hip hop on seshn

After a near 9 year hiatus, Q-Tip is back in the studio spittin hip-hop the way hip-hop is supposed to be hocked. In all honesty I was getting tired of all the same old shiz being released lately and it’s good to see Tip back in the game. I have been wondering when he would be releasing a new album since his last, entitled ‘Amplified’ which is still one of my favorite albums to this day. This is his latest single, ‘Gettin’ Up’.
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In what could be The Game’s final album, track leaks from “LAX” are bouncing all over. Trying to concentrate on doing this album his own way, “My Life” is a song about being grateful to be alive amidst all the crazy things going on in this world. Innocent people are dying every day but The Game is still alive so he can keep producing dope tracks like this. This is the music video with Lil Wayne singing the chorus.

 
I was recently reading an interview with The Game and he said the Travis Barker is his homeboy. They are both artists, and they are both tatted up, although I think it’s safe to say that Travis is working The Game in that category. The much anticipated new LAX album by The game is getting closer to it’s release. Here is a sneak peak at the track “Dope Boys” featuring T Bark.

Our homey Omer Saar from Universoul Productions has a dope project going on and it’s for a good cause. You don’t find too many people these days doing this, so listen up…
“THE GREEN ALBUM is a project I’ve had mostly finished for 3 years now. It’s a full-length Hip-Hop remix album over all Al Green sample-made beats. It will be the first official music project I have shared with the world. I truly love it and I want to share it with as many people as possible.Most of the songs being remixed come from hip hop’s “golden era.” Artist such as De La Soul, Mos Def, Big L, Ghostface, Method Man, Notorious B.I.G., Pharcyde, Nas, AZ, Pharoahe Monch, Fugees, Jay-Z, Das Efx, Mobb Deep, and Busta Rhymes. I added a few other artists that I’m a fan of such as MF DOOM, Saukrates, and FINALE. I will almost definitely make a few more tracks in addition to those.”
The Green Album will be released on May 27th here. Make set a reminder to check it out. 
Profits from this project go to a great non-profit foundation called STAY TRUE, which was founded by Omer’s brother Nir Saar. Their mission is to increase social awareness and engagement of those students that are most affected by the ailments of society.
Seshn fully suppors Omer and the Stay True Foundation. You should do the same! 

Rock the Bells returns this year with a major line up shift, and the names are not small no name acts!
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, NAS, MOS DEF, MURS, SPANK ROCK, THE COOL KIDS, JAY ELECTRONICA, WALE, AMANDA BLANK,THE PHARCYDE,HOSTED BY: B-REAL, SUPERNATURAL & SCRATCH
How can you miss this event? I for one am going to be so stoked to see MURS! Murs rules the world! Just check out this video:
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Sat 7/19 - Chicago, IL
Sun 7/20 - Toronto, ON
Sat 7/26 - Boston, MA
Sun 7/27 - New York, NY
Sat 8/2 - Miami, FL
Sun 8/3 - Philadelphia, PA
Sat 8/9 - Los Angeles, CA
Sat 8/16 - San Francisco, CA
Sat 8/23 - Denver, CO
Sat 8/30 - Vancouver, BC

Atmosphere, the independent hip hop group, has done something really cool. Instead of just whining and complaining about the music industry not making money on cd sales, the record label and himself made things a little more creatively. This video shows how a unique idea can create interest in picking up a hard copy of the record, rather than just the mp3’s or whatever. I’m not making a whole lot of sense, but this video shows why you might want to pick up the new Atmosphere record, instead of downloading it.
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Just when you thought Suge was out of the game, here he comes pitching a new reality show series that will chronicle his trials and tribulations in trying to launch a new record label. Along the way his cronies beat people up, visit “the hood” and generally take you behind the scenes of what it takes to launch a hip hop record label in todays market. Oh and here’s a sneak peak!
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The dynamic duo of comedy, are back at it again. With a follow up to their last collaboration, “Blackout” which went platinum. No not “How High”, but a new studio album with the two doing what they do best, spitting rhymes. The album is scheduled to drop later this Summer, meanwhile, no word yet on when the show “Method & Red” will get a comeback, ala “Family Guy”. The album features production by Gilla House, E-Sermon and Rocwilder and there may even be a DJ Premier track or two before recording wraps. Sounds like a winning disc, so keep your eyes open, and your ears peeled for this collaboration between Method and Red.