#ENCORE4: The Official Flyer!

The hottest music showcase in Atlanta is only a couple months away! Be sure to register for auditions on October 12th and October 18th. Purchase tickets at any DTLR locations or www.encoremg.org

VIDEO: Young Lyxx - "Toot My Own Horn (Beep Beep)"

Cali rapper Young Lyxx dropped a video for his single "Toot My Own Horn (Beep Beep)". This track goes hard. The young man's uber talented, and is definitely on my radar.

Check him out at www.younglyxx.com

REVIEW: Watch the Throne x Kanye West & Jay-Z (The Throne)

the day has finally arrived. hip hop royalty has released their joint album, Watch the Throne. with very mixed reviews, i cannot wait to see how sales turn out. a lot of people refer to Jay-Z’s previous joint effort with R.Kelly, which resulted— as well as the album— with a flop. this time around, ‘Ye and his big brother bring a project mostly produced by Kanye with feature production credits from Frank Ocean and Swizz Beatz. after a first listen…. i like it!

when they released their first single last month, “Otis”, i was convinced that this album was going to be a bunch of bull. i was unimpressed with the track, and found myself liking only ‘Ye’s verse starting with “I made ‘Jesus Walks’, I’m never going to hell”. after a couple more listens, the song has grown on me. what other songs do i favor off the album?

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Greedmont Park's ATL Indie Fest Recap

check out footage from some performances at the ATL Indie Fest on July 30th:

Earthgang- these young cats KILT the Basement, performing hits off of their mixtape Mad Men. be sure to cop this joint. shit’s a chill ass, real ass banger.

Young Lyxx

Project Pat

see more performances & a review here

Pitchfork Music Festival Recap

*note: #latepass. sorry this has taken forever to post. proceed.

on a hot, humid sunday in Chicago, hipsters, hippies, and fans alike came to Union Square to enjoy the sounds from the artists on various stages at Pitchfork Music Festival.

me and the two fine b*tches I was with (haha! jk. they are fine though) made it to the festival in time to catch Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All’s set. OF lured a crowd of raging teens smelling of whisky, cigarettes, and weed (whigareed?). there was an obnoxious n*gga throwing water everywhere, effing up my ability to capture a great view of the performance. OF performed an array of songs, many i didn't know because i’m just starting to like Tyler, the creator. overall, i was disappointed in the performance, especially since Tyler’s leg was broken, limiting his movement. he still managed to hop around at moments.

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Video: Kelly Rowland- "Work (Freemasons Remix)"

Ms. Kelly's latest single "Motivation" was featured on Billboard at number 1 for 6 weeks, and it continues to dominate radio stations around the country. It was definitely her break back into Hip-Hop/R&B after she's been doing a stint of pop-dance tracks.

I was on YouTube when I found this video with a remix for "Work" off her sophomore album, Ms. Kelly.  I'm actually feeling the song:

BONUS: Apparently she recently released her single "Lay It On Me" ft. Big Sean [Listen & Download]