New York, NY (January 5, 2009) - Canadian emcee Eternia stopped through the SRC offices with partner in noise Chesney Snow and laced some ill spits for the camera before opening up a little bit about her place in hip-hop. Don’t get the pretty face twisted tho - girl can rap. A Toronto transplant now living in New York City, she’s got a show Sunday, January 11th at The Pyramid for the latest installment of EOW, too, so if you’re in the area, check, check, check out the meloday. For more, peep the joint she did with Ill Poetic and Reef The Lost Cauze called “Souled Out.”
New York, NY (January 4, 2008) - Been meaning to post this and it just kept getting away from me. Props to hard work for this one, the boy on his grind! Here are the details from Mr. B himself:
…This was a reggaeton show we opened for De La Ghetto on 12/13 at the Crocodile Rock Cafe in Allentown, PA, put together by Solid Ground Entertainment. De La Ghetto is a well-known artist from the Bronx, and his recent jam was with Daddy Yankee called “Talento de Barrio.” The club was packed, about 600 peeps in there. Onstage is myself, Flecha & Richy Boy. We were performing a song called “Esto Es Calle.”
New York, NY (November 13, 2008) – The XXL coverboy stopped through Universal here in NYC to play some beats for SRC Head of A&R Dante Ross and we had a chance to chop it up afterwards. He gets into a RIDICULOUS verse talking about his path of growing up, and in our interview, talks more about that. The topics: meditation, doing what he’s afraid to do, thinking he was the shit when he got signed and why he keeps a compass on his left hand.
New York, NY (November 11, 2008) – We caught up with the homie Serius Jones last month at SRC and spent some time getting to know a little more about the dude MOST people only know from the battle scene. In his Full Volume segment, duke spits a verse from “Long Time Coming” and a verse off of “The Greatest.” He also gives details of his new short film, “Life Is Serius” and why you should care about his story. Be on the look for the “Serius Bizness” mixtape due out around Thanksgiving, too. Cheah.
In his interview, Serius talks about his new album “Greatness” that he was recently recording in Atlanta that features Needlez and Malay (“Green Light”) as well as the oft-talked about “Life Is Serius,” now liberated from DTP and preparing for the many battles earlier in his career. His analogy to why the DTP situation soured is especially interesting.
Check out the trailer for his short film, “Live Is Serius” here:
New York, NY (November 6, 2008) – From one Jersey resident to another, I caught up with Mazzi (of S.O.U.L. Purpose and Best of Both Offices) for a segment of Loud Favorites (check for the interview later on) down by Journal Square. Son is a good dude, works hard and is a more dynamic emcee than most people realize. He goes in on four quick verses here, and if you’re not impressed, I’m not sure what to tell you. Son got busy.
New York, NY (November 4, 2008) – While he was tired from a long day of traveling and interviews, the Living Legend took some time to chop it up with us before his Nokia show in NY last week. He revealed his methodology behind the opening track on “Murs For President,” the 9th Wonder-produced “I’m Innocent,” delved into the reason “You Think You Know Me” sounds like a Dr. Dre beat, gangs vs. music and the integration of both, balancing the walk out of the hood with staying down and, of course, his favorite track on the album, “Everything.” Watch for the Interview dropping soon, only on Loud.com. We appreciate you Murs!
Download his joint with 9th Wonder called “Sweet Lord” right here.
New York, NY (October 28, 2008) – Akon was up in SRC/Universal for a press day (more footage to come), and we sat down with the Konvict and talked some of his favorite verses. Mentioned within are “Locked Up,” “Ghetto” and an explanation for “Sorry, Blame It On Me.”
Here’s the tracklisting for “Freedom,” dropping December 2nd.
1 Right Now (Na Na Na) 4:01
2 Beautiful feat. Colby O’Donis and Kardinal Offishall 5:13
3 Keep You Much Longer 4:21
4 Troublemaker feat. Sweet Rush 3:59
5 We Don’t Care 4:18
6 I’m So Paid feat. Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy 4:23
7 Holla Holla feat. T-Pain 3:00
8 Against The Grain feat. Ray Lavender 4:04
9 Be With You 3:52
10 Sunny Day feat. Wyclef Jean 5:12
11 Birthmark 4:24
12 Over The Edge 4:29
13 Freedom 4:13
New York, NY (October 27, 2008) – In town to do some work with Rakim, Quik stopped through the SRC offices to link up with the homie Reality. You already saw the Detox bit when he revealed some details about Dr. Dre’s upcoming (and REAL!) album… but you haven’t seen this portion yet. For this segment, I flipped the script a little bit and wanted to know about some of my own personal favorite Quik collabs – Tupac’s “Heartz of Men” and Talib Kweli’s “Put It In The Air.” One of the West Coast’s finest reveals the studio process of both men, and also some information about the creation of the beats you’ve never heard before. Awesome getting to hear about the people closest who got to work with Pac before he passed/moved to Cuba. Enjoy:
New York, NY (October 23, 2008) – What, video segments can’t have a B-side? Get right. Abstract goes in with a new verse from the song “Renaissance Rap,” a verse from “Excursion” and he talks about “Award Tour” as being a crowd favorite. In the interview portion, Tip talks about finding the right mood for his new album (due November 4th, FYI) “The Renaissance,” working with Norah Jones and more.
New York, NY (October 9, 2008) – Killer Mike is one of the most intelligent cats in the game right now. He’s also one of the most consistent. From his guest spots to his mixtapes to his Sunday Morning Massacre series, Mike is consistently dropping science that he feels often goes overlooked. He took the opportunity on Part 1 of his Loud.com Favorites to spit the first verse from his song “God In The Building” from his “I Pledge Allegiance To The Grind” record. Listen close, and find out how YOU can walk on water. Part 2, he goes into it with “Bang” and talks why he’s one of the most lyrical emcees in the south right now. Shout out to World Star Hip-Hop helping out on this one.
