Tune in to Super Bowl 2012 & catch “Cellular Phone” by our boy, Kosha Dillz! It’s going down in a commercial break during the 4th quarter. “Cellular Phone” is the lead single off of his solo LP Beverly Dillz. Created along side beautiful palm trees, fruity drinks, and cappuccinos from Hollywood to Beverly Hills, the [… Read More »

Adele’s “Set Fire to the Rain’ is one of those rare songs that is overplayed on the radio like all other top pop songs, but one that still sucks you in every time. She puts heartbreak and pain into every note that it’s nearly impossible not to sing along and feel what she is feeling. [… Read More »

Leonard Cohen releases his 12th studio album, the profoundly moving Old Ideas, this week. None of his records has ever cracked the top 50, and his last album, 2004′s Dear Heather, peaked at No. 131 on the Billboard charts. Those few of his songs that are well-known—particularly the ubiquitous “Hallelujah”—are well-known for being covered by [… Read More »

Self described as Post Punk Electro Pop, 2/3rd of Electro Morocco make up Kiss Slash Crooked Smile, anything Yula (singer) or Asi (producer) touch turns gold and this new band of theirs is no exception. ch-ch-check the video and get ready for a lot more from these two New York-based/Israeli expatriates. Read More »

DeScribe & Andrae Carter in the studio describenation.com http Read More »

“Dear Julian according to the dictionary of American Slang, edited by Robert L. Chapman, “illin” means “stupid, insane.” “Wack” is defined as “worthless, stupid” The Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, by Tony Thorne, defines “illin” as “bad, uncool”, .. So it seems to me the clue is fine. Read More »

THIS JUST IN: PARIS’S BIGGEST RAPPER, LA FOUINE, PERFORMS WITH Y-LOVE & DIWON IN NYC & MIAMI Jan 21st | LA FOUINE, Y-LOVE & DIWON @ the Florence Gould (NY) 8PM @ Florence Gould Theater 55 East 59th Street, New York, NY 1002 BUY TICKETS Jan 25th | LA FOUINE, Y-LOVE & DIWON @ THE [… Read More »

DeScribe and Carter in the studio describenation http Read More »

SHALOM HATERS PREMIERED EXCLUSIVELY ON VIBE MAGAZINE’S ALL HIP HOP IS NOW AVAILABLE ON SITES WORLDWIDE, CHECK IT BELOW AND GET THE SINGLE: GET THE SINGLE: DIRECT | BANDCAMP | ITUNES | AMAZON THE FULL SHALOM HATERS ALBUM HITS STORES JANUARY 24TH 2012. PRE-ORDER THE SHALOM HATERS ALBUM AND GET IT 1 WEEK BEFORE IT [… Read More »

WATCH “THE TAKEOVER” MUSIC VIDEO AT MTV (CLICK ‘LIKE’ ON THE MTV MUSIC VIDEO PAGE AND GET IT VOTED INTO “THE FRESHMAN 5″ ON CHANNELS EVERYWHERE) The Takeover,” is the lead single from the forthcoming Y-Love LP. The song explodes with African rhythms and clever wordplay, featuring Jamaican dancehall artist Tj Di Hitmaker, and super [… Read More »

Shemspeed just signed Shtar, one of our new favorite Jewish hip hop groups! They bridge west coast style rhymes with Gorillaz tinged choruses. Read More »

Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney, Wild Flag and the hilarious sketch-based cultural send-up Portlandia (which just returned to TV on IFC), is the rare artist that can sincerely rock with the best of them while tenderly mocking many of the things that sometimes make contemporary culture so eye-rollingly ridiculous. Read More »

Our fav Mark Ronson & The Business INTL. perform on the 250th episode of ‘Later.. with Jools Holland‘. They perform our favorite track from 2011, ‘Somebody To Love Me’, a throw back featuring Boy George and Andrew Wyatt. Looks like Jools has a time machine, we haven’t seen or heard from Boy George since the [… Read More »

TJC covers our Sephardic Music Festival, watch a little bit of it to the left. See below for more select press coverage: NY TIMES feature on the Sephardic Music Festival & Erez Safar NPR feature on Nuriya Sephardic Music Festvial’s opening night headliner JSPACE interviews SMF producer, Erez Safar FORWARD SMF Diary CHANNEL 11 Morning [… Read More »

This song has been a long time coming! It’s the first collaboration between Chasidic pop artist, DeScribe and Dancehall favorite, Beniton. The track, appropriately dubbed, “Rabbi”, leaves the listener singing “la la la la la la, I bet you never thought you’d hear this from a rabbi…” and the truth is, I don’t think anyone [… Read More »

1. Y-LOVE – “THE TAKEOVER” FT. ANDY MILONAKIS & TJ DI HITMAKER (get this track: direct | itunes) * This was just an insane in your face track that blended hip hop and dancehall in an original way. It also showcased Andy Milonakis spitting one of the illest verses that we have ever heard from [… Read More »

The Black Keys are an American rock duo fronted by vocalist/guitarist Dan Auerbach (who we wrote about before) and drummer/producer Patrick Carney. As of October 2011, the band has sold over 2 million albums in the U.S, won 3 Grammys and Rolling Stone magazine placed their album “Brothers” at #2 on the Best Albums of [… Read More »

If you somehow missed the Sephardic Story Slam last night which was hosted by the incredibly hilarious Ophira Eisenberg of Comedy Central with our special celebrity judge, Vanessa Hidary aka The Hebrew Mamita of Def Poetry Jam, you can still catch this short video recap with a few highlights of the night by this amazing [… Read More »

SEPHARDIC STORY SLAM @ SEPHARDIC MUSIC FESTIVAL DEC 27 2011 @ The Triad Theater israemerica.com http sephardicfest. Read More »

MIKI GAVRIELOV @ SEPHARDIC MUSIC FESTIVAL DEC 24 2011 @ (le) POISSON ROUGE sephardicfest.com The NY Times on the Sephardic Music Fest, read here – http Read More »