Thanks to producer No I.D. and his Instagram we now have an early glimpse at the songs included on Common’s The Dreamer, The Believer. Set to be released on December 20th, the album’s features are few but prominent since they include the likes of Nas, Maya Angelou and John Legend and the final track looks to be a “Pops” joint. Read the rest of this entry »

Alright gang, it’s the last week for submissions for our “Collect Your Thoughts” competition ending this Friday. We decided to throw in another round of Black Thought trivia. Here’s a quick chance to win an autographed copy of The Roots’ Grammy-nominated LP, How I Got Over but you’re going to have to do your research for this one. Run your memory banks…or run to Google. Test out your fanboy/girl Roots knowledge with this latest challenge formed by Tariq himself. Read the rest of this entry »

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Our “Collect Your Thoughts” competition is in full swing and the entries are coming in daily. We are thankful its been well-received and we want to pay it back by allowing everybody a chance to win free sh*t even if you haven’t entered yet. So we pose a quick, Black Thought trivia question. Read the rest of this entry »

Black Thought has been releasing recorded music since 1992 and has long since established himself as one of the most fierce and prolific emcees in history. In fact, give the man a hand. No, seriously, give him a hand, because he’s has lost track of how many features and solo joints the emcee’s had a hand in and needs your help. Read the rest of this entry »

If you don’t know where Black Milk is from, it’s probably a safe assumption to say you’ve never heard of him. Every piece of music he shares with his global fanbase, he goes out of his way to bring to them to Detroit, no matter their actual location. Although he wasn’t exactly at home when he sat down with Jeff Baraka in Chicago, they still made it a Midwestern affair as he runs through soundchecks and does his best to pinpoint the definitive sound of 313. Read the rest of this entry »

Attention all L.A. heads. Here’s your chance to experience Murs & 9th Wonder’s Fornever weeks before its March 30th release date. It’s going down at this upcoming Friday as we have the chance to giveaway two pairs of tickets to two fans. Read the rest of this entry »

Props to Know The Ledge and Google Reader for bringing this to my attention. Long story short: ?uestlove started a thread in the Okayplayer forum where people give a famous person’s name and he’d tell a story of an encounter with them. As long as he’s been on the scene and various circles he’s in and out of you can only imagine the stories he has to tell… Read the rest of this entry »

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Holla @ Mitch came out the woodworks & shot me this joint…

what up man? just wanted to shoot this your way…dont know if you have it, i didnt see it posted…jacked from okplayer, posted by ?uestlove (its actually a really interesting read if you’re interested)…

?uestlove starts a thread, people start asking questions and he answers… Read the rest of this entry »