Under the moniker Ryu Black, producer/emcee MeccaGodZilla  drops his debut album Perfect 天 (pronounced Perfect Ten-which means heaven). Released only a few days ago, yet there’s been much buzz amongst fans of Street Fighter, and video games in general. The hip hop opera, or hip-hopera if you will, follows our hero Ryu Black and his travels, running into opponents and allies, friends and foes-just like the video game the album pays homage to. Except that this isn’t your ordinary otaku soundtrack. Tapping into the inner gamer and hip hop head within us all, the album is loaded with witty rhymes and nostalgia. Earlier, I’d had the chance to listen to Chun Li, which was just awesome and seeing the impressive line up of indie features (Masia One, Arablak, Majesty and more), I couldn’t wait to check it out in full and review this album. I was not disappointed. Read on for the review.

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Richie Cunning was nominated for KMEL‘s Bay Area Freshmen 11. For those of you wondering who Richie Cunning is, he made a video to let you all know who he is and what he’s been up to. Within the video, there are links to recent career highlights, so check it out.

Rubberoom, a hip hop crew from Chicago, have reunited — Aaron Smith (The Isle of Weight), Kevin Johnson (Mr. Echoes), Brian Hines (Meta-Mo), and Jon Bostic (Lumba). They have an upcoming mixtape called “Rubberoom Rebooted“. And to get a taste of that, Maker has remixed their song “White Hot Razors”. Cuts on the song by DJ Bizkid. Listen and download below. [Read More...]

New video from Humble The Poet. It’s a short version of “Blame Humble”, which is a Kanye revisit. The song features Sikh Knowledge and AKakaAmazing. The song is from Humble’s “Believe Me Music” mixtape, which can be downloaded for free here. The video was shot by Alex Covo and features Dana Marcolina.

Sour Purp x Grand Sunz (Fluent and Gigio) are holding a remix contest for the Grand Sunz single “Holla”. The song comes from their upcoming album, “Forever Shining“, due out in July. The contest started on the 16th and ends on June 16th. The winner will have their remixed track featured on the new album. Listen to and download the acapella and original song below. [Read More...]

For his “365 Songs in 365 Days” project, Megabusive finally passed the 100 mark. Here for you today are tracks 100-102 – “Alternate Element Index”, “Methods Found Most Unsound”, and “Rappers Today” (ft Gel Roc). Listen and download.
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Above is a hands-on look at the upcoming Face Candy record, “Waste Age Teen Land“, that’s available May 24th. Face Candy is Eyedea (R.I.P.), Kristoff Krane, Jt Bates (drummer), and Casey O’Brien (bassist). WATL is the final album that Eyedea was able to completely finish before passing away in October 2010. It follows the group on a 3-day recording excursion that took place in March 2009. You can get it as a limited deluxe CD or a limited hand-numbered picture disc vinyl. Pre-order at Fifth Element or iTunes. The initial run of vinyl/cd will include a bonus DVD that contains a hour of video footage documenting the creative and entertaining process of Face Candy. The song featured in the video is track “Fifteen”.
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Find a reason to live.The tag-line for this upcoming slasher flick is poignant in more ways than one. Set to premier in the UK this summer, the film, directed by Arjun Rose, stars some of the hottest young talent in the UK at the moment: Robert Sheehan (Misfits, Season of the Witch, Love/Hate), Tulisa Contostavlos (N’Dubz), Ashley Walters (Get Rich or Die Trying), Reggie Yates (Doctor Who-BBC) and more.

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