K-OS - Zambony (official video) 

new video from canadian emcee K-OS from his album YES! out now

Added by: EmSeeD, 15/Jul/10 | Comments: 0

DJ Muggs vs Ill Bill - Cult Assassin (official video) 



"Cult Assassin" Official Video (Directed by MoreFrames) - DJ MUGGS & ILL BILL are back... from the past! Hidden in a dusty basement and trapped on Betamax tape for the last 35 years, "Kill Devil Hills" has returned with a vengeance! Uncle Howie, Soul Assassins and MoreFrames present you with the most electrifying old school Saturday morning series that never was. Prepare to be hit with 4 all-new episodes, featuring new tracks from the upcoming DJ MUGGS vs ILL BILL record. "Kill Devil Hills" is an original retro saga on an epic scale that no one else could deliver! Episode 1 - Cult Assassin - DJ MUGGS vs ILL BILL "KILL DEVIL HILLS' IN STORES AUG 24TH 2010



Download Cult Assassin & Narco Corridos Here

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Cymarshall Law & The Beatnikz - The Flyness - Feedom Express Line Drops on August 31, 2010 ! 

There will always be music that comes, has its time, then is gone, forever lost and then there are albums that come and are meant for more. Enter Cymarshall Law & The Beatnikz: Freedom Express Line. In the cluttered marketplace, that is the music industry artists struggle for attention because of over saturation. With this album the artists involved have made a refreshing style of music that has given Hip Hop a new flavor. The producing duo have crafted a Boom Bap style of production fused with reggae vibes, that give the listener an energetic uplifting feel. The project is socially conscious and carries a positive vibe that serves as an ode to the Native Tongues collective, music with a message when Hip Hop seems to need it most. Cymarshall Law proves to be a lyrical force to be reckoned with displaying a new mastery of style and effortless flow that shows his Jamaican/English Roots, the album also gives a look into exactly why Law is one of the leaders of this new class of Hip Hop MCs. With its undeniable raw feel it's remarkable how much crossover potential this LP delivers, Hip Hop purists and music lovers alike have been waiting to hop aboard the Freedom Express Line. ~ RHHF Member Tuckdragon

1. My Platform (Express Line Intro) 
2. Zion Land 
3. Believe This (No Money) 
4. The Flyness 
5. Give I Fi I Name 
6. Armagideon 
7. Door Peep 
8. Love feat. Mary Lou 
9. Don't Kill Your Brother feat. Skit Slam 
10. Come Mek We Run 
11. Where I Am 
12. A Little Way Different 
13. Almost Home

Preorder At Amazon

Myspace Cymarshall Law 

Myspace The Beatnikz

 http://www.myspace.com/beatnikzproductions

For more great underground visit http://www.youtube.com/user/tuckdragon

Added by: Chinita, 14/Jul/10 | Comments: 0

Freethought MC is BACK! 

AIM HQ has received some very good news this week from one of our original members Freethought MC. He has been taking some time away from The AIM recently after some bad health and to concentrate on his family life. Some time back he suffered a mild heart attack and although he has been keeping in touch with us we have been very worried. He has sent us a video via MySpace and we're delighted to see him looking so healthy and happy. He is now in a position to start working on his music again and he has a new production team to work with. If you are not familiar with him or his work then check him out on MySpace here and here and have a peep at his latest video message to us.

Show some love people because Freethought MC has nothing but love for The AIM.


In other news, AIM member SAI has donated a track to the AIM to raise money. Real Gangsta is available now on ReverbNation. We'd love as many of you as possible to become fans of The AIM Raptivist Collective so we can get the music and the message spread as far and wide as possible - you know you are fans already so go along and show it!


Added by: SantaMaria, 14/Jul/10 | Comments: 0

Lounge Battles 8 the premier hip hop event is going down ft. MADD ILLZ, Diabolic, Poison Pen and more 

ATTENTION ALL HIP HOP HEADZ,THE BATTLES OF ALL BATTLES ( LOUNGE BATTLES 8), IS ONE DAY AWAY, THIS IS ABOUT OUR HIP HOP CULTLER, OUR ELEMENT, SO TO ALL THE TRU MC'Z , B-BOYZ , B-GIRLZ, GRAFF WRITER , DJ'Z, HIP HOP ORGANIZERZ, AND PEOPLE WHO LOVE THE TRU FORM OF HIP HOP, JULY 15, 16, 17 AND 18 IN ORLANDO. 


