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Kooley High wasn’t the only hip hop group to grace the stage this past weekend at Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival Of Music & Dance; Durham’s The Beast performed as well. This is footage from their set courtesy of danschram. Stay tuned for The Beast’s Guru Legacy EP, dropping next month. The new project is a…

The Million Dollar Dreamz team continues to put in work, so be on the lookout for warrenJae’s The Dreamcatcher mixtape dropping soon, hosted by DJ Black Bill Gates, and presented by DJBooth.net & TheRapUp.net. Run That Back:Before I Lay Vol. II (A Prelude To The Dream Catcher) (EP).

Spring Hill The Movement is back with another great initative for the Chapel Hill, NC community. This past December Spring Hill The Movement presented the 1st Annual Food Drive Jump Off, in which over 100 cans of food was collected and presented to The Interfaith Council Community House and NC Food Bank. Next month Spring…

This is the best shot I could get of all the new sneakers in store at Kosmic Kickz. The releases include the Nike Air Max Griffey 2, Nike Air Max Command plus more. And while you’re there, support your local hip hop blogger by copping a Nanci O Is Hip Hop T shirt. You can…

JSWISS is back with a third installment of his New Music Monday series. This week features P Rob and their rhymes over an old De La Soul instrumental, which I cannot figure out. Y’all help me out, which De La track is this beat from? ‘View’– Download. Run That Back:Download JSWISS’s Out Of State Intuition…

Off the Edgefield, SC duo’s The Carolina Blueprint II: 93 Octane mixtape, scored by Sam King. Visuals for the track should be coming soon. ‘Move That Work’– Download. Run That Back:Rebellious aka Shawt & G: The Evolution Of Hustle Episode #2 (Video).

9th Wonder and contestants in the inaugural producer’s Gladiator Beat Battle, co-presented by The Soul Council and Native Instruments at The Brewery in Raleigh, NC Friday April 8, 2011. Contestants: D.R.U.G.S. (the winner, holding part of the $2000 grand prize package which included a Maschine, Komplete 7, Traktor Scratch Pro, plus more), Commissioner Gordon, Doc…

I don’t care what anyone says, SkyBlew always have some of the best mixtape/album/single artwork around. “Blew Note Samba” is off his next album, Above The Stars Is My Landing, which is set to drop next month. And if you haven’t be sure to download SkyBlew’s Clouds Are My Everlasting Memories mixtape, co-presented by www.nancioradioshow.com.…

Here’s the newest single from Raleigh’s Napolean Wright II. It’s………..different. I’m still digging his debut album Home though, definitely check it out if you haven’t. Features on the album include King Mez, Von Pea, Charlie Smarts and Tab-One (both of Kooley High). “The One”–<a href=”http://napoleonwrightii.bandcamp.com/track/the-one”>The One by Napoleon Wright II</a>Download.