Mar 06, 2013

Sometimes you don’t get to hear about the struggle that some of your role models, or very-esteemed celebrity figures have been through. They make it all look so easy. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case for Ryan Leslie, as he discusses in his interview with the Wall Street Journal, From Harvard to Homeless to Billboard Charts. [...]

Feb 26, 2013

Continuing with our Create Your Space Interview Series, The Conscious Tip was able to sit down with the very soulful Bilal. Before his show at The Shrine in Chicago, we had a very eclectic conversation with the him on a variety of topics ranging from working with J Dilla to his musical influences. With the [...]

Feb 22, 2013

In GoldenUnderground’s latest installment of ‘The Question Remains” they sit down with Homebody Sandman for a much needed conversation. He’ll touch on everything from the state of commercial Hip Hop, product placement, why Black Though is his favorite rapper..Chief Keef ( uh oh) and more. The Question Remains though…will you take in this information and [...]

Feb 20, 2013

On his latest visit to Chicago, The Conscious Tip was able to sit down with R&B crooner Bilal. The candid discussion covered a variety of topics and we thank him for taking some time out to speak with us. We’ll be dropping the full interview on Monday.

Dec 17, 2012

  It’s still a little surreal watching Bilal sit down for an interview, as we were just doing the same thing with him on Friday here in Chicago. As you’ll see in this discussion with Vikter Duplaix and himself, he’s a very humble and grounded guy. The two discuss who Bilal is today, his singing [...]

Jun 27, 2012

“Most things that happen to us in our lives, influence our art,” says K’naan during his Visions Of Visionaries interview in Berlin. If you still aren’t familiar with K’naan, you’ll learn a little more about him during this very personal interview with MADE. He talks about how he made the transition from Somalia, to the [...]

The Fader magazine has partnered up with Captain Morgan Black, for its Step Into The Black concert series. Recently, while out in New York, with special performer Ryan Leslie, they sat down to discuss his third studio album, Les Is More, and how Thriller inspired him growing up. Take a look at the video. Source: [...]

I think Wale hit it right on target when he talks about just how hard it is making the third album. The first album, people are still kind of filling you out, the second album, people either just discovered you, or are still supporting you from the first album.  The third album however, you’ve grown [...]