In a memorable mid January as the Northern Lights played spectacularly over Sweden, Kristian Matsson was burrowed at home warmly writing the follow up to The Wild Hunt and Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird EP - his two releases for 2010. Over the weekend, The Tallest Man On Earth debuted a new track for a delighted South African audience, to signify his first ever performance in the country. Titled 'Little Brother', you can hear that signature finger-picking and ruminative vocal that we hold in high [...]
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Tweet Watch The Tallest Man On Earth perform a brand new track "Little Brother" in Capetown over the weekend. His third album is rumoured to be coming out in June, and if you're unfamiliar with him check out his beautiful album "The Wild Hunt" . Connect with The Tallest Man On Earth - Facebook | Twitter | Last.fm ( via )
Here it is, the lost installment that some of you were asking for. From now on, you could expect a new Hip-Hop playlist every first of the month. Anyways, this playlist was from our old site, and we'd like to thank you guys for supporting us since the beginning. Thanks, and keep spinning. ..... Dope beats, dope rhymes, this hip-hop sh*t really ain't that hard. Enjoy this playlist of some of my favorite hip-hop tracks. Don't be quick to judge what isn't on the list, since putting literally every good hip-hop song is impossible. Enjoy! [...]
Just because there's 2/3rds of LB doesn't mean the group is back together. It's a sad reality. But, here's a new video from Te so do your best to enjoy it!!
Here we give you another hip-hop playlist to just chill out to since it seems like you guys like the first installment we put up awhile back. By the way... Swamp People is one of the craziest shows on TV. Anyways, enjoy: A$AP Rocky - Houston Old Head The Roots - Make My (Feat. Big KRIT, Dice Raw) Common - The People Dom Kennedy - On The Way Home Y Not [...]
Defcee - Reasons Why Defcee - The Herb in Suburban Defcee - Postcard (My Summer in London, 2009) Hailing from the Burbs of Chicago "Defcee" is a Hip-Hop artist and published poet originally from River Forest, Illinois, and now based in Madison, Wisconsin, where he attends the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a member of the First Wave Spoken Word and Urban Arts Learning Community. His influences include everyone from Rakim and OutKast to Roger Robinson and Kevin Coval. As a performer, [...]
As Coalmine Records five-year anniversary campaign comes to an end, the Brooklyn-based boutique is pleased to release their latest digital single titled "Real Talk" from heavyweight spitter, Torae. "Real Talk" is produced by underground beatsmith Young Cee, who has crafted tracks for the likes of Scarface, Little Brother, Edo G, Special Teamz and Krumbsnatcha, among others. Click the iTunes buy link to purchase..
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Watching Phonte grow through his amazing musical journey of Little Brother , The Foreign Exchange , and as a solo artist truly makes you appreciate his talent. Having one of my favorite albums of 2011 Charity Starts At Home , Phonte starts the year off by debuting the video for the single Dance In The Reign . PHONTE - Dance In The Reign (Official Music Video directed by Kenneth Price) from The Foreign Exchange on Vimeo . Continue to [...]
Black Star performed the song, "Little Brother" , with the Roots on the Jimmy Fallon Show last night. (I'm going to link the video a lot because it's cuss-in-front-of-your-grandma good.) Afterword, ?uestlove explained why he loves the song so much and the story behind how the late J Dilla came to produce the beat. If you're on the fence, ?uestlove said this about the song/performance: "Scientifically this is one of the most intricate Hip Hop songs ever crafted. This was the greatest thing I've ever witnessed in my life." [...]
This is another great story from Uncle Ahmir. ?uesto took some time out after Blackstar's performance on Late Night Jimmy Fallon last night to share the story behind the making of J. Dilla's beat for their song 'Little Brother.' I can't wait for the day ?uestlove releases his book. The posts on 'that site' alone are legendary enough. via NBC
Normally this time of year, you're subjected to an endless array of "best of" lists - best albums, dopest mixtapes, breakout artists, etc. This list is a little different, though. Two weeks ago, The Roots released undun , the group's first ever concept album, which depicts the quick demise of semi-fictional character Redford Stephens over a dark assortment of hollow grooves and lush arrangements. With undun , the Philadelphia band tells the story backwards, beginning with Redford's death and detailing the actions that ordered his steps. A good concept album weaves an [...]
Graphics By Dimplez We here at The Smoking Section love playlists (as evidenced by our monthly Crew Love posts). So when Grooveshark approached us to create a TSS-approved compilation, we [...]
Rapper Big Pooh - Dirty Pretty Things For Members Only: 2011 On his most recent project, Fat Boy Fresh — For Members Only, Vol. 1 , Rapper Big Pooh seemed vigorous, filling the assorted instrumentals with passionate bars of struggle and perseverance, proclaiming his independence as a solo artist and solidifying his presence as a formidable MC. It's not like the honesty was anything new. As one-third of Little Brother, Pooh was the most streamlined, opting for a raw approach while Phonte's wordplay was more complex, light-hearted and comical. Still, [...]
In this month's issue of The Source, cover boy Drake dished out his top five albums of all time. One "album" that made the list was Little Brother's ...And Justus [...]
Dope beats, dope rhymes, this hip-hop sh*t really ain't that hard. Enjoy this playlist of some of my favorite hip-hop tracks. Don't be quick to judge what isn't on the list, since putting literally every good hip-hop song is impossible. Enjoy! AZ - Gimme Yours Apathy - True Love (ft. Phonte) Jay Rock - Get On Your Shit [...]
I'm sorry, am I the only one that finds this track funny? I mean, sure it is a pretty dope song, but all three MCs rapping here are definitely the lesser skilled member of their respective groups. Nothing against them, of course, Little Brother, Slum Village, and Tribe all made a great impressions on hip-hop. Anyway, enough of my snark, let's talk about the remix, which was originally seen on Pooh's Dirty Pretty Things , a solid solo effort indeed. All jokes aside, this is pretty awesome hip-hop. In fact, it is great seeing these three group-goers turned solo [...]
Zap - Black Milk and Danny Brown - New project from Black Milk and Danny Brown (Black and Brown) is sure to be dope. Black Milk's production is so fucking good. Truly holds it down for Detroit. Blue Jeans remix - Lana del Rey - Penguin Prison Remix - Love her… They Say - Rapper Big Pooh featuring Chokolate - New joint from 1/3 of Little Brother, Big Pooh. He brings Chokolate in on this.
After growing up surrounded by hip-hop, in my late teens I moved to a place where underground hip-hop heads were scarce, and I primarily had to rely on myself to find under-the-radar emcees and producers. Without much in the form of exterior stimulation, I used mixes as a way to listen closer to new musical finds. I made a number of mixes in the tape era, but with the first CD-burner I purchased in '98 or so, hip-hop mixes for myself became routine. They were quickly assembled and provided with no tracklist; simply labeled in numeric order starting with "Mix [...]
Light Snacks - Curren$y - Spitta back with another heater. Eternally - Phonte ft Median - Phonte just dropped a dope album that you should all go out and buy. In the meantime, here's a jammer featuring Median. The Root - Roberts and Lord - D'Angelo cover - Roberts and Lord back on the blog with a jammer cover of D'Angelo's "The Root". Peep the last cover I posted a few days back of The Beatles' Because. [...]
On his latest solo effort, legendary producer 9th Wonder invites some of his favorite MCs to spit over his beats and celebrate his relevancy as a fixture in hip hop. WATCH THE REVIEW
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