Janelle Monae, Lupe Fiasco, and B.o.B. Make A Video
The Atlantic Records all-star trio of Lupe Fiasco, B.o.B., and Janelle Monae met up over the weekend to film a video for their awesome Wondamix remix of Janelle Monae's "Tightrope". The video should be coming later this week, and here we have a video teaser of what went down. Check it out below.
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RH TV: Rhymefest's Album Release Party At The Shrine
Rhymefest celebrated the release of his sophomore album El Che last week with RubyHornet as part of their Digital Freshness series at The Shrine. The club enjoyed a performance from Rhymefest, as well as sounds by DJ RTC. Check out the recap video below to get a glimpse of the action, and catch this week's edition of Digital Freshness with a special performance from Donnis happening on June 10th. Tickets available here.
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Mikkey Halsted: "Could It Be You?"
New Mikkey Halsted... "Could It Be You" premiered on Go ILL Radio, and today someone leaked the tagless/mastered version. The track is produced by Keynote, and also features P. Jericho. I spoke with Mikkey last week and he told me that he's got the Darkroom and The Photo Album pretty much wrapped up. More developments coming soon. Grab the track below.
RH Photos: El Che Release Party at Digital Freshness
On Thursday June 3rd RubyHornet launched its new weekly Thursday night at The Shrine with the official release party for Rhymefest's sophomore album, El Che. The night featured sounds from RubyHornet's own DJ RTC, as well as a performance from the man himself, as Rhymefest performed much of El Che for the first time. Virgil Solis was on hand, and has the pics to prove it. Check them out below and look for the video coming soon.
Also join us this week at The Shrine as welcome in Atlantic Records' Donnis with opening act Rockie Fresh. Tickets are available here.
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Rhymefest: "Say Wassup" featuring Phonte Video
Rhymefest's new album El Che drops tomorrow. Here's a new video today. Rhymefest teamed up with Konee Rok for a 3-D video for "Say Wassup". Check it out after the jump, and look for pics and video from his release party coming today. There's also an interview w/Fest and What's In My Headphones below.
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Gil Scott-Heron: "I'm New Here" Video
The IFC comes through with a debut of Gil Scott-Heron's new video for "I'm New Here". The track comes off Scott-Heron's 2010 release of the same name. Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard directed the clip and told IFC,
"Some things should be kept simple; no messing, no gimmicks," they said of the video. "Shot with completely live sound, with half an eye looking back on classic footage of performers like John Lee Hooker and Bob Dylan, we wanted to shoot something bold and direct, that captured something of Gil's remarkable presence and the raw power of his performance. We filmed him the day before walking around his neighborhood in Harlem then on the day we returned with Gil to the studio. There's no narrative here, this is a deliberately simple video for a deceptively simple and beautiful song."
Check it out below.
Katy Perry: "California Gurls" Video Teaser
Russell Brand's main squeeze gives us a sneak peak of her new video "California Gurls". The clip co-stars Snoop Dogg, who I assume is well versed on the topic. Check it below.
Dam Funk: "Fly Away With Me" Video
From Havana Joe over at Stones Throw:
Last March, Dam-Funk took a visit to a local coffee shop in Green Point Brooklyn to do a live performance with Pitchfork TV. End result was this video for “Fly Away With Me”
Check it out below.