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House of Pain reuniting again, Organized Noize & No Malice getting documentaries, and more hip hop news
Veteran LA rap group House of Pain, best known for “Jump Around,” are reuniting once again this year around St. Patrick’s Day like they did in 2…
Iamsu releases two new songs with Show Banga, one with Philthy Rich, playing shows (dates, stream)
Richmond, California rapper Iamsu plans to release his KILT 3 mixtape at some point in the near future, which will feature his Dej Loaf / K Camp collab “Famous” and his Tyga collaboration “H…
Casey Veggies touring with and without Big Sean, planning 'Live & Grow' album (dates, video)
California rapper Casey Veggies has been putting out a steady stream of mixtapes for a few years now, and this year he’s planning on releasing his major label debut, Live & G…
Tinashe releases free 'Amethyst' mixtape ft. Ryan Hemsworth, Iamsu & more; Iggy Azalea reschedules Barclays Center show
Last year, R&B singer Tinashe put out her excellent debut album, Aquarius, and today she dropped its followup in the form a 7-track mixtape, Ameth…
Nick Catchdubs announces debut LP, shares single ft. Heems and Troy Ave; Kool AD playing shows
Fool’s Gold Records co-founder Nick Catchdubs has never actually put out a full-length solo album, but that will change on April 28 when he releases Smoke Mach…
NYC hip hop roundup: Meek Mill, Smoke DZA, Nitty Scott MC, Curren$y, Joell Ortiz & Akon, Wiz Khalifa, REMI, more
There’s never a lack of great hip hop shows happening in NYC. Today alone, we posted about Ratking (with Trash Talk), Dipset and Action Bronson …
The FADER list their favorite tracks of 2014
The FADER always has some year-end coverage, but for the past 15 years they didn’t publish a ranked year-end list. This year however, they ranked their 116 favorite songs of 2014 (find out why) and it’s a diverse list that manages to sing the praises of iLoveMakonnen, Tinashe, Alex G, Florida Georgia Line, Enrique Iglesias, Bleachers, Ricky Eat Acid, YG, Toni Braxton & Babyface, Nothing, Grimes, Parquet Courts, Run the Jewels and Grouper all in the same damn list…
Deer Tick, Dum Dum Girls & more featured on free holiday EP; Dee Dee & Ice Choir playing free Converse in-store
Deer Tick @ Forest Hills Stadium in September (more by PSquared)
Deer Tick, IamSu! and Dum Dum Girls are part of a free new holiday EP being released by Converse Rubber Tracks titled Noise To The World 2…
DJ Mustard released a guest-filled debut LP, on tour, playing NYC tonight (dates, video)
“Mustard on the beat, ho!” You can pretty much turn on rap radio at any time of the day and hear that multiple times — between producing hits for YG, Ty Dolla $ign, Tinashe, Jeezy, 2 Chainz, Tyga and so many more, DJ Mustard is basically everywhere…
Downtown Festival doing 5 cities; NYC returning w/ Kiesza, Atlas Sound, Autre Ne Veut, Zebra Katz, Avey Tare, more
The Downtown Music Festival is back, and will stage events in five cities this year. The dates and locations are:Downtown Cleveland – September 19 & 20
Downtown Minneapolis – September 26 & 27
Downtown New York – October 2-4
Downtown Los Angeles – November 7 & 8
Downtown Houston – November 14 & 15Lineups are mostly still TBA, but NYC, as you can see in the flyer above, will feature rising 90s throwback pop star Kiesza along with Animal Collective sideproject Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks, Bradford Cox of Deerhunter’s Atlas Sound, Autre Ne Veut, Tobacco, Jungle, Vacationer, IAMSU…
