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.”
Rest In Peace, homie!! A lot of “thugs” ask if there’s heaven for a gangster… sure there is. You just have to impress the likes of Pun, Chris Wallace, Big L and Tupac in a cipher before St. Peter lets you in. Let that marinate.
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 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 30, 2008) - We caught up with Boston transplant J The S (formerly Jake The Snake) at Columbus Circle during a warmer time in NY, but wanted to wait for the perfect moment to unleash this. With the debut of his latest single, “My Will,” it seems only right. Now staying in NY, son is one of the better lyricists you’ll hear on the indie circuit because the intel on this guy is that what he raps about… he does. A novel idea, eh?
Tune in as he spits two of his favorite verses and drops gems on both the heavy topics and that flossy ish the people like. Very talented cat, watch for him in the future. If you missed his track/video with with XXL coverboy B.o.B. called “Another Round,” click here.
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 2, 2008) – Sometimes, rap gets, for lack of a better word, disgusting. But not in a bad way. In a good way. Something that makes you wrinkle up your face and feel good about what you’re witnessing. Like, “Ewww, did you HEAR that?” That’s what it felt like taping Grafh while he went IN on these spits. You can tell emcees that are inspired and have a passion for what they’re doing in moments like this. Needless to say, I enjoyed.
New York, NY (September 23, 2008) – Pacific Division is one of the dopest groups in hip-hop today, period. All three emcees (Like, BeYoung and Mibbs) are dope, the stage presence is ridiculous, they bring a message and a movement wherever they go and most importantly, you feel good when you listen to their music.
They recently inked a deal with Universal, and were in NYC a few weeks ago to meet the people that were going to be working the album. Without much fanfare or notice, they packed out LOVE and did their thing for fans, peers and the Universal staff. We caught up with them outside before they bounced, and they laced us with some of their favorite verses.
Some call them the new Tribe, others hope they reach Outkast proportions. Either way, the music is undeniably good hip-hop. Check:
