Single: Method Man, Freddie Gibbs & Street Life - Built For This (Has-Lo remix)

Philly production and rhyming upstart that's been turning heads, Has-Lo puts his remix touches on a new joint from the Man With Iron Fists movie soundtrack..

Mef, Gibbs and Streetlife already had a banger on their hands, but Has's entry into the remix contest for the track is def., well, how can I put this, "Wu soundin'".. Yup, he's captured that sound wonderfully..

Single: The Kid Daytona ft Smoke Dza - Iceman (prod. by Matt MLB)

Two of NYC's younger up and comers link for a track titled after one of NBA's smoothest ballers ever, George Gervin AKA the "Iceman"...

This bouncey cut produced by Matt MLB will find Dza and Daytona doin what they usually do.. fans of that check in definitely.. however if it's an ode to Gervin himself you're lookin for, nah, this ain't it..

Video: Sadat X - Love, Hell or Right album trailer

The Dot Father is one of those rare east coast MC's that survived the 90's, the aughties and is still pushin', makin really dope music..

The Brand Nubian repper's next release is "Love, Hell or Right" and here is the trailer.

Video: The Alchemist ft. Midaz The Beast - Don Seymour's Theme

With the latest news of his new project with Action Bronson looming a lot of ya'll have forgotten that our boy Al just dropped a big ass album in "Russian Roulette", and that said album; entirely comprised of Russian samples, is f*cking dope.

If you don't trust my word on that, a) wtf are you doin here, and b) press play and watch Orlando MC Midaz The Beast lace "Don Seymour's Theme"...

P.S. Happy Birthday to The Alchemist, AKA Alan Maman, it's his 34th today...

Single: Journalist 103 - Walk With Me (prod. by Oddisee)

Journalist 103, the superlatively talented emcee of The Left fame will be releasing his debut solo album on Oct. 30th and has given us one of what I'm sure will be one of the LP's standout cuts in "Walk With Me", that features production from one of the nastiest and hardest working new producers out there in Oddisee.

Single: Sean Price - Swine On Pineapples (freestyle)

Man, Sean P is still one of the sharpest, most brutal rhymers out there and to remind us of that he totally destroys this freestyle without much effort..

See, we just are fienin' out for "Mic Tyson" and he knows it and he's gonna bleed us a bit more...I like ya style Sean..

Video: Strong Arm Steady - Classic (Live Performance)

New looks from Steady Gang, off their excellent and slept-on collabo LP with Statik Selektah, "Stereotype" ...

The fellas; Krondon, Mitchy Slick and Phil Da Agony were all in the building over at Knocksteady TV and decided to throw down a live performance and recite "Classic" for you folks...

Single: Guilty Simpson & Apollo Brown - Truth Be Told

Ahhhh man, look what's almost done...

Detroit emcee Guilty Simpson is linking with up and coming and highly skilled/lauded producer Apollo Brown for a new collab album that we've been waitin on for a while.. at least I have anyway.

If you like that good ol' boom bap paired with lyrics that see the world through a hardcore lens, then do go peep their new project "Dice Game" on November 13th when it drops, but b4, press play right now and hear the soul pour outta "Truth Be Told" ....

Video: DJ Muggs - People Of Earth

Hmmm.. look, nobody is a bigger Muggs/Soul Assassins fan than me, but I'm not sure that I like the underlying premise of this video's message; if you wanna call it that..

I mean, it's camp, I get that, and I actually like it, but I just think, man, haven't we had enough of ppl piling on Obama? Now you gon enact a vid of him morphing into an angry alien after he gets frustrated with a reporter's question?

In my book the vid is cool, I love shit like this, but I don't really dig the symbolism (did you see the illuminati symbols flash b4 Obama changed) that this has.. but hey, it's art right? And art is subjective, interpret it as you may..

Small Professor - Whatever You Say, Pro

Boom bap fused with soul chops? I'm in..

As promised, Small Pro comes through and drops off his latest project, "Whatever You Say, Pro" a 25 track, 49 minute jaunt that unravels as a sort of love story...

For the full skinny, I'll let Small Pro tell it:

"Cool Story, Pro" is an almost 49 minute long tale about finding love and then losing it told through beats soaked in chopped and screwed 70's soul records. The story itself did not happen...but the feelings that inspired it were real, and making this album was like therapy. This is the part of the album description where you say, "Cool Story, Pro", and just peep it for yourself...maybe you'll stick with what my intent was in making this album as a whole, or maybe you'd just like to listen to it on your own terms...whatever you choose to do, I hope that you enjoy it. - SP

Trailer: Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City

In case you're livin' on a Mars colony these days, the kid out west that goes by the name of Kendrick is really garnering some wild praise from folks all over the country.

The Internet is goin nuts as they say and the reviews are lookin up too.. Go get it, if for nuthin else, that standout cut with MC Eiht..

Video: P.O.S. Health Situation and Tour Cancellation Interview

As reported earlier, emcee Producer P.O.S. of Doomtree fame is facing some pretty tall and scary health problems as of late. In this new interview vid he goes on to detail what exactly is wrong and why he's cancelling the bulk of his Fall tour..

