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Insomniac Magazine’s Can’t Sleep On This Track Pick: Planet Asia’s “Last Air Benders.”

Welcome to our new feature, the Insomniac Magazine Can't Sleep On This Track pick. The first selection is one of Hip Hop's most incredible emcees, Planet Asia. Here's is amazing track "Last Air Benders." Feel free to submit tracks...

New Rap Acts, Mantronix will show you how to innovate Hip Hop

 Sadly, Mantronix is far from a household name among so called "Hip Hop heads" today, however, they were one of the most innovative acts in the genre, and certainly pioneers worth knowing. DJ Mantronik and MC T pushed the...

New Wave Reggae: Jolly Boys bring new order to “Blue Monday”

The Jolly Boys blend classic mento (Jamaican folk music) instrumentation with other genres to breath new life into covers. Check them out as they rock out a classic New Order track in a brand new way.

The Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection For Scholarly Research

Following two years of extensive collection and categorization, the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library announces the opening of the Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection on the fifteenth anniversary of the death of the platinum recording artist, actor and...

The music industry’s underground Hip Hop sensations, Odd Future, land a TV deal

Adult Swim announced today it has picked up the live-action series Loiter Squad, a 15 minute live-action show that features sketches, man on the street segments, pranks and music from Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. The cast, featuring...

Music Marketing: Back to basics- vinyl and mailing lists

XL Recordings is putting their money where their music is. Today they announced a promotion offering a free copy of their promotional vinyl release featuring some great talent. All you need to do is be one of the first...

Evidence and DJ Premier on new music video “You”

The legendary Hip Hop producer, music industry veteran, and one half of Gangstarr, DJ Premier, and Dilated Peoples' frontman, Evidence, bring the unfiltered underground sound on this new video.

Success in the music industry- embrace a niche: I Fight Dragons interview part 2

In this segment of Insomniac Magazine's Q&A with Brian Mazzaferri, he explains exactly what it means to embrace a niche and ultimately how I Fight Dragons cut out a slice of their own piece of the music industry. As...

Goapele drops some deep soul on her new “Play” video

The music industry dropped the ball on soul a while ago. It's nice to see Goapele bring it back on her new music video.

Watch The Throne: Kurtis Blow original King of Rap

Rappers today, take note: the original King of Rap: Kurtis Blow.