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Weekly Wind Up 48- Afrika Bambaataa, Eminem, Da Rugged Remnant, Demrick and DJ Hoppa, 50 Cent, Rapsody, Murs

We're here with our 48th weekly news show. And in this weeks show Shante delivers you the following news: Afrika Bambaataa suggests Hip Hop needs to form a coalition to preserve the culture, Eminem provides the official sound track to the "Billy The Great Hope" movie, as well as videos from Da Rugged Remnant, Demrick and DJ Hoppa's featuring Jarren Benton and Madchild, Rapsody, and Murs's new album promo. Weekly Wind […]

May 29, 2015

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Kool DJ Red Alert Reflects On His Early Career And “The Bridge Wars”

https://soundcloud.com/thecombatjackshow/the-red-alert-episode The iconic Harlem native DJ Red Alert was on the Combat Jack Show dropping some gems about joining the the Zulu Nation, and how dangerous New York City was in the 1970s. He also speaks about his very large part in the "Bridge Wars", and working with Marley Marl on production duties, as well as the how the formation of the Native Tongues came about. DJ Red Alert […]

May 20, 2015 1

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New Skyzoo Album “Music For My Friends” Artwork And Tracklisting

Brooklyn emcee Skyzoo's album "Music For My Friends" to be released on June 23rd, as a follow up to his "A Dream Deferred" album. The album will feature guest appearances from Bilal, Black Thought and Jadakiss, and much more. And on the boards will Jahlil Beats, !llmind, Thelonious Martin and Apollo Brown. Check out the track listing and artwork below: 1) All Day, Always Produced by AntMan Wonder 2) Suicide Doors […]

May 9, 2015

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Raekwon Smokes Some “FIre Of Desire” In The Smokebox With B-Real

B-Real catches up with Hip Hop icon Raekwon, while they smoke some "Fire Of Desire" in the whip. Rae explains how his still loving the game, and wants to be an artist known for respecting the culture. He explains how his uniqueness in his formidable coded fly shit wordplay and metaphors has endeared younger artists on the up to still want work with him in the 21st century. He professes […]

May 7, 2015

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Rakim Salutes Kendrick Lamar And J Cole For Keeping Hip Hop Alive

Rakim has praised how young bucks such as J Cole and Kendrick Lamar are keeping the Hip Hop torch burning in a recent interview with Montreality. He stated "Keep smashing 'em," he said after listening to J Cole's "Janurary 28th." "Keep doing your thing, heavy." In the 2014 song, J. Cole shouted out the Hip Hop icon, saying, "Like the great Rakim, when I make my notes." "Kendrick Lamar is, again, that new fuel," […]

May 7, 2015

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New Capone-N-Noreaga Album “Lessons” Artwork And Tracklisting

Capone-N-Noreaga are getting ready to launch their 4th album, " Lessons", scheduled to be released June 16th on Penalty Records. This album sees them reunite with Tragedy Khadafi, who made significant contributions to their classic debut album "The War Report". Stellar guests on the album will be from The LOX, Royal Flush and Raekwon. Check out the track listing below with full production credits: 1. Khadafi Talks 2. Future (feat. Tragedy) Prod. by Ayatollah […]

May 7, 2015

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$600,000 Raised On Kickstarter For De La Soul’s New Album

We would like to congratulate all supporters of real quality music who supported De La soul's Kickstarter campaign, that has superseded their original target of $110,000, in ending the campaign on May 2nd at $600,875. This is the highest amount to ever be raised for a musical project on the Kickstarter platform. The album will be the 1st the group has released in a decade. The group stated "Thank you […]

May 7, 2015 2

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Revolutions On Air: The Golden Era of New York Radio ’80-88′

Red Bull Music Academy's hit us with this short documentary film Revolutions On Air, a celebration of just a few of the essential innovators of NYC mix show radio of the 1980s. This includes the icons of hip-hop radio such as Mr Magic, Marley Marl, and Kool DJ Red Alert, but also garage and house broadcast pioneers like Tony Humphries, and tape edit maestros the Latin Rascals and Shep Pettibone. Also features none […]

April 30, 2015

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Ghostface Killah & Pharoahe Monch Animated Video “Emergency Procedure”

Blasting off into beginning of May is the video from Ghostface Killah & Pharoahe Monch off of Tony Stark's 36 Seasons album, the video is for the track Emergency Procedure and illustrated by artist Artyom Trakhanov. The video plays out like a real grimey comic strip that follow a mad scientist creating mutants in his own laboratory. The clip presented as a series of animated stills, places both rappers bang in the middle of […]

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