Apollo Brown & Planet Asia - The Aura | (Official Music Video)

"It's more than what I write / I meditate, you can see my aura in the light" prod. Apollo Brown, vocals Planet Asia, dir.

Fresno's Planet Asia links with Detroit beatsmith Apollo Brown for the collab project "Anchovies" dropping next Friday. Asia has been on a run since last years Velour Pockets, up next is his own street album (Dirty Planet), and numerous features on both DirtyDiggs’ mixtape (Side D) and upcoming album (Petty Tendergrass).

Today we bring you the final single and first video off Anchovies, “The Aura.” Apollo Brown chops down a sample and sets Planet Asia up for the usual verbal murdering. Shouts out to Planet Asia for reppin the Drums & Ammo Classic Cap and always representing the West Coast lovely. #DNA

DiALECT - 3 AM (Video)

Latest Visuals from DiALECT as he delivers this mellow vibe feels for the early morning dwellers in his latest single 3 AM [prod. Dre Native x Dj Wes] shot/edited - Bobby Midas RIVERVIEW SPRINGS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ---https://itun.es/i67c6P8

Oceanside's DiaLECT drops his latest single 3 AM [prod. Dre Native x Dj Wes]. Do yourself a favor and pick up his latest project "RIVERVIEW SPRINGS" AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ---https://itun.es/i67c6P8

Buddha Avenue "Clock In" (Official Video)

"Wonderful Narrated By Sunni Ali" https://itunes.apple.com/album/id1211229923

Oakland MC/Producer Buddha Avenue pushing that Town Hip Hop line with new video "Clock in" off of his latest release "Wonderful". Purchase his album HERE

DiALECT - Revenge [ prod. Nuttkase ]

Track #2 off the upcoming mixtape entitled " RiverView Springs " tape coming in April . here's the first official release . Enjoy . Shot & edited by Nay Zavala twitter : @nayydatway IG: nayyzavala RIP ADE . LONG LIVE THE PRINCE

Oceanside, CA's DiALECT back with that raw off his upcoming "RiverView Springs" Mixtape. BTW catch up by checking out DiALECT's "Andrew Lemonz" project here https://soundcloud.com/dialect760

Nipsey Hussle "Clarity" Feat. Bino Rideaux & Dave East

Watch the official music video for "Clarity" by Nipsey Hussle ft Bino Rideaux & Dave East. Nipsey Hussle's "Slauson Boy 2" out now: http://piff.me/b74ef75 #MarathonMondays Directed by Be EL Be. All Money In Records.

Peep the official music video for "Clarity" by Nipsey Hussle ft Bino Rideaux & Dave East. Two of Drums & Ammo's favorite MC's rockin, Hussle & East exemplify the best of their respective Coasts.
Nipsey Hussle's "Slauson Boy 2" out now. Directed by Be EL Be.
 

Bilal Joins The Revolution For First Avenue's Prince Tribute

via YouTube Capture

On opening night of the Prince tribute series at the infamous First Avenue venue in Minneapolis, singer-songwriter Bilal joined Prince’s former backing band, the Revolution—Wendy, Lisa, Bobby Z, Dr. Fink, and Brownmark.

For his set, Bilal reprised his BET tribute performance with the Purple Rain ballad, “The Beautiful Ones,” with the Revolution by his side. The second night featured an all-purple after-party with music from DJ Questlove.

Video: Greenova South - "G.O Sound (Featuring Robbie Rob)" Prod. Young God

Mishka Records Presents: Green Ova South's KRWU: Official video for KRWU (Kome Ryde With Us featuring Robbie Rob), a collaborative album between Oakland's Squadda B, Little Rock's Pepperboy, and Seattle/San Fran's Ian Taggart (aka Young God of Blue Sky Black Death).

