In her latest video from her mixtape “She Got Game,” North Carolina MC Rapsody takes a moment to thank a few friends and supporters who have helped her along the way–including TheUrbanDaily.com’s Sr. Editor, Jerry L.Barrow. So she invited them to a small studio in Harlem to act a fool and mug for the camera […]
9th Wonder’s documentary film “The Hip-Hop Fellow” will make its world premiere at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival on April 5th. RELATED: Rapsody Flaunts A Billionaire’s Flow On “Dark Knights” [EXCLUSIVE] “The Hip-Hop Fellow” follows Grammy Award winning producer, 9th Wonder’s tenure at Harvard University, as he teaches “The Standards of Hip-Hop” course, conducts research […]
In September 2012, producer, DJ and lecturer 9th Wonder announced that he was beginning a hip-hop fellowship at Harvard University. His experience contributing to the hip-hop archive at the Ivy League institution was documented by his friend and filmmaker Kenneth Price for “The Hip-Hop Fellow.” 9th Wonder: Is Jamla The Hillman College Of Hip-Hop? [EXCLUSIVE] […]
Producer, DJ and lecturer 9th Wonder is releasing the latest in his series of music compilations, “9th Wonder Presents: Jamla Is the Squad” on January 28th. The album features appearances by his own artists Rapsody, GQ and Add-2, as well as extended family members like Phonte, Talib Kweli, Buckshot, Pete Rock, Styles P and Jadakiss. The […]
Ok, hate is a strong word, especially this close to Dr. King’s birthday. But when you get three talents like Talib Kweli, Phonte and Elzhi on one track it makes it hard to tolerate paint-by-numbers by one-hit-wonders. For this first cut from 9th Wonders’ upcoming “Jamla Is The Squad” compilation, the three wordsmiths put a […]
Rapsody releases a new video from her “She Got Game” mixtape, “Kingship” featuring the legendary DJ Premier. The double entendres on “Kingship” come good and plenty as Rap continues her stomp through 2013. We tried to tell y’all she was the truth and finally people are starting to listen. “Word to Preemo, I pray Chicago put […]
In advance of the release of her latest mixtape, “She Got Game,” Rapsody has been leaving a trail of treats for fans to snack on and this latest might break their teeth. With Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” verse bringing the discussion of lyricism to main stream rap fans, the timing couldn’t have been better for […]
Last night Jamla Records CEO and producer 9th Wonder held a listening session for his artist Rapsody’s upcoming mixtape, “She Got Game” at Firehouse studios on NYC. Prior to the actual listening 9th and his good friend Young Guru (DJ, engineer, A&R and all around good guy) turned the studio into a barbershop, getting into […]
Anyone who is well versed in Slum Village or J. Dilla specifically for that matter, knows who Maureen Yancey aka Ma Dukes is. Ma Duke’s is J. Dilla’s mother and a beloved mother figure to many in the Hip Hop community. According to AllHipHop.com Ma Dukes reached out to “The Worlds’s Most Dangerous Site” to set […]
Thanks to AllHipHop.com our attention was drawn to a new situation! Once again, Twitter comments have been a catalyst for some interesting exchanges within the last 24 hours! Seems like maybe tensions are running high because the air is so full of uncertainty, but still! This time it was producers taking to the 140 character […]
Rapsody returns with a new video for “Non Fiction” from her debut album “The Idea Of Beautiful.” 9th Wonder puts that “Friends Of Distinction” sample through the Rubix Cube and twists up another heater and Rap does what she does best. “We the truth, none realer, too uncommon like Dilla, The Light/I shine, my rhymes come […]
Once upon a time you couldn’t walk down the virtual internet hallways without tripping over a Jay-Z remix album. But since Hola Hovito stopped releasing official a capellas to his albums the well has dried up the rainbow assortment of mash-ups. However, that hasn’t stopped Grammy winning producer and Jay-Z collaborator 9th Wonder from revisiting […]
