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hip hop roundup: Desiigner, Kool Keith, EPMD, milo, Danny Brown & more

Desiigner, whose “Panda” dominated last year, just dropped a new single, “Outlet.” He also announced The Outlet Tour, which hits NYC on May 15 at Playstation Theater. Tickets for that show are on AmEx presale now and they go on sale to the general public on Friday (2/10) at noon. All dates are listed below. […]

Main Source announce NYC reunion show & 'Breaking Atoms' reissue

Hip hop vets Main Source, who counted legendary producer Large Professor as a member and helped launch Nas‘ career with his verse on “Live at the BBQ” (Nas’ first recorded verse), are back.

Rahzel playing Brooklyn with Pete Rock, Large Professor & DJ JS1; Black Thought playing NYC too

New York rapper and former Roots member Rahzel has announced a hometown show happening July 28 at Brooklyn Bowl. He’ll be joined by a pretty impressive list of guests, including Pete Rock, Large Professor (who both did beats for Illmatic, among many other things of course), and the Rock Steady Crew’s DJ JS1. Tickets go […]

Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge streaming new album; new Czarface (Inspectah Deck + 7L & Esoteric) album out now too

Ghostface Killah is having quite the prolific year. He already released a collaborative album with BADBADNOTGOOD, and this Friday (7/10) he releases a collaborative album with Adrian Younge, Twelve Reasons to Die……

Talib Kweli was a surprise guest at Pete Rock's Brooklyn Bowl show, playing two full-band shows there soon

Plus, listen to Pete Rock’s new Panda Bear remix On Thursday (6/24), hip hop legend Pete Rock celebrated his new Petestrumentals 2 album with a star-studded release show at Brooklyn B…

stream Pete Rock's new album, see the release show tonight with Sean Price, Smoke DZA, Camp Lo, Slum Village & more

Hip hop legend Pete Rock, known among other things for his classic 1992 collaboration with CL Smooth, Mecca and the Soul Brother, put out a new instrumental album this w…

SummerStage announces full 2015 lineup & schedule

SummerStage has been leaking some of the artists playing their 2015 season, also its 30th year, for the last month and today they’ve announced the whole lineup and schedule…

M.O.P., Pharoahe Monch, Sean Price, Smif N Wessun & Black Sheep mems & more playing NBA All-Star Weekend show

Kanye, Drake / Nas, The LOX and Meek Mill aren’t the only hip hop shows happening in NYC in celebration of NBA All-Star Weekend. There’s also one at Santos Party House on Thursday (2/12), billed as ‘Video Music Box Presents: 4 The Love of Hip Hop,’ with a huge lineup that include…

hip hop CMJ update: Sasha Go Hard show merges w/ Main Attrakionz show; Cities Aviv dates; Killer Mike adds show

Main Attrakionz at BV-SXSW 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Earlier this month, we mentioned that iPhone/Android app Mobli was throwing a CMJ party with Heems, Sasha Go Hard, Kitty Pryde, Weekend Money, SAFE, The Underachievers, and Party Supplies…

Masta Ace, Rahzel, OC & others playing cancer research benefit at Highline; JJ DOOM streaming new album

Masta Ace, who released the collaborative album with MF Doom, earlier this year, will play a hometown show in NYC next week on Monday (8/27) at HIghline Ballroom with Stricklin & Marco Polo, Rahzel & DJ JS-1, Large Professor, OC, Sadat X, and more…
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