Raleigh, NC’s Drique London has connected with Tacoma, WA’s DJ Semaj for a collaborative EP, entitled Gordian Knot. The EP will feature Drique exclusively over Semaj’s production. DJ Semaj has produced for Actual Proof, Ryshon Jones, JD Era and more. Drique also landed one of the few coveted hip hop slots for 2012 Hopscotch Festival, coming next…
Next Sunday August 12, 2012 Eargasm Entertainment will be presenting a listening party for Los Angeles, Cali emcee Esko and his new project, The Seed. The Seed is Esko’s sopohmore LP and the first in a three-part series of releases, representing different stages of his personal growth. DJ Flash will be on the 1s and 2s…
Chapel Hill, NC’s SkyBlew keeps his dream-themed mixtape titles going with the newest release. The new project includes features from Las Vegas’ SK4MC (who will be performing at A3C this year), plus Raleigh’s J. Capri, Faith Langley and WhizKid. SkyBlew says this one is a mix of nerd core and 90’s hip hop. Take a…
The listeners love hearing fresh new music on Feature Night Thursdays and so do I! Feature Night Thursdays returns August 23, 2012. I took the summer off and am now ready to turn up again! The week Augusts’ Feature Night Thursday show airs will also be the first week that school will be back in…
As always, Leimert Park’s Raven Sorvino keeps it all the Cali in her latest video. This time she takes us on a walk through the back aisles of the Slauson Swap Meet and on a ride to see other historic L.A. landmarks. The best parts of these visuals? Not only is she rocking pink corduroy…
R3venge Of The Nerds is a three-man writing and production collective out of California, Los Angelos to be exact. Their sound is somewhat different from everything else that’s out right now and it’s kind of hard for me to explain, but I’ll try. It’s very chill, somewhat trippy, a little pop-ish. Maybe an urban, 2012…
So last night the first (annual I hope) 5 Pillars: DURM Hip Hop Summit took place in downtown Durham, NC at Casbah. For y’all unfamiliar with RDU (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC), Durham used to be one of THE places to hear, see, participate in and experience indie/underground hip hop not only in RDU, but just about the whole state.…
Future just so happens to be one of my favorite rappers out right now. Regardless of how you feel about his lyrics on "My Hoe 2", his "Go Harder" is one of my wake up motivation songs, so he’s good in my book for right now. Cam Kirk is out in LA with Future and…
The 5th annual South Carolina Music Awards were held this past weekend in Greenville, SC. I’m still waiting on official attendance numbers, however 2000 folks showed up for 2011’s events and 795 people viewed this years’ live stream hosted by yours truly, so I expect the numbers for people who were in the building this…