So Damon Dash decides to link with the Black Keys and put together an album in 11 days.

Here is the Mighty Mos, Jim Jones, and the Black Keys making magic:

Geeked doesn’t even begin to explain how I feel about this album.

I will be copping this at midnight. Peep the rest of the videos and read the story behind the album here.

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This album is entirely composed by the Black Keys and featuring artists nclude RZA, Pharoah Monch, Nicole Wray, Mos Def, Jim Jones, Billy Danze, NOE, Raekwon, Ludacris, ODB and Q-tip.

This is going to be a big album pick it up this Friday November 27th available at good music stores near you or Itunes or online.

- T

BLAKROC is the thrilling new collaborative project from The Black Keys and a star-studded line-up of influential hip-hop artists that includes Mos Def, Q-Tip, RZA, Raekwon, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Pharoahe Monch, Ludacris, Jim Jones, Nicole Wray, NOE and Billy Danze (M.O.P). BLAKROC will be released on 27th of November Ireland on V2/Cooperative Music, the same day as its US release  (to be dubbed “Blak Friday” by the independent record stores that will sell the album). Of the album, The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach said “no samples were used on the record, it’s all live instruments and live vocals.”

Sessions began in early summer in Brooklyn with Mos Def’s songs among the first put to tape… Over the following weeks the ten other artists joined the party to play their part in what is unquestionably one of the most forward-thinking and exciting hip hop records of recent years…

“It was fun and refreshing to work with The Black Keys on the project… We all had one common denominator – The Love of Music” (RZA)

“Experimenting with different sounds and genres of music has always been important to me. While collaborating in the studio with The Black Keys and Damon Dash may seem like an unusual fit, it felt natural. We were able to bring our own unique strengths and experiences together, that signifies the true artistry of music. I think this is something that all fans of music will appreciate.” (Q-Tip)

“What it meant to me was something I always knew; great rock music and great hip-hop music fused together can create undeniable greatness.” (Pharaohe Monch)

For more informations on Blakroc visit their continually updated website here or their myspace here.

Już dawno nie zwariowałam tak na punkcie jakiegoś zespołu, jak na punkcie The Black Keys. Nie ma w ich muzyce fajerwerków i może to właśnie ta prostota przekazu tak mnie urzekła. Tylko gitara i perkusja. I głos Dana Auerbacha, który przeszywa. Chcę go słyszeć ciągle więcej i częściej.
Ponieważ grają ze sobą już od lat, zdumiewa mnie ciągły brak wiadomości o zespole w polskich mediach. Podobno w Australii są gwiazdami, ale tam wszystko jest na odwrót.
Dan Auerbach i Patrick Carney pochodzą z Ohio. Byli sąsiadami i tak się poznali. Zaczęli grać dla własnej przyjemności, co, kilka lat później, przerodziło się w nagrania na taśmę i debiut płytowy w 2002 roku – The Big Come Up. Dwa lata później otwierali koncerty dla Pearl Jam, Beck’a czy Radiohead. Mimo tych sukcesów nadal nie są zbyt znani w Ameryce. Kiedy Auerbach chciał wydać swoją solową płytę, wszystkie wytwórnie zamykały przed nim drzwi. Dlatego założył własną.
Poza tym Auerbach jest wiecznie zajęty realizowaniem miliona pomysłów, które przychodzą mu do głowy i trasą koncertową. Sam przyznaje, że nie potrzebuje wiele snu, a przez resztę doby myśli tylko o muzyce.
27 listopada do sklepów wchodzi płyta Blakroc nagrana przez Black Keys wspólnie z raperami, takimi jak, Mos Def, Q Tip, RZA. Zapowiada się świetnie.

Black Keys, “The Lenghts”

Dan Auerbach “Mean Monsoon”

Teaser trailer for the awesome sounding new Black Keys hip hop project. Also included the Hoochie Coo video and a few tracks courtesy of 2dopeboyz.

