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Souls of Mischief Return with Montezuma's Revenge (In Stores Now!)

A-Plus, Opio, Tajai, and Phesto hit the lab from beginning to ending just like hip hop used to be done in the release of the new LP Montezuma's Revenge. Adding legendary producer Prince Paul to the mix made the project come out that much better. We rented a house" explains Opio. "Prince Paul came out, we had no distractions, we just did music every day. " "It was cool" adds Tajai. "He had concepts, and its good to have an outside perspective -… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on December 1, 2009 at 11:52am — 1 Comment

IPTV: I Got Next: Bobby Ray/B.O.B. Nothin' On You ft. Bruno Mars

Bobby Ray / B.O.B. is an artist that brings a breath of fresh air to the game and defies the stereotypes

that are typically labeled on Southern artists that dominate the charts today. Far from a "ringtone rapper", Bobby Ray is leading the new-school of hip hop artists after a series of well-received mixtapes.

His rhyme cadence draws many comparisons to Outkast supernova Andre 3000 and many feel he is the one to restore Atlanta back to its "Old… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 30, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

Graff Life Documentary Chronicles LA Graf Crew MTA (IPTV 09 Recap)

Graff Life Documentary

POLICE FOUND CUSTOMIZED FIRE EXTINGUISHERS FILLED WITH PAINT AT THE SCENE. Law enforcement raided homes with luxury cars in the driveways, walking out suspects sporting diamond-studded crew insignias around their necks. Authorities project cleanup to run roughly $4 million. All this, the fallout over the half-mile long, three-storey high painting along a portion of the Los Angeles River that has snagged the infamous honor of being the largest… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 28, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

New Episode of Hood State of the Union

Hood State of the Union is a news style show starring Charlamagne Da God and comedian Lil' Duval.

In this episode, they introduce Hip Hop Superlatives including Most Likely to Get Blackballed, Cutest Couple, Most Likely to Make It Even If they Don't Make It. Indie Planet will now be posting new episodes of the… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 27, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Dopest Indie Video of 09? IPTV Presents: E-Major "Make It"

Baltimore based hip-hop artist E-Major released "Make It" in the summer of 09 in support of his LP Majority Rules released on his own indie label Undersound Music. He released a series of high quality visuals (videos) in support of this project including Nuthin Nice, Paper Runnin', which gained additional life due to a slew of remixes.

Directed by Aaron "Zu Keeny" directed the video. This is the type of material that hip-hop fans claim we want, but when its… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 27, 2009 at 7:00am — 1 Comment

Jern Eye: A Day In a Life Part I (Video)

This is the first installment of the Bay Area's Jern Eye Vision: A Day In a Life. This video will take you on a 24 hour trip with Jern Eye.

Let us know if you're feelin it and we'll run the… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 26, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Facing Ali Displays The Champ From Those Who Fought Him (DVD)

Facing Ali turns the cameras on some of Ali’s biggest rivals including George Chuvalo, Sir Henry Cooper, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Ron Lyle, Ken Norton, Earnie Shavers, Leon Spinks and Ernie Terrell providing a fresh and impactful perspective on the famed boxer, the sport, talent and courage.

“After the Bell” featurette - Director Pete McCormack shares his experience with behind the scenes details about the making of the… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 26, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Exit Strategy Part 7 "Consummation" (Jameel Saleem)

Jameel Saleem has been on a production tear as of late bringing his work direct-to-YouTube. This is Part 7 of an ongoing series known as Exit Strategy.

[Starring] Jameel Saleem, Kimelia Weathers [Producers] Jermaine Whitely, Danette Wilson [Director/ Editor] Jameel… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 24, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Sean Price Hits UGHH.com's In-Store 12/1

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 24, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Jern Eye Talks Album, NYC, Concert Footage (Video)

Jern Eye chops it up with ignantwitted.com during a trip over to the East…

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 24, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Souls of Mischief Team up with Prince Paul for Long Awaited LP Montezuma's Revenge

9 long years couldn't keep the collective from the Lest Coast and known throughout the world as Souls of Mischief from collaborating and dropping a new album. Souls just wrapped up a world tour in mid-November. A-Plus, Opio, Phesto, and Tajai kept working throughout the years on each other's solo projects and now have brought Prince Paul in the mix to bring a sonic background to their laid-back Cali flow.

