StyleLikeU.com stopped by RZA’s crib to get a first class tour from the Wu-Tang front man, and history behind particular items that he has acquired throughout his career. One interesting item is the original Wu-Tang Clan logo drawn by Allah Mathematics. You also got to love RZA’s personal Kung Fu movie poster collection. Props to Grand Good (via In Flex We Trust) for the heads up.
Hard Knock Tv’s Nick Huff Barili caught up with Wiz Khalifa to talk about New Album including working with Snoop and wanting to work with Pharrell, turning down tour with Drake, and more. Video stars off with Wiz showing off his martial arts skills and smoking out in preparation for interview. Once the interview gets going he tells Nick why he thinks Atlantic is going to be a better fit that Warner Bros for him, what Taylor Gang means, how he sees J Cole, Wale and others as his peers, listening to music out side the Hip Hop genre like Angela Bofill and Animal Collective, how he meet Curren$y (Jets), how him and Yelawolf kick it during the tour. Wiz also shares what his next tattoo is going to be.
Taylor Gang or be poor and vote republican!
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This video came out in August, but I wasn’t put onto it until today by my boy Camiliano. Dope track from the Outdoorsmen representative. Look for Action Bronson’s mixtape with J-Love coming soon.
Download: Action Bronson – Imported Goods
After performing at The Roundhouse in London on the 17th of this month, Talib Kweli invited SoulCulture down to the studio the next day, where he was joined by Akon-affiliated UK emcee Sway to record a song together.
In-between recording and shooting a music video in London, Kweli spoke to SoulCulture TV about his displeasure at the gig of the night before, his experiences of the UK’s Capital and why he chose to shoot a video here for a song from his new album, Gutter Rainbows.
He also discusses how he perceives his lyrical growth across albums and another album he is also working on titled Prisoners Of Conscious, describing the former project as “like the early outtakes of Prisoners Of Conscious, but embellished upon.”
We sat down with Rapper / Producer J. Cole and asked him plenty of questions like: being on tour, being creative, album not done yet, mixtape coming out soon, relationship with Jay-Z, producing on a major level, investing in rapping, scared of thanking a vacation and more!
An ex-con collecting muscle cars, a producer from haitian descent and a MC with no stage name remix the Holy Trinity live from Brooklyn… Holy sh*t !
Since those 3 got back together, each one lives in his own timezone. A paradox that works magic since Joell is on heavy rotation in the city’s biggest radio stations.How to get to the top without going anywhere.
Props to Nah Right.
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In part two of Mac Miller’s interview with We All Scheme’s Aamir – Mac explains how the likes of Big L, Jack Johnson, and others have influenced him musically; how the Beastie Boys would be his dream collaboration; what his hobbies are outside of rapping; and needing help identifying the Nike’s on his feet (literally).
Here is the introduction video from DJ Osk’s brand new video mixtape, Blendsploitation. Original production mixed with that 70′s funk vibe. Enjoy and be educated.
I’ll let Slaine break this one down:
“I spent thousands of hours creating ‘A World With No Skies’. I want it to be a vivid picture of my dreams, nightmares, and psyche. I refuse to compromise my vision for a project that means so much to me,” commented Slaine. “I have recently had some success in a way that unexpectedly put a mainstream light on me. I could give a fuck less about that kind of attention. What I do give a fuck about is maintaining the integrity of my album, so I have had to deal with sample clearance issues which caused it to be delayed until early 2011. In the meantime while I rework the album, I am giving you my new mixtape ‘The Devil Never Dies’ for free. At the end of the day fans dont give a shit about red tape nor should they, and I wanted to put out new music now. I locked myself in my studio for two weeks and this is what I came out with.”
Download after the break. Enjoy and be educated. Read the rest of this entry »
Hard Knock Tv’s Nick Huff Barili caught up with Lloyd Banks to talk about his new album, Hunger For More 2 (HFM2), the rumors about 50 Cent and Chelsea Handler dating, Soulja Boy and 50 Cent’s XXL Cover and wanting an apology from Interscope for dropping him from their roster and then wanting to sign him once Beamer, Benz or Bentley went Gold independently.
