DJ Spinna: "Summer Madness"
High Water Music is getting ready for a big summer. The indie label is prepping releases from DJ Spinna, Fresh Daily, and Daniel Joseph. To get you in tuned, DJ Spinna put this together this little preview mix. Check out the video below.
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RubyHornet x dubFrequency: Crème de la Crème SXSW Pac Div Interview
We told you more was on the way. Check out Pac Div's interview/performance below.
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RubyHornet x dubFrequency: Crème de la Crème SXSW Bun B Interview
We showed you the pics earlier, and now we're ready to start rolling out the interview/concert footage from the dubFrequency Crème de la Crème SXSW extravaganza. We linked up with dF and MySpace Hip Hop to bring you exclusive interviews and footage with participating artists including Bun B, Kidz In The Hall, Pac Div, U-N-I, and more. We kick everything off with RTC's interview with Bun B, who talks about RubyHornet appropriate attire, the role of SXSW, and performing with KITH. Check it out below. And look for more videos here and on MySpace Hip Hop.
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Raekwon Live @ Creme De La Creme SXSW
Here's some more footage from the dF Austin edition of Creme De La Creme. Rakewon as the headliner, and he definitely did this thing. Check out the footage below.
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RH First Look: Nez & Rio
Where would music be without the production duo? Gamble & Huff, Cool & Dre, Elton John and the dude he produced with, the Beastie Boys and Rick Rubin (Beastie Boys serving as one collective person)...Anyway, you get the picture. In this RH First Look, we turn the microscope on an emerging production duo straight out of my backyard (no Vimby)...Nez & Rio, part of Brainiac Society, are bubbling right now in Chicago's underground...Find out why in this new RH First Look.
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Outasight: From There To Here
I had the pleasure of meeting 6th Sense for the first time last week at SXSW. I ran into him in the street the first day, and then pretty much everyday after that. 6th blessed us with a dope Freestyle In The Park, and also introduced us to The Kid Daytona and Outasight. Coincidentally, he just wrapped up Outasight's album prequel, From There To Here. The project sets the course for his LP, From Here To Eternity...Grab the prequel below above the tracklist.
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Curren$y: "Star Power"
I had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with Curren$y this weekend at SXSW, a very good dude. I'm not sure if this acutally went down, but Curren$y told me about a very interesting project he was trying to undertake during his stay in Austin, in which he set up a recording studio in his hotel room and invited various artists to come through and lay a verse for a mixtape that he was trying to get out before Saturday night hit...I'm not sure the status of that, but I do know that this new joint recently hit the web. You can grab "Star Power" below as well as see some performance footage from the RubyHornet assisted Grand Ole Party (NR X TSS...powered by Hostway..gotta get that sponsorship in there). You can also look for a video interview and Freestyle In The Park (yes...it is alive and well) from Curren$y coming soon.
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RH TV: Bighomie D.O.E. Freestyle In The Park
So, Freestyle In The Park's caught some flak in the new season..."These dudes aren't really freestyling...These dudes suck...etc..." Well, a couple points on that. When we say Freestyle In The Park, we mean it in the sense that artists can do whatever they want. In fact there have been films, books, essays on what exactly constitutes a "freestyle", and I'm not going to get into that here. Second, we can't make a rapper perform well, we merely given them the stage and let them show their stuff. Some do that much better than others...In reality, we've recognized a certain thing lacking in some of the recent FITP features, and we've come to correct all that with this one featuring Bighomie D.O.E. of The Brainiac Society. D.O.E.'s really took off after Mikkey Halsted's Internet On Lock event and hasn't slowed down since. Some of you may have never heard of him before, so allow this to serve as a proper introduction.
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