Nappy Roots - The Pursuit of Nappyness Tour 09'

Perhaps it's been awhile since you've heard anything from your favorite platinum-selling American alternative southern rap group from Kentucky, Nappy Roots. However in 2008 Milledgeville, Georgia native Fish Scales, Kentucky natives Skinny DeVille, B. Stille, Ron Clutch, and Big V left their major label troubles behind and started their very own label, Nappy Roots Entertainment Group (known as NREG). The result of that decision has brought Nappy Roots back to the people with the release of "The Humdinger" which has been called one of the top 25 hip hop albums of 2008 and includes the uplifting single "Good Day" featuring Greg Street. Nappy Roots have been steadily putting out good music since their classic debut in 2002 with the number one album “Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz” and their follow up “Wooden Leather.” I'm sure you remember the classic songs “Awnaw (ft Jazze Pha),” “Round Da Globe,” and “Po Folks.” The Humdinger has more of that down home feel good music that is greatly needed in times such as these. Fortunately for Arizona the boys will bringing the good vibes to Club Red this Friday February 20th along with local openers Dan Smack, J-Beam & Knawledg, Novelty, and Queen Yonasda. Tickets for this 18+ show are only $15 and can be purchased directly from the local artists or by stopping in Eastside Records, Stinkweeds, and all valley Zia's locations. If you feel like grabbing your $15 presales online you can visit http://um.frontgatetickets.com/ or click the flyer below.
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Here's a few videos from the southern gentleman including a promo for the The Humdinger.



Bonus!
Click the link below to download the single "Good Day" from "The Humdinger." Enjoy
Nappy Roots - Good Day

P.O.S. - Never Better Tour 09'

If you're at all familiar with the Rhymesayers camp, and I've seen you at the shows so I know you are, then you've no doubt noticed a lot of commotion surrounding one of their very prolific artists recently. That artist is no other then the Minneapolis born MC Stefon Alexander. You probably know him better as P.O.S. of the mighty Doomtree crew. Rhymesayers released P.O.S.'s newest album Never Better earlier this week and wasted absolutely no time in launching the coinciding tour. I mean no time at all. When Fifth Element opened it's doors to a crowd of fans eager to get their hands on a copy of Never Better at midnight this past week they were treated to a performance from P.O.S. and DJ Papertiger. The following day Stef, as they call him in his hometown, grouped up with DJ Plain Ole Bill and special Doomtree guests Sims as well as Mictlan + Lazerbreak as Hand Over Fist to officially launch the Never Better Tour 09. The tour will be stopping by The Clubhouse Music Venue in Tempe this upcoming Wednesday the 11th and we've just add very special hometown AZ guests The Insects to the bill to make this very affordable all ages show all the more ill for you. Tickets are only $10 presale at Eastide Records (Tempe), Stinkweeds (Phoenix), and all valley Zia locations. Or you can click the flyer below or visit um.frontgatetickets.com to cop your online tickets.



You know i can't leave you without a few treats so I've decided to include the video for P.O.S.'s new single Drumroll. This video is intense and pulls you into it's grip before you even hear his first verse as he's huddled up for cover behind an abandoned car. Make sure to scroll through the rest of the videos to see the making of this video as well as special messages regarding the album straight from P.O.S. and the Rhymesayers camp.



Bonus!
Click the link below to download the single "Goodnight" off Never Better.

P.O.S. - Goodnight

The Insects feat. Pep Love - Switch

Once in awhile a track will come along that stops a person where they stand. Usually in these situations the halt in activity is almost immediately followed by the scrunching of ones face, sort of like they smell poo, then the nodding of ones head repeatedly. Recently my man Foundation, of Drunken Immortals and The Insects fame, gave me a few of his new mixtapes that he had left over from a recent tour of Europe with (fellow Vinyl Rocker) Pickster One and 2mex. So as I was preparing a set of CDJ's a few nights later for the Wu Tang Clan's sound check, Pickster and I decided to pop them in for check. Well here's where it all ties in. After a few dry mic checks it came time to check the mic's with some music behind them. As soon as the music, which just happened to be the The Insects' track "Switch" from the upcoming album Gone started, heads turned, noses wrinkled, and heads began nodding in unison. Sometime after that Pep Love's voice came in with the first lines of the song and all around it looked like the imaginary shit smell heightened as the heads started banging so hard that i'm sure some cats needed to see a "massage therapist" later that night. Bottom line is, if Wu's camp is feeling it, I know each and every one of you will be getting massages soon from excessive head nodding. Keep an eye out for Foundation's upcoming mixtape release party and The Insects upcoming release Gone.

DOWNLOAD HERE:

The Insects (feat. Pep Love of the Hieroglyphics) - Switch


Bonus!
Try clicking the 2mex link for the infamous "Euef Dur Challenge" video from the 808 and Handshakes Tour of Europe last summer.
2mex+Pickster One+Foundation+
Sweaty Eggs = Fucking Hillarious!

Furious Styles Crew 15th year Anniversary October 23rd-26th 2008

Furious Styles Crew just announced their 15th year Anniversary party on the weekend of October 23rd-26th 2008.
Mark Your ca lander now! here is some dope footie to hold you over..