Blak Roc ft. Mos Def & Jim Jones – Hoochie Coo

Blak Roc ft. Mos Def – On The Vista

Blak Roc ft. Pharoahe Monch & RZA – Dollaz & Sense

Dame Dash’s latest project is gearing up to hit stores. As previously reported, Dame’s been busy preparing a collaboration with rock/blues group the Black Keys. Now as the holiday season kicks in to full swing, the final project between the mogul and the band is set to hit stores. BlakRoc Records is preparing to release their collaborative effort, BlakRoc on “Black Friday” on November 27, the day after Thanksgiving.

Independent record stores that carry the album will appropriately deem the day “Blak Friday.”The album will be exclusive to iTunes digitally upon release. Produced by and featuring music by The Black Keys, BlakRoc hosts a star-studded line up of MCs including Mos Def, Q-Tip, RZA, Raekwon, Pharoahe Monch, Jim Jones, NOE, Nicole Wray and Billy Danze. The album will feature no samples and incorporate all live instruments and vocals.

#69: Placebo/Black Market Music (2000) — the decade started with Placebo’s third album. I love the swagger they return with on ‘Taste in Men,’ it sets the tone for the record and shows the band weren’t just going to be one album wonders with ‘Pure Morning,’ and ‘Every You, Every Me,’ off of Without You… Melding their glam influences (sex, drugs, rock n’ roll) with a more straightforward sound and Brian Molko’s lyricism — which now expored more diverse fare (racism, religion, dysfunction). Check out: ‘Passive Aggressive,’ ‘Black-Eyed,’ ‘Haemoglobin.’

#68: Silversun Pickups/Carnavas (2006) — it’s interesting how I got turned on to these guys. I’d actually just started with R.S. and we were analyzing/comparing sales figures from Cold War Kids first record to SSPU. Two completely different bands with two paths in the indie-hipster world. I think SSPU’s are a bit more Americanized with the shoegazer freakouts and the comparison to the Pumpkins and, well heck, radio-friendly. A solid album from start to finish from an SP fan who thinks duplication with an update is the sincerest form of flattery. Check out: ‘Well Thought-Out Twinkles,’ ‘Rusted Wheel,’ and ‘Three Seed.’

#67: Kings of Leon/Only By The Night (2008) — this was the album that KOL officially traded in their indie/hipster rock credits for bonafide American crossover acceptance, something they’d been gunning for since the beginning of their career. But let’s face it, they weren’t ready for it until now. They needed to find the right production (which now paired up the duo of Angelo Petraglia and Jacquire King) and continue in the flow of 2007’s Because of the Times. The result was their first (well deserved) Grammy. Check out: ‘Closer,’ ‘Sex on Fire,’ and ‘Use Somebody.’

#66: Coheed & Cambria/No World for Tomorrow (2007) — though Sony’s decision to put the regular version of this album in a simple slip-sleeve and sell it to fans was appaling to me, I dealt with it on the musical level foremost. C&C came into their own on this album (with little known fact, Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters fame, recorded skins on this record). It’s easy to draw Rush comparisons to this band, but when you get over that ‘hump,’ you realized these guys have the chops and a little updated nostalgia never hurt anyone. There’s still some killer riffs and solo’s any guitar geek would fawn over. Check out: “Feathers,” “The Running Free,” and “Mother Superior.”

#65: Thrice/The Artist & The Ambulance (2003) — 2003 was a bit of difficult year in terms of my focus in Thrice and the genre they represented at the time. This was also the same year as AFI’s Sing the Sorrow, Brand New’s Deja Entendu, Story of the Year’s Park Ave, and the Senses Fail …Depths of Dreams EP. It probably wasn’t until the middle of 2005, rolling into a Denny’s at the wee hours that I recognized the power of this album. It still shocks me the growth this band has exhibited over the past decade, really coming into their own. If you’re looking for the concrete to build a foundation though, this is the one. Amidst jagged guitars there are great signs of life here and a punk spirit alive and well within a bonafide rock band. Check out: ‘Under a Killing Moon,’ ‘All That’s Left,’ and ‘The Artist in the Ambulance.’

