New ish from Wale and Avery storm off of Wale’s upcoming mixtape, More About Nothing. Hip-Hop lives!!!
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2K Sports announced today the soundtrack to the latest installment for their top rated and top selling video gaming franchise for NBA® 2K11. Duck Down Music was offered the opportunity to create the original track “I’m Better Than You” featuring Buckshot, Skyzoo, Promise, and Sean Price with sample-free production by Double-0 of Kidz In The Hall. “I’m Better Than You” adds to the soundtrack’s eclectic mix of breakout acts and highly acclaimed artists ranging from Snoop Dogg, Outkast’s Big Boi, Drake, KiD CuDi, Rakaa of Dilated Peoples to name a few, in addition to the winners of our MC/Producer Contest Yung Automatik and Bay Root Productions. NBA® 2K11 also features the appearance of Michael Jordan, the series’ greatest cover to date.
2K Sports’ NBA® 2K11 will be available October 5, 2010. For more information visit www.2ksports.com/nba2k11.
Skyzoo & !LLMIND present their video for “Frisbees.” Music off the album ‘Live From The Tape Deck,’ in stores October 5th on Duck Down Music. Video directed by Derek Pike
Skyzoo & !LLMIND take you on the scene of their upcoming music video, “Frisbees,” debuting tomorrow, July 29th, at 12PM EST. “Frisbees” is the first video off the MC/Producer’s album, ‘Live From The Tape Deck,’ in stores October 5th on Duck Down Music. Video directed by Derek Pike.
KRS-ONE & BUCKSHOT debut the video for their title track, “SURVIVAL SKILLS,” directed by Todd Angkasuwan. Follow the two legends through a maze of obstacles as they show what it takes to sustain longevity. Purchase their Survival Skills album at iTunes by clicking here: http://bit.ly/8X41o8
North Carolina-bred, Brooklyn-based crew Kooley High have hooked up with DJBooth.net to bring listeners Eastern Standard Time, their first release since 2008’s acclaimed The Summer Sessions EP.
The project features 15 brand new tracks from Charlie Smarts, Rapsody, Tab One and company, including Booth-premiered leak “Ya Time’s Up.”
In addition to the boardwork of group members Foolery and The Sinopsis, EST features production by K-Salaam & Beatnick and Napoleon Wright II. Guest appearances come courtesy of fellow N.C. natives Median and HaLo.
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Artist: AMAZING MAZE feat. Lord Tariq & Wyldbunch
Title: My Story Is Yours
Album: Fly, Broke & Infamous
Label: Street Symphony Records
Mixed & Mastered by Carsten Daembkes
Katy Perry’s Candyland-inspired video for “California Gurls” and OK Go’s stop-motion clip for “End Love” might be racking up clicks online, but there’s a new contender for best video of the summer: Mark Ronson and the Business Intl.’s “Bang Bang Bang.”
Bookended by two seemingly unrelated pieces of footage — a fictitious retro commercial for sandwich spread and a dramatic tennis match — “Bang Bang Bang” stars Ronson as the guest on an offbeat, ’70s-style Japanese talk show. When he’s asked to chat about his music, Ronson — the Grammy-winning mastermind behind Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black — transforms into a smooth Bryan Ferry figure and hops behind a bank of synthesizers to perform his latest composition.
Newcomer MNDR provides the song’s indelible French-laden hook, and a debonair Q-Tip absolutely slays on his verses, making it his best guest spot since “Groove Is in the Heart” (or at least Raphael Saadiq’s “Get Involved”). The clip is equal parts American Bandstand and Tron — and the most effective time-capsule music video since Snoop Dogg resurrected the Rick James era with “Sexual Eruption.”
“Bang Bang Bang” is the latest single off Ronson’s September disc Record Collection, the follow-up to 2007′s Version. The album, the first under the moniker Mark Ronson and the Business Intl., will also feature guest spots by D’Angelo, Ghostface, Boy George and Duran Duran’s Simon le Bon.
Chiddy Bang is made up of two guys, Chiddy (MC) and Xaphoon Jones (Producer) who meet up in Drexel University, in Philadelphia, PA. Their sound is based on the fusion of hip-hop and unique sample choices from alternative and Electronica artists such as Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens, Passion Pit, and MGMT. They first came on the scene with their mixtape entitled “The Swelly Express.” After the huge buzz from the mixtape they were later signed to EMI.
Latest mixtape from the philly duo, Chiddy Bang. The mixtape contains remixes and samples from some of their favorite UK artists such as Gorillaz, Ellie Goulding, La Roux, Kate Nash, Hot Chip and Tinie Tempah. A studio album is slated for August 24, 2010 Called Swelly Life.