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You Need To Give Benjamin Starr His "Flowers" And Realize His Talent
South Carolina rapper Benjamin Starr has delivered a nice surprise for his fans on the day of his birthday. If you're not familiar with him, today is the perfect day to listen in. He originally grew up in a very small town in SC with his mother. She eventually ended up working at the Department of Social Services, his sister was a poet and his grandma was a school teacher. This helped shaped him growing up, becoming a socially conscious artist as well as an activist. Starr's first project was The Experience in 2011. Also later that year came The...
A Tribe Called Quest Worked w/ Kendrick Lamar, Andr̩ 3000, Jack White On New Album
A Tribe Called Quest will release their first album in nearly 20 years on November 11th. We Got It From Here, Thank You for Your Service was recorded before fellow member Phife Dawg passed away in March. The album features all four members of the hip-hop collective: Q-Tip, Jarobi White, Phife, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad. However, since this is poised to be their final album, they're going all out. They recruited some top talent that will assist on the album. This includes Jack White, Kendrick Lamar, Elton John, Consequence, Andr̩ 3000 and Busta Rhymes. That's a fantastic lineup. Q-Tip told...
Elliot Moss Releases Powerful Video For New Song "Without The Lights"
"Without The Lights" is the first new song from Moss since 2014. Elliot Moss made waves in 2014 with his stellar debut album Highspeeds and standout single "Slip." Now, he returns with "Without The Lights" and the powerful video directed and choreographed by Phillip Chbeeb. The video tells the story of a woman in a toxic and abusive relationship. The choreography paired with Moss' haunting vocals makes for an extremely captivating video. The song itself is a little more expansive than anything on Highspeeds. Previously, Moss had used his vocals to fill out the ambience of his productions, but on...
Chance x Childish is a GO!
That's right. Childish Gambino and Chance the Rapper will be doing a mixtape together! In 2014, Mr. Glover hinted at a collab between the two, and in a recent Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) with Mr. Bennett, a fan asked if it was in the works. Bennett, getting straight to the point, simply replied, "Yes." While there were no more details and we hope to high heaven we aren't gonna get F'd over (F standing for "Frank" as in "Frank Ocean"), the excitement is REAL! Is it too ambitious to hope for a full album??? Only time will tell...
Chicago's Lili K Is Showing Us That Women Are "Magic"
Lili K is really starting to blow up and I couldn't be more thrilled. Last year, Tidal named Lili K as their first ever Tidal Rising artist. That same year she released her debut album Ruby, which is an incredible gem of jazz and soul music. Prior to that, you may have heard her fabulous vocal talents on Chance the Rapper's #10Day or Acid Rap mixtapes. But she is building quite a nice body of music on her own, with The Lili K. Band. She herself is a gem, having studied jazz, opera, classical, and music theory at Milwaukee High...