Keepers of the Art

08/13/2020

RZA

We did it our WAY!
#tbt #wutang #rza

08/13/2020

We Must Honor Raekwon, Rap’s Godfather: Interview

We Must Honor Raekwon, Rap’s Godfather: Interview

“When we got that record deal, I went back and told my moms, ‘Yo, I got a job, Ma.’”

08/11/2020

HIP HOP Archives

47 years today
That's HIP HOP 🤙👐
DJ Kool Herc organized his 1st Block Party at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx (August 11, 1973). This event is now considered the symbolic date of birth of the HIP HOP movement. Beyond the historical aspect, this date is above all an opportunity to recall that the HIP HOP remains the only major cultural movement stemming from working-class districts and that by crossing the borders of the New York ghettos to become global it has federated and given hope for millions of young people living in different urban areas of the planet.
In 2023, the Universal Hip-Hop Museum will open its doors in the south of the Bronx, finally giving real legitimacy to this movement which is still too often overused and caricatured by much of the media.

08/11/2020

T.I.

👑Brother Malcolm hit us wit a Bar👑

08/11/2020

The Roots - What They Do (No Subtitles) (Official Music Video)

The Roots - What They Do (No Subtitles) (Official Music Video)

REMASTERED IN HD! Best of TheRoots: https://goo.gl/h31zY4 Subscribe here: https://goo.gl/mfbwtz Music video by The Roots performing What They Do. (C) 1996 Ge...

08/11/2020

Nas - It Ain't Hard To Tell

Nas - It Ain't Hard To Tell

Classic track off 'Illmatic'. My favourite track off the album

08/11/2020

Hip Hop Collector

Back to 1991!!

What are your favorite tracks on this album?

08/10/2020

Bell Biv DeVoe

😂😂😂🤣 what y’all think? Comment below.

08/10/2020

Ambrosia For Heads

Ambrosia For Heads

In some old studio footage, Busta Rhymes messes around on Timbaland's keyboard. It leads to one of those knocking Timothy beats.

08/10/2020

RZA

Let’s Meditate, Monday:
The quieting impact of this simple practice has on your body & mind begins to express itself in each choice you make.
Kill the noise

https://wutangclan.net/2020/04/06/everyday-meditation-with-the-rza/

08/10/2020

Jarrett Payton

Jarrett Payton

To me, he was more than the high-stepping, indestructible RB. More than Sweetness. He was my hero. He was my best friend. He was my dad. Happy Birthday Walter Payton. Today, we celebrate your #Sweetness. 🐻⬇️ #HappyBirthday34 #Bears

08/10/2020

Golden Age of Hip Hop

Any Redman Fans?

08/10/2020

De La Soul - Buddy (Remix) [feat. The Jungle Brothers, Monie Love, Queen Latifah & Q Tip]

#ShowcaseVeterans

https://delasoul.bandcamp.com/ Tommy Boy Entertainment is a legendary Hip Hop & Electronic record label founded in New York City in 1981. The label is credit...

08/09/2020

Forever Funny: 10 Of Bernie Mac’s Funniest Moments In Honor Of The 10th Anniversary Of His Death

Forever Funny: 10 Of Bernie Mac’s Funniest Moments In Honor Of The 10th Anniversary Of His Death

We celebrate the King of Comedy on the 10th anniversary of his death with some of his funniest moments on stage.

08/09/2020

#ShowcaseVeterans

Back to 2001with Masta Ace!!

What are your favorite tracks on this one?

08/09/2020

HIP HOP Archives

08/09/2020

Prince Rogers Nelson's entire 1999 CNN interview (Larry King Live)

Prince Rogers Nelson's entire 1999 CNN interview (Larry King Live)

Prince appeared on a December 10, 1999 episode of CNN's Larry King Live and talked about his career, his new album and why he changed his name.

08/09/2020

TV One

TV One

We lost Bernard Jeffrey McCullough, better known by his stage name #BernieMac, on this day in 2008.

08/09/2020

The Players' Tribune

“When I was in grammar school, my coach said, ‘Hey man, I’m going to take you out of school tomorrow at lunch time to watch somebody play.’ So we went to a high school basketball game, and he said, “I want you to check out number 11 in the white. He reminds me of you, how you play.’ And I’m in grammar school, so I’m watching this guy play, I’m like… ‘I play like him?’ He’s like, ‘You’ve got potential to play like him.’ I’m like…... psh, that’s a bad MF right there! It was Isiah Thomas. So from that time on, I portrayed my game after Isiah Thomas. I watched him all throughout his career, until I got to the NBA. That was my idol on the basketball court. Once I got to the league and played against him, man… that’s just... I can’t describe it, man. First I started shaking. It took me a quarter to get my mind together, get my bearings. We won that game, and he told me good game. We’ve been talking ever since.”⁠
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Listen to Tim Hardaway, Sr. on Knuckleheads: https://playerstribu.ne/knuckleheadspod

08/09/2020

Rakim Calls Out Big Daddy Kane For Verzuz Battle In The Name Of Real Hip Hop

#ShowcaseVeterans

The proposed battle between the two Hip Hop legends yielded plenty of excitement on social media.

