Articles Posted by Sketch the Journalist
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LISTEN: JustMe – Knob Creek (feat. Marcus Wilkerson & Sheisty Khrist)
Over a simple Jaq beat as smooth as the bourbon it’s named after, JustMe and Sheisty Khrist honor their homestate of Kentucky while at the same time hashing out the ugly racism that still has…
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LISTEN: JustMe – Luther remix
Members of the hip hop community have never been shy about questioning the motives (or accuracy) of information flowing out of Washington, D.C. So it’s no surprise that a guy like JustMe feels the need…
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DOWNLOAD: Lecrae – Church Clothes
The Christian rapper you should know by now drops his first record specifically aimed at a non-faith-based audience. It’s hosted by Don Cannon, offers original production by guys like 9th Wonder, S1, Boi-1da and what…
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ZZ Top Covers Hip-Hop Classic “25 Lighters”
We at TRU normally refrain from posting commercials, but this is one that may be too good to pass up now that the “Little Ole Band from Texas” has covered a certified Southern classic. In…
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7 Things You Should Know About Lecrae’s Upcoming Don Cannon Mixtape
Here are seven things we now know about the upcoming mixtape from Lecrae (the Christian rapper you may have seen on last year’s BET Hip Hop Awards cypher or heard on Statik Selektah’s Population Control…
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VIDEO: Geto Boys Willie D & Scarface “Hoodiez” – Trayvon Martin Justice
Yesterday George Zimmerman was arrested on a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. Today we received the following message from Geto Boy Willie D along with this gripping “Hoodiez”…
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Holy Week Through Hip Hop
Since Sunday Christians all over the world have been celebrating and remembering the seven days that encapsulate the crux of their faith. It’s no surprise that many in that number are a part of the…
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VIDEO: theBREAX – Get Better
What do you get when you cross the motivational raps of a San Diego-based hip hop/spoken word crew with a group of junior high students they mentor on a regular basis? Apparently a pre-match workout…
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Download: Reconcile – Abandoned Hope
X-Hustler Thi’sl’s newly renamed Full Ride Music Group just dropped this free album from Houston’s Ronnie “Reconcile” Lillard – a true student athlete you might have seen on the gridiron for the Owls of Rice…
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WATCH: No Malice (from The Clipse) – “Where Is Your Brother?”
The Clipse brothers’ “Cain & Abel” theme continues to build with this new video blog/poem post from Malice No Malice aka Yes My Lord. If you need a refresher on the story, pull out your…
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Hello Revolution – “Kill Jesus, Praise Judas”
Hello Revolution, the new project from High Society’s Sho Baraka and producer/singer/songwriter Jamm, just dropped this video gem and a “Protest Package 1″ EP (which includes this track’s studio, live, and instrumental versions plus a…
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Malice from The Clipse now “No Malice”
As the video above illustrates, Gene Elliott Thornton Jr. no longer wants to be known as “Malice.” That dude is in the coffin. The new name? No Malice aka Yes My Lord (at least according…
