http://beatlife.net hip hop, soul, electronic music news, reviews, downloads and more Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:38:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kidulthood is a cult classic movie in the UK, detailing in gritty fashion the lives of London's teenaged yoof. Drugs, sex, violence and paryting are the order of the day, delivered in a stylized and powerful way by BIFA Award winning director, Menhaj Huda.The movie just got its Stateside ... http://beatlife.net/the-angel-kidulthood-opening-theme-remix/ Alumni of URB's Next 100 feature, Black Stone Theatre Collective are making old school soul, funk and disco sound good as new on their album Music For A Saturday Evening. Producer Andy C is the mastermind behind it all and he is joined by a selection of Chi-town vocalists - ... http://beatlife.net/bst-collective-music-for-a-saturday-evenings/ Raashan Ahmad always comes with a nice, jazzy hip-hop vibe and a thought-provoking message. This video for "Peace", taken from his recent album The Push is well-executed with a combination of live action interacting with animation. Here's the official blurb from Om Records' main hip-hop dude Jonathan McDonald: "I couldn't be ... http://beatlife.net/raashan-ahmad-peace-video/ Todd Kelley has put together another solid installment of his mix series "Prototype of Nu-Soul." The tracklisting below speaks for itself. Download it here and visit Todd's site to check out his many other mixes, all of which are available for download. 01. Take Off The Blues - The Foreign Exchange 02. Pantyhose ... http://beatlife.net/prototype-of-nu-soul-vol-12/ LA soul heads - it's almost time for another Strictly Social! The crew returns to Silverlake's the Little Temple Bar with another great lineup including Q Dixon, Jamila with a guest DJ set from DJ Daz. Plus you will also be treated to a special video screening of Wayna's new video ... http://beatlife.net/strictly-social-q-dixon-jamila-wayna/ Brittany Bosco is a progressive soul diva out of Savannah, GA, and honestly that's about as much as I know about her except that her quite excellent EP "Spectrum" is available for free download and has been creating quite some buzz just recently. Her sound easily traverses terrain from progressive, ... http://beatlife.net/brittany-bosco-spectrum-ep-download/ I love me some Zion I so today was a double-whammy day for me. New video in the email Inbox, and a promo of the new album The Takeover in my real-life mailbox. Haven't had a chance to check that out yet, but in the meanwhile you can take a ... http://beatlife.net/new-zion-i-video-juicy-juice/ Two of my faves, Ohmega Watts and Jneiro Jarel team up for this video "Eyes and Ears" taken from the former's album Watts Happening. The album came out last year on Ubiquity, but this is just now being released as a digital single, which features an additional mix from Clutchy ... http://beatlife.net/ohmega-watts-video-with-jneiro-jarel/ *Ok, hipsters, blipsters and all you cool kids, cover your eyes, you're not gonna like what I'm about to say.* I'm a little ambivalent about these Proton dudes. They're on the come-up out of the ATL scene and definitely making some noise. They have some hot tracks but their lyrical ... http://beatlife.net/proton-red-purple-mixtape-download/ I'm on a bit of a Replife roll at the moment, so I thought I'd give y'all a little taste of the man's music in case you happen to still be sleeping. "Change 4 A Dolla" is taken from his album The Unclosed Mind which was recently released via Futuristica ... http://beatlife.net/replife-change-4-a-dolla-featured-download/