#64: Cure/4:13 Dream (2008) — it’s entirely possible this album could rest inside my decade top 100 on the strength of the atmospherics of the first track alone. ‘Underneath the Stars,’ is everything a Cure fan has come to know and expect. After the trainwreck of the self-titled 2004 Ross Robinson (Slipknot, Korn) produced effort, it honestly did take four years to right the ship, strip down and return to the glory of where the decade took shape with 2000’s Bloodflowers. While my boy JB hates ‘The Only One,’ for being too pop – it’s exactly what was so great about Wish-era Cure and F-U-N! ‘The Reasons Why’ was an extremely dark song that spoke to me in a very dark time. For their 13th album, 4:13 Dream is a homerun and Cure fans should rejoice… Check out: ‘Underneath the Stars,’ ‘The Only One,’ and ‘This. Here and Now. With You.’

#63: Black Keys/Attack & Release (2008) — The Black Keys finally came into their own on this release, thanks to some great songwriting and some exciting production by Dangermouse. Such great atmospherics amidst the blues rock here. Check out: ‘I Got Mine,’ ‘Lies,’ and ‘So He Won’t Break.’

#62: In Flames/A Sense of Purpose (2008) — The string of 2008 releases continues as Swedish metal act In Flames hit the countdown with their most commercially accessible album (number nine studio album, for those keeping score at home) to date, though a far cry sales wise from 06’s Come Clarity album. This album is so chock full of that good old driving European death metal sound, thrash and some fantastic keyboards along with some of the cleanest vocals by Anders Friden to date. Check out: ‘Sleepless Again,’ ‘I’m the Highway,’ and ‘Delight and Angers.’

#61: Metallica/Death Magnetic (2008) — from the opening strings of the opening track and the packaging, a Metallica fan knows something is different about this album that wasn’t there over the past 10-15 years. Their first official studio release with Trujillo in the fold and Rick Rubin producing, the well-oiled metal machine that is Metallica is back and on top of its game. The Bay Area Thrashers are back, cleaner and angrier than ever and ready to give us some serious whiplash. Check out: ‘That Was Just Your Life,’ ‘Broken Beat and Scarred,’ and ‘My Apocalypse.’

#60: Death from Above 1979/You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine (2004) — perhaps the best workout album of the decade. Seriously, I discovered these guys on a lark as I noticed they were supporting NIN on their With Teeth tour and I wanted to check them out. I’m glad I did. While their tenure in the decade was short (splintering off into MSTRKRFT and Sebastian Grainger, respectively), You’re a Woman… was one of the most unique sounding punk meets industrial albums to ever come to fruition. They even use cowbell. Check out: ‘Going Steady,’ ‘Black History Month’ and ‘Sexy Results.’

HHHTaipei Bound,

I’m on my way back to the land of Stinky Tofu and Beetlenut!

Yes, the past 8 months here in Toronto have been phenomenal both personally and professionally (‘09 has been the SHEEEEEIIIIT!)  but, it’s starting to get cold and I’ve quickly realized that I’m not built like that anymore.  Plus, I miss the shit outta my Taiwanese counterparts.  So, I’m gettin my hibernation on and goin to the island to throw parties with the best of the best and enjoy life.

However, as those of you who’ve flown overseas before know, I’m gonna be on a plane for like 2 months rendering this blog inactive for a little bit.  So today’s post is gonna be completely loaded with goodies to tide you over until I get back to some land.

So without further ado…

THE PROFESSIONAL

If there was ever someone you called a ‘professional emcee’, Black Thought should be the first person you think of.  At very least second.

Well, this unreleased goodie aptly titled ‘The Professional’ has just surfaced and it proves my point 300 times over.

BLACK THOUGHT – THE PROFESSIONAL

DOPE MAN

If you read this blog regularly, then you know I love Slum Village.

I don’t know what it is, but there are few, if any, albums that ever beat out Fan-Tas-Tic Vol. 2 on my playlist.  I still listen to that ish like it dropped last Tuesday, and I don’t foresee any slowing up.  Sure my favorite reincarnation of them is still the original trio, but Elzhi’s contribution to the group should never be downplayed.  He’s an absolute monster.    Anyway, since today’s blog is LONG, I’ma keep this short (as possible). With one of Baatin’s last recordings before he passed, off the upcoming Villa Manifesto, I give you…

SLUM VILLAGE – DOPE MAN

**BONUS**

MICHAEL JACKSON – BUTTERFLIES (Dilla’s Players Remix)

R.I.P. Dilla & Baatin.

