Michigan's DJ Graffiti returns with the third dose of Mangladesh, which is now available to stream or download from the Spine Radio player. Another hour of quality hip-hop from all corners of the US includes music from Dipset and Mac Miller, plus fresh productions from Illmind and Beat Butcha. This month's Michigan mix features cuts from Black Milk, J Dilla and an exclusive from Buff1 and Hudson Mohawke. Full tracklist here.
New video for Black Milk's latest cut 'Deadly Medley' featuring Royce Da 5'9 & Elzhi. Taken from his forthcoming longplayer Album Of The Year.
Strangely entertaining article about Philly rap legend Schoolly D's diet.
The Guardian review the recent Flying Lotus show that took place at the ICA in London.
Late Columbus, Ohio native and Definitive Jux rapper Camu Tao is remembered on his new solo release King Of Hearts.
This month's Spine Blowing Decisions is now live to stream or download from the Spine Radio Player. Somewhat ironically, Chairman Mao turned off his 'spacebox' when he sat down with How To Wreck a Nice Beach author Dave Tompkins to talk about the genesis of the vocoder. Even if you half expected to one day hear Mao serve up recordings of frogs next to the Bee Gees, a quick glance at the tracklist tells you that this is not your ordinary radio show. Bonus: Dave breaks down the broadcast.
The versatile Raekwon divides his time between collaborating with Black Thought and Justin Bieber, via Kanye West. The Wu-Tang veteran says he'll catch up with the young pop phenomenon "over a glass of water."
Good LA Times article on the downsizing of the Rock The Bells tour, now in its seventh year, the organizers of which are hoping their crowd will travel from afar to catch one of their typically legend-studded line-ups.
The Red Bull Music Academy have just announced another Culture Clash at The Roundhouse in October. Like last year's event it will feature four titans of British sound system culture, clashing 'in the round'. If you're struggling to picture that, watch this. We'll have some tickets up for grabs soon, so watch this space if you're interested.
Yelawolf drops episode one of his Rhyme Room series. There's a lot of hype around this guy at the moment, let us know what you think of him in the comments section.
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