Posted on December 13, 2008 by Tarik (aka the Architect)
Doomtree member and founder and Rhymesayer artist P.O.S. has a new album coming out on February 3rd on Rhymesayers. We have been playing the Doomtree song “Dots and Dashes” feat. P.O.S and Dessa here on 88Nine RadioMilwaukee. Check out the new song “Goodbye” and let me know what you think.
P.O.S - Goodbye from his forthcoming [...]
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Posted on December 9, 2008 by jordimack
Today’s Seven-o-clock sample was a suggestion of our very our Peter Adams….
Thanks Pete!
This track first hit my ears while skateboarding the mean street of Kenosha as a kid… This was a time when Hip Hop was not taking up very much of my music collection. I was uninspired and generally turned off to the [...]
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Posted on December 4, 2008 by jordimack
Milwaukee STAND UP for your boy KID CUT UP!
This year has been amazing for our hometown hero from the No Request Sound System Crew…
He began his own radio show, took over Milwaukee’s Hip Hop scene as the go-to DJ, was the man at Scribble Jam, DJ’d for KRS-ONE and just this last week he put [...]
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Posted on November 26, 2008 by Tarik (aka the Architect)
I got a chance to interview the MC Elzhi from Detroit’s Slum Village today. We talked about how he got started as an MC, how he hooked up with Slum Village, his first solo album called “The Preface”, and the Detroit amazing musical heritage. You can listen and download to the entire interview below. Don’t [...]
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Posted on November 21, 2008 by Tarik (aka the Architect)
I got a change to interview Rhymesayers artist Brother Ali before his show in Milwaukee this Saturday at Turner Hall Ballroom. We talked about how he got started in Hip Hop, his muslim faith and how it plays a role in his music, his involvement in this year’s election, race and about his song Mr. [...]
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Posted on November 10, 2008 by jordimack
Hey hey hey!
It’s Jordan here, and this week Im filling in for “Dirt Soul” Scott Mullins from 2pm-6pm. I’ll be maikn’ sure your drive home is fun and funky.
Since Scott always hosts the 5 o’clock shadow ( an original and a cover back to back ) every weekday, I thought I’d put my own [...]
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Posted on October 21, 2008 by Tarik (aka the Architect)
Probably one of the most original programming on TV, Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim has done it again by offering another free album for download. This time around the album features South African Hip Hop entitled African Swim. It is actually sponsored by a game called Far Cry which is the game setting is in South [...]
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Posted on October 6, 2008 by Tarik (aka the Architect)
On October 12th, VH-1 will hold it’s top 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs countdown. It is in conjunction with their Hip Hop Honors show which airs tonight at 10pm. Check out the list and let me know if you agree with most of the list or is there something missing.
100 Biz Markie - “Just A [...]
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Posted on August 20, 2008 by Tarik (aka the Architect)
Milwaukee’s MC Sona will be in our stuidos today, August 20, 2008 at 3pm to discuss the documentary he wrote and produced called “Behold Something Bigger Than Tupac
After the death of one of the greatest rapper ever (Tupac Amuru Shakur) in 1996 rap music, a huge part of Hip-hop died. Generations after the death of [...]
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Posted on July 30, 2008 by Tarik (aka the Architect)
Some of you might heard of the Minneapolis label and hip hop crew Rhymesayers. However, there is another crew that has been creating a noise for the past few years. The crew goes by Doomtree. Rhymesayer artist P.O.S. is one of the founding member of this 11 member crew consisting of MCs, DJs, [...]
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