TIL IT DROPS

New Clipse!

I’m starting to get amped up…

CENTER EDGE TERRITORY

So I’m not sure if you’ve heard or not but HHHT faves Mos Def, Jay Electronica and current Hip-Hop blog darling, Curren$y (pictured below) have formed a new group called Center Edge Territory and have apparently already finished 6 songs?

Yeah.  Didn’t see that one coming, especially since Curren$y used to roll with Lil Weezy and that match up just seems odd to me.  However, homie can rap, so as long as there’s that, I’m cool.  Anyway, although nothing has leaked yet, here goes a little something from each member of this new underground powerhouse.

Jay Electronica, along with Ta’raach jump on this intergalactic dopeness from another HHHT favorite Sa-Ra Creative Partners.

SA-RA CREATIVE PARTNERS – LOVE CZARS II ft. JAY ELECTRONICA & TA’RAACH

And Curren$y does his thing over a Mos Def original.

CURREN$Y – BREAKFAST IN & OUT (Produced by Mos Def)

A LIVING LEGEND

Scarub, Luckyiam, Sunspot Jonz, Eligh, Bicasso, Aesop, Murs & The Grouch, or better known as West Coast’s current underground torchbearers, The Living Legends are the definition of paid dues.  Having completely built themselves up independently from scratch, there are few hip-hop artists who can rival what they’ve done in the underground and truthfully, there are few hip-hop artists, underground or mainstream that can generate the revenue they do because of the work they’ve put in and the independent route they’ve taken.  Now, at approximately a gazillion total releases, one of the Legends standouts, the Grouch returns with his latest effort ‘Eyes off the time’ and so far it sounds extra ill. Check the promo vid and DL below:

THE GROUCH – WHATEVER I SAY

MORE BLAKROC

And finally, I give you all the newest updates from the BlakRoc project.  Out in 6 DAYS!

BLAKROC EPISODE #9 – Feat. PHAROAHE MONCH

**BONUS** BLAKROC – DOLLAZ & SENSE ft. PHAROAHE MONCH & RZA

BLAKROC EPISODE #10 – Feat. NIKKI WRAY

BLAKROC – AIN’T NOTHIN LIKE YOU (HOOCHIE COO) Feat. MOS DEF & JIM JONES

That’s it for now folk.

Enjoy life…I’ll see you in a few.

Triple.
www.ppfhouse.com

With the album officially dropping next week, this could possibly be the last Blackroc webisode ever. Awwww. To mark this sad occasion we are showing the 10th webisode of the series. This video features Nicole Wray.

Blakroc in stores on Black Friday!

So it’s cold outside now and my lips are chapped which has led me on a scavenger hunt for the Burt’s Bees Wax

Of course I can’t find the damn thing anywhere. You know at first you think that they make those things small so that they will be convenient and easy to carry around. Now that I think of it though, I have never used an entire tube of chap stick in my life. Never even seen the bottom of the tube. I’m starting to think that they just make them that small so you have to buy 3-4 during the winter and then of course you lose them all over the warmer months causing you to start the cycle all over again.

You would think with all that money ole Burt would try to look a little better. Check him out;

Here he his pictured with Dave;

Off the lip subject, pretty sure I am going to the Dan Auerbach concert at Minglewood Hall on Friday. He is the lead singer of The Black Keys. Should be a pretty good concert. He was influenced a lot by Junior Kimbrough who is from a town in Mississippi about an hour from here. He even recorded a CD of all Junior covers so I’m sure we will hear some good shit. If anyone wants to go give me a call. See songs below.

Junior Kimbrough- I Gotta Try You Girl; This song got me hooked on this guy

The Black Keys- Your Touch

The guitar on this is crazy!!!!!!!!!   Blackroc Project is a hip hop/rock project put together by Dame Dash and Akron band The Black Keys.  Blackroc’s album comes out November 27th and features the likes of Mos Def, Jim Jones, Ludacris, Raekwon, Nicole Wray, Pharoahe Monche, and Q Tip. It’s also the most interesting thing I’ve seen Dame Dash do in a minute.

