Teaming up to travel from Hip-Hop to Jazz, BrooklynBeatz and CandaceK begin on Marcy Avenue and take listeners on a trip to the famed jazz club as it was during its heyday just north of 52nd Street in Manhattan. As in life, detours, triumphs, and confusion all play a part in the struggle to find a place where you belong. …

Danny Leonard aka Lord Of The Fly is a very ambitious young man. Not only does he attend the University of Wisconsin – Madison, he also is a part of the First Wave Urban Arts Scholarship, which is a full tuition scholarship for hip-hop. His self titled song, “Lord of the Fly”, is off of Dany’s most recent mixtape, “VOTE …

Sherrod White states, “It’s authentic music in its purest form that encourages the listener to pursue their God given purpose in the mist of temptation to conform to what the culture tells them who they should be. Everyone is told who they should be and often not encouraged to be who they authentically are, be that One In A Million”. …

Chicago rapper Hugo Tone is someone you should know. He’s the Vice President of 220 Productions & the CEO of his new record label Gunz & Money. Hugo Tone has been rapping since 2009. Before even dropping a mixtape he chose to get his business in order. He owns his own record label, production company & publishing. He is also …

Los Angeles, California mega crew A Trybe Called West drop off their video to their latest release, “Done With All The Favors” from their upcoming mixtape, “Trybe Nation Vol. 1”.

Roman Flowrs, a young MC/ Producer from the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, has been recently building a local buzz and even gaining some recognition outside of the state as well as in the UK. After releasing a few loose joints through a stint called #FLOWRFridays and a beat tape, Roman teamed up with Ruby Hornet and smacks us with a …

Trayce delievers his first song from his upcoming mixtape, “Gone With The Wind”, titled “Do That”. http://youtu.be/c3ZfywpiNGs

The West Side and South Side of Chicago collide in the new video from Saba and Mick Jenkins, “Heaux”. The video features Sab and Mick trading verses while parkour practitioners in Lincoln masks terrorize the streets of Chicago. Yes, you read that right. Hailing from the Westside of Chicago, Saba is a part of the rising Hip Hop collective Pivot …

Jebadiah James Darling better known by his stage name MaNIH, is an American hip-hop artist, producer, lyricist and self described lyrical artist from Southern Wisconsin. MaNIH endeavors to take the art of music to the next level. His unique way of bending words and phrases are fueled by an internal anguish, generated by a painful past. MaNIH had many damaging …

Do producers clear samples before shopping and/or selling beats to major labels? Do unsigned artists have to clear samples before releasing their projects? In this inaugural episode of Painspectives, I share my experiences with and opinions on both questions.