It’s All Black Music

  “Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God.” -Last Maya Angelou tweet.. Today, we honor The Phenomenal Woman- Maya Angelou  

Via TheBoxHouston.com Houston recording label Swishahouse is the first hip-hop label — and first label of any music genre — to have materials archived by Rice University’s Center for Engaged  Research and Collaborative Learning (CERCL), part of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research. These materials, which will be housed at the Woodson Research Center Special Collections and […]

Let’s hear it for the Old School. Kool DJ Red Alert, T La Rock and Busy Bee will be among those honored tomorrow at the second…

Since he jumped on the scene by destroying “Mechanics”, the Swizz Beatz powered ode to Method Man’s “Bring The Pain”, Reek Da Villain  has been…

When Missy Elliott and Timbaland take you under their wing, several things happen. You are immediately immersed into a pool of wisdom and a team…

As part of TheUrbanDaily.com’s Black Music Month coverage we asked several of our featured artists to tell us about their favorite or most influential album…

On TV Land’s new sitcom “The Soul Man,” Cedric ‘The Entertainer’ plays Reverend Boyce ‘The Voice’ Ballentine, an R&B superstar-turned-minister who relocates to St. Louis…

Last year Hip-Hop Icon Kool G. Rap released his latest album Riches, Royalty And Respect on his website KoolGrapNow.com. In recognition of Black Music Month…

In the next installment of our “My Favorite Album” series, rapper Driicky Graham of “Snapbacks And Tattoos” fame tells TheUrbanDaily.com why Eminem’s The Eminem Show…

One listen to Honors English’s  mixtape “State Of The Art” and it’s easy to tell who have been the biggest influences on this lyricist from…

When you’re a rapper, there’s no way you can come into the game after 2000 and not be influenced in some way by Jay-Z. However,…

What would Huey and Riley Freeman have sounded like with Rah Digga’s voice?  During a visit to TheUrbanDaily  Digga Digga talked about everything from recording…