Performances by: 
MADD ILLZ 
Diabolic 
Poison Pen 
The Closers w/ Mix Master O 
Marv Won 
Myverse 
Soul Kahn 
Fresco 
Llamabeats & Parable 
Alex Minor 
B.E.Z 
Smash City Gauntlett 
Tzar 
Synopse 
Midaz 
Mygrane 
Sean J 
Kings Offspring 
Head Chef and the Sweet Jones Fmaily Band 
Alias the @ikt 
More TBA!!!

Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 5:00pm 
end time Monday, July 19, 2010 at 3:00am 
The Cameo @1013 East Colonial Drive 
1013 East Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL

http://guerrillarepublik.ning.com

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Artist United Against Poverty ft. NeNe Ali, Guerrilla Republik, The Welfare Poets and more 

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Thursday, July 22, 2010 
6:00pm - 9:00pm 
NUYORiCAN Poets Cafe 
236 East 3rd Street Between Avenue B & C NYC

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Ne Ne Ali Spoken Word/Web Series Promo 

Ne Ne Ali Spoken Word Poetry Live 

Nene Ali Web Series 

NeNe Ali is fast tracking to stardom with her spoken word poetry. She was selected to perform at the 13th annual Zo Summer Groove (ZSG) where she dazzled the likes of Alonzo Morning, Dwayne Wade, Betty Wright, Gabriel Union, Roxy (106 & Park), SL, and the hundreds of kids in attendance with the power of words. Miss Ali has taught a creative writing class at Pace University, performed for the dignitaries of Liberia, and has appeared at the World Famous Apollo Theater. Her talent has privileged her to appear on BET Rap City, she wooed City and State Officials at the Bronx Borough President’s Inauguration. Her aspirations to become a journalist only give way to her ability to write and perform spoken word poetry. The self-proclaimed spoken word / MC is a big fan of Taalam Acey’s work(s) and credits him in inspiring her to want to do spoken word poetry. At age 12 Nene has accomplishments supersedes most kids her 
age.She has received various letters of recognition from State Senators, and other community organizations. Her community work includes but is not limited to spearheading food drives for the homeless, performing at battered woman shelters across NYC for their children; her most passionate work includes taking an orphanage in the providence of the Katanga and turning it into a leadership program. She loves Hip hop culture and write rhymes when she is not writing poetry. Her Hip Hop influences are Queen Latifa KRS1, MC LYTE, Immortal Technique, Salt and Pepper just to name a few. She has been written up in various News paper and Trade publications including the NY Times. Her ability to perform is only going to allow her to be a force to reckon with in reshaping spoken word and hip hop culture as we know it.

Thank you to Guerrilla Republik

Added by: Chinita, 14/Jul/10 | Comments: 1

Snowgoons - This Is Where The Fun Stops (Instrumental) 

Snowgoons ft. Reef The Lost Cauze - This Is Where The Fun Stops Instrumental from Black Snow album 2008!

Added by: Chinita, 14/Jul/10 | Comments: 0

Snowgoons are gettin’ down to business – as usual 


For over a decade now, swift advancements in technology have taken a devastating toll on the great number of major record labels and associated media groups that once ran rampant around the globe. As this happened, many talented yet commercially unmarketable artists began to seek alternative avenues to get themselves recognized by the masses. As the major labels began to dissolve, more and more execs began to revamp and restructure their agenda on a more independent tip.

Enter BabyGrande Records – one of the more respected ‘indy’ labels in the realm of underground hip hop, that was formed back in 2003 by Chuck Wilson who previously headed A&R at Priority Records. With the insemination of BabyGrande, he began to build an impressive roster of high caliber lyricists and a handful of super talented producers. 

Amongst the assortment of highly talented faculty sits the Snowgoons – a producer duo consisting of DJ Illegal and Det. The pair have been constructing classics on a epic level for the past ten years with some of the most recognizable names in the underground world of beats and rhymes.

We were able to get a few minutes with the dynamic duo to find out what they have simmering on the back burning.

Interview below by Steve DiLodovico/Smutlife

SL: First, tell us about yourselves, individually and as a team. How did you come together, how long have you been producing, what got you interested in making tracks? Who are your biggest influences?

Det: The Snowgoons formed themselves around 1999, DJ Illegal and Det. We both went to a local jam in southern germany. illegal was selling some of his mixtapes there and we started talking to each other about music, the US Rap scene and mixtape scene. We exchanged numbers and from there on we hooked ourselves up with the latest mixtapes and stuff. At first we didn’t even know that both of us produce beatz, but after a while that topic came up of course and boom – there you go.

