Enter Muhsinah, Badu Is Back, Black Thought Speaks, Videos: Kwe & Cons, Lupe Live Clips, Philly Ghost Tix.
Her name is Muhsinah and we like her. A Brooklyn NY transplant by way of D.C., Muhsinah [mus?n?] first came to our attention with her appearances on Hezekiah’s I Predict a Riot and Little Brother’s Get Back. Now you can check her self-produced web-exclusive release day.break currently available on iTunes. A full length LP will be released on December 13 complete with bonus tracks. Check her official site, myspace, and okayplayer’s review for all you need to know.
Here at OKP we hope to be able to hip you to cool new artists, as well as keep you abreast of the ones you already know and love. Read the official press release announcing Erykah Badu’s return to the music limelight with her debut single “Honey” produced by 9th Wonder (Real Audio). E will release her first full length album in over 7 years on February 26th, 2008. What do you think of “Honey?”
On Tuesday Black Thought served as the keynote speaker at Dillard College in New Orleans as part of their “On Campus Discussion” series. The topic was “Black Images in the Media,” a hot button issue for the students of this historically black university. It’s not often you hear about Black doing things outside of killing the mic and touring the globe (occasional movie or tv show appearance aside). Check him out in this photo posing with Dillard students as well as signing autographs. One female student said that she didn’t expect Black to be so frank. He conducted an interview with the school newspaper as well.
While we linked to it over a week ago, the music video for Talib Kweli’s “Everything Man” (featuring Res) was declared official by his label (Warner Bros) yesterday. In the same announcement they revealed that a new episode of Blacksmith TV will be coming next week. Make sure you’ve seen the first one before that happens and check back here next week!
Our boy Consequence just premiered his new video for “Breakfast of Champions.” The track is off the ‘DJ Whoo Kid Presents Consequence - The Cons Vol. 5′ mixtape and sees ‘Quence spitting over Premo’s beat for Gang Star’s “Skillz.”
Peep this live clip of Lupe Fiasco performing his single “Superstar” at the 2007 mtvU Woodie Awards along side Matthew Santos on the hook and a last minute appearance from Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump. Pat is all up in the hip-hop lately as he sings the hook on The Root’s lead single off Rising Down (4/29/08). For more new music off Lupe’s upcoming album The Cool, head over to Nahright where a live version of his song “Hello Goodbye” was posted for download.
Ghostface is coming to Philadelphia next Wednesday 11/21 at the Trocadero along side Rakim and Brother Ali. Simply sign up on our email list and enter your zip code for a chance to win a pair of tickets. For those of you registered on our message boards, be sure to enter our Wild Style contest.
Shout out to Farmington, class of ‘93. Shout out to everyone who was at Eric Haze’s gallery show in BK last night.
-dantana