Artist: Doja Cat Album: Purrr! EP Released: August 5, 2014 Doja Cat presents the Purrr! EP - a streamlined exhibition of the realness she’s been serving up on SoundCloud and across Los Angeles venues for quite some time. Early fans will be proud of her progress and newbies are bound to be obsessed. It begins with “Beautiful,” produced by Iman Omari. more...
Artist: Little Simz Album: E.D.G.E EP Released: June 18, 2014 North London native Little Simz drops her debut EP, E.D.G.E, acronym for (Every Day Get Easier). E.D.G.E is the follow-up to her previous Black Canvas mixtape, and the progression is obvious in her art. E.D.G.E is a well balance project that is made of 13 tracks with production from some of today's more...
Artist: MoRuf Album: Shades.Of.Moo Released: November 12, 2013 East Coast native MoRuf drops his latest LP, titled Shades.Of.Moo, which features 15 promising gems from the unsigned emcee. With production headlined by Melo-X, along with Iman Omari, Jesse Boykins III, and Madlib among others, Shades.Of.Moo offers a full spectrum of original material guaranteed more...
There is a place that defies logical thinking, a place where collaborations normally perceived to be impossible or improbable merge together with fluid-like ease. It is a place where humans who are submerged in the deluge that is "the rat race" are able to take refuge and emerge unscathed as the inter-dimensional beings they are recharged and ready to tackle another more...
Sunday night we attended the Dakota Lounge, formerly known as the Temple Bar, in Santa Monica for a Project Live event that was part of the U.S tour for Oddisee's new album "People Hear What They See”. Project Live have done an wonderful job at bringing events to LA, filled with good vibes and amazing artist for fans to enjoy; including artists such as Full more...
At The Echoplex, Just Be Cool in association with Rock The Vote hosted THE POLITICOOL PARTY more or less so our generation can learn and express their feelings and thoughts on the 2012 presidential election. Included in this THE POLITICOOL PARTY, aside from the killer line up - Iman Omari, Yonas Michael formally U-N-I , Polyester the Saint, and Hip hop group Overdoz more...
The last time Shabazz Palaces were in Los Angeles was July of last year 2011. Since then, us city dwellers have been somewhat lacking in the established conscious, self-aware Hip-Hop department. On July 20th at The Echo in Silverlake, that thirst was finally quenched. Soulful, indigenous looking people of color from all over funneled into the building anticipating a more...
Ken Barrientos From The Log.Os Interview by Eric F. Estrada If you aren't familiar with The Log.Os it's about time for you to take a listen. Conceived by producer Ken Barrientos (Ken Bts) and backed by the likes of Nikko Gray and Iman Omari. The Log.Os is a soul tingling post trip esque project that is steadily making a name for itself. I met up with Ken after more...
