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Pittsburgh Hip Hop Festival to Feature Talib Kweli, Rapsody, 9th Wonder Film Screening & Art Exhibition [News]

July 24, 2014 by

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On July 31 and August 1, 2014 at Alloy Studios and the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty, the first annual “Cultured Steel Hip Hop Festival” presented by the Pittsburgh Hip Hop Collective will take place.  Cultured Steel will be headlined with performances by Talib Kweli and Rapsody, assisted by Pittsburgh artists Kellee Maize, Jasiri […]

Doomtree – Every Single Day (Photo Book) [News + Video]

July 11, 2014 by

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While hard at work in the studio churning out the follow-up to 2011’s critically acclaimed No Kings album, Doomtree has announced the release of a massive retrospective photo book chronicling the history of what Village Voice calls “one of the most talented and dedicated rap groups working today.”Doomtree: Every Single Day includes over ten years and 500 pages of behind the […]

Nia – crafting pixels [Art]

May 5, 2014 by

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here is what Nia had to say: I recently took a quiet break from making soundwaves, too distracted by all the gorgeous oceans my peers were crafting. In the interim I decided to make some pixels instead. What I developed is displayed above. 5 illustrations of people, ideas, and concepts which directly affected my evolution […]

Flying Lotus – Layer 3 (Video)

May 6, 2013 by

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Last night I went to the Flying Lotus show for Red Bull Music Academy at Terminal 5 in New York City. I’ve been to a lot of amazing shows so far in 2013, but this may have been the best. One of the most impressive parts were the visuals. They were probably the best I’ve […]

Azage – Coming Out Hard (Tracklist & Cover)

March 24, 2012 by

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Azage releases the cover art and tracklist for his upcoming project Coming Out Hard that is set to drop on the 27th!

Charles Hamilton is Back

November 23, 2009 by

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I dont know how many people noticed but after flooding the internet with music on a consistent basis, Charles Hamilton essentially “disappeared” following a series of public relation issues.  After 6 months of no music, no twitter, no interviews, he is now back! When he focuses on the music he puts out some pretty dope […]

Graffiti: Art of the People

June 11, 2009 by

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Here’s a piece from Mark Jenkins done last April in Malmö, Sweden. Learn more about graffiti art through online colleges offering art courses. Click on the images to see bigger versions.

check this shit out

June 7, 2009 by

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Pretty sick light photography by Nicki Carpenter. Click on the image to see a larger version.

Hip Hop Activism

June 3, 2009 by

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Hip hop has always been a movement of activism in some way or another. Of it’s many forms, graffiti is one of the media which lends itself to this. Today, graffiti–like all forms of hip hop–doesn’t exist just in the inner-cities of the U.S. This new video from Time Magazine shows how graffiti artists in […]

New Logo-Artist Spotlight

May 6, 2009 by

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Just wanted to give some dap and a huge thank you to Hannah W. for creating our new (and very cool) logo. Make sure to check out her website http://statusquota.net , plenty more graphics and photoshop productions. Here’s an example of some of her other work…