Free DL: Knine's "Robots Have Feelings Too"

After a 2 year hiatus, The Dog is back.

Twenty-seven heaters for FREE. Grab your copy here.

Props to Knine for putting this out for no-cake and for putting it in such a pretty package.

Vidz: Joshua Fest Tales (4 of 6)

MaxOne breaks it down this time around.

H-town Christian rappers Soulbrotha & Tre9 get local mainstream press

H-town's Soulbrotha and Tre9 recently garnered some good press in our city's two newspapers.

SB got the "Ask a Rapper" grill in the mainstream alternative Houston Press. My man deftly handled questions about selling out, Bushwick Bill, and other topics with grace, aplumb, and good humor.

Read it right here.

And over the weekend, Tre9 got a write up in the Houston Chronicle about his Hip Hop Hope Tuesdays at Rap-A-Lot's Prince Complex in 5th Ward.

Peep it right here.

Beatmart is back? New releases

Beatmart Recordings, the label that brought you polished releases from Soul P., Japhia Life, Rob Hodge, and Eric Cross will be offering its entire instrumental catalog for digital download today -7/28/09.

The tracks will be available for purchase at iTunes, Amazon.com, and all major online distribution sites.

“At Beatmart, we want to reinvent ourselves by investing greater into the individual consumer through the digital space. We want to share our assets with the people and offer our help in getting them where they want to go musically,” Beatmart president Todd Collins said.

“If giving them access to our catalog of instrumentals helps accelerate that process, then we will count it as a success – one person at a time."

Does this mean the company (once considered dead) has been resurrected?

"Beatmart is planning to make a comeback,” Collins said. “It won’t be without a lot prayer and hard work, but we see this release of our instrumentals as a small step in heading back in the right direction.

"In the meantime, I hope people can use what we were blessed with to be able to create through the years so far. We have plans to bring many more down the line.

Related:

R.I.P. Beatmart & Gotee Records - S.O.U.L. Magazine article by Sketch the Journalist

Wade-O Show adds three new affiliates (Includes California, Canada, & St. Maarten)

The Wade-O Radio network of affiliates continues to grow both numerically and geographically with the recent additions of NIFTY Christian Radio, International Christian Network Radio, and Laser 101 FM.

The shows will originate from Toronto, Canada, Victorville, California, and St. Maarten, respectively. The Laser 101 addition is particularly notable because it is the most listened to mainstream station on the island.

“We’re so excited to have all of these stations join our partnership to make Jesus the Christ known through the vehicle of hip hop music,” Wade-O said.

“God continues to allow this show to cross boarders which, to me, simply reinforces the truth that He is ‘no respecter of persons’ and a lover of all men.”

The new station start dates and air times are:

• NIFTY Christian - July 24
• ICRN - August 3
• Laser 101 FM - August 2

Vidz: Joshua Fest Tales (3 of 6)

"It's pretty cool..."

Plus massages.

Reach Relocates - Partners with Blueprint

Reach Records and Reach Life Ministries is relocating from Memphis, TN to the ATL and partnering with Sho Baraka's Blueprint Church plant.

A few details from the presser:

At Blueprint, we find leadership with a like minded heart of hitting the pulse of today's culture, yet also unflinching in its dedication to exalting Christ as we find him in the Scriptures and living out the faith in authentic community. Not everyone needs to rap. Music is not the final answer, it's just an avenue to glorify God and point people to Jesus. Lord willing, our hope is to stir the passion of leaders around the world to plant similar churches, get trained through places like Blueprint and go
back to their own areas to make disciples.

Read it in full here.

Such a transition is no doubt huge. Keep 'em all in prayer please.