Kidney transplants are serious business, and kidney ailments are no fun at all.. PHH sends P.O.S. it's thoughts and prayers.

Donate: https://bit.ly/stefneedsanewkidney

Industry Lie #4080: Not Bad Selling Bad But Bad Selling Good by Homeboy Sandman

I know these days on PHH an interest/'Hip-Hop Is Read' post is a lil' scarcer than in years past.. Time to get back in the swing of things..

Peep enigmatically skilled emcee outta Queens, NYC Homeboy Sandman's latest write up for HuffPost (how dope is it that a nice rapper writin' for political websites tho?) "Industry Lie #4080: Not Bad Selling Bad But Bad Selling Good" :

My last piece covered how negativity, (most notably criminality, misogyny, and materialism), has a stranglehold on popular hip hop today. Response was varied. There was agreement that it is a horrific dilemma. There was suspicion that I am merely jealous because it's not my music dominating the airwaves. Blame was assigned to everyone from rappers to listeners to labels. Amidst this can of worms one common response stood out to me as particularly puzzling; "it's what sells." 

The notion that hip hop consumers have an insatiable thirst for negativity is widely accepted and regularly circulated. In today's society where the bottom line reigns supreme, generation of revenue is seen less as an excuse, and more as an reasonable explanation, for immoral and socially irresponsible behavior. One commenter went as far as to assert that rappers who play into redundant stereotypes are "being good capitalists." 

I don't like this argument for two reasons. The first is that It suggests that it's acceptable for integrity to take a backseat to lucrative business opportunity. 

The second is that, it's not even true.

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Video Interview: Mos Def For Cam Be

A Modern Marvel in Marvelous Times (Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def) from Cam Be on Vimeo.


Mighty Mos Yasin Bey moved to Nawlins?

It's clear that we need to catch up with our mans and Cam Be does just that as they link w/ him while performing at The Shrines in Chi-Town..

Yasin speaks on Chicago itself, moving to New Orleans and getting a chance to work with Cash Money big wig Mannie Fresh... and yeah, as you'll see he's still performing at a high level..

Video: JR & PH7 - The Good Life

Incomparable German production duo JR & PH7 lace their video for "The Good Life" with footage from their trip to America to collaborate w/ your fav. emcees and artists..

Take a look behind the scenes of JR&PH7's new album "The Good Life". Follow us on our trip to the US earlier this year, in the studio, at shows etc. Shot by I.Leffin and J.Rottgardt. Edited by J.Rottgardt. CD/2LP/Digital drops 06/11/12 through Soulspazm Records/Foundation Media/Jakarta Records!

Single: Random ft. Homeboy Sandman, Donwill & Sammus - Faculty Lounge (Remix)

Awhile back Mega Ran Random dropped this school daze, mis-education-inspired track; "Faculty Lounge", with Homeboy Sandman, but a few days ago it turned up as a remix that included Donwill (of Tanya Morgan fame) and Sammus...

As expected this version teems with real spit about the very real educational woes we all felt comin up and that exist now... peep it..

Produced by DN3...

Single: Fashawn ft. Chevy Woods - Back In The Game

New one from west coast reincarnation of Nas Fashawn ya'll!

Joined by Pittsburgh, Taylor Gang repper, Chevy Woods, Fash lets loose "Back In The Game", a cut from his upcoming "Champagne And Styrofoam Cups" project, due out later at some point...

It's got bounce, it's got Fash's west coast themed narrative, what you waitin' for, click 'play'.

Single: Toki Wright - Simplest Things (Uhuru Dubplate)

Man, it's always tough hearing news like this..

If you can read (above) you can see that Doomtree member, emcee/producer P.O.S., has fallen under harder times and will be needing a kidney transplant.. As someone that just VERY RECENTLY was dealing with his own kidney-related problems, trust me, it's all a very scary and highly expensive process.

Being the stand up brutha that he is, fellow Minnesota artist and emcee Toki Wright jumped into action and dropped this stunning track in hopes of garnering some loot for his ailing friend.

Below are some words from Toki and the addy to donate to the Paypal for P.O.S.:

I'm not sure what else I can do but POS needs a new kidney. You can donate through PayPal here stefneedsanewkidney@gmail.com. We love you Brother. - - Fight for reasonable and affordable Health Care everywhere.

Single: Big Quarters ft. SIMS - Grown Up

You didn't know they got Latinos in Minnesota who could rhyme? You must not heard of Big Quarters fammo..

Made up of Brandon Allday and Medium Zach, these Minnie Apple bruthas are readying their latest release, "Somos No Joke"  for a November 23rd release and they decided to get up with SIMS for a cut titled "Grown Up" that slaps pretty adequately in my book..

Single: fLako - Honey Drips

If you wanna take a trip into sound, join Chilean-born, Berlin and London dwelling artist fLako (and his band?) for this ethereal, yet peaceful journey he's calling "Honey Drips".

fLako has been highly profiled by the snoodier crowds, if you mess with BBC or Giles Peterson you should find his name familiar, I really dug this track, it's diversity, it's switch ups.. nice work..