Sene: "Workflow" Video
Sene is going to drop Reality Bites tomorrow, the new EP that will be presented by a collection of music and culture curators (RubyHornet, 2dopeboyz, DJBooth, Kevin Nottingham). In preparation of the release, Sene gives up a "pop-up videoish" video for "Workflow". This is seriously on point, and props to the director Mark Carranceja of Noisemaker Media. See it below.
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Chromeo Announce New LP "Business Casual"
Jheri curling it since 2003, Chromeo recently announced that their new album will be titled Business Casual, and will be released August 17th via Atlantic Records. The duo will also embark on a 23-date tour during the months of August. They will play Chicago's Lollapalooza festival as well as Bonaroo w/Daryl Hall from Hall and Oates. Chromeo recently let The Fader into the studio for a preview of the material. Check that out as well as a tentative tracklisting below.
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Distant Relatives: "As We Enter"
"We don't play Willy Wonka..."
Nas and Damian Marley are Distant Relatives and will release their debut album on May 18th. The album's buzzing single is "As We Enter", which just got the visual treatment. Check out the warehouse and flashlight filled video after the jump. As Nas says, "you can move on or move on it below..."
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[RH Mixtape] Marion Write x DJ RTC: Write History
My introduction to Marion Write came back in June of '09 when his song "Dream Merchant" hit my inbox. I checked it out and posted it to RH. The song got a great response on the blog and in our office, and I continued to build with Marion. We sponsored his last mixtape, The Epilogue To Greatness, and started to talk about a proper collaboration. Almost a year later we have Write History, a 15 track mixtape showing Marion's growth over the last year and his introduction to RubyHornet. The tracklist and DL link are below. Enjoy.
RH In Concert: Snoop Dogg Live In Bloomington
The month of April means springtime, tax season, and 4/20 to some, but at Indiana University the month of April signifies our most favorite time of year… the LITTLE 500! For those of you unfamiliar with this notorious event, the Little 500 is an annual bicycle race modeled after the Indy 500. But more importantly, it is the # 1 college party weekend in the nation. Although the actual race takes place on the weekend, the students celebrate Little 5 all week long. IU students, along with the hundreds of other college students that migrate to Bloomington this week, come together to take part in the raging festivities. There are house parties, dance parties, frat parties, day parties, but the best part of Little 5 (for me at least) are the concerts. In previous years, artists like Wale, Fat Man Scoop, Feist, DMX, Ludacris, Young Jeezy, have all come to IU to help get the party started. This year’s line-up included The Flaming Lips, LMFAO, Mike Posner, Kelly James and Tha Doggfather of rap himself, Snoop Dogg.
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Court Dunn: This Is Hip Hop (Statik Selektah Edition)
Court Dunn released a new edition of his "This Is Hop Hop" series on Friday featuring Statik Selektah. It's Monday worthy so check it out if you were out and about on Friday, or sleeping one off and didn't catch it.
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Jose James: "Black Magic" (prod. by Flying Lotus)
Jose James has just reissued his latest album, Black Magic. The reissue is also an upgrade, as the Deluxe edition features a music video for "Code", some new remixes, as well as a bonus cut. His team shot over the title cut as a free giveaway in relation to the new release. If you missed it the first time, do yourself a favor and don't sleep on the refreshingly vintage sounds of Jose James. Grab the track below.
Buy Black Magic here.
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