Woody's Produce: Got Mail Instrumental EP
Woody just dropped this one in my mailbox, so I guess it's not just a clever title. The producer perhaps best known for soundscaping Charles Hamilton releases an EP's worth of instrumentals for emcees to get busy on. Check it out below.
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Royce Da 5'9": "My Own Planet"
Royce Da 5'9" took this Twitter page and blasted off a new single produced by Mr. Porter. The track is called "My Own Planet", and has got some outerspace jiggy to it, as much as Royce could do/handle. Check it out below.
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Chuck D: "Tear Down That Wall"
Chuck D has never been a big fan of Arizona, see Public Enemy's "By The Time I Get To Arizona" channeled at a legislature that refused to make MLK Day a national holiday. The Sun Devil State is back in the Public Enemy crosshairs as MistaChuck drops "Tear Down That Wall" a song about a proposed plan to build a wall across the Mexican border, as well the recent immigration law passed by Arizona. Chuck explains in this statement:
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FreeMix: Mishka Is For Lovers
I saw this over at Mishka's Blog and had to download immediately. I also already canceled this evening's plans, and picked up some wine (wink, wink). Hit the jump to see the goodness that Mishka has put together with DJ Skeet Skeet.
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DJ Babu: "T.I.A" Short Film #14
DJ Babu turns in short film #14, documenting his recent trip to South Africa where he participated in shows/workshops in Cape Town, and Johannesburg. Babu's films are awesome, and I've had the pleasure to see two of them in the making. Check out #14 below.
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Sean Faylon: "Wonderful Life" Video
Great song and video from Sean Faylon featuring Playboy Tre. The song appears on Faylon's recently released, Be Everywhere. It's message is not a new one, but a necessary one that is sometimes overlooked. There are many times when I think things are tough, and then realize that my immediate mood and happiness is in my control. I can decide to worry about stuff and be depressed etc, or live in the moment and assume control of each situation... In other news, Motion Family did a great job capturing a wide variety of shots, and turn in yet another quality video. See it below.
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In The RH Radio 4.30.10
We updated the RH Radio with a new batch of records for you to zone out to. Hit the jump to see the latest to hit our jukebox including music from Yelawolf, Kidz In The Hall, Tegan and Sara, Eminem and more.
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Yelawolf: Listening To Beanie Sigel
"This is my paradox," Yelawolf tells me on a warm afternoon in late April. It's been a month since he was the talk of Austin, Texas tearing down stages at an alarming rate, while remaining humble and hungry, passing out copies of his acclaimed Trunk Muzik mixtape after shows and throughout Texas streets. It's been a few weeks since word broke that he was signing to Interscope and Jimmy Iovine, who has quite a track record with new talent and out of the box emcees. Yelawolf is certainly that. Beyond being a white rapper, Yelawolf is also a product of Alabama, and Tennesse, moving around with this mother as a child. Skateboarding was his passion, and each city brought a different skate community, which would become his crew. His crew also included guys that owned pickup trucks adorned with confederate flags and Hip Hop music blasting from their speakers, a somewhat confusing site.
"This is what I deal with," he continues about the dichotomy of hanging with "rednecks listening to Beanie Sigel." For a while Yelawolf struggled with what to put in his music, and if he could really rap about everything going on in his life. "I just realized, 'f**k it.' G-d put it in my path to talk about it, and to use it."
Use it he did. His knowledge and taste for classic rock propelled him into multiple opportunities supplying interpolation of rock standards for new Hip Hop songs and Hip Hop artists. It also opened him up a large fanbase of kids that could relate to Yelawolf, his background, as well as his ability to touch on multiple cultures. The paradox turned out to be a strength, as well as something that is slowly captivating everyone who hears the music.
We caught up with Yelawolf to ask him what's changed over the last year, what he can and can't talk about, Bob Dylan as a rapper, and much much more. Check out our full exclusive interview below.
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