The 'Superior King' PROMKNGHT

...The R&B kid with a voice to die for!

Promknght

Hailing from Miami, FL, Recording Artist Promknght is a multi-talented singer and songwriter who was raised right out of the "boogie down" Bronx, NY, from the age 14 and up.

The singer has been writing and recording music independently since the age of 13. He took a break after releasing his first self-recorded mixtape titled "Imperfect". After accumulating much terrific acknowledgement on the self-made vulnerable raw mixtape, he was amazed with exciting emotions and decided to resurrect himself back to music, with a more serious and stronger ambition including more of a complacent persona. “My passion is to bring a different sound to R&B with my own twist and a mixture of ambient sounds with the triple threat of Hip Hop, Pop, and soul, more so creating a raw alternative lane”. Promknght goal is to create a huge fan base of good sounds and creative goods, which more importantly would want to be remembered as making relatable therapeutic music. "I write therapeutically for myself and my audience, from personal, friends situations, Love, life and "turn up" just to name a few of my methods when writing music".

Promknght and his friends

Relating musicians including The Weeknd, Drake, The Dream and Jhene Aiko are a few of Promknght influences. The talented songstress Aaliyah and Ashanti are two female artists to inspire Promknght to start pursuing singing, "Ashanti is one of the only female artist I felt such a deep connection with, her music and Aaliyah mentally created an inspiring singer today...” he quote's. He was also influenced by a lot of late 90's R&B music with a mix of new school, including Artist such as TLC, Blackstreet, Soul For Real, Jagged Edge, Destiny's Child, En Vogue, R. Kelly, Brandy, Monica, and a lot more, just to name a few.

Promknght

Now starting off his lane smoothly bringing in his latest heart-felt vulnerable relating R&B wave that's buzzing all around titled "Superior" produced by EhonDaPlug which was debuted in December @ YouTube and Soundcloud, Promknght is currently preparing his next mixtape release "The BLVcK Room" that is promised to create a much bigger buzz for his niche following. The artist is looking to expand in his career as an independent recording artist by painting his vision through the 

sounds of notes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgo0R9qcygg

https://soundcloud.com/promknght/superior-prod-ehondaplug

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Video Premiere: Manolo Rose’s ‘Run Ricky Run’ Video Revisits Classic ’90s Films

Manolo Rose drop "Run Ricky Run" feature Telli

Manolo Rose

Manolo Rose’s ‘Run Ricky Run’ Video Revisits Classic ’90s Films

Relive 'Juice' and 'Menace II Society' too!

Manolo Rose’s buzzing “Run Ricky Run” has a new video and it’s like taking a trip down classic movie memory lane.

As the title suggests, “Run Ricky Run” will take you back to 1991’s “Boyz N The Hood,” the 1991 John Singleton film that featured Morris Chestnut and Ice Cube, among others. But that’s not where the movie references end.

more: ‘Boyz N The Hood’ A ‘Coming-Of-Age Story,’ John Singleton Says

“Juice” also gets a shoutout. “You never give a hitta like Bishop no handgun,” Manolo raps, referencing the character played by Tupac Shakur. “The moral of the story is you keep the grass cut so you see the snakes come.”

more: Tupac Created ‘Juice’ Character From Life Experience

The song continues the theme by reenacting a classic scene from 1993′s “Menace II Society,” also. Watch the full video and revisit some classic ‘90s films below.

by: andres tardio 

click on the link below to watch the video

http://www.mtv.com/artists/manolo-rose/

Hip Hop Future: SheemKluaf

SheemKluaf

When music meets talent it glows effortlessly.  No matter your age, where you are or where you come from, when good beats mingle with hot lyrics, it makes you feel that music is life and soul.

SheemKluaf is that kid at the blog to make you feel this way. An MC from the “Boogie Down” Bronx, the borough that birthed Hip Hop, Sheem is no doubt the future of Hip Hop.

Sheem performing 

Sheem started making music at the age of 17, with a friend that originated the idea in their college lunchroom.

Sheem rhymes with a passion and vulnerability that is felt in every song.

