reviews.
The Very Best
Warm Heart of AfricaGreen Owl Records : 2009
85B
It is hard to imagine a diverse, African-inflected dance record like Warm Heart of Africa gaining international notoriety (read: in the West) in the pre-MP3 era, since the Internet was not available then. And so,...
Read more...
store.
Latest News Entries
- Video: Slum Village Pick Beats for New EP
- Audio: Curren$y "Breakfast (In & Out)" [prod. Mos Def]
- Video: N.A.S.A. "Spacious Thoughts" feat. Tom Waits & Kool Keith
- Video: In Their Words - Emilio Rojas
- Video: Shafiq Husayn EPK 6 of 7
- Video: Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind II" Live
- Audio: Add-2 "Cassette Tapes"
- Video: B.o.B aka Bobby Ray Live @ Whynatte 1 Year Anniversary Party
- Audio: Tekitha "On It"
- Video: Grizzly Bear "Ready, Able"
- Audio: Buff1 "The Best Are Full of Love" feat. Diz Gibran & Shawn ...
- Video: Saul Williams & The Niggy Tardust Experience @ The Roxy
- Video: U-God "Wu-Tang" featuring Method Man
- Diva Speak TV Mini Episode 11
- Audio: BlakRoc "Hope You're Happy" feat. Billy Danze, Nicole Wray & ...
interviews.OKP interviews Shafiq Husayn where he gets to the heart of his musical voyage to the creative motherland.
news.Enter the extravagant, rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti in Fela! the Broadway musical. Win tix, flight + hotel!
Posted by gingerlynn on 10/29/2009
Posted by shamz on 10/28/2009
Posted by shamz on 10/28/2009
interviews.Idle Warship (Talib Kweli, Res, Graph Nobel) presents Party Robot, by Mick Boogie. Check out our exclusive interview with the trio!
Posted by shamz on 10/26/2009
news.Kweli joins the company of DJ Premier, ?uestlove, Q-Tip, and Raekwon, featured on P. Rosenberg's Noisemakers.
Posted by shamz on 10/22/2009
Posted by gingerlynn on 10/14/2009
Posted by shamz on 10/02/2009
news.Celebrate Fela Kuti with FELABRATIONS, parties around the country. Re-issue of the Fela catalog coming soon.
Posted by shamz on 10/12/2009
news.We've all been patiently waiting for this. A new Bilal album is on the way via Plug Research, set to drop in early 2010!
Posted by shamz on 10/06/2009
Posted by shamz on 10/06/2009
Posted by shamz on 10/14/2009
news.NYC quartet Anti-Pop Consortium erupt back onto the scene with this new psychedelic video, "Volcano."
Posted by shamz on 09/25/2009
news.B&K present Never Can Say Goodbye, a free LP remixing the greats, Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder.
news.History was made in ATL this past weekend as Goodie Mob reunited in concert for the first time in 10 Years.
news.Watch the full trailer + 4 hysterical PSAs for this Michael Jai White comedy spoof on Blaxploitation films.
Posted by shamz on 09/15/2009
Posted by ?uestlove on 08/30/2009
Posted by shamz on 08/28/2009
interviews.OKP's Dr. Brown's Celray talks with Donnis about Atlanta, his musical influences, and his future.
news.Look at Trevor Traynor's beautiful photos of this year's Rock The Bells stop in San Francisco.
news.Anti-Pop Consortium have re-united for a new album, Fluorescent Black, out in Oct. Listen to 3 songs here.
interviews.Joe Budden, Royce da 5'9", Crooked I, and Joell Ortiz took time to sit with OKP and discuss the Slaughterhouse project.
news.Jahdan Blakkamoore hits us with this mixtape, "Bazooka Shot," put together by the Dutty Artz crew.
news.Straight from Sierra Leone, Bajah + The Dry Eye Crew drop their mixtape, KINGS OF SALONE, by DJ Gravy.
news.Mos Def's THE ECSTATIC tour, feat. Jay Electronica (+ Erykah Badu on some select dates). Tour dates here.
news.The Hennessy Artistry Tour 2009 featuring Common + The Roots will hit Chi-town, ATL, Houston, and NYC.
stories.?uestos part Eulogy/Apology Letter/Manifesto on his favorite group Slum Village...a decade after the fact.
interviews.In anticipation of the upcoming Only Built For Cuban Links 2, we sat down with Raekwon the Chef to talk Wu.
news.Listen to "Survival Skills," and then get your read on with KRS-One & Buckshot's digital lyric book!
news.The Roots head down the shore to play Atlantic City's Borgata, along with many other new Roots tour dates!
stories.OKP's got a full report from RTB in D.C., along with 4 photo galleries from RTB in New York City.
news.WQST Presents: Melanie Fiona Meets The Illadelphonics (A Live Remix Jam Session of The Bridge).
news.?uestlove gets with The Foreign Exchange, Zo! and Carlitta Durrand for this song, a tribute to Prince.
Posted by gingerlynn on 07/08/2009
news.Spike Lee, Quincy Jones, Greg Tate, Phonte and Scorp all remember Michael Jackson in their own way.
Posted by shamz on 06/30/2009
Posted by gingerlynn on 06/25/2009
news.Erykah Badu is on the road again, with a mini tour entitled "4th World War." Get tour dates and see flicks from the Sasquatch Festival here.
Posted by shamz on 06/22/2009
news.Watch Common shut down Diesel's Black Party Concert in France + rare Com Freestyles circa '97.
interviews.The Coup's Boots Riley collabos with Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello, read the full interview here.
stories.At Berklee College of Music, Brian "Raydar" Ellis keeps J Dilla's spirit alive as he instructs the Dilla Ensemble.
news.Comprised of Diplo & Switch, Major Lazer is set to release Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do. Click here for a taste of their sound.
interviews.Chester French take some time to answer OKP's questions about music, life with Pharrell and Chad as your bosses, and loving the future.
news.A seriously talented singer, and ?uestlove's sister, Donn T hits us with her single "Kisses," and an in-depth interview.
Posted by gingerlynn on 06/09/2009
news.Mos's new album, The Ecstatic, is finally here! Watch him perform the song "Quiet Dog" live on Letterman.
news.Sean Price, Black Milk and Guilty Simpson are Random Axe. Listen to the 1st track from the trio, "Monster Babies."
news.Listen to Mos Def's "History" prod. by J Dilla, feat. Talib Kweli. After the jump see Terrence Jennings photos from the Black Star show in NYC.
news.Truck North (Roots Crew) hits us with his mixtape feat. Black Thought, Wale, ?uestlove, and more of that raw Philly rap.
news.Congrats to Donald Ely for this winning design for our OKP 2002 t-shirt, a tribute to Meshell Ndegeocello.
