I’ve been offered an opportunity that I never could have imagined.
 
I’ve been selected along with Brainfeeder artist Ras G to travel to the african nation of Uganda to teach a youth program about hip-hop and record a project with Ugandan rap artists.
 
The project was conceived and developed by LA hip-hop non-profit organization J.U.I.C.E. and has been partially funded by a grant from the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
 
The grant, however, calls for matching funds. This means that they fund half of the overall budget for the project with the responsibility of the other half being on us.
 
We began with a fundraising goal of $7,000. At the moment we’ve generated $1,200. We still have quite a bit of ground to cover.
 
We need any help that you could provide. 1 dollar, 5 dollars, 1,000 dollars. Each and every bit of assistance we get will help this once in a lifetime opportunity come to pass.
 
The song we’ve presented here is just an exercise in Ras and I putting something down. Its raps I wrote to a beat of his that I liked. We did this very quickly and I think it came out great. Whats in front of us tho, is the opportunity to visit another culture and and have experiences that could change our lives and help us make a project that could be a landmark in both of our careers.
 
Please help us and donate here:
 
http://www.stayclassy.org/events/juice-intl-hip-hop-artist-exchange-agya-uganda/e8079
 
Open Mike Eagle

Fresh Out The Box – Episode #13 (12/15/2011)
 
Tracklist:
1. Main Attrakionz & Shady Blaze (Green Ova) – Change (Prod. by Friendzone)
2. Main Attrakionz – Suffocation (Feat. Danny Brown)
3. Schoolboy Q – Niggahs Already Know
4. Nesby Phips – Goodbye 2 Da Lockout
5. Action Bronson – White Silk
6. Shaz IllYork – Tango With The Cash (Feat. Maffew Ragazino)
7. Indy 500 – Red Carpet
8. Willie The Kid – #TheFood
9. Jaylib – Strapped Four-4 Mix (Feat. Guilty Simpson)
10. KA – Iron Works
11. Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire – The Big Fat Kill
12. Danny Brown – Monopoly (Prod. by Quelle Chris)
13. El-P – Purple Metal
14. G-Side – No U In Us
15. Boldy James – I Sold Dope All My Life
16. Denmark Vessey – Green Party Swishercrat (Feat. Quelle Chris)
17. Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire – The Gold Watch
18. Roc C – Starchild (Prod. by The Alchemist)
19. Giggs – Man A Dead
20. Peedi Crakk – N.P. Rebel
21. El-P – Rush Over Bklyn
 
ENJOY.
 
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Damn shame. Nobody should be surprised, still she was one hell of a talented broad. –Philaflava

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Philaflava, parent company aka The RZA of both T.R.O.Y. and Steady Bloggin‘ put out two compilations called A League of Our Own. Vol. 1 dropped in ’02 with the help of Abby1ill and Vol. 2 came out in ’04 on Vintage Music.

Volume 1 featured exclusive material from King Tee, O.C., Talib Kweli, Royce Da 5’9, and Devin The Dude just to name a few. We secured tracks with production from J Dilla, Jake One, Pete Rock all the way to Kanye West. These were EXCLUSIVE tracks for our compilation. The purpose was to showcase talent and bring awareness to all parties involved.

In ’04 we did it again and while it’s no secret that trying to make a profit, let alone break even on CD pressings these days are practically impossible, it’s even more impossible when the album be a compilation. I decided Vol. 3 will only be available online (at this time.) This isn’t about any monetary gain; it’s about the passion and exposing good music.

I started out with so many underground/indie people and I’ve seen most of them fade away. Many retired, some still grindin’ and others flat out broke. The passion remains though. So after 7 years I’ve decided to do it again with Volume 3.

We’re looking for talent to showcase. If you’re interested in submitting material for this project please let us know via email. We’re targeting an April release date so everyone should have plenty of time to cook something up. Peace to Open Mike Eagle, MF Grimm, Meyhem Lauren, Action Bronson, DMV All-Stars and Praverb for all showing support so far. We’d like to make this as diverse as possible and we can only do that with your help! –Philaflava

Two albums worth of old school GMane, available now for the first time in digital form via the AHU Bandcamp.

Slave Kamp was GMane’s first group, “A Day in the Death of Amerikkka” is their debut from 1996. It’s a time capsule of sorts, a strong example of politically/socially charged southern 90s rap but also very much of its time in sound and general attitude. The influences of Texas, ATL and Memphis scenes are evident without being too overpowering, their combination mostly hits the right notes. This is actually a concept album, there is an ongoing narrative of a traffic stop turning into street riot. Fitting with this story, young GMane, then going by GMan, adopts an angrier and more aggressive attitude here than what we’re used to from his current more relaxed incarnation.

“Collector’s Item”, released in 2000, might be GMane’s first solo release. As evidenced by the cover you see at the top of the post, this is GMane (still GMan actually) closer to how we know him today. His styleis not quite as polished on this as it is now, but it’s clearly there.

Thanks for reading, here’s a classy ass shot to reward your attention