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Peep the powerful and haunting first single from Gary Clark Jr.’s upcoming third studio album.

The timeless second single from Rhime Divine’s epic debut album, Expand Your Mind.

Hey there, TLA music fans. “Pleased to meet you.” Well, as many of you know, Denver, CO has been home base for our little rag tag blog site for the past four years. We’ve enjoyed every minute of having our HQ in the Mile High City and today something exciting is happening that makes it just a tad bit sweeter. What is the thing that is causing all of the…

“Don’t catch you slippin’ now.”       Childish Gambino – This is America Intro: Choir Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away Bridge: Childish Gambino & Young Thug We just wanna party…

Union Underground by Ted James     Ted James – Strong Will Continue Intro: Ted James All we do is stay focused Looking straight forward at the challenge and beyond We feel the one percent pulling us down We’ve gotta keep pulling each other up We can’t get stuck We’ve gotta keep moving forward We’ve got places to go, y’all Let’s get it Chorus: Damian Marley When the armageddon’s dark…

“I never sleep, ’cause sleep is the cousin of death.” Legendary hip hop artist Nas celebrated the 20th anniversary of the release of his groundbreaking debut album Illmatic by performing it at the Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra on March 28th & 29th, 2014. Now, almost four years later, PBS is providing the masses a glimpse of this historic event through a new episode of Great Performances. Peep…

    Nick Jones – Dreamcatcher (feat. D-Wattz) Verse One: Nick Jones Everybody got a dream that they trying to chase But it seems to never catch it when it’s right in their face You just settle for less, afraid to take the chance To be something great, instead of living a sham I understand chasing a dream can be a risk But living is a risk so you gotta…

“But we better give Obama props ’cause what we got in office now’s a kamikaze that’ll probably cause a nuclear holocaust. And while the drama pops and he waits for shit to quiet down, he’ll just gas his plane up and fly around ’til the bombing stops.”     Eminem – The Storm Freestyle It’s the calm before the storm right here Wait, how was I gonna start this off?…

    Ted James – Memories Freestyle Verse One: My beginnings are my ends The end has begun Speak soft nothings And I’ll whistle with my tongue Matter of fact, pour the rum I’d much rather hum Let’s attack this ‘ole drum Until the moon defers to sun Twenty years on the run In the barrel of a gun Move faster backwards When the words back come On a journey…

“Don’t you never forget, Jigga got this shit poppin’. I pulled out the pot when we was outta options.”       JAY-Z – Bam (feat. Damian Marley) Chorus: Damian Marley & JAY-Z Now greetings to the world Gangsta nuh live in a tenement yard Rude boy nuh live in a tenement yard Too much watchy, watchy, watchy Too much su, su, su, su, su Them chatty, chatty, chatty Them…

“Covered up or not don’t ever take us for granted.”       Mona Haydar – Hijabi Verse One: What that hair look like Bet that hair look nice Don’t that make you sweat? Don’t that feel too tight? Yo what yo hair look like Bet yo hair look nice How long your hair is You need to get yo life You only see Oriental You steady working that dental…

“This that Grey Poupon, that Evian, that TED Talk…”       Kendrick Lamar – HUMBLE. Verse One: Ayy, I remember syrup sandwiches and crime allowances Finesse a nigga with some counterfeits But now I’m countin’ this Parmesan where my accountant lives In fact, I’m downin’ this D’USSÉ with my boo bae, tastes like Kool-Aid for the analysts Girl, I can buy yo’ ass the world with my paystub Ooh,…