SL: What are some of the universal themes in Hip Hop culture and specifically Rap music that makes it so beloved by people all over the world? Why, in your opinion, does Hip Hop have such a huge global presence?

Det: That’s simple. Its the people’s music. people can relate to hip hop because hip hop used to relate to people’s reality. It was a little off focus in the past years, but trust me, that’s like any other cycle. It will come back to where it started: beatz and rhymes. That’s a beautiful thing. and what’s even more beautiful: We’re happy cause we’re a part of that.

SL: Outside of Hip hop, what other influences (musical, artistic, etc.) do you draw upon, if any?

Det: Music is universal. There is no such thing as good or bad, right or wrong. Contemporary music, no matter from where in the world, is a good source of inspiration.

SL: How do you approach beat production, do you come up with tracks with specific MCs in mind or do you hear a finished product and say something along the lines of "you know who would sound dope on this?” and go from there?

Det: Most of the time we just jam. That means we jam like any of these old funky funky bands. We just let ourselves go and we pick up the vibe of a good sample. Whatever we feel. We add instruments, keyboards, whatever is clever. Most of the time the beat is done within an hour or two, fully arranged. But more important than that is the post production following after the vocals are laid down. Then we have an idea of the topic, the flow and vibe of the song and from there we start working on the sculpture. Sometimes rappers are really amazed of what is happening after they put down their verses.

SL: You guys are extremely prolific. It seems like every other day you are putting out joints with all kinds of MCs. Is there anybody out there you haven’t worked with yet that you would really like to collaborate with?

Det: As a matter of fact, as we speak we’re into the process of working all of that out. A lot of artists are out there, no doubt. We need to hit the scene in New york a little bit more, but as i said, we are working on that right now and start straighten it out. Dropping some names, we put KRS One on that list along with Nas, Evidence, Rakim, Method Man, Ghostface – just to name a few. And of course there are a lot of unsigned hype but extremely talented mcs out there who deserve to be heard and we will continue to work with unknown and never heard of artists as this keeps hip hop alive. cause thats what hip hop is all about: beatz and rhymes. and as a young buck i always loved to hear new flows and new voices and rap styles, word up.

SL: What are your personal favorites out of the joints you’ve done so far?

Det: Oh, there are a lot of favorite joints. hard to tell, maybe it’s hatred, casualties of war, black snow jump to mind. but altogether, the whole fist in the thought album is a true favorite. the production on this album is a lot tighter than on our callabos. working with just one single artist or a single group requires a more complex production. it was a different approach than ever before. we were looking through so many ideas and samples and from that stage the process went into thinking "hm, what kind of topic would fit to a sample like this?”, and from there we created the beat. the beat always gives a sample its final direction, a laid back sample sometimes needs a complex power beat in order to not being boring. sometimes you just need to add a few drums and simply play along the sample which is always a good basis for storytelling. 

So going through this process was really something new and challenging for us, as we usually just produce beatz and then wait….patiently waiting for whoever is feeling that particular beat. So yeah, we must say fist in the thought is our most intense work so far. Besides that it’s everything we did and will do with Philly’s own Reef the lost Cauze. he is one of the best out there and real close fam, no doubt….

SL: What can we look forward to from the Snowgoons in the future?

Det: We are very busy right now. Fans can expect some heavy stuff coming up. Right now it’s summertime, and people can lounge in the sun with their shorts and bikinis but you better keep in mind that the Snowgoons season is getting closer and closer…dark days, stormy weather, you need your coat again. That’s our season. There’s snow in winter, and Snowgoons let it snow in winter. So what’s the verdict? Well, first a follow up album of "A fist in the thought” with Lord Lhus and the Savage brothers, it’s called "The Iron Fist”. Also, we’re recording an album with Reef The Lost Cauze. that’s right, you heard it, Reef the Lost Cauze teams up with the Goons for a full length album – nothin but bangers as you know. Reef and the Snowgoons = Instant Classic. 

Third, we are in the recording process with the Krush Unit album, half of the songs are done, people can expect that to drop around X-Mas. And last but not least we’re deep into recording our next Snowgoons Collabo album which will drop early in 2011. this as always will feature all of your favorite rappers. So to all of the fans out there: support real hip hop! peace! 

Thank you to Smutlife.com


Added by: Chinita, 14/Jul/10 | Comments: 0

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