Don't think "conscious" rappers can turn up? Well, Talib Kweli's here to prove you wrong. 'Turnt Up' is a tribute to Eric B. & Rakim's money-making jam 'Paid in Full.' Despite its admittedly unfortunate title, 'Turnt Up' is a light-hearted song about getting fly, going out, and having fun. Later for all of the soapboxing and soap operas. Turn up!
When Run of Run-DMC proclaimed himself the “King of Rock” back in the days, he made a bold statement. Now, decades later, rap has arguably usurped rock as the most popular sub-genre of pop music -- but that doesn’t mean that hip-hop heads don’t have anything common with their head-banging counterparts.
Few artists can say that they wrote a hit song and even fewer can say that they created a bona fide anthem. Talib Kweli’s got both of those bases covered with ‘Get By,’ a motivational soundtrack to the lives of strugglers and strivers the world over.
Talib Kweli isn’t just one of hip-hop’s premiere lyricists (just ask Jay Z), he might just be the hardest working MC in the game. Not only does he do nearly 300 shows a calendar year, he also lives up to his “MCEO” title by running his own independent label, J
If Janelle Monae's Wondaland Arts Society is anything it's eclectic. Reppin' the Atlanta-based crew is Roman GianArthur, the latest featured performer in The Boombox's Live Bytes series.
Roman GianArthur wears his musical influences on his sleeve, unafraid to give props to the artists he loves. No wonder he's putting out 'OK Lady,' a project that features reimaginings of Radiohead and D'Angelo songs blended together to become something familiar but, at the same time, new.
Beyonce was the talk of the Grammy Awards this year with her sultry performance alongside hubby Jay Z. Now, the singer's uber fans (a.k.a. The Bey Hive), have unearthed rare footage of her rehearsals for 'Drunk in Love' featuring a Hov stand-in and the voice of daughter Blue Ivy.
Future's ode to the lucrative business of pushing dope finally receives a visual. There's a police chase, models randomly posing, ScHoolboy Q and Tyler the Creator hanging out just because and, ironically, no actual drugs being pushed in the music video for 'Move That Dope.'