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In honor of their recent re-release of four extremely influential west-coast hip hop albums from the likes of Ice Cube, NWA, and Eazy-E, Priority Records and URB have joined forces to provide one lucky grand prize winner with all four titles on vinyl. Hit the jump for the full prize break down as well as the details for entry. You only have until this Friday (Oct. 15th) to enter, so hurry up and put that bid in!
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The best thing about having the Legendary Roots Crew as the house band for Jimmy Fallon is that by having the group stay in one place, it’s made possible all sorts of musical pairings that probably would not have happened before. The other great thing is that ?uestlove is an utter social media addict, so even though this live version of Ice Cube performing the NWA classic “Straight Outta Compton” with the crew never aired, the MP3 has made it’s was onto the internuts. And it’s pretty friggin nuts itself. Thinking about jumping on my bike and cruising down to South Central right now. speaking of nuts. …MORE
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The time has come. One of the most acclaimed hip-hop groups of the last decade, the North Carolina duo of Phonte and Big Pooh, better known as Little Brother, are set to release their fourth and final album. They’ve represented the essence of hip-hop with vivid lyrics and fantastic production, but they’ve also seen more than a fair share of ups and downs. Expectations are high for LeftBack and fans don’t want this to come to an end, but after this LB take off to focus on other endeavors.
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The Sounds of VTech / Hypnotic Brass Ensemble by Mochilla
This is a video re-cap from a recent live performance in Los Angeles from the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, featuring an arrangement by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson (Suite for Ma Dukes), in their cover of Rene Costy’s “Scrabble,” a song sampled by the late great hip hop producer, J Dilla for his song “Fuck the Police.”
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble are a family, literally. Born in Chicago, these 8 brothers are all sons of their father Phil Cohran, who was a songwriter and trumpeter for Sun Ra. With a heavy upbringing in the jazz tradition, the brothers also started listening to hip …
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