October 16, 2007 – 10:21 am
Okayplayer Artists In The Movies Starring Jill Scott, Common, Mos Def, Black Thought, and More.
In the daily decline of the music business, OkayArtists stay selling records (see Common, Kweli, Jill, & Amy Winehouse who have all made recent appearances at the top of the Billboard chart). And while the bar lowers for record […] read more…
October 15, 2007 – 11:18 am
Common Gets Shine from BET, Little Brother Pre-Order & Tour, Blackalicious Shows, I Can’t Say the New Nas Title.* Congrats to OKP NewBorn202 for winning this morning’s caption contest. Common took home two awards at Saturday night’s BET Hip-Hop Awards where he won “Lyricist of the Year” and tied (tied??) very-likely to be incarcerated […] read more…
October 12, 2007 – 1:15 pm
“There are too many gateseses”Holy shite! It’s taking me so long to write this update ‘cuz I can’t stop reading all this isht on our boards (crack kills, btw). “There are Too many gateseses” (c) OKP Bridgetown. I’ve been doing this site for almost 8 years (its one of my worst habits […] read more…
October 11, 2007 – 11:05 am
Radiohead’s In Rainbows, Lupe’s Fiascogate, Com And Ye’s Comedy, Jill Scott The Actress, Black Lily Auction.The Rainbow Connection Something about Radiohead always seems to be ahead of the game. In a revolutionary “eff u” to the corporate music industry structures-that-be, Thom Yorke and co. decided to offer up their latest album for download- and […] read more…
October 10, 2007 – 12:37 pm
Kweli In China, Red Bull Music Academy Radio, Black Thought The Robot, Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings. MTV news brings us along as Talib Kweli experiences China in their “You R Here” blog. Following in the footsteps of The Roots and Common, Kweli is one of the first hip-hop acts to be invited […] read more…
October 9, 2007 – 11:42 am
New LB in 2 Weeks, Feat Lil Wayne?, Lupe Fumbles & Recovers, New Meshell & Aceyalone, Tanya Morgan Wins! It’s the countdown to Little Brother’s third full length release Get Back in stores two weeks from today. One of the bigger topics surrounding the release is the inclusion of a track featuring Lil Wayne […] read more…
October 8, 2007 – 12:36 pm
HHH Tour Ends, Vh1 Show Tonight, Lupe’s From Chicago, Jay-Z Album Preview, New Music Coming out of Philly. The Roots, Kane, Lyte, and Skillz wrapped up their 14 city Hip Hop Honors Tour this past Friday with a double header at New York’s Nokia Theater. After starting late for the first show they had […] read more…
October 5, 2007 – 12:26 pm
HIP HOP HONORS INVASION! We have more recap from the HHH Tour stop in Philly and Black Thought’s birthday show Wednesday. Gingerlynn blesses us with a little photo gallery and blog from the night. (Usually she takes more flicks but she was tour managing) Skillz hits us with his blog entry. […] read more…
October 4, 2007 – 12:33 pm
Roots Rock Philly, Live Mixtape Is Here, Skillz’ Crushes, The CoupTV, HHH Week Events in NYC, Contest Winners. The Roots and HHH Tour cast brought down the house in front of a sold out home-town crowd last night at Philly’s Electric Factory. The most difficult venues of all the many for The […] read more…
October 3, 2007 – 11:17 am
Bday Boys Libres Rule!, Del The Funky Homosapien Album & Tour, CoupTV Launched, Skillz Blog, Contests Galore!HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY B-DAY!!! First up, we gotta give some big birthday love to two extraordinary rappers… Happy Birfday Black Thought and Talib Kweli!! Oh, you didn’t know? It’s Libre-mania up in here. Also a big […] read more…