Another great boom bap joint from J.J. Brown’s Connect the Dots, which drops November 10. Brown is performing twice on Tuesday in NYC; he has a free in-store at Best Buy on 23rd Street and an album release party at S.O.B.’s. Flyers for both after the jump. Download: J.J. Brown – The World’s A Stage [...]

(Photo by Hannah Lipman) View the full photo set here (Thanks Hannah & Joshua) [Ed Note: Here is the grand recap of all the on-goings that happened this past weekend in New Orleans, as seen through the eyes of ML contributor Julie. Be sure to check out Julie's twitter stream which had a bunch of [...]

[Dj01 Note: ML is back at The Voodoo Experience, one of the most prominent music festivals, kicks off in New Orleans tomorrow, and we have dispatched Julie, a talented and up & coming writer to cover all the festivities. Enjoy Julie's picks below, with live coveritlive/twitter coverage to come throughout the festival, and a wrap-up [...]

In case you missed the trio the last time they were in the area (like me), around the release of Brooklynati, here is your chance to catch them. This time around they will be joined by the classic group Black Sheep. Wenesday they are at The Quarter in Baltimore & Thursday at LIV in DC. [...]

NYers, get your asses to Fat Beats at 6 to meet M.O.P. and get your shit signed by Billy and Fame! And go shake the post-Yom Kippur blues next Tuesday with Skyzoo and 9th Wonder! They’re performing! For free! Shout out to the Audible Doctor! !!!

Today marks the Kickoff of the The Soul Tour at the Kia Collective in DC which will feature Wale, Dan Deacon, Ponytail,  and the Creepers rocking out through out the weekend in a warehouse Washington DC. Next weekend, Kia  moves on to Philly where MGMT will be joined by The Drums, Amanda Blank, Popo, YACHT [...]

If you’re cool and you’re in NYC, you’re getting a piece of the action  next week when Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt II drops. There’s not one, but two release parties. On Tuesday, Diddy and Peter Rosenberg are hosting at Santo’s and Ghostface, Method Man, Beanie Siegel, Talib Kweli, Slick Rick, Busta Rhymes and [...]

(image source) DJ Green Lantern provides great audio from Jay-Z’s 2006 concert in London.  The first link starts with Jay doing “Where I’m From” and goes to the line, “Who’s the greatest MC, Biggie Jay-Z or—” but before he says “Nas,” the man himself comes out amid a surge of excitement from the audience and [...]