Worldwide Renewal
Adult-oriented animated programming from Adult Swim can be found late night on the Cartoon Network. They have teamed up with Chicago’s Chocolate Industries to provide a pretty dope free digital album featuring hip-hop and electronic beats provided by the likes of Cool Kids, Diverse, Via Tania, Proton, Push Button Objects and more. You can find...
Darfur Now Tour @ UCLA This Week
The Darfur Now College Tour is wrapping up this week with two free (although donations are surely appreciated) events at UCLA. May 28, 2008 Darfur Now Screening University of California, Los Angeles Moore 100 555 Westwood Plaza Parking in Lot 4 & 6 | Begins at 6pm May 29, 2008 Mighty Mic Save Darfur Concert...
J. Rawls on Gilles Peterson Worldwide
I love J Rawls and I love Gilles Peterson. Rawls recently appeared on Peterson’s Worldwide radio show. Check it out here: And look out for the forthcoming J. Rawls + Middle Child collabo album which should be hot. Stay tuned. www.myspace.com/jrawls
Download N.E.R.D. “Spazz”
NERD are back it seems. This track “Spazz” is doin’ the rounds on the interweb right now. Credit where credit is due, I saw it on Soulbounce first. Anyway, the hook could use a little work (IMHO), but the beat bangs. Love it. http://sharebee.com/a57a71f4
The Roots “Rising Up” Video
This is the best song I’ve heard so far from the forthcoming Rising Down album. It features Chrisette Michele and most-hyped-MC of the moment, Wale.
Rep Life on Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide
Everyone’s (well, definitely mine anyway) favorite sound scientist from outer space, mr Rep Life to you, recently appeared on Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide radio show for an interview. Futuristica label head Simon also drops a wee dj mix full of gems. Download the podcast with all this otherworldly goodness here. If you are not already familiar...
Fresh Black Spade Tracks!
So the nice folks at Om just hit us up with some new Black Spade ‘ish fresh out the studio. Grab the freeness below: Not sure if I’m really diggin’ the Remixes. They are not bad, but I don’t necessarily feel that they add anything better to the originals. “I’d Rather” is a fun jazzy...
Darfur Now College Tour Announced
DARFUR NOW COLLEGE TOUR ANNOUNCES THE FIRST 9 CAMPUSES STAND and the Genocide Intervention Network are proud to partner with Participant Media in the college tour of the acclaimed documentary, Darfur Now… and performances by musical acts Cool Kids, Goapele, Zion 1, Janelle Monae, Anthony David, Wale, Asheru, DJ Drama and more….. www.darfurnowtour.com Los Angeles,...
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