Cut to a laid back sunny southern California day. Take a walk down the street to the record store. Kick a verse alongside arts district murals. Give a pound to the homies. Dig through some crates. Feel the breeze. That’s pretty much the recipe for Trek Life’s opening visuals for the Duke Westlake produced lead [...]
![‘Queen Of Hearts’ – The Black Opera ft. Mayer Hawthorne [Oddisee Remix]](http://www.actlivemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Queen-Of-Hearts-Remix-Banner.jpg)
The Black Opera have been busy as of late, in addition to a number of live shows including opening for Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge in Michigan, TBO has been back in the studio working on a new EP for Mello Music Group to hold fans over until the next full length for the group. [...]
As Planet Asia returns from his trip to Africa, we thought it fitting to release the track “Thyself.” Since knowledge and wisdom produces understanding, Gensu Dean brought in some heavyweight friends, David Banner & Tragedy Khadafi, to drop jewels on listeners. Let Dean’s mystic production draw you into the zone, so that you can acknowledge [...]
Apollo Brown is back it! His newest group with Verbal Kent and Red Pill dropped their first single today on NahRight. The track, “Graves”, is a nasty blue collar joint that lyrically stares down the reality of living in a rigged system and having to grind day after day until you’re six feet under. A [...]
Quelle Chris is back at it again. This time he flips the world of rappers upside down to create some of the most entertaining visuals you’ll see all week. Tanya Morgan, Fresh Daily, and Cavalier join him on this video voyage for the track “Greene Eyes” off his new project “Niggas Is Men” (which came [...]
The Black Opera’s latest Video Demonstration “Queen Of Hearts” is here. TBO and director Andy Madeleine tell the visual story of a K U E E N in search of fulfillment in life. TBOGs Nokbai and Sensu provide a colorful backdrop to the video through their word play, and Mayer Hawthorne provides perfect pitch on [...]
DC artist Uptown XO (of Diamond District) continues to bring on the visuals for his latest album Colour de Grey. This time the universal relationship track “Needs & Wants” gets the treatment with some beautiful shots. For anyone who’s ever had something good, and wanted something extra, XO lays the narrative out. AB the Pro [...]
![‘Home Is Where The Art Is’ – Substantial [Instrumentals]](http://www.actlivemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HIWTAI-Banner.jpg)
Baltimore emcee Substantial released his Oddisee executive produced album Home Is Where The Art Is late last year and quickly garnered acccolades from his strong worldwide fan base. Since then, Substantial has toured with yU (of Diamond District), seen the vinyl release of his record, performed at the Smithsonian in DC, and released a wildly [...]
Apollo Brown, Verbal Kent, and Red Pill recently sat down with UHF Cable Access Channel 43 for an interview about their new self-titled group album UGLY HEROES that drops 5/28/13. Hear what the record is about and check the album previews! An Ugly Hero is considered a myth. Growing up, the heroes we saw in [...]
![‘Hometown Heroes’ – Trek Life [mixtape]](http://www.actlivemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Hometown-Heroes-Banner.jpg)
Trek Life’s new album with Duke Westlake “Hometown Foreigner” is out everywhere now, but we wanted to take a moment for people to hear the mixtape DJ Rhettmatic of the world famous Beat Junkies put together featuring some of Trek’s greatest moments. The mixtape (playing off the album title Hometown Foriegner) is called “Hometown Heroes” [...]
