Video Premiere From 9th And Buckshot, ?uesto Risks His Life, Paid Dues Is On Tour!, Sage Francis + Murs Interviews, Kanye Glows, 88 Keys Update, Wu Tang Show Clips.
• Okayplayer is proud to World Premiere the brand new video from 9th Wonder & Buckshot for “Hold It Down” ft. Talib Kweli & Tyler Woods. This is their second video off The Formula, in stores April 29th. Directed by Dru Ha and Rik Cordero, the music video examines three different perspectives of struggle and how they all intersect within the same environment [Discuss]. The Formula is 9th Wonder & Buckshot’s second album together and is available for pre-order now. If you’re in the New York Tri-State Area on April 22nd, Catch Buckshot live for HOT 97’s “Who’s Next Series” which also feature label mates Kidz In The Hall. Shout out to Todd and the good people at The Chop Shop.
• The Smoking Section recently caught up with ?uestlove who talked about Risking Your Life For Hip-Hop… and he’s talking the real risks, like getting caught by moms for cutting church to hear Let The Rhythm Hit ‘Em in the car. For more from the Mighty Afro, read up on how he chose Sasha Grey to star in the controversial “Birthday Girl” video.
• This June be sure to catch the Paid Dues Tour headlined by De La Soul, GZA, Sage Francis and Blackalicious. The tour will be making stops in NYC, Berkeley, Fort Lauderdale, and Denver and will also feature on the bill Rakim, Murs, Little Brother, Kidz In The Hall and Hieroglyphics. Read OKP’s interviews with Sage Francis and Murs from the Paid Dues Festival in ATL earlier this spring, along with a re-cap of the festival and get siked for this tour!
• Through his blog Kanye has been giving us sneak peaks at his “Glow In The Dark Tour”. It Kicked off last night in Seattle, here are some rehearsal pics from his blog. It’s lookin like some space age futuristic ish. Via nahright here’s a clip from the show’s intro last night. If that doesn’t get you runnin to the ticket booth it might be time to find a new genre of music to listen to.
• It has just been revealed that The Death Of Adam, the debut album from long-time producer 88-Keys, will be Executive Produced by Kanye West. It’s a concept album featuring song titles such as “The Friend Zone,” “Viagra (Stay Up),” “Burning Bush” (featuring Redman), and “M.I.L.F” featuring our man Bilal (link for tthat one Via Theexactly). Do the math on what the concept is. You can check out 88 performing these songs as well as Dilated Peoples, The Alchemist, & Aceyalone on the Fresh Ryhmes & Videotape tour presented by DECON and powered by Okayplayer and URB.
• It’s a beautiful thing to see Wu-Tang in the news on a regular basis again. Via Grandgood we’ve got a video of The Wu performing “Wu-Tang Clan ain’t nothin to f%@K wit’” in NYC last night.
• The Roots pals Deerhoof just don’t quit. Although they are in the studio now working on a new album due out this October, they’ve still found time for touring, making a welcomed stop in Philly this June for The Roots Picnic alongside Gnalrs Barkley and Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings, to name a few. New Yorkers, don’t fret, they’ll be playing Prospect Park for free in July. Click the link for more tour dates.
• On the subject of Gnarls Barkley, peep this brand new cover of The Source (sorry, no pompadour here folks) where The Roots and Common also get mentions.
• From Current.com’s “Daily Fix” video, is a piece to catch you up to speed with Atmosphere. As much as we have covered them lately you should know their whole catalog by now. Also Shake (I can’t confirm this but I think he might be Slug on the low haha) has posted a couple new songs from Atmosphere as well. Fight the urge people, wait till Tuesday and cop that ish.
- gingerlynn, shamz & dantana
p.s. Pre-order your copy of Rising Down today!