Guardian Music — 10 February 2006: Number 47 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop musicJames Dewitt Yancey, aka J Dilla, passed away in his bed at the age of 32. His untimely death was the result of a combination of rare blood disease ... more info

Culture Bully — New Gerard Victor-directed music video for "Halftime" from the former Slum Village MC's forthcoming Elmatic release. more info

Totally Fuzzy — John Stephens (born December 28, 1978), better known by his stage name John Legend, is an American recording artist, musician and actor. He is the recipient of nine Grammy Awards, and in 2007, he received the special Starlight award from the Songwr... more info

Guardian Music — With a second tribute album on its way, Nas's Illmatic is becoming a totem for hip-hop purists. Richard Watson gets into the NY state of mindHip-hop fans know the drill by now. Every time Nas preps another project, rumours circle that this, finally, ... more info

Core News — “Three hours of the best new and cutting edge music, including your daily dose of dubstep with resident DJ Starkey plus Mistajam brings you a brand new ‘Jam Hot’ courtsey of D&B producer Nu:Tone! Finally Jam pays tribute to the late great hip-h... more info

Guardian Music — Childhood cello lessons paid dividends for the late J Dilla when he shook up urban music with his maverick beats. Now the classical world is saluting one of its ownThe classically trained virtuoso Miguel Atwood-Ferguson grew up listening to Mozart, B... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Here is some rare footage of the late J.Dilla along with Slum Village at Soundcheck. You can see the producer on 2 MPC’s. Nice footage.   Respect: PinboardBlog a2a_linkname="Rare Footage Of J.Dilla And Slum Village At Soundcheck"; a2a_linkurl="htt... more info

Culture Bully — Music video for "Faster" by Slum Village from the group's 2010 release, "Villa Manifesto." more info

ContactMusic — Iconic rap group SLUM VILLAGE will be no more after the release of its upcoming album.The band, now comprising of Elzhi, Illa J and founding rapper T3, is putting the... more info

XLR8R — Earlier this month, we shared a download of "The One," one of few tracks from Onra's Long Distance album to feature live vocal work. The French beat craftsman wrangled Slum Village's T3 to drop the vocal contribution over his boogie-min... more info