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DJ Blakghost has been hard at work on the 1's & 2's this year. Here are his latest mixtapes. Make sure you grab 'em!
Last night, hip hop lost one of its pioneers who defined the sound of Brooklyn music as one-half of the duo, Gang Starr. Guru and Premier will always be, in my honest opinion, one of the best, if not the best rap group to come out of New York in the 80′s and 90′s. Guru’s monotone delivery backed by Primo’s solid production was the backdrop of New York underground hip hop music, and one of the reason’s why I moved to Brooklyn. He will always be missed.
Every blog has been copying and pasting the letter that Solar Guru wrote before he passed, but I will spare you the wackness. In turn, here are some of the fond memories I have of Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal. Hopefully now, Guru will find some peace.
Rest in Peace my dude.
FUCK SOLAR!
My good friends over at Information is Beautiful drew up this excellent chart of what artists need to sell in terms of CD’s and downloads to earn a monthly minimum wage of $1,160. The numbers are astonishing…
What did we learn from this boys and girls? We learned that the grass is not always greener on the other side. Stay independent and make your money honey.
I pretty much think that Drake will never do anything better than his mixtape, but this video is pretty hot.
My man Al Thompson debuted his trailer for “Lenox Avenue” this week, it looks dope. My other dude, Lyn-Don-McCray (McCray Media+Co) made it official. Here’s the trailer:
“Lenox Avenue” follows the fast-paced metropolitan lives of Harlemite friends, Owen (Al Thompson, The Royal Tenenbaums/Love Don’t Cost A Thing), Sellars (Dorian Missick, The Bounty/Lucky Number Slevin), and Vaughn (Ryan Vigilant, Gossip Girl) as they learn that in relationships, even with experience, there’s no playbook.
Lenox Avenue features a star-studded supporting cast, including Victor Williams (King of Queens), Vanessa Bell Calloway (What’s Love Got To Do With It, TNT’s HawthoRNe), Jamie Hector (Heroes, Marlo Stanfield of HBO’s The Wire), Chenoa Maxwell (Hav Plenty), Lord Jamar (Rap Group Brand Nubian), and Michael K. Williams (Omar Little of HBO’s The Wire).
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Hosted and mixed by DJ Blakghost, our new sampler will give you a peek at what’s in store for this year. Download it here
Here it is, the new video/short film from Koz, entitled I Remember. Directed by Slush and produced by Grand Finale. It’s intense!
From the latest album, An Offer You Can’t Refuse, available on iTunes
Seth Godin talks to Music Business Radio about the changing face of the music industry. Parts 1-3.
Here’s the first riff in a weekly series from Seth Godin’s new book, Linchpin, on what makes someone indispensable. This is particularly important because Gary Vee talks about making music. Peep it:
