Back On My Blog Sh!# Vol. 1 Mixtape

June 21, 2010

New Phashara music featured on mixtape “Back On My Blog Sh!# Vol. 1″ via www.BBmp3s.blogspot.com. First up is the mega collabo most may have already heard “Say Your Prayers” featuring Phashara, Qwazaar, Longshot & Savant (produced by UK native, Passion HiFi). The other is new single, available now on iTunes and Amazon.com,”Burning Hot” written and [...]

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Phashara (Beatmonstas) New Single Out June 15

June 14, 2010

After releasing The Storybook Adventure in mid 2008, Phashara regrouped with group members Noble Dru & Phat Kid Therapy to reignite the release of Beatmonstas sophomore release Bomb Til We Hit Em in 2009. Now in 2010 Phashara preps his own sophomore release with the singles Burning Hot & Sunshine due [...]

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Phashara Beatmaking Vid - “My Uncle’s CD”

June 14, 2010

Peep this video I did this past weekend where I stumbled upon my Uncle’s CD. He’s a jazz trumpeter although I’ve only sampled some of the piano stuff thus far. On this CD he was joined by a few friends  musicians and they recorded some pretty dope stuff. I figured it would be dope if [...]

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Platorm8470.com Wrap Up ‘09 - Micro-Interview w/ Phashara (of the Beatmonstas)

April 18, 2010

The good folks at Platform8470.com reviewed Beatmonstas’ “Bomb Til We Hit Em” LP in late 2009. As a result they included us in their annual “Wrap Up” piece where they conduct a short micro interview with the artists they’ve featured or reviewed throughout the year.
Peep the review here… Platform8470.com album review
Peep the micro interview here… [...]

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Passion HiFi - “SayYaPrayers” Feat. Phashara, Savant & MC Longshot

March 12, 2010

Passion_HiFi - “Return of The Soul Rebel” Mixtape available at DatPiff.com

Here’s whats dope about when hip-hop meets social networking meets various recording technology… In 2008 I released “The Storybook Adventure”. Just before the release I got at my man Tall Black Guy, who produced a joint on the album, about having his group, The 80’s [...]

 
icon for podpress  SayYaPrayers_@Phashara_@SavantRAREBREED_@MCLongshot_@Passion_HiFi [3:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Duke University’s “Professor 9th Wonder!?!”

January 7, 2010

One of my biggest gripes with the direction of my beloved hip-hop is that so many of the people in the culture take pride in being a dumb ass. But every now and again there is a beacon of light shining in a way that positively reflects on hip-hop and rap music and the whole [...]

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Speech of Arrested Development Speaks on Southern Rap

January 4, 2010

Remember “Speech” from “Arrested Development”? Well, some may have thought he and Arrested Dev’ had fallen off the face of the earth after smashing the industry with two Grammy Awards in 1993 for Best New Artist and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, and also being named Band of the Year by Rolling [...]

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THE REVIVAL - Ladies In Hip-Hop

December 27, 2009

For all the ladies in hip-hop who don’t feel properly represented by the over blown sexuality that seems to have become the prerequisite for female emcees in recent times, peep this video entitled “The Revival” featuring Roxanne Shante & Bahamadia.

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DJ Day & Exile Finger Drumming Live on MPCs

December 21, 2009

For those that say beatmaking is not musicianship.

Exile and Dj Day at the Rooms of Red Bull from joao costa on Vimeo.

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‘BOMB TIL WE HIT EM’ Featured as RapReview of the Week on RAPREVIEWS.COM

December 1, 2009

Beatmonstas’ ‘BOMB TIL WE HIT EM’ landed on Rapreviews.com with a featured ‘RapReview of the Week’ article.  Author Emanuel (Manny) Wallace of RapReviews.com scored the music at 8 out of 10 and the lyrics at 7 out of 10 for an overall review score of 7.5 out of 10. Big ups to RapReviews and Manny [...]

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