Inside out art project: JR provides public art possibilities

French street artist JR, known for his large black and white portrait pastes, initiated the Inside Out project after having won the TED Prize in 2011. 

This global participatory art project includes the public in the artistic process. JR gives the public the opportunity to show their identities, to share their experiences and express their views on social issues in an idealistic attempt to change the world.

Participants are asked to paste their portraits in their own community. All of these worldwide interactions are being documented.

An amazing multimedia concept to offer random people a platform for sharing stories and expressing personal messages.

www.insideoutproject.net

Street Art London

Street art photographer Frank Malt, also known as Steam 156 has been documenting street art culture for a long time.

Street Art London bundles Steam's pictures of street art pieces in London and artists' quotes.

A must have reference book of a permanently evolving urban subculture.

Street Art London
Frank Steam 156 Malt
Dokument Press
ISBN:978-91-85639-58-8

Slum Village: Evolution

Slum Village's 20th Anniversary will be celebrated with a new album, to be released on June 25th.(Ne’Astra Music )

Founding member T3, Young RJ and J Dilla’s brother Illa J teamed up to enlighten us with a brand new full length Slum Village album entitled Evolution, produced by T3, Young RJ and FOCUS. It features guest appearances by Havoc, Blu, Raheem Devaughn, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Big Pooh. 

Slum Village will always find a way to evolve. 

http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/slum-village
https://soundcloud.com/official-slumvillage
http://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialSlumVillage

Statik Selektah’s Extended Play

Statik shows his loyalty and respect for the foundations of hip hop in Extended Play, Population Control's follow up. 

The soulful album features Black Thought, Action Bronson, Joey Bada$$, Mac Miller and Raekwon among others and will be available on the 18th of June .

Tracklist:

1. Reloaded (feat. Pain In Da Ass, Action Bronson, Big Body Bes, Termanology, & Tony Touch)
2. Bird Eye's View (feat. Raekwon, Joey Bada$$, & Black Thought)
3. East Coast (feat. Noreaga & Lil Fame of M.O.P.)
4. 21 & Over (feat. Sean Price & Mac Miller)
5. The Spark (feat. Action Bronson, Joey Bada$$, & Mike Posner)
6. Make Believe (feat. Freddie Gibbs, Termanology & Ea$y Money)
7. Pinky Ring (feat. Prodigy of Mobb Deep)
8. Funeral Season (feat. Styles P, Bun B, & Hit Boy)
9. Bring Em Up Dead (feat. Joell Ortiz)
10. Camouflage Dons (feat. Smif N Wessun & Flatbush Zombies)
11.  Big City of Dreams (feat. Troy Ave , Push!, Meyhem Lauren, & AG Da Coroner)
12. Gz, Pimps, Hustlers (feat. Wais P & Slaine)
13. My Hoe (feat. Blu, Evidence, & Reks)
14. Love & War (feat. Ea$y Money & Freeway)
15. 100 Stacks (feat. JFK & Strong Arm Steady)
16. Live From the Era (feat. Pro Era) (co-produced by The Alchemist)
17. Game Break (feat. Lecrae, Termanology & Posdnuos of De La Soul)
18. Home (feat. Talib Kweli)

Beejoir does what he likes best

Beejoir, LV child

Beejoir, a British street artist whose pseudonym derives from a nickname, has been living in Thailand for over a decennium, where anti graffiti laws are non existent. This is where he founded the Souled Out Studios print house in 2004.

Although he was thrown out of art class at the age of 14, Beejoir felt the need to express his thoughts and indeed street art was the easiest way to do so. Recurring meaningful themes include politics, world affairs, religion and consumerism. A versatile artist who strongly dislikes the hidden-meaning concept.

His oeuvre includes paintings, prints, sculptures, photos, wheat pastes and stencils. His pieces are marked by rich contrasting colors and juxtaposed imagery. 

There's nothing greater than doing what you love every day of your life.

http://www.beejoir.co.uk

Menno wins Unbreakable World Championship 2013

Menno Van Gorp started dancing at the age of 12 after having seen Run DMC's “It’s Like That” video. Besides break dancing he gives workshops and organizes events.

The energetic Dutch b boy was one of the sixteen selected b boys who battled each other at the Lotto Arena on April 20th.

Thanks to his unique style the Hustle Kids crew member won the Unbreakable World Champion title for the second time in a row. 

Menno's a true hip hop culture adept who misses the old school break dancing scene with MC's, scratching DJ's and beat boxers. 

