Aug 01, 2012

Detroit native, producer Nick Speed takes us to his favorite record store in Detroit, People’s Records, where he’s discovered most of the records he’s sampled. Speed who is signed to Money Management, a subsidiary of G-Unit Records, has produced for the likes of 50 Cent, Talib Kweli, Tupac Shakur, and more. He sits down in [...]

May 15, 2012

The homie Oddisee has to be one of the hardest working guys out there. Seems like he was just overseas doing some shows and now he’s already pushing out new music. A month ahead of the release of People Hear What They See, the DMV native decided to give us Odd Renditions. The project features [...]

Joining the ranks of artists participating in the Trayvon Martin hoody movement is the L.A. based duo Those Acoustic Kats. In the current day of so many negative events going on in our country, Erick Richardson & Erron Jay recently performed the classic Marvin Gaye track What’s Going On. Hopefully the duo can bring light [...]

Nov 18, 2011

  Before we get into the list, I want to make sure you understand that the contents of this article are through my experiences only. The reference material used for research and statistics included Black Twitter, college parties, ringtones heard in Wal-Mart and more.  5) Beyonce I may catch a little heat for this one, [...]

Oct 27, 2011

Don’t Sleep on L.A. singer/songwriter Devin Michael. With such stirring vocals, it’s clear to see talent like this wasn’t created overnight. Introduced to music at age 12 and using the likes of Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis and Donny Hathaway as inspiration, the hard work has definitely paid off today. All you need is just one [...]

Jul 08, 2011

I’ve been following the status of Ayah & DJ Jazzy Jeff‘s album This Way since they dropped the sampler last year, but it seems like a dope mixtape of theirs will be out first. Back For More is the second track leaked from the mixtape of the same name, and I gotta say it’s syck! [...]