New: Uptown XO – Don’t Stop | Video

New video from the hommie Uptown XO.

Directed by CLVTVE Media

Monumental Vol.2 Coming soon!

New: Gods’illa – CPR Blendtape [Hosted by Erykah Badu] | Music

 Download: Gods’illa – CPR

Downl0ad this new soulful project from DC HipHop group Gods’illa hosted by the beautiful Erykah Badu.

Songs featuring Kaimbr, Maimouna Youssef, Joe.D, Substantial, Kingpen Slim, Akil Nadir, YU, Ra The MC, Pro’Verb, XO, K Beta, Laelo Hood, Lyriciss and Kokayi.

Support DMV HipHop!

Follow @Godsilla

New: Nike Nando – The Carryout 3 [Mixtape] Hosted by DJ Soundwave | Music

 Download: Nike Nando – The Carryout 3

New joint from DMV native Nike Nando. Download it via 2DopeBoyz.

Follow @NikeNando. Shoutout to the hommie @DJSoundwave1

Trailer: Gods’illa – CPR Blendtape Hosted By Erykah Badu | Video

Up And Up Music/ The Core Djs/Smoking Session Present… Gods’Illa CPR Blendtape

DMV HipHop group Gods’illa drops CPR Blendtape tomorrow hosted by the beautiful Ms Erykah Badu.

Follow God’silla on twitter @Godsilla. This is their 2nd tape. We’ll have the download posted tomorrow.

Support the DMV Underground HipHop Scene!

Gods’illa will be performing at U Street Music Hall this weekend with Cornel West Theory, Kokayi and Dj Underdog

http://www.ustreetmusichall.com/2011/07/cornel-west-theory/

New: Logic – Mind of Logic [ft. Camille Gray] and Announces New Management | Video

Logic, HipHop emcee from Maryland drops his video for single “Mind of Logic” f/ Camille Gray which premiered on DJBooth.net. The track hit the #1 spot on the Indie HipHop charts and held it for 3 weeks. NEW release date for Young Sinatra will be announced in two weeks. Young Sinatra will be dropping via @DjBooth.net

Logic also announced his new management situation with Visionary Management Group via Twitter yesterday, also the home of Tayyib Ali.

Shoutout to Logic for doing his thing.

Download: Mind of Logic

New: Uptown X.O – You Not Like Me | Video

Monumental 2 is set to drop July 28th. Follow @UptownXO

Recap: The CarryOut x Jamla Records, HipHop in the DMV | Events

DC got to vibe with real, live, raw HipHop Saturday night at the Everlasting Life Cafe on Georgia Ave.

     The CarryOut, an indie HipHop label and event coordinating group in DC owned by Jamal Gray, and Jamla Records a label owned by DJ, Rapper, Professor, Super-PRO-ducer 9th Wonder came together to deliver a dope clash of NC and DC HipHop.

9th and the Jamla fam definitely brought that southern heat, no metaphor, it was about 110 degrees in Everlasting Life Cafe. Definitely not the spot for

the pretty girls with the hair they can’t get wet. It was hella raw in there, like an underground HipHop dungeon. The sweat was pouring off Host and HipHop emcee Stef is Dope as he hyped the soaked, dehydrated, yet anticipating crowd.

A lot of familiar faces, DMV rappers, producers and singers came through to show love.

9th Wonder stayed on the tables while Rapsody, Tom Hardy, Big Remo, Actual Proof and HaLo killed their sets. The energy levels were as high as the temperature and good ole call and response game had the crowd 100% tuned in and ready to rock out with the Jamla crew. “Swag”, apparently the local word of approval has probably never been shouted so much in one night.

After 9th and the Jamla crew rocked the stage everyone headed outside for some fresh, cool air… The hommie 9th Wonder went outside and told everyone to stay for Kool Klux Klan, JF Coop and M1 Platoon’s performances. Much respect to 9th for that, most artists perform and roll out after their set.

Shoutout to DMVFollowers GM Lizee and the hommie DJ Teck for the video footage and interviews with the Jamla fam. Shoutout to The Carry Out and Jamal for keeping real HipHop buzzin in the DMV. Follow @TeckFilmsDMV and @TheCarryOut. Shoutout to 9th Wonder and the Jamla Army for rockin with DMVFollowers.

Shoutout to @DJTeck for the pics! Official VIDEO by @TeckFilmsDMV coming Soon!

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FatTrel Interview with The Fader Mag | Feature

Like every story, most cities have two sides. Nowhere 
is this more apparent than in our nation’s capitol and its surrounding ’burbs, where the line between the rich and poor is at its most rigid. This divide extends to the hip-hop community where Wale and Tabi Bonney have made national inroads with their brand of upwardly-mobile rap, while the city’s street scene has yet to produce a significant local hero. There, go-go still reigns as the dominant local music, and gentrification fragments any semblance of a gangsta rap scene. But it’s this chaos that birthed Fat Trel, an undeniable talent who could very well grow to be the city’s own brash and hedonistic d-boy champion—if not a more multifaceted rap hero. “I want the [DC area] to know that they got a voice from the street side,” Trel says. “I want to motivate the thugs.”

Twenty-year-old Fat Trel bears all the signposts of a Northeast DC native, slurring hard “ar”s into “urrs” (“urrybody”) and donning the archetypical uniform—dread-headed and in a North Face jacket (if not completely shirtless). When he rhymes he does so with a singular focus reminiscent of “the greats,” his piercing green eyes deaden and his whole body becomes a vessel for his calculated blur of words. If your man got grams, my goons gonna eat/ Run up in the trap smack him out with the heat/ Leave his brains on the bed and his clothes on the street/ Give him concrete feet. But his meditation is strangely contagious. “Everybody says, ‘Listening to Fat Trel make me wanna smack a nigga,’” he says. “My attitude and my performance make you want to knock a nigga out then make you want to go grab your bitch and fuck her in the bathroom at the club. That’s what I do.”

Read more: http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/07/gen-f-fat-trel/#ixzz1RRtPWyuS

New: Swagga Boy Los – Finally Here | Music

If you aren’t hip to Swagga Boy Los … then your not hip. Check out this new joint from Los “Finally Here” that dropped yesterday via HotNewHipHop.

  Download: http://hulkshare.com/lr5m6sujvsrn

Follow the hommie Los on twitter @SwaggaBoyLos. If you missed Los at the BET awards with his lady Lola Monroe, check out the pics HERE.

The Five One – “Sorry” | VIDEO

Damn! Kinda late on this video, but The Five One is probably the dopest indie band from the DMV area. If you haven’t seen them live, you are truly missing out. Check out their latest video for “Sorry”.

Want to know more about The Five One band? Check them out on their Official Website and on Youtube. Follow them on Twitter @TheFiveOne.