by Brian Gabriel

An all-white funeral and a party in a field. A baptism in liquor. K.Dot introduces the latest video “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe” off his debut album good kid, m.A.A.d city and still holding it down several months after on the charts and airwaves. “Death To Molly” says the closing shot. Take your party out of the club and into nature below.

by Brian Gabriel

It seems Jay-Z is all about the sports business as of late, from his involvement with the opening of Barclays Center to the launch of Roc Nation Sports to now assisting in the redevelopment of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Jay-Z recently took part in a meeting with other members of the media, presenting four renovation proposals for the Uniondale, New York arena. Situated outside of New York City, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum is home to the New York Islanders, although the team will be heading to Brooklyn in 2015.

by Brian Gabriel

YES! Clear your throats, wipe your eyes and unclog those eardrums and brace yourself. In case you missed it, Lauryn Hill recently signed a deal with Sony that should help her avoid prison time for tax evasion, of which she was accused about a year ago. According to the deal, she’ll found a new label called Observe Creation Music, and record five new songs, followed by a new album. The first of those new songs is this one, “Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix),” and if you thought she might cut down on some of her sharply critical take-no-shit attitude as a result of this whole thing, you’re really, really wrong. Over a deceptively delicate beat, Ms. Hill delivers an intense and brutal but stunningly poetic series of social critiques. Check it out.

by Brian Gabriel

Last week, we shared with you the new single from the beloved Janelle Monáe alongside Erykah Badu and we’re proud to now share the video directed by Alan Ferguson from the upcoming album, The Electric Lady.

By Brian Gabriel

W Hotels of New York in collaboration with UK based underground music site Boiler Room present, Do Not Disturb, an innovative series of unique live online music broadcasts from each hotel’s E-WOW suite. The third and final event in the series which kicked off in London and continued in Paris took place in the newly renovated W Times Square EWOW Suite. The event featured performances and back-to-back DJ Sets by Cam’ron, Solange, Kenny Dope, Brenmar B2B MikeQ, Pete Rock, Ryan Hemsworth & A$AP DJ’s. Each Do Not Disturb event draws inspiration from legendary hotel after-parties of the past and gives music fans globally an opportunity to experience these intimate hotel moments first-hand.

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by Brian Gabriel

Here’s an exclusive in-depth interview with Scarface backstage at Paid Dues. In part 2 Facemob talks to Nick Huff Barili about the current state of Hip Hop saying that he loves Kendrick Lamar but that older white executives that are in control of Hip Hop are not in touch with the streets and don’t care about the culture. Scarface goes on to say that he thinks its a conspiracy to make black people look stupid and brainwash a generation of hip hoppers with “this crud”.

Scarface’s advice to upcoming artists is to uphold the integrity of the craft and not to let the executives dictate our culture. Scarface references how Chuck Berry and Robert Johnson helped found rock and roll and blues but how now both those genres are predominately white and have forgotten their black roots. He goes on to point out that its hard to name many all black rock bands making music today.

As the conversation topic changes, Facemob talks about recording and touring with Tupac who used to open for him. Scarface says Pac would have rode on a lot of people out now like Mitt Romney and that Pac was going to politicize his fan base before he was killed. Part 2 of this interview ends with Facemob sharing a story of the last time he spent time with Pac which was when they recorded the track Smile.

by Brian Gabriel

This is a collaboration that Hip Hop heads are glad has come to fruition, DOOM finally laid down some of trademark flow down over one of Clams Casino’s impressionistic, otherworldly beats. The result: “Bookfiend,” the most interesting rap track you’ve heard in a while, which sounds, what with Clams‘ spaced-out instrumentals and DOOM’s rambling meditations, like a very postmodern future. We’re not sure if this is a sign of bigger collaborations to come – it showed up unannotated on Clams‘ soundcloud this morning – but stay tuned.

by Drew Malmuth

People always say otherwise, but when you hear a fantastic, as-of-yet-unpopular song part of you wants to covet it.  Some are always going to share their hidden gems but others – the relatable, yet loathsome gollums of the fanatical music community – prefer to enjoy their unreleased re-edits in isolation.  I have to admit that only a few songs have turned me into this selfish, hermitic listener; Phoenix’s “Too Young” is the first on the list.  When it was released in 2000 I would play it only for friends that I knew were too snobbish about music to ask me who the artist was.  The sense of exclusivity around the song not only made it sound better, it made me feel cooler for listening to it.

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by Tyler Durden

West coast label, Golden Bear, known for making traditional varsity jackets, produced two varsity jackets for The Woodlands Spring Summer 2013 collection. Featuring a Melton wool body, premium leather sleeves and a high, fold over shawl collar, these are fit for most days of the year. Great for those who really like that college look, or want to relive those days. Now available The Woodlands in a burgundy or loden.