Okayplayer news 05.19.08

Ye’s The Best, N.E.R.D. Interview + Film, Congrats Lupe, Cons Video Shoot, Idle Warship Vid, New Cool Kids Song, Dwele LP Sample. • In recognition of his top selling albums, record breaking sold out shows, and relentless tenacity in everything that he does, MTV (the brand that somehow still seems to matter in today’s media cluster […] read more…

Okayplayer news 05.15.08

FREE Skillz Mixtape w/ J. Period & Don Cannon, Little Brother Release, New Rae & Ghost, Idle Warship Dogs Hillary, Big Boi Album, Goodbye Mass Appeal, Kid Cudi. • We know we’ve been promising you this mixtape from Skillz, and it’s finally here! Hit up Skillz’ blog for the download of Design Of A Decade: […] read more…

Okayplayer news 05.13.08

?uestye’ Blog Parody, Cons + CRS In-Studio Vid, DJ Clue Interviews Nas, Royce da 5′9 x Elzhi, Behind The Scenes of the New RZA Video. • Let me first start by saying, we are huge fans of Kanye West’s music. We regularly enjoy (and sometimes link to) his blog. Most recently, that dope ass […] read more…

Okayplayer news 05.05.08

The Roots X Luda Take NoLa, El-P’s Blog Warms Up, Kweli Interview Vid, NIN Gives It Away, Kanye Does Kanye, Black Lily Fest Re-Cap, Dilla ft. Bilal. • Over the weekend The Roots returned to the fairgrounds of the great NOLA Jazz Fest. In addition to their usual high energy set, the crew was joined […] read more…

Okayplayer news 04.28.08

Roots On Letterman, Previously Estelle, The Phoenix Rising?, Vote KITH + Drivin’ Remix, Glow Vids, Cons On Rap City, OkayArtists Speak On Sean Bell. • Tomorrow, you know the deal. It’s The Roots, it’s their 10th major release, it’s called Rising Down. Go to the store and support real music. The Roots have put together another […] read more…

Okayplayer news 04.22.08

NYOIL vs. Nas, Atmosphere in stores!, N.E.R.D. Vocab, Phil & Kweli Go Green, Kidz Sell Cars, Pac & U-N-I, D.C. X BK • Now I think we all knew that Nas song we linked ya’ll to yesterday was going to stir up some controversy, after all that was the point of it. NYOIL has a […] read more…