Damon Dash Talks Being Stabbed In The Back + His “Beautiful” New Movement

Interesting interview with Hip Hop mogul Damon Dash in Village Voice this month, exploring his regret of the superficial messages encouraged by his lavish past, how the Roc-a-Fella empire crumbled and his feelings of being “stabbed in the back” – plus a look at his current, organic movement with DD172 and its roster of artists [...]

Curren$y Channels Ferris Bueller For Pilot Talk Promo | Video

The good folk at Creative Control high-jacked (Yea… I wrote it that way for pun’s sake) this classic scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and dropped some dopeness from the forthcoming Pilot Talk album on it. Nice!! Curren$y‘s Pilot Talk touches down on July 13th. BUY IT.

Curren$y: Pilot Talk Listening Party | Video

Last night at Damon Dash‘s DD172 complex in New York, Blu Roc artist Curren$y performed some songs from his album Pilot Talk at the official listening party. He puts down a stellar performance with a great live band. Pilot Talk is due for release on June 22nd. Flip the lid for part 2 and part [...]

Smoke DZA ft Terri Walker & Den10 – “Sounds Of The Indo” (Prod. By Ski Beatz) | New Music

Something brand new from the dojo… Smoke DZA teams up with my homegurl Terri Walker & Den10 on some smoothed out Ski Beatz instrumentation for this joint (pun not entirely intended) that was just let loose on twitter. Get something, roll something and light something to this. LISTEN HERE [Audio clip: view full post to [...]

Stalley – “Harsh Ave” (Prod By Ski Beatz) | Studio Video

Stalley links up with Ski Beatz for some more dopeness from the DD172 Umbrella to bring you “Harsh Ave” taken from Stalley’s upcoming untitled album. filmed by the good folk at Creative Control.

Terri Walker Talks New Album, Ski Beatz, Damon Dash & Gives Us The DD172 Tour | SoulCulture TV

We recently reported on UK soulstress Terri Walker‘s new distribution deal with Damon Dash‘s resurrected Rocafella Records, for her forthcoming Ski Beatz produced album: Having made her name in 2003 with a soulful, well-crafted and critically acclaimed Untitled debut album (lead singles: “Guess You Didn’t Love Me” ft. Mos Def, “Ching Ching (Loving You Still)”, [...]

Video: Swizz Beatz On Collecting Art + Ernie Barnes

Sugar Shack [above] by the late Ernie Barnes (15 July 1938 – 27 April 2009) has to be one of my favourite paintings ever. Barnes comes up in conversation with Swizz Beatz, who describes Barnes as a “super super mentor”. “I’m a part of Ernie Barnes’ estate… We just connected,” he reveals in this interview [...]

Friday The 13th: A Night With Cool Kids & Mos Def (Video)

The Cool Kids & Mos Def Hanging and jam sessions at Dame Dash’s DD172. A short film by Michael Sterling Eaton. Produced by CreativeControl.tv and Neo Nostalgia.