The Away Team presents their latest audio leaks "Set It Off" featuring Talib Kweli & Rapsody with the b-side "Take Air" from their upcoming album Scars & Stripes out October 11th through Jamla / It's A Wonderful World Music Group / Duck Down Music.
First official release from Statik Selektah's Population Control album in stores Oct. 25th on Showoff / Duck Down Music. "Play The Game" features Big K.R.I.T. & Freddie Gibbs. The lead record will be available on iTunes tomorrow (Sat., Sept 17th) for 99 cents.
Black is Beautiful...Black is Powerful. the mixtape features an assembly of uncompromising and gifted Hip Hop artists including staHHr, Gods’illa, Kam Moye, Kil Ripkin, and Boog Brown, with production from the likes of Illastrate, Batsauce, J Haze, Joe. D, Sol Messiah, Apollo Brown and more.
It’s been 2 years since the first FTP Movement mixtape Food, Clothes, & Shelter was released featuring popular artists like KRS-ONE as well as Atlanta’s Hip Hop community. In contrast to the first project, the second installment of the FTP "has a razor sharp edge,” FTP’s founder Kalonji Changa. "It is a perfect marriage between independent Hip Hop and people’s politics baptized in a special blend of revolutionary fervor.” Kalonji adds. This new project is released in hopes that listeners will be inspired to find out about the freedom fighters and get involved in the community. Listeners will get a top flight Hip Hop mixtape that will also spread a message.
Producer and engineer Amond Jackson teamed with Kalonji to produce these first two FTP mixtapes and while both are busy with many other projects, they made the time to put this together. Kalonji recently released his book titled How to Build a People’s Army while coordinating and providing leadership for the FTP Movement and Amond is immersed in other musical endeavours including sound design for film and designing recording studios. The two’s chemistry allows for the mixtape to come together seamlessly. This project shows solidarity with today’s Movement and provides some of the finest Hip Hop around.
Next for the FTP Movement is a documentary highlighting the organizational work entitled FTP: Organizing Is The New Cool. Kalonji is producing the documentary and Amond Jackson will score the film. To keep up with all things For The People visit FTPmovement.ning.com
Skyzoo presents his latest cut off his The Great Debater Revisted album, which is available now on iTunes for only 7.99 with 4 new bonus tracks. "Rocket Science" track is produced by !llmind. Purchase the album today: http://bit.ly/nxXFQn
Fans in the New York Tri-State can see Skyzoo perform TONIGHT at the Apple Store, SoHo at 7PM (103 Prince Street @ Greene Street). More info: http://bit.ly/nyeA9S