Bada$$ drops his new album on January 20, the Pro Era emcee cuts loose one more track from B4.Da.$$ that features Action Bronson and Elle Varner with Statik Selektah handling the production.
LISTEN TO SNIPPETS FROM SADAT X’S ALBUM NEVER LEFT
1/3 of the legendary Brand Nubian prepares to drop his 9th studio album on January 20 so get a dose of it via sampler and then cop it on iTunes.
STREAM JAY Z’S DEMO BEFORE HE DROPPED REASONABLE DOUBT
Before Jay Z became the mogul we all know today, he was just another rapper trying to get heard. Somehow, Mass Appeal got a hold of an alleged pre-Reasonable Doubt demo tape and decided to share it with the masses so you can get a taste of a young and hungry Jay Z as he gets busy with numerous rhyme schemes on this 10-track demo.
Certainly different than the Hov we know today but the hints of greatness have always been present as exemplified by this demo.
DJ PREMIER INSTAGRAMS THE CLOSING OF D&D STUDIOS
Sadly, the legendary space known as D&D Studios has come to an end. DJ Premier captured the entire process of tearing down the studio piece by piece on his Instagram.
Don’t fret though, Premier is moving into Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, NY to continue laying down his work behind the boards. Check it out below.
BADBADNOTGOOD & GHOSTFACE KILLAH FEATURING DOOM – RAY GUN
As you are probably aware, there is a Ghostface Killah and BadBadNotGood LP coming on February 23rd as well as the much talked about DoomStarks project that we have been waiting an eternity for. Well, consider this a hybrid of both projects. And it’s dope. Very dope.
RAPSODY – GODZILLA
Rapsody heads to South Africa for the video for “Godzilla” from the Beauty & The Beast EP.
BIG DADDY KANE – THE TIMES
The legendary Big Daddy Kane comes through and wrecks shop over Dr. G production titled “The Times.”
ACTION BRONSON – ACTIN CRAZY (PRODUCED BY 40)
Drake’s right hand man, Noah “40” Shebib, provides the assist for this new cut from Action Bronson’s upcoming Mr. Wonderful album.
COMMON DISCUSSES RACE IN AMERICA AND “SELMA” WITH KATIE COURIC
The artist formally known as Sense speaks candidly about racism in the current era along with the film “Selma” with Yahoo! News’ Katie Couric. No, it’s not a new song but enjoy the conversation and be enlightened.