On Shelves Now: Common, Brandy, Musiq Soulchild, Avant, Maroon 5

New Releases:
Common "Universal Mind Control"
Brandy "Human"
Musiq Soulchild
Avant
Maroon 5


Here's Common's latest video single, "Universal Mind Control":

TUNE IN: Q-Tip Concert with Janelle Monae and The Cool Kids

First and foremost, WOW! I love all of these artist and they were in concert together, lets hope they tour. Q-tip is pretty much as close as you're gonna get to OG hip-hop these days, he's a classic. Janelle Monae is a newly signed artist to Bad Boy records, I consider her to be a female Andre 3000, but this girl has vocals for days, she can SANG! The Cool Kids are kinda new to the hip-hop scene, but they have an old school vibe that just rocks (I featured them on my blog before). Check the vid from studio43:


Q Tip Concert Featuring Janelle Monae & The Cool Kids from KENNY BURNS on Vimeo.

GUT BUSTER: Beyonce "Single Ladies" x SNL (Saturday Night Live)

Beyonce "Single Ladies", Saturday Night Live parody.

Bee skit @ (Nov 15 2008)
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Spotlight: Music

Find your way to T.I.'s upcoming release "Paper Trail", scheduled to release sometime September. "T.I. vs. T.I.P" was hot, fire! This new album seems just as promising with the leaked single "Swagger Like Us" buzzin' around the air waves. That song features some heavyweights such as Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Jay-Z. The beat produced by Kanye sampled from M.I.A. Get on it people!!!

Nigger...Nas is back with the "N"

Nas is back with another classic and controversial album. His single "Hero" featuring Keri Hilton was been blazing the air waves for a couple of months and it finally releases tomorrow, July 15, 2008. I've been highly anticipating another album from Nasir Jones and after listening to it, I'm proud to say he's done it again. There are fifteen tracks, one of which include Chris Brown. Hip-hop is still alive, don't give into the hype people.

Vashtie...Get familiar

This is a woman after my own heart. She is known for her art/design, directing, and styling skills. This interview introduces the woMAN behind the camera and just gives a little bit of her personal bio.

"You're Crazy, Naw, I'm Shwayze"

Straight from the 310 (Malibu/L.A. area of Cali), a trip-hop group called Shwayze has emerged bringing a much needed swag to the hip-hop/rock underground (soon to be commercial) scene. They were apart of Warp Tour this year. There single "Buzzin'" featured in a Honda truck commercial (which I was how I heard of them)has a video. Check it out, pretty dope IMO

C.R.S. "Us Placers"

Current hip-hop's finest has chosen to grace the airwaves together creating a musical utopia. Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, and Pharrell a.k.a. C.R.S. have a video for their single "Us Placers". This song forces you to think outside the box on current issues and events. I can't stop listening to it, this song just haunts my brain. Take a listen...