The single Proper Aim is… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 24, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Who Kilt It?! Slaughterhouse New Video "Microphone"

We here at Indie Planet literally argue ALL DAY about who's the best MC, Biggie, Jay-Z, or Nas. The great thing about Slaughterhouse is not actually the music they produce as a collective, but they brought back the PRIDE in being a great lyricist and reciting verses that makes the listener rewind over and over for the sheer dope-ness it provides. With this new video, Microphone all member of Slaughterhouse go in but that's not important. We… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 23, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Dres is dropping two new Black Sheep offering within the next few months. On Dec 1, Dres drops "From the Black Pool of Genius: The Prelude", which is a 5 song EP. The full length drops spring 2010. …

Dres is dropping two new Black Sheep offering within the next few months. On Dec 1, Dres drops "From the Black Pool of Genius: The Prelude", which is a 5 song EP. The full length drops spring 2010.

"I once heard a poet say that 'hip hop backward is 'pih poh (people)'- the way I see it, many artists are a lot more hip-hop than they ever realized. I would dare to say that any artist over time, regardless of genre, that makes music for… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 23, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Saigon ft. Lil Fame - Rusty Gunz (Video)

This record goes hard in the paint, it's almost unusual nowadays to hear New York artists make traditional New York hip hop but Saigon and Fuzzy Womack hit this one right on the button. Check it… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 22, 2009 at 11:04am — No Comments

Obie Trice Serves Up Another Round with Special Reserve LP

Detroit's own Obie Trice is back for another round with the release of new LP Special Reserve which drops on 12/15. His decision to collaborate solely with one producer (MoSS) echoes the days of traditional hip hop where one sound would dominate an album, thus making it a more consistent piece of work overall.

MoSS has laced Raekwon, Ghostface, Joell Ortiz, Joe Budden, AZ, Sean Price, Slum Village, Havoc, Kool G Rap, KRS-One/Buckshot… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 22, 2009 at 10:57am — No Comments

KRS-ONE Weighs in On Jay-Z vs. 50 Cent Situation

The Blastmaster KRS-One waxes on the impact of 50 Cent and Jay-Z engaging in a lyrical battle.

He also raises a great point about using the interest generated to raise money for other causes.

Clip provided courtesy of… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 21, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Ras Kass Drops Video Amazin, The Quarterly on the Way

Pound-for Pound one of the greatest lyricists ever, Ras Kass drops a new video for upcoming project The… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 17, 2009 at 11:39pm — No Comments

50 Cent: In His Own Words (I-Tunes Exclusive) (Video)

50 Cent has been on promo tour promoting his new album Before I Self Destruct and we've

seen most of the interviews through popular video channels. This interview with I-Tunes

stands out because it's edited to show him in his own words without the interviewer

mentioning Fat Joe, Jay-Z, Rick Ross. It's just his thoughts on various topics in music,

business, and life.

Part 2 Discusses This is 50.com , Downloading , What Makes a… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 10, 2009 at 12:14pm — No Comments

Power Moves: Sean Archer Lands Syndication for Radio Show Via Reewine Radio

Caption: (L to R) Apex the Ringtone Guru, TJ Chapman, Sean Archer

7 Cities, VA-based music entrepreneur Sean Archer has expanded his reach from the typical path of recording artist into areas of promotions, marketing, and now radio. Earlier this year, he launched "The Indie Top Ten Plus One" which featured a countdown style broadcast solely consisting of unsigned artists submitted from the music community. The broadcast started on Worldwide… Continue

Added by mr.shadeed on October 29, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher - Mighty Mos, Tariq, and EM

I must admit, BET was on its camera-banning policy extra hard this year because this footage leaks early in most cases - In any event, this is the cypher featuring MOS DEF, Black Thought of the legendary Roots crew, and Eminem. Slim Shady has never left his battle roots despite being the world's top selling hip hop artist as evidenced by the… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on October 28, 2009 at 12:09am — No Comments