Compared to other and upcoming cats, he’s just much more lyrical, more emotionally available and authentic, much more soulful.  Those of us who have lived that “hard knock life” whether it be growing up in poverty, in a broken home, or in the ghetto.

Sheem says, “I [rap] for people to understand me I'm young but I have a lot to say.  I do this for me and I do this for the fam. I just wanna last and not come in to get kicked.”

From The Bronx

Sheem Kluaf’s music is across between hip-hop, RnB, and trap. “I love to blend the sounds; they can be so beautiful together.” Sheem’s music is like a fusion between trap and soul, like drake meets Andre 3 stacks and pun, Like 2PAC meets migos and yeezy.

Sheem performing on stage with a friend

Sheem says that “[his] music is for [our] ear’s to find astonishment.”

So listen to his new single GOIN DUMB on soudcloud and let us know what you think:https://www.soundcloud.com/sheemkluaf/going-dumb-free-pete-prod-by-skid-premise

Some other Sheem hits on soundcloud:

Innercity Ruffianz

Floozie

Amnesia

M$$$. Know It All feat. Sylvester J Wiz

Illusion

Love Burials ( Feat Sheem Kluaf ) Prod. Canis Major

2 AM in Babylon

Berπie

FINAL HOUR

10 Songs Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

King

Today (Jan. 19), we remember the life and legacy of late civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose contributions to the social and political sphere of the United States are innumerable. And over the years, the global musical sphere has become filled with songs inspired by or dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Billboard staff has picked our 10 favorites among those songs, from the sobriety of U2's "MLK" to the unfettered optimism of Springsteen's "We Shall Overcome."

1-     Pride In The Name Of Love  (U2 (1984)

2-     By The Time I Get To Arizona (Public Enemy (1991)

3-     Happy Birthday (Stevie Wonder (1981)

4-     We Shall Overcome (Bruce Springsteen (2006)

5-     One Visio Queen (1985)

6-     Like A Kin Ben Harper (1994)

7-     I Have A Dream  (Common feat. Will.i.am (2006)

8-     MLK U2 (1984)

9-     King Holiday  (King Dream Chorus and Holiday Crew (1986)

10- Dream Speech (The Gregory Brothers' Auto-Tune the News (2009)

Defining Hip Hop Culture From The 70's

What is Hip Hop Culture?

5 Pointz New York

Too many people are unclear as to what Hip Hop Culture really is and tend to use the term frivolously. Hip Hop Culture is commonly recognized by its main elements: Graffiti, Djing, Breakdancing, Mcing Rapping, and Beatboxing.  However, these elements are simply forms of art designed to express a deeper meaning.  At its core, Hip Hop is so much more than mere art and entertainment.  Hip Hop is the constantly evolving spirit and consciousness of urban youth that keeps recreating itself in a never-ending cycle.  It is joy, sorrow, pleasure, pain, victory, defeat, anger, happiness, confusion, clarity, humor, intensity, dream, nightmare, life, death, and everything else in between.  

Depending on who's telling the creation-story of Hip Hop, the day of its birth ranges.

It is the spirit that connects the past to the present and lays a path towards the future.  The spirit of Hip Hop is the same as Jazz, Reggae, Blues, Doo-wop, Be-bop, and a multitude of other types of expressions, be it musical or otherwise, that African people throughout the Diaspora have given birth to and introduced to the world.  That very spirit is what breathes life into a simple idea and transforms it into a living cultural movement.  Hip Hop Culture cannot be assimilated, integrated, diluted, watered-down, sold for profit, or pimped.  It will always exist, in this incarnation or another. What the mainstream promotes as Hip Hop is only a commercial product misleading you into believing that it represents Hip Hop in its totality.

The origins of hip hop music

 70s guys with shades Embracing my inner Hip Hop.

Hip Hop Files

Is this not the best? Jumping off balconies onto mattresses…..I want to have a go!

It has its origins in the Bronx, in New York City, during the 1970s, mostly among African Americans but with some influence from the Latin American population of the area as well. The culture has gone from being a relatively underground style to being a major style throughout the world, and it has been commercialized and popularized, especially in the United States.

Remember This! LIKE✔ Style Wars 1983 documentary on hip hop 'n graffiti culture