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On the heels of their new collaboration effort ‘Wake Up!,’ The Legendary Roots Crew and John Legend are teaming up with J. Period to put out a fresh mixtape, ‘Wake Up! Radio’ in late November. Hear the silky smooth remix of “Our Generation,” originally performed by the soulful Ernie Hines, right here.
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This past Sunday, New York City celebrated the official launch of okayafrica.com, a brand new division from the team behind okayplayer. An estimated 20,000 fans came to celebrate their launch with a free concert featuring The Roots, Talib Kweli, Bajah and The Dry Eye Crew, Blitz the Ambassador and the Embassy Ensemble, J Period, DJ Op!, Dhundee and many many more acts who shared the stage at Prospect Park’s annual music and arts festival, Celebrate Brooklyn.
Check the rest of the and photos by King Texas after the jump…
Grand Phee had a chance to chat with J. Period at the Nneka show last week. In the interview, J. Period talks looking for artists that inspire and artists that mean something. He also speaks about his future projects including a mixtape with Black Thought, Talib Kweli, Mos Def’s elusiveness and more.
I’m probably late on this but I recently downloaded her mixtape with J. Period for my long drive to Buffalo and I got a chance to check out what the fuss is about this girl. She didn’t blow my mind but the Nigerian songstress is pretty dope, nonetheless. So check out this video of her and pay attention for her album, Concrete Jungle, dropping on February 2nd.
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The second single off the upcoming mixtape by Nneka and J.Period features Jay Electronica. The full tape drops December 15 and features M1, Talib Kweli, Big Boi, Fela Kuti and a whole lot more heads. (spotted at Nah Right )
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