Talib Kweli’s “Push Thru” Music Video
Talib Kweli is back with a music video for the song “Push Thru” featuring Kendrick Lamar and Curren$y off of Kweli’s upcoming album, Prisoner of Conscious. Directed by Scott Fleishman and Fredo Tovar, the music video takes viewers through the hometowns of each rapper. Not only have these three talented rappers been through tough times, [...]
“HITstory” by Hit-Boy
“Paris” by Watch the Throne was one of the biggest hits of 2011. “Cray” and “Ball So Hard” were regrettably some of the most overused phrases in pop culture within the past year. Nevertheless, the mastermind behind that beat was California native Hit-Boy. Since then, his career as a producer has taken off to say [...]
Mixtape Mayhem: Lap of Lux
Lap of Lux is an permeate moment in the career of Sir Michael Rocks. Formerly known as Mikey Rocks, he is one-half of the Chicago and Detroit based Hip-Hop duo The Cool Kids. Founded in 2005, their music was released primarily through the independent Chocolate Industries and their own label C.A.K.E. Recordings. While his group [...]
Timeless Tuesday: Mac Miller Riot
This past weekend, Boston celebrated its third annual Boston Urban Music Festival. The Boston Urban Music Festival is a free concert put on for the city by the Mayor’s Office to celebrate unity. It is also a place to showcase local talent as well as national talent. During last year’s festival in August, Mac Miller was the headliner [...]
Midnight Spotlight: Free Life
Each week, 889@Night will recognize local unsigned talent and promote their music on air as well as on our website. We highlight the talented few who got that “fire”. By the end of the week, we let our listeners choose whether they want these artists to be added to constant rotation or not. This week [...]
Schoolboy Q’s “There He Go” Music Video
Schoolboy Q is one of my favorite rappers and I always look forward to his music videos because each one is so visually different from the rest. Continuing to promote his latest album, Habits and Contradictions, Q released a music video for the track “There He Go” on July 27, 2012. This music video highlights more [...]
“God Forgives, I Don’t” by Rick Ross
On Tuesday July 31st, 2012 Rick Ross will continue the onslaught of MMG records in the marketplace with the release of his fifth album, God Forgives, I Don’t. Rick Ross has kept himself very busy this past year with the recent release of the MMG compilation album Self Made Vol. 2, signing new acts Rockie [...]
Timeless Tuesday: Free Mason
Every Tuesday, 889@Night takes time to honor a snapshot in Hip-Hop history. This week we will be honoring Rick Ross aka Ricky Rozay! Let’s call this edition of Timeless Tuesday the BOSS edition. The picture above shows Rick Ross and Jay-Z in the studio while creating their song “Free Mason” off of the Teflon Don [...]
Midnight Spotlight: Phinelia
Each week, 889@Night will recognize local unsigned talent and promote their music on air as well as on our website. We highlight the talented few who got that “fire”. By the end of the week, we let our listeners choose whether they want these artists to be added to constant rotation or not. This week [...]
Mixtape Mayhem: 1999
With style and a flow that pay homage to legendary New York MCs, 17 year-old Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ proved fellow New York rapper Nas’ 2008 album title Wrong… Hip-Hop is Not Dead. Joey Bada$$ recently released his new mix tape 1999 hosted by Pro Era. This mix tape channeled the spirit of Hip Hop from [...]
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Serenata de Amor Brings Cape Verde to Emerson
Serenata de Amor, a musical theater project spearheaded by visual media arts associate professor Claire Andrade-Watkins, was brought to Emerson this past year. The project is a tribute to the morna of Cape Verde and Brava set in the 1940s. Andrade-Watkins worked with a team of faculty and staff members from Emerson to bring Serenata [...]
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The XX / Grizzly Bear
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