What a glorious day. The Green Ova South campaign continues with it's latest offering from their album "Kome Ryde With Us" with a video with long time collaborator and Drums & Ammo member DJ Ammbush. Shot and directed by Ammbush, follow Squadda B, Pepper Boy and Robbie Rob from Fruitvale Bart to West Oakland's Town Park for fun in the Oakland Ca, sun. The "Kome Ryde With Us" album was produced top to bottom by Seattle/San Francisco's Ian Taggart (Young God of production team Blue Sky Black Death) and released by our folks at Mishka. Expect more from Green Ova South and everyone else involved. Peep the full project HERE

Caleborate “[Carter Flow] 08” Video

1993 Coming August 29th... GET THE TRACK HERE: https://itun.es/us/tWbVcb Directed by Adrian Per Edited by Giovanni "08" Produced by Kuya Beats & P-Lo -- Listen Here: https://soundcloud.com/caleborate/08carterflow

Berkeley, California MC Caleborate is prepping to release his sophomore full-length 1993 later this month as he drops the new video for "08 (Carter Flow)."

In a message on his YouTube channel shared along with the new video, Caleborate wrote, "I've been gone for a bit. And uploading sporadically. I kind of hate that fact, since this channel is where I really got my start. Fresh at 23 that I'm ready to take what we started in 2012 to a new level."

Watch the video for "08 (Carter Flow)" above, and look out for Caleborate's upcoming 1993 album is due out August 29.

The Jealous Guys "Super Live"

From the BAY to LA. West Coast shit. San Francisco shit. Feature http://noisey.vice.com/blog/the-jealous-guys-super-live-video INSTAGRAM - @TJGMUSIC SOUNDCLOUD - Soundcloud.com/the-jealous-guys YOUTUBE - YouTube.com/tjgsf Music produced by Hidden Faces.

The Jealous Guys debuted their newest single "Super Live" with the help of Vice/Noisey.com! Read the write up here at VICE. The clip was directed by Charlie and Grease of INDICA FILMS, the track was produced by Hidden Faces. The Jealous Guys project Wake Yo Game Up 2 This Conscious Playa Shit is out, stream HERE

Masta Ace YBI (Young Black Intelligent) video

Second single off Masta Ace's New Album "The Falling Season" Produced by Kic Beats Video directed by Paris Pre-order links for "The Falling Season" available below: Vinyl, CD & Tape: http://bit.ly/Masta_Ace-The_Falling_Season iTunes:http://bit.ly/Masta_Ace-The_Falling_Season_iTunes Bandcamp: https://mastaace.bandcamp.com/album/the-falling-season

Masta Ace premieres a new video for the song “Young Black Intelligent.” Directed by Parris, the song gets a powerful visual treatment of two inner city youths at a important cross-road in their lives. As the song portrays the two friends just want to enjoy their teens without succumbing to the perils of the "hood," but the "hood" doesn’t make that easy!

Produced by Kic Beats and featuring chorus vocals from Pav Bundy, horns from the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and a spoken word section from Chuck D, the song is taken from Masta Ace’s recently released album The Falling Season.

A concept piece, the album is framed around Masta Ace’s years at Sheepshead Bay High School in Brooklyn in the early 80’s. “Young Black Intelligent” was the first song he wrote for the album and was “in a nutshell about my life at the age of 14 growing up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, in the projects.” At that age the choices he and some of his childhood friends made ended up defining their entire lives. As he relates about some of those friends “right now guys are just getting home from 20, 25, 30 year bids because when I went away to college a bunch of them went away to jail.” Check the exclusive Masta Ace/Drums and Ammo interview HERE

Rare Interview With Madlib At The Red Bull Music Academy

Since the early '90s, the reclusive Madlib has been producing music at a relentless pace. Whether he's working with artists like Freddie Gibbs, MF Doom or Erykah Badu, collaborating with the late J Dilla, or working under one of his own aliases, like the drugged out party creature Quasimoto, Madlib has carved out his own idiosyncratic corner in the massive hip-hop universe.

