Mixtape Mayhem: Classick
After getting signed to Universal Republic and executing many high-profile performances, notably on RZA’s The Man With the Iron Fists cypher at this year’s BET Hip Hop Awards, up-and-coming rapper Angel Haze has emerged from the shadows, ready to conquer anything and everything in her path on her new mixtape. Titled Classick, the new compilation [...]
Mixtape Mayhem: Notoriety
Boston is a city teaming with talent, which rap duo Notoriety proves without question. Road Trippin’, Kool-Aid Sippin’, Chicken, Beef Patties and Herb is a tape that takes a break from praising a reckless lifestyle popularized by hip-hop today and instead takes on a mellower theme that its title suggests. Vyndie Sinez and Incredible Chuck [...]
#12for12 Live In Studio
Live Music Week happens bi-annually at WERS to raise money to keep our station running. We ask if you can pledge your support in order to keep us live on air, bringing you live performances from your favorite musicians. Pledges can be made here. To watch video of the #12for12 Cypher Click Here! Boston is a beautiful [...]
Soundtrack w/ RZA, Kanye, The Black Keys
The RZA, a key member in the famous rap group Wu Tang Clan, has teamed up with famous director Quentin Tarantino in directing his own martial arts movie, The Man With the Iron Fists, which will hit theaters on November 2nd. Martial arts have always been a huge in influencing the Wu Tang Clans sound [...]
Gunplay Releases New Song
After the chaos that went down at the BET HIPHOP awards, Maybach Music Group artist Gunplay recently turned himself in to the authorities. However, the southern rapper had enough time to release a new song. The song, entitled “Wrap Sheet”, is a boisterous track reviewing the rappers issues with the law. Debuting on top New [...]
Mixtape Mayhem: The Heist
Macklemore has been making music for a long time, but dropped his first studio album, a collaboration with his producer, Ryan Lewis, called The Heist on October 9th. The project starts out triumphantly with “Ten Thousand Hours,” a reference to author Malcolm Gladwell’s claim that the key to success is 10,000 hours of practice at a [...]
Mixtape Mayhem: V6: The Gift
Lloyd Banks, better known as “The Punchline King”, is never one to disappoint. His twelfth mixtape, V.6: The Gift, which was released on July 24th, is a mouthful of tongue-tying wordplay and head-nodding beats. Banks recruits the likes of Young Chris, Vado, Fabolous, Jadakiss, and Schoolboy Q for the mixtape. Lloyd Banks is by far [...]
Kid Cudi to Release New Album
Coming off his alternative rock collaboration WZRD with Dot Da Genius, Kid Cudi is energized to return to rap, and he’s quite confident about his return. The WZRD album, released in late February 2012, received mixed reviews from critics and fans alike. Those reviews, coupled with the lowest album sales in his career for the [...]
Jay-Z Opens New Barclays Center
Jay-Z is rarely an opening act, but on Friday, September 28th he did the honors as the inaugural performer for the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. He kicked off one of eight consecutive shows for the official opening of the arena; a facility that he owns a percentage of. The Barclays Center will be [...]
Mixtape Mayhem: Jerusalem
The East Coast trio of Alexander Mendoza, Aziz Francois and Mik Beats started their musical journey known as The Dean’s List when they dropped their first mixtape, The Drive In, in February 2011. They quickly gained popularity and attention, especially in the college scene, and dropped a follow up album, Generation X, in April 2012. Then [...]
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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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