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First Spin

Mary J. Blige, KRS-One & Buckshot Give Us A Reason To 'Live'

Have I traveled back in time? Is it circa 1994? Am I listening to a Hip Hop song with great instrumentation that isn't from The Roots? Does this track really have Mary J. Blige singing--well--without Auto-Tune? Excuse me while I...

ill Mami  |  09/04/2009 at 11:00 AM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Anything You Wanna Do

Jocelyn Brown is suing Snap 150 years after anyone gives a damn about Snap. [M&C]Mos Def was on 106th & Park, no doubt causing the show's audience to wonder why his music wasn't making them dumber. [DK]Drake shows love...

nOvaMatic  |  06/09/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Mixtape Roundup

HipHop/SoulBounce: His Soulful Materials

 The blend we present to you today is all about Soul samples. They've remained popular in Hip Hop for a reason--however they're reversed, sped-up, slowed-down, flipped, tweaked, or outright jacked--they provide a depth and texture. They also serve as a point of entry or discovery...

nOvaMatic  |  03/06/2009 at 4:30 PM  |  Comments (9)  |  Permalink

First Spin

Georgia Anne Muldrow Shows Them How It's Done On 'Ms. One'

Some time ago, say a little over a year ago, your lovingly critical editors at SoulBounce were in the midst of being enraptured by a certain Ms. E. Badu and her tales from New Amerykah Part One. While there is...

ill Mami  |  03/03/2009 at 4:00 PM  |  Comments (4)  |  Permalink

Industry & Culture, Video SoulBounce

Black Milk & Nicolay Discuss Their Craft

As any faithful reader of this site knows, I'm always on deck when it comes to Black Milk and Nicolay, two producers that made the biggest impression on me the past couple of years. It's always cool to revisit the...

nOvaMatic  |  03/03/2009 at 2:00 PM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Video SoulBounce

New Videos From Black Milk, Evidence, Grandmaster Flash, Asher Roth & Mz Streamz

This week's crop of new videos is for the Hip Hop Junkies. Up first is a video from one of the nicest rappers in the game right now, Black Milk. He's joined by fellow Detroiter Royce Da 5'9" on "Losing...

Butta  |  02/13/2009 at 1:00 PM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

Crowd Participation

SoulBounce's Top 20 Albums of 2008

Nuff said. ...

Soul Bounce  |  12/31/2008 at 6:00 PM  |  Comments (24)  |  Permalink

Listicle

YEAR-END TOP 10: nOva's Picks of 2008

Yesterday my comrade ill Mami unveiled her Top 10 Tracks of 2008 and now the ball is in my court. Last year's list was topped by Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu and Kanye West's "Flashing Lights" landing at #1. I've...

nOvaMatic  |  12/09/2008 at 6:00 PM  |  Comments (13)  |  Permalink

Video SoulBounce

A Re-Introduction To Black Milk

Shockingly, there is a small contingent of us that knows absolutely nothing about Black Milk, which is why these fancy Internet videos from Out Da Box TV are so handy. The brief musical history of Milk, which provides a useful...

nOvaMatic  |  12/01/2008 at 1:30 PM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Kinda Like Shaft

Aretha Franklin exiles chitterlings from her Thanksgiving menu, and cleans collards with Cheer. [NPR]Black Milk, House Shoes and Elzhi discuss Tronic, Dilla and Detroit. [CK]People are linking Lenny Kravitz with Ashley Dupre. [EUR]Read your SB HNIC go hard on...

nOvaMatic  |  11/25/2008 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Reviews

Why I Cannot Properly Review Black Milk's 'Tronic'

Tronic is so bloody fantastic it's frustrating. When you've spent most of the last couple of years trying to convince people how dope Black Milk is and they respond with this hard-headed refusal to give dude a chance, it makes you...

nOvaMatic  |  11/21/2008 at 5:00 PM  |  Comments (19)  |  Permalink

Video SoulBounce

Video: Black Milk 'Give The Drummer Sum'

Listening to Black Milk's "Give the Drummer Sum" from his newly-released Tronic, it's hard not to imagine a video replete with kaleidoscopic colors, a funky big band and the requisite honeys. With that in mind, there really isn't much to say...

nOvaMatic  |  11/14/2008 at 3:30 PM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Releases

Your SoulBounce Guide To New & Upcoming Releases!

This is what you call being "servicey." What you see above is a snapshot of releases over the next couple of weeks. We know it has been a while since we've done one of these and, honestly, we have no...

nOvaMatic  |  10/28/2008 at 12:00 PM  |  Comments (11)  |  Permalink

Bounce-Worthy

Bounce-Worthy: Invincible

This week, we at SoulBounce are honoring the female emcee, femcee, if you will. If you have to ask why, then you're a prime target to those we would like to enlighten. If you're saying, "hells yeah" at the prospect...

ill Mami  |  10/13/2008 at 5:00 PM  |  Comments (6)  |  Permalink

First Spin

Black Milk Spills All Over The Internet With A Taste of 'Tronic'

When it comes to Hip Hop in 2008, I'm only looking forward to a few albums. One of which is Black Milk's Tronic, due 10/18. Over the past couple of weeks, two tracks were officially leaked to the Internet, and...

nOvaMatic  |  10/08/2008 at 11:00 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Free Music, Releases

Black Milk Nabs Dwele & Primo for 'Tronic'

Black Milk's Popular Demand is among a shortlist of Hip Hop albums released in the past couple of years that make me nod my head without feeling guilty afterwards. In quick succession, he paired up with Bishop Lamont for...

nOvaMatic  |  09/18/2008 at 3:15 PM  |  Permalink

Releases

The Game Needs eLZhi's 'The Preface'

Between Caltroit, Sketches of a Man and Elzhi's forthcoming The Preface, it's good to see that Detroit is still thriving in these post-Dilla times. For the uninitiated, Elzhi is a junior member of Slum Village (the only group that can...

nOvaMatic  |  08/05/2008 at 4:00 PM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Video SoulBounce

New Videos From Black Milk & Guilty Simpson, Ryan Leslie And Morgan Heritage

This week's new video roundup takes us on another journey across the Black music landscape. For the heads we got Black Milk and Guilty Simpson reppin' hard for Detroit in their new video. On the R&B tip, we have producer-turned-performer...

Butta  |  04/11/2008 at 11:00 AM  |  Permalink

First Spin

Georgia Anne Muldrow & Dudley Perkins 'Shine On'

< Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins, known collectively as G&D, have been making their own unique brand of hip hop, funk, and jazz for awhile now, and have The Message Uni Versa, their trippy, soul-laden album released last year, and...

ill Mami  |  02/12/2008 at 1:30 PM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

First Spin

Skyzoo & Black Milk: 'Hold Tight (Remix)'

I think we can safely say the underbelly is thriving right about now. The beats and rhymes I've been showcasing here lately on SB have me kind of open. Here's the "Hold Tight" remix by Justus League affiliate Skyzoo, once...

nOvaMatic  |  01/22/2008 at 12:55 PM  |  Permalink