New York, NY (January 4, 2009) - Got this email from Niki the other day, Loud.com all over the place and one of our own is getting it in! RapDreamsRadio.com interviewed super-producers and Loud.com mainstays Play-N-Skillz over the phone and, afterwards, check out Niki Damez with the No. 1 song on the countdown the last three weeks! Props to both parties for their hustle.
New York, NY (November 14, 2008) - That’s what’s up! Congrats to Loud.com’s Round 4 Finalist KNONAM. He was recently announced as one of the Top 7 emcees that took part in the Jake One Remix Challenge that we posted about back in September. From KNONAM’s MySpace blog:
Vote for KNONAM 11/14 to 11/17 - This weekend only!
I have just gotten an email from Rhymesayers Ent reading “KNONAM, You are a finalist, congrats!” for the Rhymesayers Jake One Contest. Finalist! Ghea! I made it to the top 7.
From Jake One’s website: “Due to the overwhelming response and the difficult task of narrowing down to just 5, they ended up going with 7 the online voting will be posted Friday November 14th and stay up until the morning of Monday November 17th.
Help me out with as many people to vote as you can please.
Email blast, MySpace messages, whatever! Anything you can do will help.”
Listen to his track “Tilt the Brim,” which should be up and posted later today (November 14th) and available again for listening. Give it a few spins and support your fellow Loud.com user and one of the 10 representatives in the Loud.com $100,000 battle. Cast your vote all weekend www.jakeone.com.
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:
Serius Jones – Slow Down
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 (September 25, 2008) – We caught Chuck up in Harlem at Frederick Douglas Academy prior to a photoshoot for his group, and he sat down with us to spit a few of his favorites verses. He addresses Byron Crawford, success, “unrealing” himself, working against self-doubt, why Nas should have kept the original title of his record and using music to fight for artistic integrity.
New York, NY (September 2, 2008) – Talent is undeniable. The fusion of that talent with appeal and humanity is the tough part. Homeboy Sandman is putting it all together. Perhaps it’s due to forces otherworldly, perhaps it’s due to the crunchy bread he loves so much; but either way, his Full Volume segment should be loud enough to convince you of at least one of the three. This cat is DOPE.
We got up at Fat Beats last week and enjoyed some freestyling, some writtens, some impromptu performing of unoriginal music (here’s where Sandman says, ‘Yo, shout out Black Thought!’), some spilling of water, some Sirius Satellite Radio people tuning in to a Sandman gem and a little insight on the hustling genius of The Source’s recent Unsigned Hype, Homeboy Sandman. Follow along, he doesn’t sit still for long…
Here, Boy Sand gets open for an interview and discusses the finer points of his beard, his latest record (”Actual Factual Pterodactyl”), touring, his Unsigned Hype column and Double Dragons (yes, the video game). The second vid reveals more about his marketing grind here in NYC and all over the web (aka, being interplanetarily known). Say word!