The Red Bull Music Academy Festival New York releases the video from their rare interview with reclusive producer Madlib.

Since the early ’90s, Madlib—AKA Otis Jackson, Jr—has been producing music at a relentless pace. Whether he’s working with artists like Freddie Gibbs, MF Doom or Erykah Badu, or collaborating with the late J Dilla, Madlib has carved out his own idiosyncratic corner in the massive hip-hop universe.

Chairman Mao coaxed him out of his studio for a rare discussion as part of the Red Bull Music Academy Festival New York. They spoke about Prince, the importance of doing taxes, the death of his Quasimotoalter ego, how he manages to stay so prolific even after having kids, collaborating with Kanye West and his love of industrial music.

ScHoolboy Q - Groovy Tony (Explicit)

Groovy Tony available now http://smarturl.it/GroovyTony http://www.schoolboyq.com/ https://twitter.com/ScHoolBoyQ https://www.facebook.com/SchoolboyQ http://www.youtube.com/SchoolBoyQVEVO http://instagram.com/groovyq http://vevo.ly/rpOQCn

TDE's Schoolboy Q is warming up the net with a new track from his upcoming LP. The track is only available on Apple Music and is expected be included in his upcoming, still untitled sophomore album.

Mara Hruby – “Cry Me A River Pt. II” [Official Video]

"Archaic Rapture" is available on iTunes : http://apple.co/21QJ55r The debut single and fiery torch song cover "Cry Me A River," from the Bay Area, CA native singer-songwriter Mara Hruby, is just a puzzle piece to her emotionally drenched EP entitled 'Archaic Rapture' that released in 2014.

Bay Area songstress Mara Hruby celebrates the two-year anniversary of her 2014 Archaic Rapture EP with the official video for “Cry Me A River Pt. II” directed by Dr. Woo of Light Up Film. The pair reprise their work on the video for Part I. Bringing an emotionally dense and deeply personal story full circle, Hruby answers questions left at the end of the first chapter.

This video is a visual representation of all that lingered within Ms. Hruby at the time of her first heartbreak prior to her EP being recorded. Shot and Directed by Dr. Woo of Light Up Film, you are able to take a look into the private heart of the singer who lost a love she once believed in. Shot in Ms. Hruby’s childhood home in Oakland, you get to see a side of her that has always remained private. “This is a video to remind young women that we can get past any obstacle relating to matters of the heart if we simply allow our natural emotions to flow instead of denying ourselves that needed process to heal.” says Ms. Hruby.

Check the footage below to watch the video for “Cry Me A River Pt. II” Purchase the Archaic Rapture EP via iTunes. Get more on Mara Hruby via marahruby.com.

Erick the Architect - "Rhythm Roulette"

Subscribe to Mass Appeal here: http://goo.gl/LqG3wZ --------------Mass Appeal-------------- Website: http://massappeal.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/massappeal Instagram: http://instagram.com/massappeal Facebook: http://facebook.com/massappeal What started as a humble graffiti 'zine in 1996 would soon grow to be one of the most trusted outlets for youth-spawned urban culture. Today, Mass Appeal is a media collective led by authentic voices and inspired minds.

For the latest edition of Mass Appeal’s Rhythm Roulette, they get up with 1/3 of the Flatbush Zombies, Erick The Architect. You should already know the drill by now, find the record store, blindfold the producer, pick 3 random records, make a beat by sampling them. Erick takes the crew to Head Hunter Records in his native Brooklyn where he picks out some vinyl from Marvin Gaye & Diana Ross, Amnesty, and The Jackson 5. From there, we head back to Erick’s studio where he cooks something special up. After doing his best to circumnavigate some technical issues, Erick is able to take a little from each record and come up with something real smooth – check it out below. And in case you aren’t aware Flatbush Zombies long awaited new album, 3001: A Laced Odyssey, just dropped last week – cop that.