KnoX: "Flippin Birdz"

Here's something new from KnoX.

DOWNLOAD - KnoX: "Flippin Birdz"

Listen to a Brother Ali Interview with the Sanpablito Blog

Brother Ali conducted an extended interview with the Sanpablito blog that is very candid and thoughtful, as usual. Listen to the audio below.

Claire de Lune: "Save the Day" ft. MaLLy & Truth Be Told (Music Video)

The Local Current blog premiered the new music video, done by River Life Media aka Greg Grease, to "Save the Day", Claire de Lune's lead single to New Lion, her debut EP that is getting released next Tuesday, June 26. The song features MaLLy and Truth Be Told, and was produced by Big Cats!. Pre-order New Lion through Claire's Bandcamp.

Claire de Lune
New Lion EP Release Party
Thursday, June 28 // 7th St. Entry
with Greg Grease, K.Raydio, and DJ Noam the Drummer
$7 door, $5 advance // 18+ // Tickets

Mankwe: Science and Spirit, Pts. 2 & 3 (Videos)

Mankwe Ndosi's debut solo album Science and Spirit is coming out on July 17, and you may remember her and Medium Zach are doing a video series where they create new songs on the spot to demonstrate the creative process they used to create Mankwe's album. Here are the second and third videos in that series. Part 2 is above, part 3 is below after the jump.

Previously - Mankwe: "Henrietta Goes Electric"

The Anchormen: "Doors ft. Fancy Ray & AbhiNav" (Music Video)

The Anchormen (Big Wiz, Aquafresh & T La Shawn) and AbhiNav have got a new video out for "Doors" and recruit some help from Fancy Ray for the video. This one's from their Southside Action News mixtape, if you haven't caught that yet.

Brother Ali: "Stop the Press" (Prod. Jake One)

"Stop the Press" is the first official single from Brother Ali's Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color, produced entirely by Jake One. I first saw Ali perform it over Evidence's "Red Carpet" instrumental at Sims' 7th St. Entry performance during last year's Doomtree Blowout week. Then he did it again a few weeks ago, again at the Entry, while debuting his new live band Blank Tape Beloved. In either form it's a powerful and highly personal piece of work. Ali raps passionately about several of the most significant events in his life from the past few years: losing his touring DJ (but not his friend) BK-One, his father committing suicide, Eyedea passing away, and more.

With all their one-off singles and finally the first official release from the album, Ali and Jake One have continually displayed their excellent chemistry together and set the bar high for August 21, when Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color will be released. You can pre-order the album now, via Fifth Element.

Carnage the Executioner: "Respect The Name" (Music Video)

Carnage's great new Medium Zach-produced single, "Respect the Name," from his upcoming album of the same title, dropped last week. Now here is the video, directed by Arlo Myren. Watch Carnage solve some comic-book style capers with Desdamona as his sidekick, and look for cameos from the perfectly cast villains Slug and Prof. Carnage's Respect the Name will be released on September 11 via Fill In The Breaks/Hecatomb.

Toki Wright's Fade Left Tour Preview (Video)

Toki is hitting the road soon with Burnell Washburn, DJ So Gold, and special guest Yakub for their Fade Left Tour. Check out the video above to see what's in store for the tour.

Culture Cry Wolf: "Me, Myself, and I" (Music Video)

Check out Culture Cry Wolf's simple yet effective video to "Me, Myself, and I," from their album Dia de los Muertos. The video was directed by Adam Dunn.

BeSceneMpls Presents: Rooftop Cypher I (Video)

Much of the rhetoric in hip-hop media these days centers around the false dichotomy between what's "real rap" and what's not; Nicki Minaj backing out of Hot 97's Summerjam becuase of DJ Peter Rosenberg's comments is the latest example in that clash. The debate often centers around a traditionalist vs. non-traditionalist approach. If you watch the BET Award cyphers or listen to a "freestyle" on Nah Right and grumble that it's prepared or pre-written material, you probably sympathize with the traditionalist stance. If so, you'll definitely be a fan of this new Be Scene Mpls video series (if not, there's still a good chance you'll enjoy it). Jake and Eamon at Be Scene want to take the cypher back to it's older iteration, where the gathering is more free flowing and improvised. So they rounded up Lizzo, Manny Phesto, Freez, Big Dylan, Yakub along with Tristan (aka Mic Technique) to beat-box. Check out the results above, and stay tuned for more videos from the Be Scene crew.