#HipHopJourney

Treat your ears right. Listen to this track. Psalm One feat....

Sun, 27 May 2012 22:35:28 -0400

Treat your ears right. Listen to this track.

Psalm One feat. Mikkey Halsted - KIDS RIGHT NOW

"Hip hop never died, it was buried alive. If you press your ear against the ground, you can hear the underground sounds."

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:24:01 -0400

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Mon, 07 May 2012 11:25:26 -0400

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mrgif: The Roots View all 40+ backstage GIFs at Late Night With...

Fri, 04 May 2012 19:39:55 -0400

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The Roots

View all 40+ backstage GIFs at Late Night With Jimmy Fallon & the Roots!

softjunebreeze: Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique (Full Album) RIP...

Fri, 04 May 2012 15:20:12 -0400

softjunebreeze:

Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique (Full Album)

RIP MCA :(

SHOWstudio: Kanye West / Ruth Hogben - Lost in the...

Fri, 04 May 2012 13:01:38 -0400

SHOWstudio: Kanye West / Ruth Hogben - Lost in the World

Filmmaker Ruth Hogben collaborates with award-winning musician Kanye West to create a film for his single Lost in the World. The song, which features Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, is taken from West’s fifth album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Hogben’s piece breaks the mould of popular rap aesthetics while still celebrating the extraordinary talent that has made West a modern icon.

makehersmile: Artist: Bone Thugs Song: 1st Of Tha Month Album:...

Tue, 01 May 2012 12:47:12 -0400

makehersmile:

Artist: Bone Thugs

Song: 1st Of Tha Month

Album: E. 1999 Eternal

J Dilla’s Mom Gets Hundreds Of Unreleased Tapes Returned To...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:09:22 -0400

J Dilla’s Mom Gets Hundreds Of Unreleased Tapes Returned To Her

Fans around the world will now have the chance to hear new, previously unheard material by J.Dilla, thanks to a record store owner in Detroit, who discovered hundreds lost tapes and other material created by the producer.

Maureen “Ma Dukes” Yancey is now in possession of hundreds of tapes created and produced by her son J. Dilla, who died of February 10, 2006 from Lupus.
The treasure trove of J.Dilla material was found by Jeff Bubeck, who owns the Royal Oak-based record store UHF.

Bubeck was cleaning out an abandoned storage unit storage he took control of, when he found over 7,000-8,000 records, notebooks, notes and other handwritten artifacts by J.Dilla.

In an exclusive Q&A with AllHipHop.com, Ms. Yancey revealed that Bubeck declined offers from around the world to sell J.Dilla’s material and returned a box of original beat tapes, letters and other items.

“It was overwhelming to see this handwriting again and to see how he marked his records, with his silver marker,” Ms. Yancey told AllHipHop.com. “That was his favorite color, the silver marker.

According to Ms. Yancey, J. Dilla, born James Dewitt Yancey, left to record in California, but before he left, he wanted to sell over 20,000 albums from his collection.
Jonathan Taylor, who is the business manager for The J.Dilla Foundation, said that the producer’s collection simply became scattered after his death.

“He chose which ones [records] he wanted,” Taylor told AllHipHop.com. “He took the ones he wanted and those that were left, were from eight years ago.”

Ms. Yancey and Jonathan Taylor wanted to express their gratitude to Jeff Bubeck for returning the material and not thinking about a turning a profit off of the valuable material that he discovered.

“He is my hero. He truly is,” Ms. Yancey told AllHipHop.com of Bubeck. “It was really good to be with him and to see him and to see the type of person he was. He just broke down, because he’s a remarkable father and understood.”

Nas - Daughters

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:19:16 -0400

millsmind: Love THiS!! THoughts—-?? youheardthatnew: Power 105’s DJ Prostyle got the green light...

crimson-and-cl0ver: Saul Williams- Coded Language (def poetry...

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:23:57 -0400

crimson-and-cl0ver:

Saul Williams- Coded Language (def poetry jam)

This man, is a master of spoken word, everyone needs to watch this.

At least the balanced is restored. nukirk: Wayne Brady does...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:31:28 -0400

At least the balanced is restored.

nukirk:

Wayne Brady does the 5 Fingers of Death on #SwayInTheMorning (by SwaysUniverse)

The Sweet Life 0 Tehn Diamond ft. @SimbaTagz (by...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:47:03 -0400

The Sweet Life 0 Tehn Diamond ft. @SimbaTagz (by HashBrownDontFrown)

Dezaray Dawn - “Over It”

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:25:48 -0400

Dezaray Dawn - “Over It”

West Coast? East Coast? Hip-Hop Explained

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:24:57 -0400

West Coast? East Coast? Hip-Hop Explained: Have you ever wondered why Hip-Hop is popular? How about...

So, are you having a hard time understanding economics? With all...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:37:25 -0400

So, are you having a hard time understanding economics? With all the talks of the economy, there is some people who don’t understand it, especially those who didn’t make it through grade school. So, to break it down, I looked for someone who can break it down in rhyme. And Tommy Bottoms might be able to do the trick for ya.

This poet from Atlanta explains how the drug game and the Wall Street game is really the same. I think y’all better listen just a few times, because he does get a little tricky with his delivery. (But it sounds so fresh and clean!)

I try my best to stay away from featuring mainstream Def Poets, but since not everyone follows the poetry/spoken word/poetry slam/poets thing, I’ll try to cover both Def Poets as well as other artists following their hip-hop roots.

So, for now, peep the flow. Enjoy!

A rapper of his era

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:44:52 -0400

nukirk: jsmooth995: Rapper G. Dep convicted of murder in 1993 NYC shooting after he turned...

Good evening. My name is Mr. Bullet. I respond to the index when...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:34:00 -0400

Good evening. My name is Mr. Bullet.
I respond to the index when you pull it…

Pharoahe Monch - You may have heard his hit “Simon Says”, but you might have to dig deeper for other gems, such as this one. Instead of talking about killing people with a gun, he talks about how bullets don’t discriminate. He focus on a different aspect of violence with guns and have a video to match those feelings.

Pharoache Monch’s delivery about the issue and facts about gun violence is raw, real and on point. So, hope you enjoy this rewind moment on a sad reality.

8 Most Overused Samples In Hip-Hop

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:21:20 -0400

8 Most Overused Samples In Hip-Hop: If there’s one thing we love about hip-hop is that it uses...

Once again, Tupac makes an appearance in Star Wars…

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:01:02 -0400

Once again, Tupac makes an appearance in Star Wars…

SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP is a feature length...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:57:05 -0400

SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP is a feature length performance documentary film about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap music. At the wheel of this unstoppable beast is the film’s director and interviewer Ice-T. Ice-T takes us on a deeply personal journey to uncover how this music of the street has grown to dominate the world. Along the way Ice-T meets some of the remarkable superstars of Rap, from Eminem to Dr Dre, to Snoop Dogg and Kanye West. He exposes the roots and history of Rap and then, through meeting most of it’s most famous protagonists studies the living mechanism of the music to reveal The Art Of Rap. This film features unique performances from it’s entire cast and does not use any archive material.