MC Hammer’s appearance on Yo! MTV Raps is our Throwback Thursday this week. It was Hammer Time all the time back in the late 80s/early 90s and while the rapper/dancer/entrepreneur/part-time actor/preacher isn’t as famous as he used to be, we’re taking a look back at his appearance on Yo! MTV Raps back in 1990. Ed …
Beatmaster Tuamie delivers a brand new album called Masta Killa. I’ve been a huge fan of Tuamie since I heard his fantastic flip of Sade’s Sweetest Taboo (something I regularly go back to when I want to hear her dulcet tones). On Tuesday, Tuamie finally dropped his new album Masta Killa via Grand Garden Records …
Well, this is awkward. On purpose. Here are K-tel’s Difficult-to-Strip-to Hits Vol. 1. We think the name explains itself. Life will never be the same again when you’ve seen a woman slow grind on you to the sound of Eric Clapton’s Tears In Heaven. Or maybe you have a weird urge to pay a stripper …
Ethemadassassin has dropped his third solo album. We know his soul is on fire, but can the same be said of the album?
Dilated Peoples’ Evidence speaks on his record collection, his work on Kanye’s “Last Call” and the meaning of “black crap”. Evidence is a member of Dilated Peoples and by that association, his record collection is dope by default. The latest episode of Crate Diggers confirms that assumption as Ev talks about how he got into …
Akai add another “element” to their MPC range with the MPC Element, billed “the most affordable MPC ever”. The competition rages on as Akai have introduced a brand new animal into the wild that is the pad controller jungle. The MPC Element comes as part of their new MPC Essentials software and costs just $150 …
Better late than never, Taytula Burke gave RKZ’s SOULar EP a listen. I hold my hands up: I’m a little late with this one. The SOULar EP from RKZ dropped in August and the shock waves are still reverberating through my iPod. The project is a collaboration from the Luton based singer-songwriter /rapper and beat …
Back in 1999, TLC performed their smash No Scrubs at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards. Here’s footage of that performance with an interview at the end. The year is 1999. People are freaking out about the Millennium Bug shutting down all the computers at the end of the year, Big L was tragically murdered and …
Tropes has been a busy man and released two EPs this month – Fever Pitch and Catch Feelings.
Blue Note’s Gregory Porter has given fans a first listen of his upcoming album, Liquid Spirit, on NPR and Spotify.