Soleone - A Ruthless Criticism Of Everything Existing (Album Stream)

Soleone, the extremely thoughtful newcomer (sorta..he's been making music in Europe for years) that has a lot on his mind that he'd like to share with you good folks, has decided that the best way to inform you fuckas is via stream--of his whole, new album, "A Ruthless Criticism Of Everything Existing".

The now Denver-residing artist truly has many issues to speak on here.. if you know whats good for ya, tune in..

Single: K-Def ft. Seven Shawn - Parkay On Your Spoon

One of Hip-Hop's most all-time slept on prolific producers in K-Def is readying a collab album with... wait for it.. Seven Shawn..

Nuthin but that classic flavor here as Def flips a familiar sample and Seven gives you the realest of rel talk you can imagine.. "welcome to America the corporation that impersonates a government" ...

Single: Journalist 103 - Reporting Live

One third of the excellent new group The Left,  Journalist 103 stakes out on his own here for a moment to kick the real to ya grill..

As always his words strike you on a whole other level... and an important story is told...

More info on "Reporting Live" below:

Just in time for election season, “United We Stand” is a thought-provoking politically conscious song that addresses the controversial death of Iman Luqman Ameen Abdullah, a Muslim leader who hailed from the same Detroit community as Journalist. Iman was shot twenty times by FBI agents during a raid of a downtown Detroit warehouse in late 2009. Federal authorities present at the raid claimed that Abdullah was armed, refused to surrender his weapon and began to open fire. However when medical-examiner-office investigators arrived on the scene, they discovered the deceased laying face down with his hands cuffed behind his back.

Single: Danse - Propaganda

New talent is everywhere... conspiracy and conjecture is everywhere.. Corruption and secrecy run rampant in America perhaps, more than ever... Danse to the rescue.. .

The fresh New Yawk MC drops brutal verse after brutal verse of things we've heard before, but shouldn't soon start forgetting.. think what you want, listen to who you want, but keep that 3rd eye open..

Danse's "Freshtilian Agenda" comin soon!

Single: Brother Ali - Mourning In America (prod. by Jake One)

Rhymesayers force to be reckoned with, AKA Brother Ali lets go of the title track for his next LP, "Mourning In America", which is accompanied by production from none other than Seattle beatsmith of the decade, Jake One...

The styles meld perfectly here... Ali laces a dystopic visual of modern day good ol' U.S. of A. over Jake's monstrous and pulsating key work... 

Mourning comes on September 18th.. 

Singles: La Coka Nostra - Malverde Market & My Universe ft. Vinnie Paz

Dos! Dos new cuts from one of the stronger, new hardcore Hip-Hop acts in the game, La Coka Nostra..

The first joint "Malverde Market" finds Ill Bill and Slaine exchanging bars inspired by what else? Mexico's insane Narco-Terrorism and on-going drug wars..Really strong work..

Secondly, we got the reflective, sinister sounding and Vinnie Paz assisted "My Universe" that essentially will tell you the truth about the world whilst simultaneously scaring the shit outta you..

LCN's "Master Of The Dark Arts" due out July 31st..

Video Interview: Immortal Technique For TruthIsScary.com

It's about time we got Tech's take on the whole Trayvon Martin ordeal...I actually wish this entire video would of had that focus, but Tech has to address what I suppose is on everyone's mind, i.e. Aliens and 2012 (yawn) ..Also covered, The Illuminati, Kony and possible world-ending scenarios..

Shouts to TruthIsScary.com on the vid and interview...

Video Interview: Joell Ortiz For TruthIsScary.com

LMAO.. Joell sits down for a brief, yet telling interview with the folks over at TruthIsScary.com and breaks down his beliefs on The Illuminati, aliens and nutrition...

This is why Joell is the people's champ man.. lol..

Singles: Self Scientific - State Of Man

One of the west's longtime best duo's in Self Scientific are back with a new track to set off DJ Booth's 20/20 Music Series with a brand new cut that absolutely rips to the core of the, well, the current "State Of Man"..

Chace Infinite over DJ Khalil's cinematic beat work makes for the best way to start off your November...Nuthin but knowledge gettin kicked here...


Self Scientific - State Of Man

Single: Immortal Technique ft. Chuck D, Brother Ali & Killer Mike - Civil War

Maaaan, look at this lineup... I know I'm late putting it up, but life calls ppl.. in any case it's here now and guess what, Tech's new tape drops tomorrow afternoon..you'll get that on time... but enough yappin', press play and get your education...


Immortal Technique ft. Chuck D, Brother Ali & Killer Mike - Civil War

Video: 2Mex - Press Your Luck

Had your dose of apocalyptic, paranoid and anarchic imagery yet today? No? Well, insert 2Mex's new video for their dead pan, yet oddly funky "Press Your Luck" track off their latest release "My Fanbase Will Destroy You"

Single: Bambu - America

This man Bambu just don't make bad music....it's all usually real well done, intensely personal and overtly wise...

Here again Bambu sheds some light on his military service, why he took  that route and some of the sincere qualms he has looking back on it....

Bambu's "Exact Change Reloaded" and the 7 extra tracks included with it, dubbed the "Short Change" EP out now...

link via Ms.Peas

-BIG D O


Bambu - America

Single: DC The Midi Alien ft. Slaine, Vinnie Paz, Sabac & Trademarc - Man Made Ways

This! This is how you do political conspiracy rap ladies and gents!

