Author: Nanci O Is Hip Hop

B.O.B. had an absolutely phenomenal 2010. What a testament to hard work, a supreme team, a great image and dope music. After the jump peep Bobby Ray’s Pepsi commercial where he did a do-over of “Night Night” off Big Boi’s Sir Lucious Left Foot, for today’s game between the Green Bay Packers and Atlanta Falcons.…

Off Tab-One’s The Tabloids, one of my Top 10 Mixtapes of 2009. This track was produced by Ka$h, 1/6th of producer conglomerate The Soul Council. Run That Back:“Emcee For NC”–Kooley High, Edgar Allen Floe & Sean Boog.

With all the f*ckery going on for folk of color in the new millennium and mainstream it’s refreshing to be snatched back to how we used to be represented. I’m really digging how Actual Proof used Black History images of people who had memorable social movements for the EP artwork. This project is split into…

Off the upcoming The Magic Hour Part 2 mixtape. “Big Things”–Download. Run That Back:Rain’s The Magic Hour mixtape.

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Footage of Young Gliss recording his latest release, which was “produced by” 9th Wonder. Related:Why the recent tension between Young Gliss and 9th Wonder annoys The Sermon’s Domain.

The listeners love hearing fresh new music on feature night Thursdays and so do I. January 27 it all goes down once again. 9PM-12MN, WYXC 89.3 FM Chapel Hill, NC. Live streaming will be available on the stations’ website. The featured artist interviews for the night will be announced soon. There will also be a…

First the trailer with the “Bubble Gum Thang” Brooklyn takeover, now the official video. The ladies of the Carolinas are putting in some serious work. Run That Back:Fish Out Of Water (mixtape)–Mica Swain.

I’m so looking forward to Big K.R.I.T. Wuz Here: The Grillade Sessions EP. Lead singer Rachel Fykes has an other-worldly voice and you may have heard her on Moe Green’s Rocky Maivia: Non Title Match album that dropped last year. Anyway I know of a Carolina artist who has a similar EP dropping later this…