Talib Kweli's Prisoner Of Consciousness

Talib Kweli's delayed fifth solo album Prisoner of Consciousness refers to his attributed socially conscious rapper label.

The New York rapper chose to approach writing in a different, more experimental and impulsive way. The musician focused on the album's musicality.

Prisoner of Consciousness features a wide array of guests appearances from Rubix, Curren$y, Nelly, Melanie Fiona, Miguel, Seu Jorge, Amber Strother, Kendrick Lamar up to Busta Rhymes.

Poetic music you need to feel.

Tracklist:

1.     Human Mic
2.     Prisoner Of Conscious
3.     Ready Set Go featuring Melanie Fiona
4.     Upper Echelon
5.     Letter From The Government
6.     High Life featuring Rubix; Bajah
7.     Kilo's of Love
8.     Before He Walked featuring Nelly
9.     Come featuring Miguel
10.     Push Thru featuring Curren$y ; Kendrick Lamar; Glen Reynolds
11.     Hold It Now
12.     Delicate Flowers
13.     Hamster Wheel
14.     Rocket Ships featuring Busta Rhymes
15.     Favela Love featuring Seu Jorge
16.     Can't Barely Breathe featuring Amber Strother

Charles Bradley's Victim of Love

Charles Bradley's career started out as a James Brown imitator and blossomed when Daptone Records founder Gabriel Roth provided him with The Menehan Streetband.

Whereas Bradley's debut album No Time for Dreaming is a dark, melancholic album about his stressful life of poverty and misery, a new direction has been chosen for Victim of Love. 

Optimistic, soft, tender and romantic... even at the age of sixty five the Screaming Eagle of Soul remains very committed to his soul.

Tracklist:

1. Strictly Reserved For You

2. You Put The Flame On It

3. Let Love Stand A Chance

4. Victim Of Love

5. Love Bug Blues

6. Dusty Blue

7. Confusion

8. Where Do We Go From Here

9. Crying In The Chapel

10. Hurricane

11. Through The Storm

http://thecharlesbradley.com/

Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge: Twelve Reasons To Die

Wu-Tang Clan's Ghostface Killah and composer Adrian Younge unite in Twelve Reasons to Die, a conceptual twelve track album.

The cinematic 1960's Mafiosi storyline is based on a comic book with the same title and is influenced by the sinister Italian giallo film genre.

Soulful instrumentals and committed narrative wordplay embedded in a strong concept.

Tracklist

01 – Beware Of The Stare

02 – Rise Of The Black Suits

03 – I Declare War (Featuring Masta Killa)

04 – Blood On The Cobblestones (Featuring U-God & Inspectah Deck)

05 – The Center Of Attraction (Featuring Cappadonna)

06 – Enemies All Around Me (Featuring William Hart)

07 – An Unexpected Call (The Set Up) (Featuring Inspectah Deck)

08 – The Rise Of The Ghostface Killah (Featuring Masta Killa & Kil

09 – Revenge Is Sweet (Featuring Masta Killa & Killa Sin)

10 – Murder Spree (Featuring U-God, Masta Killa, Inspectah Deck &

11 – The Sure Shot (Parts One & Two)

12 – 12 Reasons To Die

Nametag & Nameless For Namesake

Nametag's storytelling began on Slum Village's Dirty District Vol. 1. 
Since then he contributed on Motor City's Dirty District Vol. 2, Black Milk's Popular Demand and Caltroit. His solo work includes mix tapes, EP's and the full length solo album The Name Is Tag.

Nameless started producing soul record morphing creations in 2002.

For Namesake combines the NN duo's clever rhymes and Motown samples. 

Tracklist:

01 – Indo 
02 – Hype Break 
03 – Reaction (feat. Miz Korona) 
04 – How It Get 
05 – Notchos (feat. Mahd) 
06 – Feelin’ Good + Feelin’ Great 
07 – Cease & Desist (feat. Jahshua Smith) 
08 – Stress Relief 
09 – May Day 
10 – Oxymoron (feat. Black Milk) 
11 – Hookless (feat. Mahd) 
12 – Raw-Dirty-Filth (feat. Guilty Simpson) 
13 – Blaow!! 
14 – The Teacher (feat. Chell) 
15 – Outdo 
16 – Buggin (Digital Exclusive) 
17 – Whatcha Want (Digital Exclusive) 
18 – Yo Self (Digital Exclusive) 
19 – The Jump (feat. Mahd) (Digital Exclusive)