The Nelson George Mixtape: The Slow Death of Mom & Pop Retailers Down at the bottom of the musical food chain, yet historically crucial to its health, were Mom & Pop record stores. In every African-American community there were at least one and often two or three ret... Read More...
The Nelson George Mixtape: Is It Black or Urban Radio? Since its invention in the 1940s black oriented radio had been the chief vehicles for promoting all forms of black music, from R&B to jazz, gospel to funk. For much of its history these stations had bee... Read More...
Big Gig in the Big City – Republic Records seeks Urban Media Manager in NYC Republic Records is seeking a Media Manager, Urban with ideally 6-8 years of experience in the entertainment/music industry. This individual should also ideally have broad musical interest across genres with a ... Read More...
When Songbirds Meet (Porcelan & Cassandra Lucas) B.B. Kings Club in New York City's Times Square was the place to be, for the recent Quiet Storm Live broadcast of Lenny Green from WBLS-FM, where two lovely, talented vocalists performed for the crowd. The... Read More...
Russell Simmons Leads Anti-Trump Rally in NYC An anti-Donald Trump rally held in New York on Sunday afternoon counted celebrities including former Trump-friend Russell Simmons and Susan Sarandon among those in attendance. About 1,000 people of differe... Read More...
New Artist: Awkwafina If the white girl winning top rap artist at the Billboard Music awards aggrevated you the other night, Indie Buzz has some Yellow to make you mellow! Meet New York City's Awkwafina, who's novelty hip-hop style ... Read More...
Flame or Lame: Action Bronson – Mr. Wonderful Action Bronson's third album Mr. wonderful is one hell of a smash. At times it plays to the hardcore New York rap feel while the beats stay tasteful and melodic. This is especially prevalent on the third track ... Read More...
Joey Bada$$ – B4.Da.$$ (Review) When Brooklyn emcee Joey Bada$$ released his debut album B4.Da.$$ I new I had to give it a listen. Now for a disclaimer: Prior to this record, the only full length project I'd listed to from Joey was his 2013 m... Read More...
New Artist: Shinobi Ninja The whole rap meets rock band gimmick in modern music is at times difficult to take seriously. Everyone remembers the days back in elementary school jamming out to Linkin Park, then a few years later there were... Read More...
Perrion Not too long ago I discovered the smooth boom bap sounds from New York City based emcee Perrion. The 23-year old rapper has a style similar to Brooklyn's Joey Bada$$. Perrion and many others like him rhyme very... Read More...
