So what's happening with HoodHype? Where is everyone? We're here, we always were. If you don't follow us on Twitter, Facebook or our newsletter you may not have seen that Major and I are back over at our new show LIVE! From the Basement! For those of you still looking for that indie music you've come to expect from us, that's still here too, you can get that at our new show Three Sixteens!
If you don't feel like checking these shows out, don't worry, they're about to start popping up in your HoodHype Feed!
We're still here, we're back to the original team and more focused than ever! Thank you for supporting your boys for 8 years!
It's our 8-year Anniversary and we're gonna keep this thing going 2005 'til infinity! We spin some new indie hip-hop and speak with special guest indie spotlight artist Traum Diggsto talk about his new album Jazz Hop. Also, a tribute to the last 8 years of the HoodHype Show as JMack takes you for a spin in Doc Brown's time machine all the way back to 2005 with a gift for our die hard fans at the end of this very special episode!
A little hangover recovery music the day after a night of celebration. This is The Day After. For all of our live show fans, listen to the end of this episode for a special announcement!
This week we pay homage to New Zealand's incredibly diverse, talented and soulful hip-hop scene! Special guest this week is Christchurch New Zealand's own, Ladi6! Make sure you cop her album "Automatic" on iTunes and Bandcamp!
It's not too often that you're fortunate enough to come across an artist with the precision and drive of a Ninja. Especially when it's an artist actually namedNolan the Ninja who happens to be in your own backyard.
I found about about Nolan when I stumbled across his song "That's When Ya Lost" (using the Souls of Mischief beat) on Kevin Nottingham a few weeks back. When I heard him start rapping, I found myself checking the date of the post. The kid sounded like he was straight out of 1995 by way of Doc Brown's DeLorean. So being a complete slappy for the golden era, I immediately pulled the track and used it in mini-episode #202 of the HoodHype show. Then came the bonus: he's from Detroit.
So of course we had to have him on the show, and of course we had to ask him to drop some bars with our in-house rap genius, MOLA1.
The 90's were my golden era, as everyone's high school and college years usually are. The Fresh Prince of Bel Aire, Nintendo (aka NES), Saved By The Bell, Michael Jordan and Used Jeans. The 90's were also a revolutionary time for rap music, so I can't help but feel nostalgic when I hear music that reminds me of my younger years. For that reason, I'm absolutely a fan of hip-hop's "Golden Era" by default. That isn't the only reason however. Especially when most rap music we hear on the radio today sounds cheap and superficial by comparison to music from that era. Does that mean we're "trapped in the 90's"? In order to answer that, allow me to qualify the question by explaining its origin.
While back stage for Slum Village's set at A3C Hip-Hop Festival, we caught up with Rapper Big Pooh to ask him about his current projects and that everlasting question, will we ever see Little Brother reunite.
On our way to the Detroit Electronic Music festival, we caught word (via Twitter) that Bun B, Eve, David Hasselhoff, the Dudesons, and a ton of other celebs were coming through in their super luxury and sports whips for the Gumball 3000 rally.
