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Photos: Hennessy VS Presents The BET Honors Afterparty (MLK Weekend)
Check out some photos from The BET Honors Afterparty...
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Last Good Tooth: Scotch and Some Music
I caught up with Last Good Tooth, one of BRM’s Artists...
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News
Win Tickets To See Charles Bradley Pay Tribute To James Brown
This Saturday, January 28th, the soulful Charles Bradley will be performing as Black Velvet—paying tribute to James Brown’s music—at the Hiro Ballroom in NYC. BRM has a pair of tickets for this show, and we’ll be giving them to the first person who tweets this story at @beyondracemedia and @Charles_Bradley. This should be an incredible [...]
Saturday, January 28th: FUNKSTEP in Brooklyn, NY
This Saturday, January 28th, the people behind the Darkroom parties are bringing you FUNKSTEP—a night of hip-hop and dubstep with deejays Dave Gee, Trigon, Rob Swift and Complex. FUNKSTEP is a free party at the Brooklyn Stable (486 Metropolitan Ave.) with open bar from 9-10 pm and beer-and-shot specials all night. If this sounds like [...]
RIP Etta James
If you have Facebook, you already know that blues queen Etta James is dead… but her music lives on. One thing Barack Obama did as president was inspire a revival of her iconic song, “At Last,” at the hands of Beyonce. But below, watch Ms. James do her thing back in 1962… and below that, an [...]
Speak Out: Stop Internet Censorship!
If you haven’t already done so, today is the day. Write Congress to vote against the Protect IP Act, which is essentially a way to give government and big business control over where we can go and what we can do on the internet. There are many ways to do this, but one easy way [...]
Santigold – “Big Mouth” Video, Free Download
Santigold is making her comeback—rocking Brooklyn these past couple nights, and now releasing a new video for the track “Big Mouth,” off her upcoming album Master of My Make-Believe. Seems like she’s still got it. Check out the video below, and you can download the track at her website.
Modeselektor – “Evil Twin” Video
Check out the new video for Modeselektor’s track “Evil Twin,” off their 2011 release Monkeytown, appropriately available on Monkeytown Records. It features—you guessed it—evil twin monkeys. Modeselektor feat. Otto von Schirach “Evil Twin” from Dent de Cuir on Vimeo.
Freddie Gibbs x Madlib – “Thuggin” Video (NSFW)
The Freddie Gibbs and Madlib collabo track “Thuggin” now has a video to go along with it. In the clip, we get a glimpse into the supposed everyday life of Mr. Gibbs, where after a hectic schedule of robbing people, cooking up crack and picking up some guns, he steps into the booth with a [...]
Hear Azealia Banks’ New Track “NEEDSUMLUV” (prod. by Machinedrum)
The “hits” just keep on coming from Azealia Banks, who’s now teamed up with stalwart Brooklyn producer Machinedrum (one half of Sepalcure) to bring us the much less radical track “NEEDSUMLUV,” also featuring the late, great Aaliyah. You can hear it below…
