Some new material from Joe and Royce that has the internets abuzz of lately and rightfully so. A lot of rewinds on this one.
Oddisee drops his third installment of his seasoned themes. This go round he has features with the likes of Homeboy Sandman and X.O. from Diamond District. 13 tracks of goodies for the season.
Looks like the suits have their ears to the street or are paying someone to do so. Either way McDonald’s link up with Dollar Van Demos to run a campaign on their dollar menu using New York indie artists Joya Bravo and Wordspit. I haven’t seen the Wordspit commercial yet unless it’s the second that will run. However, the commercial with Joya Bravo has been aired last weekend during the NFL playoffs.
In addition to McDonald’s, Subway teamed up with MTV in doing a piece on Homeboy Sandman in their Fresh Buzz series.
You can check the video for Homeboy Sandman’s segment here.
Shouts to Dollar Van Demos. Congrats to Homeboy Sandman, Wordspit, and Joy Bravo. It seems like the streets are doing more then just watching.
First was the earthquake that shook up Haiti. Our prayers go out the people that lost loved ones and to those that are still trying contact and locate any that are still missing. Besides Wyclef’s Yele Organization there a couple of ways folks can donate or contribute to the aid of the folks there. A good friend of ours, Tasty Keish, has put together a listing of such options you can check those options out on her blogsite
The next that happened during the week was the passing of R&B great Teddy Pendergrass. I know it’s in the shadows of the Haitian earthquake so it hasn’t gotten too much press, but it seems like this list of entertainers we’re loosing has been growing especially in the last year. Our condolences go out to his family RIP Teddy Pendergrass.
We’re pretty cool with the folks over at hailmegatron.net and I saw this posted a day ago and decided to check this out out of curiosity. A few tracks in and I knew this was something pretty cool. I won’t give all the treats away but if you’re a fan of the Transformers and love hip-hop then this creative instrumental project is a good look for you.
Shouts to hailmegatron.net and Jett-I-Masstyr who’s out of Texas.
Pardon the tardiness on the posting of this but I wanted to listen to this before posting (yeah I know a little selfish)
With that said someone was ever so nice in recording the live musical guests that rocked with The Roots as the closing segments on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show. Shout to TSS and Shake for doing the artwork.
We give you more good material from the new wave of talent in the NY indie scene. This time it’s from OISD (Operation Industry Shut Down).
The 5 man group of J. Monopoly, E.Y.E Q aka Johnny Storm, J.O., Khid2che, and Showtyme have been on their grind this year, and their hard work pays off with their debut EP, just in time for the holidays.
New material from Bronx native YC the Cynic. If you haven’t seen dude perform yet please do yourself a favor and make that happen.
We got to see him rock at the Bondfire at the Bowery Poets Cafe, which is another monthly even that you need to put into your calendars, and at Crash Mansion. From those performances you can see why YC is becoming a crowd favorite in the bubbling indie scene in New York. This track is off of his upcoming mixtape entitled Your Welcome presented by Chaundon of the Justus League and is slated for a January release.
Download to find out why he’s just a regular guy with amazing feats.
The good folks over at 2Dopeboyz and Kevin Notthingham presents Get Caught Up the new mixtape from Eternia mixed by DJ Law.
Sounds like Eternia got wind that folks needed a full serving after checking in on the Road to Release series she was running with Moss earlier this year. She comes though with some material to hold you over until the release of that project. Except for Foul Child, there’s an offering of recorded material from her catalog compiled over the last decade that she’s chosen to share.
If you’re new to her material or have tuned in sort of late you have your opportunity to literally Get Caught Up! Christmas may have actually come early for some of us.
Tracklisting along with some background info on the tracks after the jump.
Apple Juice Kid drops another gem on us this time putting his twist on some of Louis Armstrong’s works.
If you haven’t checked out the Miles Davis Remixed project, I suggest you get familiar, both are worthy of multiple listens.
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