Samuel Akainyah III chose to leave college — where he was pursuing a psychology and communications double major and a Division I football career — and embark on a Hip Hop career as SoloSam. The up-and-coming rapper almost immediately captured the attention in the Chicago Hip Hop scene in doing so.
Since making that fateful decision, he’s seen himself featured in local and national publications, receiving…
The Doors will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their third album Waiting for the Sun with a reissue featuring 14 previously unreleased tracks. The two-CD, one LP set is available to pre-order ahead of its September 14th release via Rhino.
Of the 14 unreleased recordings, nine are early “rough mixes” cut during the original recording sessions, which longtime Doors engineer/mixer Bruce Botnick discovered while digging through his archives. “I prefer some of these rough mixes to the finals, as they represent all of the elements and additional background vocals, different sensibilities on balances, and some intangible roughness, all of which are quite attractive and refreshing,” Botnick said.
The remaining five unreleased tracks were recorded live at a September 17th, 1968 Doors concert in Copenhagen, Denmark. The live selections include…
Apollo Brown and Locksmith have released their collaborative EP, No Question, via Mello Music Group.
In a recent interview, Lock told HipHopDX the eight-track project was recorded in less than a week during sessions in Brown’s hometown of Detroit. More