For about a month, I’ve been reading a ton of stuff online about the BlakRoc project, which pairs blues-rockers The Black Keys with various rappers, to create something kind of special. The brain child of Dame Dash (formerly Jay-Z’s partner in Roc-a-fella Records), this record is pretty...

What, you thought all I did was hip-hop? This is for all my late 90′s Portishead fans from way back, and for those who are looking for something different to listen to. This new song “Chase the tear” was a song they did for Amnesty International and now available as an exclusive download...

I stumbled across this after seeing it written up at The Hapacalype’s Twitter stream (I guess Twitter can be useful, too, huh?) Personally, I love it, can’t stop listening to it. “Passion of the Weiss” has a slightly more detailed take on the album: “This will undoubtedly...

New video from Kid Cudi (you may know him from “Day n Nite.”) Great song, great hook (chorus), great video. Damn I wish I could say “great album.” Sorry Kuds, I tried…honest. (side note: I also really wish there were more music for me to get excited about. Another...

From SNL this past Saturday. Andy Samberg is the saving grace of the show. Hopefully his career won’t stop there. Another conversation for another day. Enjoy, this is hillarious. Oh, and watch the whole thing.

For the last 5 years or so, I’ve almost known Mike D.   On more than one occasion a party flyer hosted by the “Delfin Brothers” would some how find it’s way into my life, but as a bit of a home body, I’m not sure I ever attended. I’ve hung out with his brother Benny on numerous occasions,...

(First of all, “music to write to”? Isn’t that, um, a dangling participle? “Music to which to Write?” I don’t know.) Anyway, I was thinking some more about the kind of stuff you can listen to when you’re interested in drowning out the manic voices that dance...

Best song of the year, from the the best rap album in years. No matter how much they beat this song into my head, I just can’t get tired of it. Maybe its because I live in Neeeeeew Yooooooork. Enjoy. Jay-Z – “Empire State Of Mind” ft. Alicia KeysJay-Z | MySpace Video

I will tell you all over and over again that I am a b-boy to the core. If you’re not, that’s totally fine and I definitely understand why. I’m past ever thinking to watch the BET awards ever again, but this is hip-hop, and I’m happy to be exposed to it without having to look...

Those that don’t know me will eventually learn that I am a b-boy to the core (what the name didn’t tip you off?). Though the music I grew up with has slowly become an 80′s hairband version of itself, every now and again a few artists remind us why we loved hip-hop in the first place....

This is the latest single off of Common’s 1 year old album that nobody remembers. It’s super artsy fartsy, and kinda sounds like a Gnarles Barkley song, but I kinda dig it just because. Man I’m getting old.

Did anyone else see “Surreal Life” on VH1 some years ago where Vanilla Ice bugged out because the “old” picture of him was up on the wall?  If not, the point is that he claimed to be ashamed of his old image, because it’s behind him now.  He’s covered in tattoos,...

                                                            Written by:  djFlaxx aka Todd Simmons   Looks like “Supergroups” don’t have to be super boring after all. When John Paul Jones and Dave Grohl linked up to form a...