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Prozack Turner and Marc Stretch are Foreign Legion. Their debut album, Kidnapper Van (along with DJ Design) broke new ground for underground hip-hop and took playful shots at the industry and art that spawned them. Several tours around the world resulted in the party-driven Play Tight, soon after. The trio became a duo and next came The Secret Knock. An introspective, albeit brief, look into the minds of two musicians that still love the art of rhyme. Guess what, good people? Good music is still alive and well, at least in the Bay Area. Foreign Legion returns with [...]

The most user friendly album album Def Jux ever put out? I'll say. Singalongability? Check. Rhyme-that'd-impress-yer-gra n? Check. Beats plundered from far and wide? Check. Top notch guests? Most def a check. 'Droppin' Science Fiction' is the debut album from Blackalicious's Gift of Gab, Quannum head Lateef and Crown City Rockers member, producer Headnodic – collectively known as The Mighty Underdogs. Despite eclectic sample origins the album hangs together sonically like a neck and noose. 'Ill Vacation' and 'Science Fiction', the most unlikely of bedfellows, sit cheek by jowl the latter being a Brazilian holiday breezer and [...]

Solesides and Def Jux have finally released new information about the long awaited The Mighty Underdogs album Droppin' Science Fiction . The hip hop group, composed of underground heavyweights the Gift of Gab , Lateef the Truthspeaker , and Headnodic , will drop their debut full-length on October 14. We also now know all of the special guests on the album. Based on the fact that the Underdogs' EP The Prelude featured collaborators on just about every track, we shouldn't be surprised by the list. [...]

• Mighty Underdogs - the Anthem1

Here's one to watch for. I heard the single off this album 'Weight'/'The Crush' on itunes and was very surprised to hear that it samples The Zutons' track 'Pressure Point' . Have returned to the time when sampling current tracks is the done thing again? Anyway, after a quick myspace visit I decided I liked this new US Hip Hop and I'm going to check for it when it's released on the 19th/20th of this month. Raashan Ahmad - Fight [...]

• Raashan Ahmad - City Feel Proud ft. Chali 2na
• Raashan Ahmed - Fight
• Rashaan Ahmad - If I