Singer-songwriter and rhymer Maimouna Youssef (aka Mumu Fresh) first made national waves by crooning the unsettled hook on The Roots’ banger “Don’t Feel Right” off Game Theory (2006). […]
Moonchild, SWV, Bell Biv DeVoe and More Rock The Summer Spirit Festival 2017
Photos by: Renita Clarke/The Foto Junkie Looks like CD Enterprise did it again. Because once again the Summer Spirit Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion was the place to be […]
LIVE: Common Rocks Stones Throw Superfest in LA
This past Saturday, Common rocked the stage at Stones Throw Superfest in Los Angeles’ Sycamore Grove Park, fresh off the release of his new album, Black America Again. […]
The Next Movement: The Roots' Things Fall Apart, Revisited
Things Fall Apart, the 1999 masterpiece from The Roots, opens with a clip of dialogue from Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues, wherein a trumpet player (Denzel Washington) is […]
LIVE: DC Loves Dilla 10
photos: been.franklin + sneakshot photography On Friday, July 10th magic was made at the Howard Theatre. An amazing group of artists gathered to celebrate the music and […]
MUSIC: Kil – D&D’s Tribute Mix
For decades recording studios were where brilliant pieces of music were created, honed down, recorded and mastered. It was a rite of passage for many musicians; hustle enough […]
LIVE: Common and Jay Electronica drop gems at The Fillmore Silver Spring
Sunday night Common brought the Nobody’s Smiling tour to the Fillmore in Silver Spring. Named after his now Grammy nominated album, the show was a great all around experience […]
MUSIC: Snoh – There Will Be Sunshine
When she’s not doing songs with Killer Mike (or Common for that matter) Snoh’s making solid R&B with a heavy beatmaker influence (as it should when you’re signed […]
MUSIC: Maimouna Youssef – Tell My Story (Drake Pound Cake)
Earlier in the year singer/songwriter/MC Maimouna Youssef aka Mumu Fresh dropped her The Reintroduction of Mumu Fresh mixtape and she finally dropped her clip for one of the […]
MUSIC: Common feat. Vince Staples, Jay Electronica – Kingdom
Common has just dropped a remix for his single, Kingdom, featuring Vince Staples and Jay Electronica. Staples is a perfect match for Common, with his own street but […]