Furious Styles Crew 14th Ann Trailer!
Styles hd trailer


B-Boy Miracles Killin it


Furious Styles With Drunken Immortals at the "Hot Concrete" cd Release party


B-Boy House Killin it


Odin Rock Killin It

RZA, Founding Member of The Wu-Tang Clan, Live in Arizona

So since we have That Gza "Liquid Swords" show coming up in September, I figured we should drop some RZA footie on ya'll in case u missed his AZ shows that just passed. Here is Rza performing a few Wu-Tang Classics live in AZ...

Rza performs "Shimmy Shimmy Ya'll" by Ol Dirty Bastard, Live in Phoenix, AZ


Rza Performs "4th Chamber" off the classic album, "Liquid Swords" live in Phoenix, AZ


Rza Performs "Wu-Tang Clan Aint Nuttin To Fuck With" Live in Tucson, AZ


Rza Performs "4th Chamber" off the classic Gza album, "Liquid Swords" Live in Tucson, AZ

DJ A-Trak "Me & My Sneakers" Feat. Lupe Fiasco & Kid Cudi

Dj A-Trak aka KanYe West's DJ is releasing a Nike assisted album titled: A-Trak - Running Man: Nike + Original Run.
Lupe Fiasco was scheduled to appear on the album but due to clearance problems didn’t make it. HOWEVER, up & come-ah Kid Cudi replaced him on the track.

here is the Original version that couldn't get clearance...
DOWNLOAD and LISTEN - A-Trak "Me and My Sneakers" Feat. Lupe Fiasco

here is the version that made it on the Album...
DOWNLOAD and LISTEN - A-Trak "Me and My Sneakers" Feat. Kid Cudi

Daedelus - Love To Make Music To

Alfred Darlington (born Alfred Weisberg-Roberts) in Santa Monica, Alfred better known as Daedelus wanted to be an inventor growing up as a kid, a sentiment that led to him choosing this artistic moniker (in Greek mythology Daedalus was known as an inventor, although Weisberg-Roberts also cites the character Stephan Daedelus in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man as well as the ship in the Japanese cartoon Robotech as equally valid reasons for his selection) when he decided to begin releasing his own work. Now In a time of redefinition of what it means to be a DJ and performer, Daedelus has been proposing a style of live performance of intricate live-sequencing of original sounds, thick layering of sampled loops from diverse sources, and a bit of spice and magic all piped through a custom-built magic box called the Monome. His compositions are journeys and his sense for texture and sound mining are broad and fantastical.


Love To Make Music To, Released on Ninja Tune Records, is one of the most impressive electronic releases this year. It's all over the place, and in a good way. There's great touches of hip-hop, smooth beats for the dance floor, intense moments of multi-layered ambiance, and a whole bag of tricks that make this Daedelus’ best and most playfully accessible album yet.

DOWNLOAD & LISTEN - Daedelus - Touchtone (feat. Paperboy and Taz)
DOWNLOAD & LISTEN - Daedelus - My Beau (feat. Paperboy & Erika Rose)

Here is Video Interview with Daedelus


Here is Daedelus live at the Low End Theory in Los Angeles, CA


LINKS
www.myspace.com/daedelusdarling

Grip Grand - "Brokelore"

Bay Area MC/PRODUCER GRIP GRAND Made some noise in the Hip-Hop scene with his Underground Gem "Poppin Pockets" Dj's all across the US and Europe grabbed that song and played the shit outta it. Including Me haha. Grip is back with his new LP "Brokelore" which brings that Bay Area Fire (Non Hyphy Folks) Spitting like i have grown to love. You can Usually see Grip running around town wit the REC LEAGUE RECORDS cats or with his homie bay area mc, RITCHIE CUNNING you'll hear more about him in a later post. But peep the tracks, if ya feelin it. Go out and swoop up "Brokelore" so my man Grip can get another cheese burger value meal..



DOWNLOAD & LISTEN Grip Grand - Poppin Pockets
DOWNLOAD & LISTEN Grip Grand - 96 tears MF Shalam mix
DOWNLOAD & LISTEN Grip Grand - Showtime (Thats Entertainment)

LINKS
www.myspace.com/gripgrand
www.routinefly.com

ArtDontSleep Presents: "From LA With Love"

Art Don't Sleep Presents "From LA With Love", a collection of new music from LA's most ingenious, original electronic producers, creating an exceptional record that is not only amazing musically, but is a true reflection of a brand new underground music scene. Also featured in the CD is one piece of visual art per song that represents the visual art interpretation of the song that inspired it.

It is rare that movements come along that are as prolific as what is occurring in Los Angeles today. From Greenwich Village and San Francisco in the 60s, to the blues movement of Chicago, to the country movement of Nashville, each era marked a change in music and a change in the arts overall. The new movement now resides in The City of Angels.