Download: Blackroc – On The Vista feat. Mos Def

WHOOA!!! Okay so look what I came across.  Jim Jones, Mos Def & one of my favorite bands The Black Keys are doing a album together under the name BLAKROC.  This is so official.

-Apparently the project is a collaboration feat. The Black Keys with others such as Raekwon, the RZA, Billy Danze (M.O.P), Pharoahe Monch, Nikki Wray, Q-Tip & Noe.

-FUCKING AMAZING.

Teaser —> Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo)

Check out the website

5 scoops out of 5

-Ice Cream Man

This is about a week of catch up or so, so this is one fucking long list!

2009 – The Future Is Soon
Aggrolites, The – IV
Andrew W.K. – Close Calls With Brick Walls
Anti-Flag – The People or The Gun
As Tall As Lions – You Can’t Take It With You
Ataris, The – …Anywhere But Here
Ataris, The – Welcome The Night
Avail – Front Porch Stories
Avail – One Wrench
Bad Brains – Bad Brains
Barry, Tim – Manchester
Big D and the Kids Table, Brian Failure – Beijing to Boston
Black Keys, The – The Big Come Up
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Briggs, The – Back To Higher Ground
Cloak Dagger – Lost Art
Common Enemy – Living The Dream
Converge – Axe To Fall
Death By Stereo – Into The Valley Of Death
Dost, Andrew – Columbus
Drive Like Jehu – Drive Like Jehu
Drive Like Jehu – Yank Crime
Flaming Lips, The – Silent Night
Full of Fancy – Sweet Baby Jesus
Gabel, Tom – Anna is a Stool Pigeon
Ghostlimb, Fischer – Split
Guns N’ Roses – Chinese Democracy
Hatebreed – For The Lions
Hot Chip – The Warning
Jizz Kids, Guts – A Safe Return To The Forest
Judas Priest – Hero, Hero
Lawrence Arms, The – The Greatest Story Ever Told
Longfellow – And So On
Lucero – 1372 Overton Park
Mad Caddies – Just One More
Mars Volta, The – Is Anybody There
Mars Volta, The – Live At The Electric Ballroom
Max Levine Ensemble, The – Ok Smarty Pants
Monikers – Wake Up
Morrissey – Years of Refusal
Motley Crue – Girls Girls Girls
MxPx – Secret Weapon
Naked Raygun – Jettison
Naked Raygun – Understand
Nerf Herder – American Cheese
Nine Pound Hammer – Sex, Drugs and Bill Monroe
No Use For A Name – Hard Rock Bottom
No Use For A Name – Keep Them Confused
No Use For a Name – More Bitterness
Only Crime – To The Nines
P.O.D. – Payable On Death
Protest the Hero – Kezia
Prozacs, The – Playing The Chords We Love
Real McKenzies, The – 10,000 Shots
Real McKenzies, The – Oot and Aboot
Rehasher – High Speed Access to My Brain
R.E.M. – Automatic for the People
Revolutionary Youth – Bleed Decay
Scorch, Al – This Lonesome World…
Sick Of It All – Call To Arms
Sick Of It All – Life on the Ropes
Sick Of It All – Yours Truly
Skatalites – Stretching Out Vol. 1
Skeletonwitch – Breathing The Fire
Smashing Pumpkins – Gish
Snow Patrol – A Hundred Million Suns
Star Fucking Hipsters – Never Rest In Peace
Strung Out – An American Paradox
Swellers, The – My Everest
Tool – 10,000 Days
Used Kids – Yeah No
Vandals, The – Play Really Bad Original Country Tunes
Vandals, The – Sweatin’ To The Oldies
Various Artists – Glory Daze
Various Artists – Mallrats
Various Artists – New Tales To Tell
Wrister, North Trolls – Split

Those of you who have been down with us for a minute knows how we feel about Blakroc. We been hyping it up for a minute! Well the minute is about to run out with the release of the album coming Nov. 27th, Black Friday.

Here is a new track from the Dame Dash project Blakroc. This joint features Mos Def and gives us a good look at what we can expect next week when the album finally drops.

With all of this free promotion we are still waiting on a check from Dame. Where the money at? Have your people call our people and we can make it happen.

