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Homeboy Sandman Performing Subject Matter Out Now

In true Homeboy Sandman fashion, he takes his promotion to the streets with this video, where Homeboy gets together with Knocksteady TV to spit the track “Subject Matter Out Now” live on camera.
When we met up with him all he told us was that Knocksville was in for some “raw shit” – Knocksteady TV

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EVENT (NYC): Indelible Festival (Gil Scott-Heron/Gordon Parks tribute) [01/06/11]!

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I already knew this event is definitely special, but now seeing that Okayplayer gave their co-sign, there’s definitely more than enough reasons for you to NOT miss this special show! This Jill Newman installment is dedicated to the late Gil Scott-Heron & the legendary jazz singer, Jimmy Scott! There will be special guests at this event who will be performing, and Yasiin Bey (pka Mos Def) will be doing a tribute to the legendary and prolific poet! There’s waaay too many folks to name for this event, but you definitely get the idea on what’s..

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NEWS/AUDIO: The Roots – New Album “undun” and Debut Track “Make My”

A big today for fans of The Roots crew with the announcement of their album undun set for a December 6th release date.  Hand in hand with this is the first track to be released from it, “Make My” featuring Mississippi’s Big K.R.I.T. and the co-production of regular collaborator Khari Mateen.  Exposition by ?uestlove…

“At this point in our career we’d like for our work to have a unifying theme, and an experiential quality. We’ve been intentionally making our..

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EVENT (Philladelphia, PA): The Fourth Annual Roots’ Picnic [06/04]!

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The Roots’ 4th Annual Picnic returns back to Philly with brand new heat and entertainment to hit the stage! Sponsored by Vitamin Water, this event will have two stages! This will be an exciting way to spend your saturday afternoon once you arrive! Trust me, you wouldnt want to be anywhere else in the world right now! Tickets are still available (for those who havent purchased them), and from what I heard from a friend of mine who went to Philly JUST TO SEE this show the past two years, it’s..

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AUDIO: Random & Mr. Miranda – Maintain ft. Ilyas and Von Pea

The brother Random is on fire lately….on the track above he joins forces with Mr. Miranda on the track “Maintain” featuring Tanya Morgan’s Von Pea & Ilyas.

Part of Random and Mr. Miranda’s upcoming project entitled “The Memorandum”.

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ALBUM: DJ Inform – The Fair Use Project

Just found this Illness, on WIB’s inbox, just finished listening to the whole album and it’s honestly one of the best mixes I’ve ever heard, and there’s another 4 tracks just like the one above on DJ Inform’s Bandcamp…loads of care and love when in to this, and it ain’t hard to tell….highly recommended.

The Fair Use project makes liberal use of over 150 different records to create a mix that must be heard to be understood. In words, DJ Inform took original records that have been sampled before for classic hip hop songs, reworked the samples with..

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AUDIO: MED – Where I’m From feat. Kurupt & Aloe Blacc (Album Version)

Where I’m From is the first taste of what we can expect from MED’s as yet untitled album that we are told will drop in June via Stones Throw. A video version of this track without Kurupt’s verse was released in November of last year, which you can view here.

Beat produced by Oh No.

Via Okayplayer

~peacelove

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