Swaggy. Before kids used the word swaggy.

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Totally missed this free joint the fam aka DTP/Def Jam artists Untitled put out on their blog last month (paying homage to Silk’s ’90’s classic).

DOWNLOAD: Untitled – Don’t Stop

Previous: VIDEO: Untitled – Island Girl feat. Kardinal Offishall (Behind The Scenes)

Church Chizzle defends his spot against newcomer Jewels.

Previously: VIDEO: Rapcity’s “Hashtag Freestyle” (Church Chizzle vs QShinobi)

Kardi gets his smash on with Pitbull, Lil’Jon, Clinton Sparks & DJ Snake.

Deejays you get Dirty, Clean, Instrumental and Reedits.

Kardinal Offishall feat. Pitbull, Lil’Jon, Clinton Sparks & DJ Snake – Smash The Club (DJ Pack)

Previously: VIDEO: Untitled – Island Girl feat. Kardinal Offishall (Behind The Scenes)

Previously: VIDEO: Kardinal Offishall Interview w/ CBC (Hip-Hop Summit)

Some of the city’s finest come-up kids gather at I&I tonight to celebrate Gospel music. I’ll let my celebrity crush tell it:

Tika Simone Presents:

THE CELEBRATION OF GOSPEL 2.0

FEATURING HEADLINER: NEVON LYRIQ
…
W/ LIVE BAND NEW ERA

THURSDAY, APRIL 21ST

Doors Open @ 7pm

$20 AT THE DOOR

Alongside Opening Acts:

• Revived
• O’Sound
• Tanisha
• Grace Henry
• Peculiar Simone
• Ryan Hamilton & Lyle Bailey
• Krystal Chance
• Regular Robb
• May Marquardt
• Tonya Domize
• Aquila

+ MANY MORE

Hosted by: Tika Simone

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Congrats to the kid Lincoln Blache on his debut release:

April 20th 2011 marks the day that Lincoln Blache has chosen to release his debut EP “Lincoln High”. The collection includes 10 tracks crafted based off High school experiences of a young man reaching for the stars and taking the ultimate risks in achieving his dreams of being a superstar musician . “Lincoln High” was  conceptualized  ,written,  and recorded  in Toronto , Atlanta , and Los Angles as well as in between traveling during tour dates. It embodies a change of pace in music  by fusing sounds of Rock n Roll , indie , pop, soul, hip hop  and r’nb into the sounds that the world would soon to come to know as Lincoln Blache.

Lincoln High EP Stream
Direct Download Link

Lincoln High:year 1 episode 1 : http://vimeo.com/22677371

http://www.facebook.com/lincolnblache

http://www.twitter.com/lincolnblache

Previously: VIDEO: Lincoln Blache – You+Me (Rehearsal Footage)

Directed by Lenz Crew Productions.

Come-up grimy emcee Justin Barz goes in over Cory Gunz’s “Night Riders”.

“Before The Fame And The Starz” EP out in a bit.

Previously: VIDEO: Justin Barz – Cold Steel Verse (In Studio Performance)

Nice footage of Tanika doing her thing at CMW this year! I’ll let Mark Valino tell it:

I captured this little gem on March 11 2011 at a CMW show. This was shot with my new AG100. The song is very significant to me and I’ll tell you why. About 4 years ago around this time I was on a shoot (It was a Zaki Ibrahim Show) and I heard this song for the first time. Although at the time it was performed over an instrumental of an MF DOOM song. It immediately caught my attention because I am a pretty big MF DOOM fan. Anyway to hear Tanika on the track breathed new life to that song. To hear such a soulful take of the song with such beautiful bittersweet lyrics melted my heart and I’ve been a fan of Tanika Charles ever since. This eventually led to me seeking her out to work with her on various projects including the “Silly Happy Wild Sessions” that lead to her EP release May of 2010.

additional footage:
Char Loro for LoveHard

download the music @
tanikacharles.bandcamp.com

For all artist info please visit:
myspace.com/​tanikacharles

Original performance from Manifesto 08:
vimeo.com/ ​5328494

Silly Happy Wild Sessions:
vimeo.com/ ​album/​213048

Shing Shing Regime drop visuals for “Shing Till Infinity” off their debut mixtape entitled “I Am Shing”.

Previously: NEW MIXTAPE: Shing Shing Regime “I Am Shing”

Nice likkle sample mix of what to expect from Chris Stylez in 2011. First couple songs ain’t for me but there’s def some nice joints in there after that. To get caught up, peep the links below…

DOWNLOAD: Chris Stylez – Summer 69 Sampler (Vol. 1)

Previous: VIDEO: Chris Stylez – Live @ Best Buy in NYC (High On Love Acapella)

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