From OkayPlayer. I would do my own little write-up for this mix but this one is helping spread the word about a non-profit, so I'll keep it intact.
Rich Medina introduced an American generation to afrobeat. While holding down the decks alongside Cosmo Baker in Philly and hosting downtown NYC parties like Fun, Lil’ Ricky’s Rib Shack at APT and the ongoing Jump [...]

 
"Eyeone is an artist and graphic designer based in Los Angeles. His work is rooted in graffiti, printmaking, photography, and punk rock. Often focusing on isolated objects and individuals, his art reflects on themes of alienation, survival, melancholy, resistance, and the myriad experiences encountered while navigating the chaos of contemporary urban environments."
I'm a big fan [...]

Brownswood Recordings is delighted to announce that the second volume of its ‘Worldwide Family’ series comes courtesy of LA native Kutmah, London’s newly transplanted DJ, NTS show host, producer, visual artist and eternal beat-seeker. Kutmah is a king amongst cratediggers; a true musical iconoclast.
With ‘Worldwide Family Vol. 2’, Kutmah brings back the art of [...]

"When I was at high school, I met some guys who were breakdancing and listening to hip hop and I started to hanging around with them , one day they said „let’s go paint some wall”. We went to buy some sprays and we went painting… We just did a really huge mess… I tried [...]

Yes, so glad this finally arrived. I had been hitting up (unsuccessfully) @questlove and @theroots since the December "Full LP Stream" hit the NPR music pages. If the label calls something an "LP Stream", I'm going to assume that you're actually pressing an LP, but I guess that's not always true. 

Undun was met with some critical [...]

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DJ P-SOL Presents The Lord Finesse Files Vol.1.
I made this mix for one reason; I’m a big fan of Lord Finesse. No gimmicks, just a great respect for what he has done for hip hop and music in general. Whether you have been listening to Lord Finesse and D.I.T.C. since the late 80s or if [...]

Action Bronson – Blue Chips
"We didn't over-think it, we just had fun making music with no pressures of making a 'hit song,' clearing of samples or sales expectations."
The beats, the rhymes, everything is on point. Peep the new mixtape from one of the leaders of the Queens Revival. 
Listen/Download.
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This is a collage of sounds from Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and the roots of their music. This half-hour mix is a journey through instrumentals and interviews of Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and Phil Cohran, added in with a sprinkle of Sun Ra, whom Cohran worked with in the pivotal, early years. The listening experience will shed [...]

This is going to be the 3rd group of Hip-Hoppers that I know of going to Uganda in the past 3 years in a cultural exchange.
The first group was Crazy Legs, (Los Angelino) Ervin Arana & Ynot from the Rock Steady Crew. They met with Abramz from Breakdance Project Uganda and did a week's worth [...]

 
Strictly Cassette is a new website/blog that's been collected, compiled and presented as a cassette archive. 
Seeing it all come together and on display is pretty mindblowing. Some of these I had when I was younger, so there's the nostalgia factor, but then a lot of them I had never seen or even thought that they [...]