Peak levels of buzz surrounded the run up to the Gods of Rap concert, at London Wembley Arena, ever since its announcement earlier this year. The excitement at seeing some of the legendary Hip Hop artists from the acclaimed, formative, golden era years of Hip Hop, while these artists are still touring was too good an opportunity to miss, as evident by the tour being quickly sold out. Also mixed […]
Prodigy, Danger Mouse, DJ Khaled, Nas, Travis Scott, De La Soul, Confucius MC & Mr Brown, Public Enemy are all in this episode of the Weekly Wind-Up 102 hosted by Shante Hudson. We’re here with our 102nd weekly news show [wpsocialboost_video youtube='wuHVd1tt_Pw'] Weekly Wind-Up 102 features We had to start the show with a video from Mobb Deep's Prodigy who sadly passed away in Las Vegas last week. Prodigy gave […]
Slum Village finally released their album "YES!", which features collaborations with De La Soul, Jon Connor, Phife, J Dilla, Black Milk, BJ The Chicago Kid, Bilal and Illa J. Slum Village have been an established brand in Hip Hop for two decades, and they have continued to stay true to their classic, high quality sound and thought provoking lyrics. Several of the tracks are produced by producer extraordinaire J Dilla. Check […]
We would like to congratulate all supporters of real quality music who supported De La soul's Kickstarter campaign, that has superseded their original target of $110,000, in ending the campaign on May 2nd at $600,875. This is the highest amount to ever be raised for a musical project on the Kickstarter platform. The album will be the 1st the group has released in a decade. The group stated "Thank you […]
Recently De La Soul's Kelvin “Posdnous” Mercer and David Jolicoeur recently told Bloomberg why the legendary groups older music isn't available on streaming platforms such as Spotify. They stated “Unfortunately, a lot of the earlier stuff we did on Tommy Boy Records, from what we understand, a lot of the legal language that needed to a part of the contracts between ourselves, the owners of the master and the publishing, […]
We're jumping on the bandwagon with "Shante's Bit" this week. It's all about "If you want a burger." Obviously, if you don't know what that's all about, you're either too old, or something! Either way, it's in the news, plus items about Wu Tang Clan, De La Soul, Vince Staples, Locksmith, EarthGang and The Wow featuring Methodman. Check out the video below, then hit one of those social sharing buttons below. […]
De La Soul hits us with their new mixtape entitled "Smell The Da.I.S.Y”, with De La over Dilla beats. Can you really ask for more? The project is intended to bring more awareness to the J Dilla foundation and subsequently increase funding to aid music programmes in inner city schools "Smell The Da.I.S.Y mixtape can be downloaded for free at www.wearedelasoul.com, where you can also watch J DIlla "Still Shinning" documentary featuring Ma Dukes, Common, Q-Tip, Eryka Badu. […]
[leadplayer_vid id="5335099FB539B"] In this weeks news Shante lets you know about... Wu Tang Clan's crazy plan to release their next album and only sell one copy! Find out how Jay Z dissed Drake. De La Soul drops their new mixtape to support The J Dilla Foundation. And...Talib Kweli, The LOX and 50 Cent all drop new video's. And of course we have to always throw in our little spice of shenanigans!
Check out this exclusive VisionBombing MadFlow interview with DJ Maseo of DE LA SOUL at Hare & Hounds, Birmingham. Music mixed by Mr Dex Edited, graded and mastered by Gjiggy VisionBombing - Exclusive Interview w/ DJ Maseo of DE LA SOUL
