Alright, I finally picked up Venice after grabbing Malibu and while Malibu temporarily bumped Raleigh Ritchie from rotation, this song contact here… Dope as F–k. Click the links and go buy this damn album and thank me later. In the meantime peep the live session on NPR from March 2016.
Chocolate anyone? After the predictable success of the Yeezy Boost 350 V2 in the oddly named beluga colorway, Adidas decides to break out the 750 boost. This time, the 750 Boost comes draped in a chocolate brown suede sitting plush on top of the beloved gum sole we’ve all come to love. The 750…
Jay Z’s engineer Young Guru discusses his creative approach to making records, sculpting sound, and how he draws on life experience for his work in the studio Source: Creativity in the engineer’s chair with Young Guru | Ableton Ran across this video when Nicolay posted it on his FB page. Since I started CBP…
So I posted an Insider Ties on the Kendrick Lamar x Reebok collab and shared it on Twitter. I got a like on the tweet by a group named The RedLand. I always take the time to click through and read a bit about any person who finds what I share interesting. I’m glad I…
When Hip-Hop is embedded so deep into your DNA that you continue to create and boys the culture without regard to notoriety that’s when you know that it’s “Bigger Than Hip-Hop”. I’ve been following Bennie Herron for a very long time. In my mind he hasn’t broken through because the dots haven’t connected and…
One of the things that I admire about music is that like a startup shoe company, the emcees have to grind to get a foothold in the business. I’ve been listening to MLS for a while since I lived in Cali. Their sound has never been exactly Cali based, but it is that classic, grimey,…
Alright, this is one of those instances where a Facebook Ad worked… but not because what I saw was dope. The ad said “Ladybug Mecca” and I immediately click it. Which means that the only reason I clicked is because of the 7 and crescent and a potential reconnection to the DPs. The groove on…
Shout out to Brandon Meeks (http://www.brandonmeeksmusic.com) for introducing me to this cat. I like to think that I’m up on a lot of music, but Christian Scott has been around for a while and I just got hip, so now I’m making sure you’re hip. The introduction to Christian Scott from Brandon was about his…
JBlack (Jimmy Stanford) is a young innovative music producer from Atlanta, Ga. As CEO and Founder of Shadow Black Entertainment, headquartered in the Washi Source: BeatsbyJblack Alright, I’ve peeping this dude work his magic on the MPC on Facebook. Now as many articles as I write on CBP about why the hell emcees and djs…
Source: UGE Radio Native Sun Interview – Universoul Grind Ent So I get an e-mail link from B Meeks (http://www.brandonmeeksmusic.com) about an interview on one the bands he is a part of, Native Sun. (I wrote about them on CBP) The link was discussing an interview they had with UGE (Universal Grind Entertainment) . They…
The second album from Fashawn is another classic from the Fresno emcee. The name of the album is The Ecology (which started with his first classic.) This is a release from Nas’ label and boyss the direction that Exile (the producer who killed the debut from Fashawn) and Nas are taking Fas who is going…
In the process of planning out the next step in my business, it’s important that I explain what I like since I’ll be opening a store that boyss all the shit I think is dope. This is artwork by Jeff Klarin. I will most certainly be carrying work from this fantastic artist. His work out…
Alcontact as you know, or probably don’t since I don’t get as much traffic as I should, I only post a Get To Know when I have a fit of inspiration. Consider this a straight up conniption fit. It’s hard for me to get excited about Hip-Hop lately. Obviously we all lose it with another…
First Judah drops the rough cut video featuring the JmksportStore Casual shoe, The Allen, and now his team puts together a dope ad featuring the emcee. I appreciate the love Judah. I will be throwing you a couple of tees to match those shoes.
Got a big shout out, well not really but this early rough cut video from San Diego emcee Judah Christ features the JmksportStore Allen at the beginning of the video. I hope the shoesmake the final cut. contact now though check out the video and more importantly check out the message. Can’t Bring Me Down!!!!…
I will be writing a ‘Get To Know” on the Roots’ undun on www.cbpublish.com in a few days. My wife recently bought me this album and while I don’t like downloads, I haven’t stopped playing it since she put it on my desktop. Running to Undun placed me into a trance as I did my…
Hip-Hop has had a black eye for so long that often emcees who drop an LP get love although they are actually pretty mediocre. Now I’m not saying that guys like Wiz, Currensy or Wale aren’t dropping new age gems, but they are not quite there yet in terms of dropping classics. An album that…
Every now and then there a no words needed when telling you about a music artist. While hitting up Okayplayer I ran across this video and in a way the artistic value of this music and video can’t be rated. So, with no further discussion take a few minutes and listen to this. It’s refreshing…
The Illadelph crew that delivered classics like “What They Do” and “You Got Me” released an album that continues to push the boundaries sonically and lyrically. Black Thought is the most underrated emcee ever. His skill with Questlove’s construction and the infamous Roots band has never, in my opinion, failed to deliver a classic. While…
YES is the fourth album from Candadian emcee K-Os. I discovered him a while back I think it was in the early part of this decade. The name of the song was crabbucket and I thought it exemplified the mentality of many of my people. There were other songs that slip my mind contact now…
