GRAMMY U Presents: Era of the Engineer with Young Guru Date: Monday, April 15, 2013 Time: 5:30 p.m. Location: SAE Institute (820 North Orleans Street) Legendary engineer Young Guru has been sought after by artists such as Beyoncé, Drake, Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg, and many more. Sharing knowledge gained in venues from the recording…
Author: Andrew Barber
Video: Njomza – Lonely World
Directed by Brian Petchers. It’s a lonely world for Njomza — the first lady of Mac Miller’s Most Cool collective. After watching this clip, I’m fairly certain Njomza’s world won’t be lonely much longer. Seriously. Her debut project, Gold Lion, drops on April 22nd.
Cover Art: Bo Deal – Skeletons In My Closet
Bo Deal cleans the skeletons out of his closet on May 14th with his new street album, Skeletons In My Closet. The project will drop as a free mixtape and a purchasable album on the same day. The mixtape will include 12 songs, while the album (available on iTunes, Amazon, etc) will include 16 total…
Cover Art: Chella H – The Realest B*tch In It
Chella’s forthcoming nationally distributed project, The Realest B*tch In It, drops next Tuesday (April 16), and to tease her fans until the full release she’s blessed us with the cover art. Look for the project to impact next week. It’s sounding rather, um, real thus far.
Vic Spencer – Standing Distance
A loosie from Vic Spencer just hit the internet — and this is type cold right here. It’s not going to appear on any Victor project in particular, although he does have a new project on the way alongside Sulaiman entitled We’re Still Disappointed — look for that on May 31st. Coincidentally, Suli looped up…
New EP: Chuck L.I. x Austin White – Volvo
Chicago emcee Charles Chuck L.I. linked with producer Austin White to create this EP entitled, Volvo. It’s just over 30 minutes of solid raps over solid slaps. Chemistry abound. Take a ride with these two below the jump. No jump start needed.
Video: Chance The Rapper f/ Hannibal Buress – Na Na
Directed by Austin Vesley I was able to catch a preview of this video a few weeks back while in the lab with Chano, and it’s definitely one of the more hilarious and creative clips to come out in quite some time. The story goes: new Los Angeles-based comedy outfit Jash (Tim & Eric, Sarah…
Video: Vic Spencer – Grindhouse Freestyle
The Grindhouse is Doc Da Mindbenda’s production headquarters, a place of nirvana for Doc and his arsenal of producers and braintrust. They’ll be dropping behind the scenes footage from their beat den, showcasing some of the talent that falls through to record. One of the most recent visits came from Vic Spencer, who dropped by…
Video: Earatik Statik – Big Fire
Directed by Seth Savoy After a four year (!!) hiatus, Earatik Statik return to set the rap game ablaze. They reignite their career with “Big Fire.” The video looks like something straight out of Reservoir Dogs, so click the play button above for their latest heat.
Stacks – 12AM
A quick little something from newcomer Stacks. Check this one out before the clock strikes midnight.