TAG: Planet Asia

Feb12

KRS revives Stop the Violence Movement

Twenty years back KRS One and BDP brought together the top rap talents to record the landmark “Self Destruction” for his Stop the Violence Movement. Well, word’s out today that he’s back at it spending the last weekend recording new Stop the Violence Movement material with an updated cast that includes 50, Busta, Snoop, Lil Wayne, StV vet MC Lyte and a host of others.

The music’s scheduled for promo release next week, but we’ll have the word if this hits the Internets earlier than that.

Here’s the full details from the release:

Stop The Violence Movement Recording Project

While music’s elite schmoozed and boozed for Los Angeles Grammy Week, KRS One focused his …

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Jan18

URB.com Next 1000 Artist of the Week: Keelay & Zaire

Every week, URB.com picks 20 artists to add to our “Next 1000″ list. And being that we are the most credible and authentic voice in emergent music, we decided that its not enough to just post these artists’ music on our Next 1000 site. We needed to do more to showcase the great music and talent that invades our digital consciousness every week. So, every week, URB.com will feature on the homepage every Monday, the “Next 1000″ Artist of the Week. So if you’re tired of the retreads invading your webspace everyday, and are thirsty for something more creative, something more underground, then come back to URB.com every Friday and get hit with something FRESH.

This week’s pick is a production duo straight from the bay, Keelay & Zaire. Coasting on sweet sounds …

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