By Adewale Adekanbi
Les Twins and Kida The Great and Jabari Timmons perform an exhibition battle at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco featuring DJ Tomahawk Bang and MC RJ Kool Raul.
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By Adewale Adekanbi
Les Twins and Kida The Great and Jabari Timmons perform an exhibition battle at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco featuring DJ Tomahawk Bang and MC RJ Kool Raul.
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By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
BattleFest celebrates the extreme street dancers and dance styles derived from hip hop and the Jamaican street dance craze known as Bruk Up. Over the years the battles (a contest between two or more dancers) has evolved from the street dance bravura of Brooklyn’s inner city youth to thematic composition recognized worldwide. The battles can be seen at live events, online and on DVD. Continue reading
Jingle Barack, Chance the Rapper and Kenan Thompson celebrate the last Christmas with President Obama and even Jesus (Casey Affleck) is marking it. Continue reading
CalPhil with “So You Think You Can Dance” and “America’s Best Dance Crew” dancers/choreographers Cyrus “Glitch” Spencer, James “BDash” Derrick and Kevin “Konkrete” Davis are featured on Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, op. 71 (1892). Continue reading
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’ is the upcoming sixth studio album by recording artist Kid Cudi. The album is scheduled to be released on December 16, 2016 through Republic Records and Cudi’s Wicked Awesome Records imprint. The album features production from Dot da Genius, Mike Dean, Mike Will Made It and Plain Pat, along with guest appearances from André 3000, Travis Scott, Pharrell Williams and Willow Smith.
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
Fans Mi is a Davido Afrobeats-HipHop fusion single featuring U.S Rapper and Maybach Music Group artist Meek Mill. Continue reading
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
Triumph is a single released by Wu-Tang Clan, from their 1997 album Wu-Tang Forever. The song does not have a chorus. Instead, it solely consists of verses from the nine living Wu-Tang members, as well as an intro by Ol’ Dirty Bastard.
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
Ice Cream released in 1995, is the third solo single by Wu-Tang Clan rapper Raekwon, from his debut studio album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… (1995). The song features Method Man in the intro, chorus and outro, Ghostface Killah in the first verse, and Cappadonna in the third, though none of them are officially credited on the single.
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
The Next Movement is a single by The Roots from their fourth album Things Fall Apart (1999). The track features scratching from DJ Jazzy Jeff and background vocals from R&B duo Jazzyfatnastees. Randall Roberts of the Riverfront Times called it “one of the best singles of the 90’s. Charles Stone III directed the song’s music video.
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
No Sleeep is a song by singer Janet Jackson released as the lead single for her eleventh studio album Unbreakable.Co-written and produced by Janet Jackson and her long-time collaborators Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, it is the first record to be released under Jackson’s independent label Rhythm Nation, distributed by BMG Rights Management.