Brooklyn Vegan — New York rapper and former Roots member Rahzel has announced a hometown show happening July 28 at Brooklyn Bowl. He'll be joined by a pretty impressive list of guests, including Pete Rock, Large Professor (who both did beats for Illmatic, among ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Classic rap group De La Soul have a new album on the way, their first since 2004. The album, which is called and the Anonymous Nobody…, was crowdfunded and will be out August 26 via AOI. We mentioned back when it was announced that it will feature ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sean Price (left) w/ Pharoahe Monch at Pete Rock's release party in Brooklyn in June The Source reports that according to his friends and family, Brooklyn rapper Sean Price passed away in his sleep this morning. He was 43. Cause... more info

Stereogum — Today, Panda Bear follows up his Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper album with PBVSGR Remixes, and EP of reworked versions of songs from that album. We’ve already posted Andy Stott’s remix of “Boys Latin,” Danny L Harle’s reworking of “Come... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Plus, listen to Pete Rock's new Panda Bear remix by Andrew Sacher photo: Talib Kweli at Brooklyn Bowl - 6/24/15 (via BrooklynVegan Instagram) On Thursday (6/24), hip hop legend Pete Rock celebrated his new Petestrumentals 2 album with a star-studded.... more info

Stereogum — In the early ’90s, the rapper and producer Pete Rock developed a warm, analog thump that was a huge influence on the sound of that generation’s New York rap. He cranked out classics by the fistful, for himself and C.L. Smooth and plenty of others... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Hip hop legend Pete Rock, known among other things for his classic 1992 collaboration with CL Smooth, Mecca and the Soul Brother, put out a new instrumental album this week. It's called Petestrumentals 2, and it's the long-awaited sequel... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos: Ty Segall @ MHOW, 2013 (more by PSquared) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Ty Segall, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Christian Peslak, @ Baby's All... more info

Core News — “Benji gets to know hip-hop star Pete Rock In Three Records.” Check out other Benji B shows in my archive and subscribe to the feed to get good music in the future. Benji B Exploring future beats 2015-06-11 Pete Rock In Three Records [Uploaded.ne... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for tonight's BrooklynVegan-presented Chastity Belt show at Rough Trade with Mega Bog and Nail Polish are still available. If you missed out on the BV presale, you can get tickets for the Cold Cave show at The Wick... more info