Official video for "Reigndrops," a song from ScholarMan's 2011 album ExiSTANCE. Written, produced by ScholarMan. Creative direction, editing, animation by Anna Lee. Soganic Music.

Ladi6 is New Zealand’s leading hip hop soul artist. Her career, beginning with seminal all-girl crew Sheelahroc, is embossed with industry awards, considered critical acclaim, countless support slots alongside a who’s who of respected local and international music icons and tellingly, gold certified New Zealand sales of her 2008 debut long player Time IS Not Much (now available internationally via BBE Records). And having completed over sixty tour dates across Europe and the UK during the second and third quarters of 2010, with a view to return in 2011, she can now count amongst her friends and contemporaries Mayer Hawthorne, Masta Ace and Gil Scott-Heron.

Having developed her lyrically introspective smoky soul soundworld over years of consistent touring and considered features alongside an Antipodean elite including the likes of 50HZ, Shapeshifter, Fat Freddies Drop, Scribe amongst others, while Time Is Not Much represented a lucid summary of her career to date, her new album The Liberation Of… is a game changer. Recorded over two months in Berlin with production duties shared between her producer and DJ Parks and German beat auteur Sepalot, The Liberation Of… represents a logical continuation of the Ladi6 sound – deeper, denser and immaculately considered in sound and message.

As a statement of intent, The Liberation Of… clearly grounds Ladi6 and her collaborators as willing to dive headfirst without fear into the sea of creativity. At the same time, it issues a clear assurance that regardless of where the rollercoaster takes her, Ladi6 physically isn’t capable of forgetting where she comes from, who she represents and the concept which her music represents to many listeners – unity.

BootCamp Clik - Black Moon (Buckshot, DJ Evil Dee and 5FT ), Smif-N-Wessun (Tek & Steele), Heltah Skeltah (Sean Price and Rock) and OGC

This is the official Washington Classics / Funky DL tribute video to the Japanese hip-hop producer "Nujabes" who passed away in February of 2010. Funky DL was one of the first MC's to work with Nujabes on a total of 10 songs, some famously known and some unreleased to this day.

In 2002 DL and Nujabes embarked on an 11 city tour of Japan and it is only now in this video that the imagery from their Club Yellow, Tokyo show is exhibited for the public to see and celebrate Nujabes and the legend he was to the world.

Funky DL shares his memories of collaboration with Nujabes over this smooth and meloncholy groove and narrates his coming to meet, share and experience travels in music with the talented producer, DJ and friend.

This song is taken from the forthcoming Funky DL album "Blackcurrent Jazz 2" and the "Ode To Nujabes" single is digitally available "NOW" via all good digital retailers.

New York Hip hop duos have always shared a connection, whether it be their music influences growing up, the content and style for which they ascribe to, or past events in their youth. Lone Ninja and June Marx, who make up Twin Perils, are no different. Both Brooklyn-based, where they initially crossed paths at a Masta Killa show in 2005, Ninja and Marx focus their lyricism on various tactics of war and combat, emphasizing the demise of anyone who stands in their way. Titling their debut album Dark Alliance, Twin Perils look to hit their listeners with a demolishing one-two strike of raw lyrics mixed with hard-knocking beats."Core of Vengeance" Available on UGHH, Amazon Access Hip Hop