Blakroc featuring Mos Def – On The Vista

Here’s another track from Blakroc as they team with Mos Def again for “On The Vista,” The Blakroc Project drops on November 30th. Props to OnSmash.

DOWNLOAD: Blakroc – On The Vista (feat. Mos Def) (Produced by The Black Keys)

Hey, tell us a little information about yourself.  Who are you and where are you from?

In short, I’m Jeremy Sullivan A.K.A. Sir Remington III and I manage UGHH.com out of Boston.  I grew up skateboarding in the 90’s, and this culture connected me to so much creativity in art & music.  Most of my interests can be traced back to this golden era.  The underground Hip Hop movement of the late 90’s led me to DJing, and little did I know this site called undergroundhiphop.com that I checked regularly for new music would be where I ended up working.

What is life like up in Boston, As far as music, fashion, and popular culture?

Packed into less than 50 square miles, Boston is such a unique city.  The never ending rotation of students attending the 100+ colleges alone makes for a lot of excitement.  But, besides all the colleges, sports teams & history it’s typically known for, the Boston music scene has always been solid.  The Hardcore and Hip Hop from the mid to late 90’s got a lot of people’s attention and there is still a lot of local talent.  More recently, Boston has seen a surge of local DJ’s running shit. Most nights you can find some local staples holding it down w/ a wide variety of sounds.  You can always check them w/ guest DJ’s at our monthly DJ event, Fresh Produce, which is running 3 years strong.

As for fashion, there have been a lot of boutiques opening doors.  Heavyweights Karmaloop def. have a strong presence in the city, as well as Bodega and Concepts.  What makes certain places stand out in Boston are the people behind them and their involvement in the local scene.  Everyone has their own experiences that shine through their styles of products & events.  We all do have many of the same interests and run similar businesses but it doesn’t necessarily mean we’re in competition…it’s great to see consumers interested in what we’re all doing.  We’ll always point our customers to other boutiques with purpose in Boston.  

Tell us a little about UGHH and the people involved?

Undergroundhiphop.com or as the kids say “UGHH” was est. in ‘97 and is the one-stop shop for all Hip Hop related merchandise. We carry a broad range of products & thousands of titles, updated weekly, to satisfy all Hip Hop fans around the world.  UGHH has become the industry standard…we select all the best products available and put them all in one convenient store.  You still hear this notion of Hip Hop being a trend, but for anyone in the know, it’s obvious that there is so much depth to what Hip Hop is and we’re here to represent all elements of it.

UGHH is what I like to call a small giant b/c within our niche we are very well known, but our operation is pretty tight and we do things on our own terms.  There are only a handful of us cranking everything out over here…CEO, Quest created this beast back in college and along with many other things handles all programming of the site; You can catch Van Stylez VJing & editing all of our exclusive interviews when he’s not doing customer service for the site; a_ronious is the face of our store front and is also responsible for bringing in select products and putting the word out in our blog descriptions; Rain holds down our warehouse, which is no small task, and also finds the time to snap product photos and produce records – look for his upcoming albums on Brick Records in 2010; DJ Food Stamp, who has been down since day 1, makes all those buttery mix CDs we give away; As for myself, I’m always looking to refine what we’re already doing and add on where it makes sense…one of those projects I started back in ’05 was making clothing available on UGHH, which now makes up the majority of my work. Besides the people on payroll we do have many remote supporters via street teams, message board moderators & loyal customers who all play important roles to our success. 

What kind of brands does UGHH carry?

When I first started buying for UGHH I only carried graphic tees closely related to Hip Hop, but now that people know to check UGHH for gear, we’re expanding to a lot of lifestyle brands w/ slick outerwear & accessories.  Everything is closely tied to streetwear, but some of it is just more mature.  We also stock a good amount of limited headwear.  What you can always count on is that the brands we select have timeless designs and are at a reasonable price.  I would have killed for a lot of this stuff years ago and know I will be reminiscing on the styles in the future.

What are some of your favorite brands out right now?

