Ali Shaheed Muhammad
The Midnight Hour (Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge) share live video ft. Black Thought, touring
The Midnight Hour are also planning to release a new album this year.
tix on sale: Built to Spill, TWIABP, Post Malone, Deerhunter / Dirty Projectors, more
Plus: Cypress Hill, Toro Y Moi, (Sandy) Alex G, Frank Turner, Charly Bliss, MIKA, Alice Smith, The Menzingers, Shovels & Rope, Charli XCX, and more tickets on sale.
ICYMI: Chris Dave released a 2018 LP ft. Anderson Paak, Bilal, Phonte, Elzhi & more
Of all the ”jazz albums that hip hop fans would like,” the latest from Robert Glasper drummer Chris Dave is among the most accessible, as it’s filled to the brim with guest rappers and R&B/soul singers.
Rakim plays new song in Tiny Desk Concert; KRS-One playing SOB's
The God MC premiered new song ”Kings Paradise” in Marvel’s ‘Luke Cage’ and played it in a new NPR Tiny Desk Concert, joined by Adrian Younge, A Tribe Called Quest’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and more.
ATCQ's Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge share song off collab LP
The album features Digable Planets’ Ladybug Mecca, Stereolab’s Lætitia Sadier, Questlove, Bilal, Raphael Saadiq, Marsha Ambrosius, and Cee-Lo Green, who’s on new single ”Questions.”
Kendrick Lamar @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (pics, review & full video)
Kendrick Lamar played a very small show, for Kendrick Lamar. Watch the Brooklyn gig in full, and check out some photos.
Five Notable Releases of the Week (11/11)
A Tribe Called Quest’s final album (and first since the ’90s), You Blew It!, Sad13, and more.
listen to Marvel's 'Luke Cage' playlist ft. Wu-Tang, Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Rakim & more
The debut season of the Netflix series is out now.
Netflix/Marvel's 'Luke Cage' release "Street Level Hero" videos tracing series' hip-hop inspirations
The video features Method Man, A$AP Ferg, Ghostface collaborator Adrian Younge, A Tribe Called Quest’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and more. The Netflix series premieres in September.
A Tribe Called Quest didn't reunite at Santos, but they did play Fallon (video)
A Tribe Called Quest reissued their 1990 debut People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm for its 25th anniversary last week (it got a 10 on Pitchfork) and they held two celebrations for that over the week…