Video: KRS-One Holds Def Jam Responsible for Destroying Hip Hop

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What KRS says, goes…

While the teacher expressed his love and respect for the Def Jam brand, he also fingered them as the reason for hip-hop’s demise.

“Def Jam is the dopest label in hip-hop, in the culture of hip-hop,” he said. “There really would be no hip-hop as we know it today if it wasn’t for Def Jam. But you don’t get that respect without also being the label that single-handedly destroyed hip-hop.”

Video: Inside the Craft w/ Jared Evan (Part 1)

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Here’s some Inside The Craft footage of the homie Jared Evan who has recently scored a deal with Interscope and Polow Da Don’s Zone 4 Label as well as landing a placement on the Lebron James More Than A Game soundtrack with the joint Frozen (download link below). Now for those that remember, Three/21 has been instrumental in visualizing Jared’s first few music videos which lead to some major hitters such as Jimmy Iovine, Polow and Timbaland to take notice. This Inside The Craft footage will be Part I of II for the upcoming mixtape project Radio In My Head executive produced by yours truly and hosted by Polow. For more info on Jared and Radio In My Head click here. Shout out to Matt Graham at Brand Management and Steve-O at Best Of Both Offices for making the stars align and be on the lookout for the Frozen music video to drop soon. Enjoy!

Video: Brother Ali Interview w/ Mr. Peter Parker

Brother Ali’s US in stores now…

Mr Peter Parker interviews Brother Ali at the midnight release of Us in stores now. Brother Ali talks about what this album means to him. He also talks about the feature on BK-One’s album Radio do Canibal in stores 10/6/09

Also, hit the jump for Pete Park’s chop up with Evidence… Continue reading

Video: The Undergods (Canibus x Keith Murray) Talk About Linking Up & New Album

I (John Public) had a chance to chop it up with Canibus & Keith Murray at Wyclef’s Platinum Sound in NYC last week and got some answers to a few things people have been asking. Here they speak on how they originally linked up, give some insight on the two buzz records out right now (1-2-3 along with Show & Prove feat. Crooked-I) and why it took 15 years to make this album happen. The upcoming segments will feature a preview of “Blackout 2,” Bis talking the Shades of Hip-Hop DVD, Keith talking about being in the lab with Red & Meth and more about their album.