PHOTOS: Brand Nubian and Cornel West Theory at Liv, DC

Photos by Tashir Lee
Brand Nubian needs no introduction. The crew of Grand Puba, Sadat X, and Lord Jamar are a part of hip-hop royalty. Last Saturday, the crew came into DC and rocked it for a rare show at Liv Nightlcub as part of their Hip-Hop Livs night. Local purveyors of thought The Cornel West [...]

SXSW: Senari x The Couch Sessions Showcase at Speakeasy, Austin!

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The Senari x Couch Sessions Showcase is upon us! After several months of work, we’re proud to announce one of the best, and most diverse showcases that the SXSW Music Festival has ever seen.
Headlining the showcase is New York’s own Cubic Zirconia featuring Tiombe [...]

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PHOTOS: The Roots Jam at BB Kings, NYC

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The 3rd annual Roots Holiday Jam went down this past weekend at BB Kings in New York City. In addition to the legendary Roots crew, the stage was graced by the cast of the hit Broadway Musical Fela, Brother Ali, The Hynotic Brass Ensemble, and surprise guest [...]

Live: Raphael Saadiq and Anjulie at the 9:30 Club, DC

When we look back on the career of Raphel Saadiq, we must place him among our generation’s greats. For almost 30 years, he has been pumping out amazing soul music, from Tony! Toni! Toné!, to Lucy Pearl, and from his own solo career.

Live: Res at Inside The Artists’s Studio, DC

To some Res is not yet a household name. However, to a small group of fans in Washington, DC last week, she was the center of the world.

IN PHOTOS: Rakim at Black Cat, DC

Last Sunday night, Washington, DC’s Black Cat was graced with hip-hop royalty as Rakim took the stage, rocking old joints and new tracks from his new album The Seventh Seal.

PHOTOS: Wale In-Store Event at Comonwealth

This week, the whole DMV was out to support our own Wale as he dropped his major label release, Attention Deficit. Before his hometown concert at Ibizia nightclub later that evening, Wale rolled through Commonwealth for an autograph signing, and our homegirl Lady Glock was there to photograph all of the action. Check it. For [...]

Concert Review: The Very Best/Javelin @ DC 9 – 11/2/09

It’s truly the simplest of pleasures in the universe that evoke the greatest appreciation. It is by this statement that we define the success that was The Very Best’s completely sold out tour stop with Javelin at DC 9 on Monday evening. The Very Best, which takes the dark, gritty ghetto electro remixing of Radioclit [...]

Photos/Video: Roc Raida Tribute at BB Kings, NYC

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On one of the last nights of CMJ, hip-hop fans came together to celebrate the life of Roc Raida who died in September. This was a very dope look and a fitting tribute to the turntabalist bringing in The Beat Junkies, Z-Trip, . Check it:

REVIEW: The Foreign Exchange at Black Cat, Washington DC (Photos from NYC)

Photos from The Foreign Exchange’s NYC show at BB Kings
by Joann Gomez, Music Looks Like This. Follow her on Twitter @MLLT.
The Foreign Exchange, the North Carolina based duo of Little Brother’s Phonte and Dutch producer Nicolay is steeped in legend. Meeting online via the hip-hop site Okayplayer, they exchanged beats and rhymes over the Internet, [...]

REVIEW: Saul Williams, Afropunk Tour 2009, Toronto

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The very first Afropunk tour hit Toronto last Friday with a lineup of impressive performances from the likes of Saidah Baba Talibah, American Fangs and the legendary poet and rebel, headliner Saul Williams.
Matthew Morgan, Resident Producer of the Afropunk 2009 tour, Producer of Afropunk the [...]