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2009-01-06
New mix of recent QUANNUM music
In order to celebrate the release of a line of Quannum Projects-themed Reeboks (CLICK HERE to read all about it), they asked Matthew Africa to do a mix of some recent QUANNUM tracks.

CLICK HERE or HERE (mirror) to download it

Be sure to check out the Matthew Africa blog for the tracklisting. Also, here are a couple of videos from the release event:

LATYRX (yeah that's right: Lateef and LB!) doing Lady Don't Tek No
BLACKALICIOUS - Alphabet Aerobics
The Quannum MC's showing the Reebok Shoes

2008-12-24
SoleSides PODCAST
Check out our new monthly podcast:

http://podcast.solesides.com

For your monthly dose of good music that we think you should check out. The first podcast is a selection of tracks from 2008. The next podcasts will be (re) discovered tracks that we at SoleSides and at the SoleSides Boards loved over the past month. You'll definately gonna dig this. Enjoy. Happy xmas ! ( rss )

2008-12-20
The Mighty Underdogs KEXP.org podcast
Y'all know who they are, but here's the introduction by the awesome radiostation KEXP.org:

Don’t let the name fool you, The Mighty Underdogs are hip-hop heavyweights: Gift Of Gab and Lateef The Truth Speaker on rhymes, and Headnodic on beats. The debut “Droppin’ Science Fiction” is a diverse, confident, and fun take on grown folks hip-hop. Gab and Lateef stop by KEXP with DJ Zeph for a real nice live set. Recorded on 11/17/08
Monster,
Gun Fight
Want You Back
UFC Remix

KEXP.org made this radio appearance available;

CLICK HERE to download it.

It's xmas time, so there's more to come. Keep checking.

2008-12-10
Joyo Velarde; New music. We have it!
Alright y'all...this is the moment a lot of you have been waiting for; hearing new sounds from Joyo Velarde and here upcoming new album (March 2009) called 'Love and Understanding' - We got our hands on a live studio session she did at KPFA radio. Although the soundquality isn't all that, here's your chance to listen to new tracks of the album

DOWNLOAD the full radioshow (59 minutes, only 10mb)

While you're downloading that, check out the LBTV / Lyrics Born 'best of 2008' episode by clicking HERE. More niceness soon. So keep checking this space

2008-12-04
Mighty Underdogs live @ KEXP
Just recently The Mighty Underdogs (Lateef, Gift Of Gab, Headnotic) performed at KEXP radio.

CLICK HERE for a photoshoot of the live session (will be added to the SoleSides site asap)

We haven't bumped into a recording of this. If you have it, let us know.

Welcome to December. Lots of goodies to come.

2008-11-07
DJ Shadow november 2008 tour
As y'all might know, DJ Shadow is on a small tour right now. The dates are in China and Korea. He's mostly playing his own music, funk breaks and awesome, 'not the obvious' Hip Hop.

CLICK HERE for a weblog that has some pictures of the November 5 show. These will be added to the SoleSides pictures section for later reference.

That weblog also pointed us at the supersub-organizer website which has some pretty nice videos of the show. Check it all out:

Intro Speech (Obama, YES WE DID)
First 4 minutes (moody hiphop, vocals from David Banner/DJ Shadow - Seein' Thangs)
Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt (The awesome Outsider 2006 tour version)
N.E.R.D. / All The Girls (mash up)

As soon as we get more info (sounds, pictures, videos) from this or later shows, we'll post it. If you attended a show, you should definately let us know.

2008-10-30
Jeff Chang interviews Barack Obama
Here's an interview Jeff Chang did with Obama a while ago.

CLICK HERE

Jeff Chang is co-founder of the SoleSides label, has written extensively on race, culture, politics, the arts, and music. His first book, Can't Stop Won't Stop, garnered many honors, including the American Book Award and the Asian American Literary Award. He also wrote the follow up to CSWS, Total Chaos

READ & LEARN

and vote for HOPE.

2008-10-28
Droppin Science Fiction Review: Top 10 hip-hop album of '08
Yes, y'all, that's correct. According to fans and critics, The Mighty Underdogs have dropped one of the best hiphop albums of 2008. CLICK HERE to read the article.

TMU Myspace

This article is now added to the SoleSides article section. Be sure to keep checking that space for more to come. Nice to see the people at the SoleSides Boards dig this album so much too. Droppin' Science Fiction is something to be proud of. More soon.

2008-10-16
Some SoleSides goodies for everyone...
Kidkanevil, the DJ for the band Stateless sent us a brilliant new mixtape which contains new music from his upcoming album 'Back off man, I'm a Scientist'. It isn't a secret that we at SoleSides are fans of Kidkanevil and Stateless

CLICK HERE to download it (Back off man, I'm a mixtape)
CLICK HERE for talk about it on the boards and to get the tracklisting

Also, check out his myspace page to listen to tracks from the album. And as a bonus, the debut album (which features our own Lateef The Truth Speaker) by Kid Kanevil is now available for free.

And if that isn't enough, DJ Erb blessed us with new music again. Again, it are remixes of QUANNUM artist. Here we go:

There's more to come: DJ Erb did another remix that contains music from Batman / The Dark Knight, mixed with some DJ Shadow. That one will be available in the next news update.

2008-10-13
APSCI, LATEEF, GIFT OF GAB
Here's some pics & video from Blackalicious' most recent show @ Oxford Arts Factory in Sydney:

CLICK

Note that the much-talked-about album 'Droppin Sciencd Fiction' by The Mighty Underdogs is out today on Def Jux. Also, keep checking out our other related websites for niceness on this subject:

There's talk about the new album on the SoleSides boards too. Check that.

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