Jason Goldwatch captures Dilated Peoples’ epic journey through the music industry in all its glory and disappointments in “The Release Party” feature film. Watch the WORLD PREMIERE music video for the title track off the DVD/CD release on AllHipHop and read the article “Dilated Peoples Celebrate Independence on The Release Party DVD” on XXL.
The legendary Q-Tip is celebrating Independence Day with a bang, making “WorkItOut” - the first single from his upcoming album The Renaissance scheduled for release this fall on Motown Records. The single will apparently be available to download and stream (for free) from Tip’s MySpace, although it’s not up there yet. You can listen below and hit up the MySpace anyway to sign the petition for the release of Q-Tip’s 2002 album Kamaal the Abstract which never came out on Arista Records.
AUDIO: “WorkItOut” - WIN | QUICK | REAL
While we celebrate Independence Day here in the US, our boy Mr. J Medeiros paints a vivid picture with his <a href=” http://www.rawkus.com/content/?p=514
” target=”_blank”>song and video for “Constance,” a true story about a girl who is 13, sold into prostitution by her father in the Philippines. Read the interview to learn more.
Freedom fighter and gun violence awareness advocate Pharoahe Monch’s new album Desire has received a well deserved 4 Mics from The Source.
Another piece of commentary dedicated to the plight of the artist trying to get by in an industry plagued by commercialism, the 5 questie “Before The Music Dies” is now available in the OkayStore.
Yesterday we bigged up Jay Electronica and it looks like everyone on the boards agrees as FWMJ’s thread approaches platinum status (100 replies).
OKP EXCLUSIVE: Mr. Lif remix album! Featuring Willie Evans Jr. and Akrobatik, Lif gives us Black Mega, only available in the OkayStore.