RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan will release “Digi Snacks” on July 1st, via Koch Records. Although only one Wu member will appear on the album (Inspectah Deck), RZA will have collaborators from different genres. The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ John Frusciante, Shavo Odadjian of System of a Down and George Harrison’s son Dhani Harrison all contributed to the project.

You can find 2 versions of the album cover. One is a “clean” version featuring clothed women, and the last one features what I affectionately refer to as “dirty”. Keep it locked right here for some new tracks from the new album as well as updates nearer the album release date!

Official Tracklisting:

1.) Digi Snacks Intro ft. Understanding
2.) U Can’t Stop Me Now ft. Inspectah Deck
3.) Drama ft. Monk and Thea van Seijen
4.) Goodnight Kiss ft. Rev. Burk, Thea van Seijen, and Crisis
5.) Don’t Be Afraid to Call My Name
6.) Straight Up the Block
7.) Booby Traps / Digi Snacks ft. Dexter Wiggles
8.) Money Don’t Own Me ft. Monk and Stone Mecca
9.) I-Scream ft. Dexter Wiggles and Crisis
10.) No Regrets
11.) Love Is Digi Parts II ft. Kinetic and Crisis
12.) Long Time Coming
13.) O’Day
14.) Try Ya Yi Ya ft. Thea van Seijen
15.) Creep ft. Black Knights

Source: Street Hop Magazine

A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
By: Jeff Chang

“Hip-hop is the voice of this generation. Even if you didn’t grow up in the Bronx in the ’70s, hip-hop is there for you. It has become a powerful force. Hip-hop binds all of these people, all of these nationalities, all over the world together.” - DJ Kool Herc, from the Introduction

Forged in the fires of the Bronx and Kingston, Jamaica, hip-hop became the Esperanto of youth rebellion and a generation-defining movement. In a post-civil rights era defined by deindustrialization and globalization, hip-hop crystallized a multiracial, polycultural generation’s worldview, and transformed American politics and culture. But that epic story has never been told like this. From the gangs of the late 60s to the icons of the new millennium, from the Ghetto Brothers and Universal Zulu Nation organizations to the hip-hop activists, Can’t Stop Won’t Stop presents the hip-hop generation in all its grime and glory with breadth, wit, and style.

Based on original interviews with DJs, b-boys, rappers, graffiti writers, activists, and gang members, with unforgettable portraits of many of hip-hop’s forebears, founders, and mavericks, including DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Chuck D, and Ice Cube, Can’t Stop Won’t Stop chronicles the events, the ideas, the music, and the art that marked the hip-hop generation’s rise from the ashes of the 60s into the new millennium. Here is a powerful cultural and social history of the end of the American century, and a provocative look into the new world that the hip-hop generation created.

Source: The Giant Peach

Now that we have seen some close-up images of the upcoming Nike Air Yeezy, a signature sneaker designed by Kanye West, new colorways keep popping up. Here we show you a nice close-up image of the black/black colorway. Besides the contrasting outer sole, the entire sneaker comes in a mix of black leathers.