One of my favorite blogs for trip-hop, 'Indoor Music' recently posted an album I had been trying to get a hold of for years. When I was about 16, I remember my sister returning from New York City telling me about a band she saw perform that she said I needed to hear. She played me Moonraker's Nada Brama and I thought it was some of the most unique and innovative music I had ever heard (before I had ever learned of Portishead and other bands). Definitely a must have and extremely hard to find.

1. Shalom
2. Night with you
3. Organic love
4. The rescue
5. Madeline
6. Drying sun
7. These walls
8. Wood & stone
9. Modern way

Download (via IndoorMusic) ..you know you love me..

New fire from the Getback camp! Rafael Casal doin it again with his video for the song 'Spitter'. His mixtape, Bay Boy is droppin July 1st so be on the lookout.

New music from JDante by way of producer, DawnSon. The EP, Destiny, will be released in its entirety for free this Thursday on bandcamp. Don't miss out. And in the meantime, check out the track, "Get in Line"

New joint for the Summertime from Staten Island's NYOIL. Love this joint and the video!

New joints off Uno the Prophet's The Lost Prophecies.

Boston based Scope Urban Apparel debuts with three new designs now available for preorder!

	Peace Equals Coinciding with the mission of Scope Urban Apparel, this tee encourages our customers to look beyond the surface and recognize opposites are intimately related. Justice before Peace.		Know-Power Knowledge of Self is critical to each and every individuals growth and empowerment. "Life without knowledge is death in disguise." ~K.O.S. Determination
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	PR Machete This shirt commemorates the Macheteros Struggle for the independence of Puerto Rico: R.I.P. Filiberto Ojeda Rios 4/26/33 - 9/23/05
	Sizes                  X-Small $25.00                 Small $25.00                 Large $25.00                 X-Large $25.00                 2X-Large $28.00

Definitely enjoyed being present for the recording of this banger right here from the one-and-only Retrospek. If you don't already have 'Sumshytwedid' go get it and stop sleeping (its free). This new joint, 'Trippin' is a lovely example of the new direction cats is going in and I can't wait to hear more of what they got in the works.






Retrospek-Trippin (CDQ) by retrospek

Not sure how they got a hold of it but I'm definitely not mad. Shoutout DAMN YC. (DAMN stands for Defense Against Media Nonsense)

If ten years ago somebody told me that I would be able to talk to people across the world via a live video feed on a TV screen and a microphone, I would've thought they were crazy. If they told me the live video feed would be located in Dudley Square and be used to talk to people in Gaza in Palestine, I would've really thought they were crazy. However yesterday morning I did just that, thanks to Jamarhl Crawford, John Ewing and the work of the Virtual Street Corners project.

Normally Virtual Street Corners connects Dudley Square in Roxbury with Coolidge Corner in Brookline: Two areas in Boston only two miles apart with virtually no interaction with each other until this project.

Yesterday, however, Dudley and Coolidge Corner got to connect with students in the Gaza strip, via the video chat and an organization called Tida that works to connect Palestine with the world at large.

The conversation covered everything from politics, current events, education, the arts, daily life, and of course, World Cup Soccer (We are both supporting the African and Latin American teams).

One of the students shared a rap in Arabic. I could not understand a word of what he said, but his flow was definitely on point and I would love to work with him in the future. I shared with them my verse from 'Thug Survival' about the police. Also, I got to hear a beautiful poem about the struggle in Palestine, from one of the young ladies in the group. I had known there was Hip Hop and poetry in Palestine from a documentary I watched called Slingshot Hip Hop and also from meeting DAM in Boston when they performed here, but I did not know that the talent was so outspread!

After more than an hour of conversing, it became apparent we (young people in the States and in Palestine) have a lot more in common then we realize. By the end of the broadcast we were anxious to continue the conversation, and stay connected. It is absolutely amazing how far technology has come and how we can use it as a tool to connect with the world.



Click here to read what the conversation was like from the perspective of Amal Murtaja who participated in the convo from the Gaza side.

Also, Live from Gaza is a blog run by Lina, who also participated in the convo and is a great source of information on what is going on in the Gaza strip.

A couple joints dropped today that I had been waiting on for quite sometime. Happy to say neither one of them disappoint.

First and foremost, big up my RBG Comrades Dead Prez, celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the release of the classic album Let's Get Free with yet Another Classic: Revolutionary But Gangsta Grillz: the mixtape hosted by DJ Drama...

1. A Peace Of Light (Feat. Amber Coffman, Angel Deradoorian, Haley Dekle)
2. Walk Alone (Feat. Truck North, P.O.R.N., Dice Raw)
3. Dear God 2.0 (Feat. Monsters Of Folk)
4. Radio Daze (Feat. Blu, P.O.R.N., Dice Raw)
5. Now Or Never (Feat. Phonte, Dice Raw)
6. How I Got Over (Feat. Dice Raw)
7. DillaTude The Flight Of Titus
8. The Day (Feat. Blu, Phonte, Patty Crash)
9. Right On (Feat. Joanna Newsome, STS)
10. Doin It Again
11. The Fire (Feat. John Legend)
12. Tunnel Vision
13. Web 20/20 (Feat. Peedi Peedi, Truck North)
14. Hustla (Bonus) (Feat. STS)