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Previously featured alongside NYC rhymesayer PremRock on Had to Be Me and Diary of a Dreamer, Willie Green makes his DJBooth debut as a headliner with a freshly-remixed version of single Fasho Fasho!. Right off the bat, it’s clear that Green is the star of the show; built around a twanging guitar loop, his … Click the link for the stream and download.

I’m sure there are plenty more, but two memorable songs I can think of with “Power” in their titles (Kanye’s Power and Tech N9ne’s Absolute Power) are both dope. Now it appears as though the word is three for three my book, because Jern Eye’s latest effort is just as good as … Click the link for the stream and download.

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If you accuse Ice Cube of going Hollywood, the West Coast veteran will take it as a compliment. As he explains on The Big Show, a freshly-minted single off his 10th full-length, the connections he’s made through his extra-musical ventures haven’t supplanted his homies from back in the day; they’ve simply added to his vast global network of movers-and-shakers. Over … Click the link for the stream.

Earlier this week we spilled quite a bit of pixel dust in praise of Blank Realm’s LP Go Easy, out now via Fire Records. As such, we thought we’d conjure up the opportunity for one of you to get your hands on the release, on glorious pink vinyl. “Blank Realm has been knocking around Brisbane, Australia for over half a decade, spurting out small-press underground rumblings on all sorts of formats. But with the release of Go Easy they are swaggering confidently into a bigger spotlight. The record actually came out last year and kicked up a fair amount of positive dust, but in the end that response just wasn’t satisfactory, for the UK label Fire Records has recently given it another well-deserving and higher-profile press, this time on pink vinyl. Listeners favorable to a meeting of Royal Trux’s more rocking moments and the raggedy thrust of the current garage scene should find it a keeper.” “The group is composed of two brothers and a sister, Daniel (vocals/drums), Luke (bass), and Sarah (synths/vocals) Spencer, with Luke Walsh (guitar/engineering) completing the lineup. Based on a casual first impression, the foursome seems to be tapping into a definite ‘90s indie vibe, a circumstance that’s only deepened by the comparisons between the band and the early/mid-‘90’s recordings issued by Royal Trux… Very frequently when listening to a record, a song will arise and immediately reveal its destiny as the consensus “hit” of the platter. That’s not the case here. Understandably, lots of folks are currently celebrating the odd pop of “Cleaning up My Mess,” but from where I’m listening, Go Easy has four more cuts out of a grand total of eight that are just as strong. And that’s a downright impressive feat. Due to the surface familiarity of their sound, Blank Realm is likely to be underrated a bit, but with this LP they’ve charted a fresh entry in the annals of Australia’s rocking history, and that’s a circumstance deserving of generous praise.” Enter to win our pink vinyl copy of Blank Realm’s Go Easy by sharing with us in the comments below the coolest record you own on any color vinyl. (There’s actually a Best of 70′s Porn Music LP here at TVD HQ and uh, yea…pink vinyl too. No joke.) We’ll choose one winner on 6/3! The band’s on tour too—would it kill you to check ‘em out live? Didn’t think so. Blank Realm Tour Dates: May 24 – Chicago, IL – Burlington May 25 – Cincinatti – Chameleon May 26 – Columbus, OH – The Summit May 27 – Washington – DC – Black Cat May 28 – Brooklyn, NY – Death By Audio May 29 – Philadelphia, PA – Ortlieb’s Lounge May 30 – Chaos in Tejas Red 7 – Austin ,TX June 1 – San Francisco, CA Hemlock Tavern June 2 – Permanent Records in store, Los Angeles June 3 – San Diego , CA – Che Cafe June 5 – Portland, Rotture June 7 – Seattle, Cairo Advertise here with BSA

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[After taking to the recording booth to air out Jay Electronica, French Montana and Trinidad James with his "Exhibit A" anthem, 50 Cent's cousin Continental Five tells SOHH readers what sparked the diss track.]