The Music Tank

Skillz: The Million Dollar Backpacker

Is the state of Hip-Hop in the past few years been deceiving you? Do you long for when the “Undergound” was Mainstream and the backpack was an essential fashion accessory part of a lifestyle?
Skillz aka Mad Skillz (for the old school heads) seems quite moved by this as he just released his second official album [...]

Wale - The mixtape about nothing *free download*

Wale is quickly climbing the notoriety lader. After appearing on The Roots’ “Rising Down” album, the young Washington MC is releasing his own mixtape. Highly inspired by cult TV series “Seinfeld”, “The mixtape about nothing” gives you 15+ tracks to discover this promising rapper.

You can download the mixtape free of charge on EliTaste.com
Here is a [...]

The Roots leave out Patrick Stump collaboration from Rising Down

A few months back, I’ve reported the presumed collaborations for The Roots soon to be released album "Rising Down". Within that time, Questlove went on the record explaining that the Fall Out Boy-frontman Patrick Stump collaboration song "Birthday Girl" was let go off the album. The reason was essentially due to the formula of the [...]

?uestlove leaks Gnarls Barkley second single

The Roots’ own ?uestlove fell in love with Gnarls Barkley’s "Who’s gonna save my soul" so bad that he begged Gnarls Barkley producer Danger Mouse to let him leak the song on his YouTube page. The result, the full song below with a passionate ?uestlove singing in front of his webcam.
Question posted the following comments [...]

Official video for The Roots’ “75 bars (Black’s reconstruction)”

Last week I’ve posted a behind the scenes view at the first single off The Roots" upcoming "Rising Down" album, "75 bars"
Well here is the official video for the lead single. Album is due out late April

Behind the scenes of The Roots’

Here is a behind the scenes view for the video of The Roots’ upcoming single "75 bars" off their next album "Rising Down" due this April.
The footage doesn’t show much but gives you a glimpse of the killer song.