Wednesday, December 11, 2013

NOLA Hip-Hop Archive- Produced by Holly Hobbs

           
The NOLA Hiphop Archive was founded in 2012 as an effort to collect, document, and make accessible to the public the oral histories of New Orleans’ influential rappers, producers and DJs who helped to create and popularize hiphop and bounce music traditions in the city and beyond. Founded in 2012 by Tulane graduate student, Holly Hobbs, the Archive currently holds more than 30 videotaped interviews with the city’s hiphop and bounce artists and pioneers, including Mannie Fresh, Mystikal, Partners N Crime, Dee-1, Ricky B, DJ Raj Smoove, Nesby Phips, Nicky da B & Rusty Lazer, and Queen Blackkold Madina, star of the Academy Award-winning Katrina documentary, Trouble the Water. You can click the following link below to Holly's kick starter page. 

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1536605494/nola-hiphop-archive?play=1&ref=search
Twitter [@nohiphoparchive]

Yamin Semali- Senior Dues: Yen Dollar Music, Vol.2

Senior Dues: Yen Dollar Music, vol. 2 cover art
East Point, GA rapper/producer Yamin, formerly known as DJ AmDex, presents Senior Dues, his new album featuring Tha Dogg Pound's Kurupt, Count Bass D, J-Live,  and Boog Brown. Senior Dues is the newest release on Yamin's imprint Yen Dollar Music.




Twitter [@yaminallday]

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Logan P. McCoy- Black Morning

                  Brooklyn rapper Logan P. McCoy presents the Dylan Verrechia-directed music video for "Black Morning", the new single from his EP Strength Of Character. "Black Morning" captures the frustration I felt as a young man in desperate need for personal change but without a clue as to how to bring about this change in my life." 
             
               

Orrin Campbell- Warp

18-year-old New York rapper Orrin Campbell presents the Colin Campbell-directed music video for "Warp", the Motel XXX-produced single from Orrin's forthcoming album Nocturnal. Orrin named his first release The Sean Mulligan Mixtape, after his girlfriend's little brother who inspired him to take rap seriously after hearing him freestyle for fun. Twitter [@camporbell]