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Wiz Khalifa – Black & Yellow (free download)

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:53:12 +0000

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Joell Ortiz, Cut Throat Logic, Mav, Dan Smack, Numbers

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:19:48 +0000

Brooklyn bred MC Joell Ortiz has created a buzz for himself on the radio, the Internet and, most importantly, the streets. Armed with a relentless work ethic and incredible lyrical abilities, Joell rhymed his way through the industry and into the offices of Aftermath Records, where Dr. Dre signed the young Latino rapper and added him to the team. Due to a lack of support from his label, Ortiz pushed for his release from Aftermath and is now hip-hop’s most valuable Free Agent.

Matthew Dear w/ Live Band + guests

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:26:08 +0000

Depending on whom you ask, Matthew Dear is a DJ, a dance-music producer, an experimental pop artist, a bandleader. He co-founded both Ghostly International and its dancefloor offshoot, Spectral Sound. He’s had remixes commissioned by The XX, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Spoon, Hot Chip, The Postal Service, and Chemical Brothers; he’s made mixes for the Fabric mix series and Get Physical’s Body Language. He maintains four aliases (Audion, False, Jabberjaw, and Matthew Dear), each with its own style and distinct visual identity. He straddles multiple musical worlds and belongs to none—and he’s just hitting his stride.

Matthew Dear’s 2003 full-length Ghostly debut, Leave Luck to Heaven, is a suite of sparse, wickedly funky house laced with Dear’s deep, distinctive vocals, and includes the much-loved single “Dog Days” (voted one of Pitchfork’s Top 100 Songs of the Decade). The record was met with rapturous acclaim from both the dance-music establishment and the critical press, including a four-star review in Rolling Stone. Dear’s 2007 follow-up,

Asa Breed, is a considerable departure from Heaven’s dancefloor excursions, incorporating the polyrhythms of Afrobeat, the irreverent pop sensibilities of Brian Eno, and the austere beauty of Krautrock. More four-stars reviews followed (Q and Mojo magazines), and Dear subsequently began touring with a live three-piece band, Matthew Dear’s Big Hands, in which he acted as frontman, commanding the stage with a Bryan Ferry-like swagger and a gentleman’s grace.

Today, Matthew Dear finds himself in a unique position. His highly anticipated fourth album, 2010’s Black City, is the culmination of years of hard work and experimentation, a darkly playful sound-world that envelops the listener like the arms of a malevolent lover. After over a decade of exploring pop’s outer limits, Matthew Dear now inhabits a rarefied corner of the musical universe: no longer tethered to any one genre, respected by his peers, and blessed with a bottomless well of creative energy. Now is Matthew Dear’s moment, and it sounds like nothing else.

Pitch and Moan VS. Beatdown Beat Battle this Saturday

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:10:42 +0000

w/ guests Dan Smack, Numbers, Roqy Tyraid, Supavisor, Skip Skoolnik, and Thriftshop. Never a Cover at Lost Leaf w/ beer specials all night. Live art provided by Mr 43 and Queen Loopy.

12 Videos for Jamie Lidell

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:41:06 +0000

Jamie Lidell - I Wanna Be Your Telephone (taken from Compass) from Jamie Lidell on Vimeo.

The Ring from Jamie Lidell on Vimeo.

Jamie Lidell Band Rehearsal NYC from Jamie Lidell on Vimeo.

Beck’s record club ft. Jamie Lidell - “Books of Moses” from Jamie Lidell on Vimeo.

Rope of Sand from Jamie Lidell on Vimeo.

Multiply from Jamie Lidell on Vimeo.

The City from Jamie Lidell on Vimeo.

You Got Me Up from Jamie Lidell on Vimeo.

Interview from Jamie Lidell on Vimeo.

Later with Jools Holland from Jamie Lidell on Vimeo.

Daddy’s Car from Jamie Lidell on Vimeo.

Another Day from Jamie Lidell on Vimeo.

Wiz Khalifa Respecfully Declines Drake’s Offer to Tour

admin — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:30:53 +0000

Last night (Aug. 19), Drake took to UStream to speak on his upcoming Light Dreams and Nightmares tour. During the broadcast, Drizzy said he wanted Wiz Khalifa to join him and Clipse on their national outing next month. XXLMag.com just got off the phone with the Pittsburgh MC, who says, though he’s honored, he respectfully declines, due to his own solo Waken Baken tour kicking off at the same time.

“Just the fact of cuz even extending his hand and me being on his radar is tight, to me,” he said. “It just lets me know that I’m doin’ what I need to be doin’ as far as stayin’ relevant and stayin’ poppin’. But I think to keep me poppin’ and keep me relevant I gotta stay buildin’ on top of what I’m doin’ and what I been doin’. No disrespect to cuz or anybody else who might wanna see me do some more collaborative things, but to keep buildin’ and keep my brand as strong as what it is, I gotta keep focusin’ on what it is. This is my first tour that I got comin’ up, the Waken Baken tour, I gotta at least kick that off and make that it what it is so we can do ten more.”

The 2010 XXL Freshman joked that when he can earn as much money as the Young Money star did last year, then they can tour. “I’m real happy for Drake and real proud of Drake, “ he said. “I was lookin’ on the Internet and that made $10 million this year. So maybe when I make $10 Million then we can tour. “

“We can do like some special dates or some surprise guest type thing, but I need 10 mil’, too, Drake,” he added laughing.

While Wiz won’t be on the bill for Light Dreams and Nightmares, he says he would love to meet the Canadian rapper/singer. “I really want to meet him and chop it up with him,” he said. “I wanna meet him, chop it up, smoke one with him and who knows what could happen. But it’s all positive right now.”

The Waken Baken tour will kick off on September 16 at Philadelphia’s Trocadero Theatre and will make two stops in Canada. Yelawolf and Big K.R.I.T. will make guest appearances as well.

For a full listing of scheduled dates, hit up Wiz’s MySpace page here. —Jesse Gissen

Yelawolf “Rhyme Room Episode 1″ (VIDEO)

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:20:17 +0000

The first webisode from Yelawolf’s Rhyme Room Series.

Yelawolf – HipHopAtLunch Interview (Video)

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:24:00 +0000

HipHopAtLunch met up with Yelawolf last night, to grab some food before his New York show with B.o.B. Yelawolf spoke to us about working with Big K.R.I.T. on the Trunk Muzik Wuz Here project, how his Big Boi and Paul Wall album features came about, and what we can expect from his debut album, Trunk Muzik: 0-60 Off To Neverland.

Pharoahe Monch “Simon Says” (Video)

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:36:29 +0000

Sean Price “King Kong” (Video)

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:33:33 +0000