Wax on Film is an opportunity for vinyl collectors to share their collection amongst the music community. Starting today, Flea Market Funk and Dust & Grooves are accepting photo submissions for the best vinyl collection. Prize packages will be given to the top three winners.

First Place:
1 Tucker and Bloom North South DJ Bag
1 Nixon RPM Headphones
1 Rare Byrds 45 Poster
1 Listen Clothing and 1 101 Apparel Tee
1 Cultures of Soul 7” test pressing of The Darling Dears “I Don’t Think I’ll Love Another”
1 Hot Peas & Butta Limited Edition Print
1 Tropicalia In Furs: Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas 3D LP
5 Truth and Soul Records 7” records

Second Place:
1 Nixon Crux Messenger Bag
1 Nixon RPM Headphones
1 Rare Byrds 45 Poster
3 Truth and Soul Records 7” records
1 Cultures of Soul 7” record
1 Listen Clothing and 1 101 Apparel Tee
1 Hot Peas & Butta Limited Edition Print
1 Tropicalia In Furs Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas 3D LP

Third Place:
1 Nixon Crux Messenger bag filled with Nixon Trooper Headphones
1 Rare Byrds 45 Poster,
1 Truth and Soul Records 7” record
1 Cultures of Soul 7” record
1 Hot Peas & Butta Limited Edition Print
1 Listen Clothing and 1 101 Apparel Tee

Submission rules:

* Submissions will be accepted until March 15th , 2012.
* Finalists will be announced no later than April 2nd, 2012.
* There is no limit to the number of images each artist may submit.
* Submission is open to all persons over the age of 18.
* Artwork should be submitted as a digital file.
* Maximum file size: 2MB
* File Format: JPEG
* Images should be saved at 72dpi
* Color Profile: sRGB
* Images should be no larger than 1400 pixels on their longest dimension.
* File names should consist of: Artist name_Artwork name_Sequence Number
* On the caption field please write your full name and a valid email address so we can contact you in case your submission wins.

If you would like to submit photos of your collection, you may do so by clicking HERE.

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Over the course of his career, R.A. The Rugged Man has gone from a mysterious cult figure to a full-blown underground rap superstar, touring the globe, producing movies, murdering verses alongside hip-hop’s biggest names, and drawing praise from peers and critics alike. In this exclusive clip, R.A. reveals some details on his new album “Legends Never Die,” the official follow-up to the classic “Die, Rugged Man, Die.” “Legends Never Die” coming soon. Get the latest on R.A. at http://ratheruggedman.net/.

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Prodigy links up with Complex Magazine to premier his brand new mixtape, H.N.I.C. 3. With a new Mobb album on the way, this mixtape will give you a preview of what’s to come from the legendary Queens duo. As expected, Havoc handles the majority of the production on H.N.I.C. 3, with additional production coming from the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Mr. Porter, Harry Fraud, SC and The Little People. Cory Gunz, French Montana, Waka Flocka and Estelle all makes guest appearances throughout the project.

Prodigy (of Mobb Deep) “H.N.I.C. 3″ | Download

In honor of Malcom X’s death anniversary, Mos Def presents his brand new music video for the track “Ni**as In Poorest.” Get ‘em, Mos!

After a brief hiatus, Queens emcee Camiliano returns to the scene with his brand new album titled Thoughts Become Words, Words Become Music. A collection of thinking out loud sessions, Camiliano expresses his trials and tribulations over ten original produced tracks. R&B songstress Tenille makes the only feature on Thoughts Become Words on the Diggers Union-approved track “Ready.” Production comes courtesy of The Labor Dept, K.O.N., SPK, Chris Hollywood and Mighty 1ne.

Camiliano “Thoughts Become Words, Words Become Music” | Download

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Brown Bag AllStar member Audible Doctor has teamed up with Brown Bag affiliate Maticulous to form the duo, Audimatic. “Broken Cup” serves as the first release from the newly formed duo and is featured on Maticulous’ brand new EP titled The Maticulous [purchase]. On March 13th, Audimatic will release their next single exclusively on iTunes, so be on the lookout for that.

Props to Audible Doctor for sending this through.

Spine TV meet up with Amir Abdullah, label manager with Wax Poetics and one half of famous crate digging duo Kon & Amir, on a tour of some of his favourite downtown NYC vinyl spots. Enjoy and be educated.

Click HERE to see alternate cover with Frank Ocean

Purchase issue HERE.

10th Anniversary Redesign

In December of 2001, Wax Poetics debuted its first issue to a small following of record collectors and “beat diggers.” Ten years later, Wax Poetics has carved out a niche for itself in the world of music journalism and expanded its audience to a worldwide congregation of music lovers.

Issue 50 marks our ten-year anniversary and does so with one of the most iconic musicians in the history of African American music, the one and only Prince.

We’ve also done a full redesign, making the magazine slightly larger-8 x 10.5 inches-and we’ve embraced a new paper stock. Wax Poetics will look a bit different on the newsstand, with a new mark making its debut in place of our old logo, but the magazine will continue to be a collectible objet d’art, something to be saved on your shelf as a musical reference manual, not recycled like other mags.

Wax Poetics has also returned to its roots as a journal and is back to being quarterly. The new price of $11.99 reflects not only radical changes in the publishing industry and the economy, but also the guarantee of continued quality from the paper stock to the writing and photographs. As always, our subscription prices offer a great deal of savings off the cover price (Canadian prices have been adjusted).

While we vow to keep Wax Poetics in print as a tangible entity, bucking the trend of ridding our culture of old-school reading products, we will also start offering a digital version of the magazine this year for the iPhone, iPad, Android, and other popular handheld devices.

To celebrate Wax Poetics ten-year anniversary, the one-and-only DaM-FunK has created an exclusive Prince DJ set, which includes an exclusive new track.

Tracklist:

1. Prince & the Revolution – 17 Days (original version)
2. DāM-FunK – 17 Days (D-F Re-Freak)
3. Prince – Irresistible Bitch (Props Re-Edit)
4. Prince (featuring Andre Cymone & Pepe Willie) – One Man Jam
5. Prince – Wet Dream Cousin
6. Prince – Dirty Mind (1981 Live Version)
7. Prince – Soft & Wet (original version)
8. Prince – Ballad Of Dorothy Parker (D-F Extended Re-Edit)
9. Prince – Sticky Like Glue (Props Re-Edit)
10. Prince & the Revolution – All My Dreams

Giving you a glimpse into his life, West Coast emcee Kendrick Lamar let the Rocksmith Tokyo team document his moves for an entire day. Speaking with the highly respected brand, Kendrick touches on his Top Dawg Entertainment family, his recording process, working with new music talent, and much, much more. By the way, how was this man left off MTV’s “Hottest MC’s” list?

Speaking of Kendrick, he and Danny Brown will be covering the Spring issue of The Fader. You can read Kendrick’s cover story now by clicking HERE.