Freebie | Atmosphere, “Free Fallin”

On September 9th, Minneapolis’ Atmosphere will be performing live at The Riverside Theater in Milwaukee.  It will be their second stop on their “To All My Friends Tour”.  The guys recently dropped a free track called “To All My Friends” a couple of weeks ago. Yesterday they dropped another track and it will be part [...]

Rhythm Lab Radio Presents: Soundset 2010 Mix

Last night, Rhythm Lab Radio presented a speical mix in honor of one of the most premiere hip hop festivals of the year – Soundset.  The mix features artists performing at this year’s festival and after party.  Soundset kicks off on Sunday, May 30th at Cantebury Park outside of Minneapolis. Later that night, there will [...]

Event | Soundset Lineup Announced

Rhymesayers, voted label of the decade by Urb Magazine, just announce the lineup for one of the country’s premiere Hip Hop festival Soundset.  Soundset will be held at Cantebury Park in Minnesota (south of the Twin Cities) on May 30, 2010.  This year’s line-up is crazy. Check it: Confirmed artists for Soundset 2010 include: Atmosphere, [...]

Freebie | Toki Wright, “Blackmale” EP

For most, Minneapolis has been know as the home of bands such as The Replacements and artists such as Prince.  Minneapolis has always been known as a “Rock” city, but within the last 5-8 years, Minneapolis has been known has a Hip Hop city thanks to the crew and label known as Rhymesayers.  Home to [...]

Ant takes Brother Ali to Baltimore

It’s Tuesday…. Time again for a SEVEN O CLOCK SAMPLE! Yesterday I was listening to a little Brother Ali and said to myself; “Let’s explore this sample on Tuesday!” Here’s FREEDOM AIN’T FREE from Brother Ali’s Undisputed Truth album. So I went to the crates and busted out Nina Simone’s Baltimore album. The title cut [...]

Freebie: New P.O.S, “Goodbye”

Doomtree member and founder and Rhymesayer artist P.O.S. has a new album coming out on February 3rd on Rhymesayers. We have been playing the Doomtree song “Dots and Dashes” feat. P.O.S and Dessa here on 88Nine RadioMilwaukee.  Check out the new song “Goodbye” and let me know what you think. P.O.S – Goodbye from his [...]

Interview: Brother Ali

I got a change to interview Rhymesayers artist Brother Ali before his show in Milwaukee this Saturday at Turner Hall Ballroom.  We talked about how he got started in Hip Hop, his muslim faith and how it plays a role in his music, his involvement in this year’s election, race and about his song Mr. [...]

Freebie: Doomtree, “Game Over”

Some of you might heard of the Minneapolis label and hip hop crew Rhymesayers. However, there is another crew that has been creating a noise for the past few years. The crew goes by Doomtree. Rhymesayer artist P.O.S. is one of the founding member of this 11 member crew consisting of MCs, DJs, and producers. [...]

Rhymesayers Soundset ’08 only A Few Days Away

If you got nothing to do this Memorial Day Weekend, why don’t you get in car for a little road trip and head west to the land of 10,000 Lakes.  Why?  One of the most successful independent hip hop label Rhymesayers are throwing a little party called Soundset ’08. It will be held at the [...]

MTV Loves Atmosphere

Minneapolis’ Atmosphere has the #2 independent record and the #5 Rap Album and #6 in the Top 200 charts on Billboard.  It is cool thing to see Atmosphere “grow up”. I saw them for the first time over 9 years ago at 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis. It was just a few months after I [...]