08/08/2020

HIP HOP Archives

08/08/2020

Selecta-Selections To (Simply) Cool Out To (The Ultimate Cookout Musical Accompaniment)

Selecta-Selections To (Simply) Cool Out To (The Ultimate Cookout Musical Accompaniment)

Press play & spark up the grill. Simple as that. Instant cookout vibes! *(downloadable for a short time)* grab it now. Dj Mell Starr Ft. Jodeci, Musiq Soulchild - Stay 12in Main So Beautiful M.Starr

08/08/2020

2Pac - If My Homie Calls (Official Music Video)

2Pac - If My Homie Calls (Official Music Video)

Music video by 2Pac performing If My Homie Calls. (C) 1992 Interscope Records #2Pac #IfMyHomieCalls #Vevo #HipHop #OfficialMusicVideo

08/08/2020

Hip Hop Classic

Hip Hop Classic

08/07/2020

Common - I Used to Love H.E.R.

Common - I Used to Love H.E.R.

Music video by Common performing I Used to Love H.E.R.. (C) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment http://vevo.ly/MhhyRM #Common #IUsedToLoveHER #Vevo #RandB #VevoOff...

08/07/2020

EarthQuaker Devices

EarthQuaker Devices

Akron Ohio’s dynamic hip-hop duo Free Black! beautifies our sunset with three tracks from their brand-new album “Freedom Summer”, inspired by the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964 which had a significant impact on the Civil Rights Movement. This album dropped July 16th and can be heard in its entirety here: https://fanlink.to/FreeBlack
Note the inclusion of this session’s audio as well as the album versions when you download from Bandcamp!

Here is what Floco Torres had to say about these tracks:

“The Elizabeth Keckley Award” - The original name for this tune was “Ms. Lincoln” but we changed it to “The Elizabeth Keckley Award" to honor Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, a successful seamstress, activist & author in D.C. She was also a confidante to the 1st lady Mary Todd Lincoln. We'll make songs & sit on them for a bit to just see how they take shape. We always try & make sure that if we can celebrate our history & put a jam out at the same time, we do that.

“Sean Jones” - In honor of the amazing trumpeter & composer Sean Jones. When I first heard this beat, it made me think about stories my grandparents would tell me for some reason. That's where I got the chorus from: "My grandma said always show some love to the ones before you..." & I kinda freestyled the first verse & it grew from there. A lot of times, our songs are just my imagination running with whatever the beat sounds like since HR3 & I usually work remotely. It's a lot of emailing, phone calls, & then we try the songs at the shows & talk about how people reacted afterwards. All the songs on our new album got reactions that stuck with us.

“Ain’t Love” - I wrote “Aint Love” at 6am one morning after being stuck on this beat for 3 months. I had a dream that I was in the movie Wall Street & I was walking behind Gordon Gekko & Derrion. I don't know why it took us (society) so long to understand this but love can be given & received in a lot of different ways & I wanted to talk about that. Also, the 80's was a sick ass time haha.

What’s a picturesque roof top session without Free Black!'s favorite EQD pedals? A subtle classic Pyramids in ‘barber pole up’ was added to samples, while Avalanche Run gives HR3’s drums and Floco’s vocals just a sprinkle of reverberated delay. Plumes is being used as a vocal mic boost, with Rainbow Machine/Pyramids tastefully applied for some undeniable punch.

Free Black! is: Floco Torres & Holbrook Riles III
Video Producer/Editor: Chris Tran
Audio Engineer/Mix/Camera Operator: Jeff France
Camera Operator: Dave Whited

08/07/2020

Nas - Made You Look

Nas - Made You Look

Music video by Nas performing Made You Look. (C) 2003 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

08/07/2020

Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - The Blast

Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - The Blast

Talib Kweli

08/06/2020

A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation

A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation

A Tribe Called Quest's official music video for 'Electric Relaxation'. Click to listen to A Tribe Called Quest on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/TCQSpot?IQid=TC...

08/06/2020

Stalley

Stalley

The All-New BlueCollarGang.Shop launches this Saturday 8/8/20 at 3:30pm EST. I know a lot of you have been asking when the new merch drops, well it’s coming this Saturday so make sure you go to the site right now and signup for early access. Items are limited.

Sign up link in bio #BCGAlert🚨

08/06/2020

Stalley

#ShowcaseVeteran

This is from 2011 and the message stands the same. ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽

08/06/2020

HIP HOP Archives

08/06/2020

RZA

Let’s Meditate, Thursday:
There needs to be an almighty essence that embodies all the characteristics of one-ness so we can better understand them—a sort of guide between us and one-ness. And this is where the benefits of meditation come in.
If Not You.

https://wutangclan.net/2020/04/06/meditation/

08/06/2020

Queen Latifah - U.N.I.T.Y. (Official Video)

Queen Latifah - U.N.I.T.Y. (Official Video)

Music video by Queen Latifah performing U.N.I.T.Y.. (C) 1993 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. #QueenLatifah #UNITY #Vevo

08/06/2020

RZA

Ghost and I were working on music during the WuTang Tour 2019.
#tbt #wutang #rza