DC The Midi Alien, a production name that a lot of you Termanology fans will recognize has a brand spankin new LP he's gettin ready to drop on Feb. 15th called "Avengers Airwaves", that I know is gonna be proper as shit...

The lead single DC is droppin' for the album is as strong as they come in "Man Made Ways", a break neck, up beat, conspiracy riddled banger that has a dream team of hardcore scribes featured on it...From former Non-Phixion group member Sabac (Red) to a highly poised Slaine Carroll batting lead off and JMT frontman Vinnie Paz in rare form, you cannot miss this....hit play and get ready!

link via The Crypt

-BIG D O


DC The Midi Alien ft. Slaine, Vinnie Paz, Sabac & Trademarc - Man Made Ways

Single: Pacewon & Mr. Green - Can You Hear Me (A Tribute To The People Of Tunisia)

Time for me to get all Geo-political on your asses...

In case most of you are paying more attention to shit like this these days, and how can you not, I mean, your practically inundated with it 24/7, Pacewon and Mr. Green are here to remind you there is a world outside of the reality TV and social networking madness that engulfs so many American lives...

In Tunisia today, and for the past month and a half there has been utter social and political chaos...rioting and violent clashes with Tunisian security forces have taken place frequently in response to heinous living conditions that the people there have been enduring under the regime of president Ben Ali...

This is a break from the usual stuff you'll hear Pace and Green doin, however I will say that "Can You Hear Me" is a powerful and very well done foray into the political rap arena...

link via Nahright

-BIG D O


Pacewon & Mr. Green - Can you Hear Me (A Tribute To The People Of Tunisia)

News: Miss Info Sounds Off About Homeland Security Seizing Popular Hip-Hop Blogs

In case you hadn't heard, the feds have been runnin' a muck on the web lately, shutting down more than a few websites and blogs that was heavy in the online Hip-Hop world....needless to say this is once again an example of homeland security just doin some shit rather than really investigating the roles that some of these sites/blogs was playin'...True, some of em' was disseminating copyrighted material, but most of em' was simply providing a conduit for artists to get their music out there--and that is the only way to really promote on the net these days.


Shortee of The Source Magazine, Ms. Info of Hot 97 gossip fame took a moment on her "Celebrity Drama" segment to break down the insanity of what The Department of Homeland Security has been up to...

Well done Minya...but be careful, you may be in danger of tredding back into the waters of authentic Hip-Hop journalism...

-BIG D O


Miss Info On Homeland Security Seizing Hip-Hop Websites

Video: Pharoahe Monch - Clap (One Day)

Pharoahe Monch recently dropped "Clap (One Day)" as an ode to the national day to end police brutality which was 2 days ago and now he also has the video for this extremely thoughtful joint..

Monch had these comments:

“Instead of protect and serve, police often escalate situations, as with the cases of Sean Bell, Oscar Grant, or Aiyana Stanley Jones, and hundreds more who fell victim to police violence. I wrote this song to express my frustration, as well as raise the question of how our communities can create safety and prevent violence, with out relying on police.”

Good shit...

In case you were wondering, Monch's new album "W.A.R. (We Are Renegades)" is scheduled to drop 1st quarter of 2011 sometime on Duckdown Records ...I know I'mma be keepin tabs on it.

-BIG D O

Single: Virtuoso - Propaganda

Boston's own Virtuoso hits us with sme much needed real talk about the current wars the U.S. is entangled in overseas....and although there's been some recent glimmers of hope, there is much left to be done...period.

In any case the world is where it is and while a bevy of rappers seem to have no consciousness of what's going on, or simply don't care, Big Virt is giving you some food for thought...good ish...

Also, all of you Virtuoso fans will be happy to know that he's also going to push forward with his upcoming album "The Final Conflict"...expect that in the future...

-BIG D O


Virtuoso - Propaganda

Interview: Ill Bill For DubCnn

Back in August Todd Davis of DubCnn had the chance to catch up with Ill Bill and talk with him about his then upcoming release "Kill Devil Hills" w/ the legendary DJ Muggs. Bill discusses the name origin of the album, some of his fav. songs he did for it and his next project with Vinnie Paz of Jedi Mind Tricks...

-BIG D O

Dubcnn: First things first, my condolences on the March passing of your Uncle Howie. How are you doing? Hope all’s well with you and yours.

Ill Bill: I’m good. My Uncle passing was a tough time for my family, but he’d want us to keep doing him proud so we’re staying true to that in every way.

Dubcnn: That’s great to hear! Now on a much lighter note, conceptually how did this DJ Muggs collaborative effort even come to fruition?

Bill: We worked on my solo album in 2008. Muggs did two joints, and that opened the door to us getting in to work on an entire record.

Read the rest here

Video: DJ Muggs vs Ill Bill - Kill Devil Hills Official Trailer Pt.2

2nd really ill trailer for the upcoming "Kill Devil Hills" album from Ill Bill and DJ Muggs...

Love these joints, and in case you can't tell from all the previous posts I've done on this release, from the snippets, to the listening party , it's a release I am really looking forward to and think will fulfill expectations...

August 24th is the date to keep in mind....

-BIG D O

Single: Ill Bill & DJ Muggs - Cult Assassin

Following up the teaser trailer video for "Cult Assassin", Ill Bill and Muggs drop the single on our heads 100% gratis...

Exactly what I'd expect from these two teaming up; Bill providing deeply paranoid and graphically edgy lyrics over Muggs' perfect hardcore composition...

get ready for "Kill Devil Hills" on August 24th!

-BIG D O