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Monday, March 25, 2013

Torae - Admission Of Guilt Mixtape

Skyzoo - Spike Lee Was My Hero (Music Video)

Skyzoo provides a new video from his album, A Dream Deferred, with the help of Talib Kweli.

Dart Adams On Rap Radar, Hot 97 & Hip-Hop Opportunism

I'm a big fan of Peter Rosenberg. I don't listen to his radio show much, but I do catch his podcast whenever he has a guest of interest. So a few days ago I came across a discussion between Rosenberg and his program director. The program director was feeling rather self-important that day, seeing as Sean Price has done a lot more for Hip-Hop than he ever has. But anyway, I'm getting sidetracked. That video led me to this article by one of my favorite follows on Twitter, Dart Adams aka Bastard Swordsman. It's a bit of a long read, but it's a good one.

Bastard Swordsman, Execution Of A Chump © Gang Starr

Back on December 5th, I was on Twitter and I saw a tweet from Brian “B.Dot” Miller of Rap Radar run across my timeline via an RT that seemed extremely hypocritical to me so I decided to add my two cents to it and RT it myself. It ended up looking like this:

Mick Boogie - Brooklyn Originals Mixtape

Word To Langston: The Making Of Skyzoo's A Dream Deferred

Vibe TV and Vibe Magazine present an exclusive behind the scenes look at the making of Skyzoo's sophomore album "A Dream Deferred". Studio sessions, show footage, and a one on one interview detailing the album's creative process all add to putting you right in the room as the work was being done.

Skyzoo Previews A Dream Deferred Album

I will actually be copping the physical CD when this drops. I can't wait. You can pre-order it now.

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Sunday, September 9, 2012

Talib Kweli & Z-Trip - Attack The Block Mixtape

I don't know if anyone else had encoding/metadata problems with the files for this, but I did. I had to download an encoder to fix this. Apparently it's a Windows 7 issue, but both of these links are good to go. Streaming available below as well.

Skyzoo - A Dream Deferred: Cover Art & Track Listing

I can't wait for this to drop. Also check out Skyzoo talking about his writing process below.

Skyzoo - Jansport Strings [Prod. by 9th Wonder]

I don't normally post individual songs for streaming because every other blog will have them as well. Also, if it's for an actual project that's going to be released for purchase the label or artist will usually be deactivating any links for downloading. But in this case, Jansport Strings is the first single off of the only project that I truly can't wait to drop. As of right now it's slated to drop on October 2nd, but we all know how release dates are.

"The idea behind Jansport Strings is not based on it being literal, but more so in the figurative sense. As a kid in NY, the strings on your Jansport bag were a sign of power and presence. Kids would steal the strings off of each other's bags and burn the tips to prevent getting robbed of them once they got them. The song is a 3 minute auto-bio of me as a kid in Brooklyn and seeing more than my friends and I had bargained for. In essence, my Jansport strings tied it all together, seeing what we all saw and what it made us. The ending is a clip from Video Music Box, the legendary NYC video show run by DJ Ralph McDaniels. This episode in particular was the debut of Chi-Ali's 'Age Ain't Nothin But A Number'. Seeing that video that day on this episode of VMB made me start rhyming. This clip was literally the moment that changed my life." -Skyzoo