From the 60+ solid brands we currently carry, some stand outs are 101 Apparel, Acrylick, Beautiful Decay, Bloodbath, Cardboard Robot, Conart, Dissizit!, Flud Watches, Free Gold Watch, Frank151, GoodWood, Imaginary Foundation, Listen, Manifest, Methods NYC, Novem, Official, Quintin, Rocksmith, Scifen, Secret Society, Society, Tank Theory, The Seventh Letter & all the Upper Playground brands (:Shinganist:, 12 Grain, Estevan Oriol, Fifty 24SF & superFishal).  We also have some new brands coming up I’m excited about and we look to keep adding new styles & brands.

What new upcoming events or releases are you currently working on?

Our most recent installment of Fresh Produce @ Good Life in Boston happened on Sat, 10/24 and we’re featuring Diamond D of D.I.T.C.  We’re also threw an album release party for Edan’s upcoming Echo Party CD/LP @ Good Life on Wed, 10/14.  You can always check out our front page for upcoming events & in-store performances. 

As for releases, check out our hat line called HATCH we put out w/ some brands last year.  We had them custom made so we could have full control of the details and the end product is amazing.

What would you say are the most difficult aspects or being in your line of work?

Well, it’s really a bittersweet situation because I get to work in what I love, but I’ve also made my hobby work.  A lot of times I skip out on things I would have never missed b/c I’ve been immersed in it all day.  Besides that, we’re always facing the challenges of a small business…there is never enough time to do everything we want.

The fashion and music worlds are often tied together…What music artists out right now are grabbing your attention?

Yeah, that tie is unbreakable, and so much of it overlaps.  Every song out there has a matching style.  Labels like Stones Throw delve into both sides of product, which always keeps me interested.  Their newest CD/LP from Mayer Hawthorne is no joke.  A couple other albums that have sparked my interest are the Tame One & Del collabo & the new Black Keys project.  I could talk about music for days…I’ll have to save the rest for another time.  P

To follow up on Camstyles post I have been pulling some long hours in front of the computer these days, working on new projects. Like many of us out there I suffer from music ADD. So when an artist or album comes a long that I play over and over I know it’s something special. Lately I have been getting into indie, blues rock, dream pop, and of course some techno. Here are some artists that have helped me pass the time; in each genre:

INDIE:

Sub pop’s fleet foxes hailing from Seattle, some nice easy listening that can be listened to loud or soft depending on your mood, enjoy…

15 Mykonos (Alternative Version)

04 tiger mountain peasant song

BLUES-ROCK:

The Black Keys, I kept hearing their name everywhere for a few years but never really listened to them. Until I started watching the HBO show ” HUNG” thier song I’ll be your man is the theme song for the show, so I got some of their albums and really enjoyed what I heard.

05 Lies – The Black Keys

03 Black Keys – The Big Come Up – I’ll Be Your Man

DREAM POP:

I first heard Silversun Pickups at a friends house the other night. I first I thought it was a new Smashing Pumpkins album then I though it was Girls against Boys. Then I realized I had to have it. Check these guys out… serious!

03 – Growing Old Is Getting Old

04 – It’s Nice To Know You Work Alone

TECHNO:

Shadow dancer, I just love these guys!

01 Cowbois (Original) ( watch out for the drop at 1:30)

13 This Is This 1 ( no need to work dj, this track does everything for you )

ghost on tape: check out the mix this dude just did for xlr8r

Ghosts_On_Tape_-_Magadishu_Night_Life

enjoy guys!

download

waiting for this to drop.

HHHTime is near,

If you’ve been following the updates at all, then chances are you’ve been following the webisodes from the amazing BlakRoc project that’s due out in a matter of weeks.  And on a day where I have less than 15 minutes to get a new piece up, how bout I get you caught up on all the videos and we call it even.  Deal?  Word up.

#5 Feat. NIKKI WRAY & JIM JONES

#6 Feat. NOE

#7 Feat. Q-TIP! (Q-Tip can knock you out too?!?)

#8 Feat. BILLY DANZE (FFFIIIIIREEEE!)

And I guess this wouldn’t be a true HHHT post without at least one treat.  A new unreleased track from a man who supposedly will also be featured on the BlakRoc album, there’ll never be another like him….

OL’ DIRTY BASTARD – SAY NO

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