Tracklisting
01. From Leaf to Feather - Night Sun
02. Nobody presents: Blank Blue - All the Shallow Deep
03. Sound Directions - Wildflower
04. Tarek "Dj Dusk" Captan - Let me know
05. A Race of Angels - Just Begin
06. Adventure Time - This Dome Is Our Home
07. Nathan Yell - Goodbye
08. Coleman - No Strings Attached
09. Computer Jay feat. The Gray Kid - 1000 Fold
10. Exile - In The Night 22
11. Georgia Anne Muldrow - Killa Peach
12. Flying Lotus - It's A Secret
13. Take feat. Gaby Hernandez - Walk Away
14. Yesterdays New Quintet - I Remember John Coltrane
15. The Gaslamp Killer feat. Gonjasufi - Kobwebs
16. Free Moral Agents - Sound At Sea
17. Carlos Nino & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Nag Champa


DOWNLOAD & LISTEN - Exile - In The Night
DOWNLOAD & LISTEN - Nathan Yell - Goodbye

View Gaslamp Killers Video - Kobwebs

LINKS
myspace.com/fromlawithlove
myspace.com/artdontsleep

If you don't know... You Better ask somebody!

Im jus saying though. I hope ya'll realize this is not gonna be a typical rap show. This cat is gonna do His Classic album "Liquid Swords" in its entirety. Classic Show AZ please don't sleep and get your tickets in advance cause this will sell out!

Outasight - Radio New York

These days its real hard to get away with singing in underground hip hop. It really hasn't been pulled off that much. In Commercial Hip-Hop its been pulled off and is now pretty much a staple in a hit song. Enter OUTASIGHT from New York, New York. While shopping his first Ep "Employee Of The Year" he was told he was good, but not good for the radio. So he decided to make his album, The Radio. "Radio New York" is a great album pulling off Mc'ing and Singing on an underground Album, Yet still grabbing that Commercially Sounding Audience at the same time. He made the smart move in making both his EP, And new Album FREE downloads on Blogs and Myspace. Good move for an upcoming artists trying to establish themselves.

Here is 2 tracks to Listen and Download off "Radio New York"
DOWNLOAD & LISTEN Outasight- Good Evening(Dream Big)
DOWNLOAD & LISTEN Outasight- Something To Talk About

And if ya feeling those songs...
DOWNLOAD FULL ALBUM Outasight - Radio New York



Here is a Interview from Outasight on Crack Distribution Radio

Josh One - Los Angeles, CA

Josh One is On the verge of releasing a new full length album,"Tolerance". Josh One is A founding member of the California based collective, Abstract Workshop, and rockin shows and studios in SoCal and abroad for over 10 years, Josh One has worked with many music icons, such as J Dilla, Common, Sean Paul, Imani (Pharcyde), Mystic, Myka 9, and Blu to name a few. His new album "TOLERANCE" will be released in the next few weeks. Recently he said he was finishing up some mixes on it and is looking foward to the release. Here is a few tracks Mr. Hyder picked out for you to peep, and keep an eye out for "Tolerance"

DOWNLOAD - Josh One Playlist
Josh one Play List
01 - What Id Say - Ray Charles (Josh One Rmx)
02 - GO - Common (Josh One Rmx)
03 - After Hours - Josh One feat. Myka 9
04 - Gimme More (Riddim) - Josh One
05 - Sound Bwoy Connection feat. Black Shakespeare
06 - Step To This feat. Blu
07 - Narrow Path - Josh One

Shots out to Mr. Hyder for the Music and words.

Pickster One - Monster Mash

PICKSTER ONE released his "Monster Mash" CD in December at the CRUSHER SOUND SYSTEM premier party. Here is the entire album available for download and listen track by track. Its a mix of old and new music, mixed and mashed into 1 ball of fun.. ENJOY!

OPIO

ENJOY

Kardinal Offical Feat. The Clipse - Set It Off

Kardinal Offical new single Feat. The Clipse - Set It Off produced by The Neptunes. KArdinal is coming cleaner than i have heard him before. This cut is shure to tear the club up. And i can't wait to here the Remixes and Freestyles that pop up on this beat.

LISTEN & DOWNLOAD - Kardinal Offical feat. Clipse - Set It Off

Rza Speaks on Inventing Digital Scratch Technologies

Rza Speaks on Inventing Serato Scratch Live and Final Scratch Digital Vinyl Technologies. Watch him spit game on international patents, and corporate lawsuits.

Rza's New LP - Digi Snacks is out Now!

LISTEN & DOWNLOAD - Rza - Try Ya Ya Ya off the Digi Snacks LP

Keep an eye out for a full update with images and video from the Tucson and Phoenix Rza shows that went down in June.

West Coast Rocks - The Glitch Mob

My first music post comes to you as what some on the west coast would call a "SLUMPER" some Nu Skool gangsta shit wit a glitched out twist. All Bullshit aside... this track is bangin! it comes from The Glitch Mob's Matty G. This is the first im hearing of Matty G, and if im jus not knowin, ya'll can hit me in the gut. But im used to the fire coming from the Glitch mob's EDIT and OOAH on the reg. so give this one a whirl and make sure the subs are on, this is the West Coast Ya'll!

DOWNLOAD HERE - Matty G - West Coast Rocks - GLITCH MOB

Dont forget EDIT will be here at the BLUNT CLUB 8-28-2008