Our Image Film & Arts Celebration-HOUSTON, TX

Houston come out for the Film and Arts Festival presented by Our Image. The event will take place next weekend and the event only costs $20 for the whole weekend. Panel discussion with Talib Kweli after the viewing of Dream Hampton's film, Black August, which documents Talib and others from Hip Hop with various shows in New York, Cuba, and South Africa. For info and tickets, click here. 

Bilal and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Performs "Tainted Love"

Enjoy Bilal and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson as they team up for a  rendition of Soft Cell's, "Tainted Love" (originally perform by by Gloria Jones). 

Raheem Devaughn and DJ Booth Presents-"The Winners Circle"

Winner’s Circle, a DMV crew composed of the entire roster from Raheem Devaughn‘s 368 Music label, has hooked up with DJ Booth to bring fans their debut street release. Exclusives, so you want to grab your FREE download here.

Sharon Jones &The Dap Kings' Short Film "Game Gets Old: The Trilogy"

People will become more familiar with Sharon Jones &The Dap Kings after Tyler Perry's new film, For Girls Who Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf. If you want to get Hip, check out this short film (yeah, there's other creative minds out there besides Kanye), Game Gets Old: The Trilogy. This is a visual of SJ & TDK's first two singles, and brings its all together with a third. This excellent piece of work was directed by Philip Di Fiore. Learned The Hard Way is in stores now.

Camron-Tribute to Hud 6

A couple of weeks, Harlem lost one of the behind the scenes dudes in Hip Hop. Andre "Huddy 6" Hudson tragically died in a car accident. Hud 6 was once a member of Mase's Harlem World Crew and a good friend of Camron's. Well Camron dropped a tribute for his (and many people in Harlem) friend. However, this will be the first 'tribute' song that I ever heard, take shots and Cam took some shots at Mase. Rumor is Mase and Hud 6 had a fallen out years ago and didn't show up at the funeral or wake for Hud 6. Many people from Uptown were disturb by the fact that Mase didn't find time to pay his respect. You figure whatever beef Mase and Huddy had, it would be put to rest by his passing, but I guess not and Cam took out his ammo(pen). This is not a, "We'll Always Love Big Poppa" type of tribute song, but it is a good tribute song. One that will have many people shaking their head at Mase. download here...

Antoine Dodson New Commercial

Alright, now I understand about Antoine Dodson working his 15 minutes of fame, but there is an IMAGE problem here. Comedy, yes! Funny, yes! But in all honesty, is this really funny? How much will a person sell-out for? Oh and yes, this is a real app and a real commercial

Anthony David Get Ready for 'The Setup'

Anthony David is one of ST's favorite artists and AD is expecting to release a 7 song album/EP around Thanksgiving time called, The Setup. Get your listen on and for the Acey Duecy fans who can't wait until then can grab you pre-order your album on iTunes.

N.E.R.D.-"Party People" featuring T.I.

Another leak from N.E.R.D. hit the nets today called, "Party People" and it features T.I. Nothing drops on 11/2/10. 

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Swizz Beatz Starts His 'Monster Mondays' with the Estelle Featured Track, "DJ Play The Beat"

So it seems everybody wants a day of the week to premiere their music. Well Swizz Beatz have launched  Basquiat Music to kickoff, "Monster Mondays" where he will premiere music at the beginning of the week. Swizz's first leak is Estelle featured, "DJ Play The Beat". download here

The Reggae World Lost Gregory Issacs (R.I.P.) This Morning

Today ST joins the rest of the reggae world (and music world) in mourning the loss of one of the most unique voices ever to emerge from Jamaica, Gregory Issacs. 


Issacs is one of the most famous Reggae Stars to emerge in the 70's from Jamaica, though he never achieved the same level of commercial success enjoyed by Bob Marley, Dennis Brown, or Jimmy Cliff, but Gregory had classics. 'Slave Master', 'Down The Line', 'Cool Ruler', 'Black a Kill Black', and (of course) 'Night Nurse' place him firmly amongst the all time greats. He would surely be missed.

Marsha Ambrosius Performs Live "On The Spot"

DJ Scoob Doo gets Marsha Ambrosius to perform, 'On The Spot'. Notice 9th Wonder on the couch Tweeting about what his ears are witnessing, A True Artist. Enjoy! Marsha's Late Nights, Early Mornings drops at the beginning of the new year.

Kanye West's Short Film "Runaway"

Okay, So here it is,,,Kanye's, "Runaway" film. Relax, this is the CLEAN version. Now I'm not going to front, this is on some "Thriller" type of level. Now that's some homework. Whose video cost more and which short film is/was better? Kinda of hard to beat Thriller, but this may be a close second when it comes to the visuals and creativity.