RIP Guru

Very sad news today as Guru, one of the greatest emcees of all-time and 1/2 of the legendary duo Gang Starr, lost his battle with cancer. Guru and DJ Premier were hip-hop at its finest, taking the baton from the likes of Eric B & Rakim in defining the 1 Emcee-1 DJ/Producer sound. There aren't many artists/groups with as consistent a catalog as that of the Brooklyn by way of Texas and Boston connection. There are so many dope Gang Starr songs that for now we present to you instead a track off of Guru's Jazzmatazz Vol 3:StreetSoul featuring Bilal and Jay Dee. A beautiful track for a sad day....RIP

Erykah, Bilal, Weezy-Jump up in the Air video

Can we breeze on through to March just a little quicker???

Bilal-Levels

With no official release since 2001's 1st Born Second, Bilal is finally putting out a (proper)follow-up (allegedly) due out in the coming months. Even better news though is that the folks at Plug Research are putting out the album, which means that Bilal pretty much has free range to create as he likes. No word on whether the following track will be on the album, but here's to hope:

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The Sounds of VTech / Bilal: LEVELS