Dope article written by Tajai of Souls of Mischief over at XXLMag.com about Hiero’s independent legacy:

Making the transition from being on a major, where everything is paid for—cars, hotels, plane tickets, tour support—to being on…nothing, was shocking and a little bit scary. We came directly out of high school into a major label deal into a world of stardom, so to not have that label security made it seem like everything else would go away.

Check it out over at XXLMag.com »

See also:
• Yameen & Tajai Interview, XLR8R Magazine
• Yameen & Tajai Releases

Blockhead’s my homie from way back. In fact, I learned how to make beats with him and Dub-L (Music For Earthworms) way back in the day. So when it came time to work with some of my favorite producers for the new remix album, Block was at the top of the list.

I’m pretty hyped about the new album from Souls of Mischief, produced by Prince Paul which finally has a title: Montezuma’s Revenge. I think if the rest of the album is anything like the first single, “Tour Stories” it is going to be great.

That said, the first single from the album is out this week and available on iTunes. “Tour Stories” features Clean, Explicit, Instrumental and Acapella tracks and can be got for $3.96. It was produced by Domino and co-produced by Prince Paul. It’s a dope track.

Click here to cop it on iTunes.

And here’s a nice little treat from Grand Good on YouTube: Souls of Mischief performing the song live at The Knitting Factory in New York on December 16th, 2008.

I’ve been pretty hyped on Capcom’s upcoming HD remix of Street Fighter for Xbox Live and Playstation Network.

Capcom just sent out a press release announcing the game’s long-delayed, but finally cemented November 26th release date. But what caught my eye especially was mention of the Street Fighter Underground Remix album featuring the likes of Qbert, Hieroglyphics, DJ Toure (which I am assuming is Toure from Hiero), Zion I and others. Here’s a quote from the press release:

Capcom will be releasing a direct-to-download music album of hip-hop tracks inspired by the Street Fighter series. Street Fighter® Underground Remix will feature the musical flavor of artists such as DJ Qbert, Hieroglyphics, Redman, Oh No, DJ Toure, Mistah FAB and Zion I. Each artist has produced a Street Fighter tribute track that will be free of charge and exclusive to the PlayStation®Network when Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix launches.

A bit of a bummer it is for the PSN only (unless you own a PS3). But pretty cool nonetheless.

Here’s the link to the Capcom Press Release.

My new album, Never Knows Best will be dropping on June 10th, 2008 on Ropeadope CDs and Ropeadope Digital MP3s, worldwide.

The album features many great artists I’ve been wanting to work with for a minute. You can check out sound clips on the music player by clicking here.

Artists on the album include: The legendary Shock G (Digital underground), Lady Alma (4hero, Mark deClive Lowe), Georgia Anne Muldrow (Stones Throw Records), Maylay Sparks (!K7), DJ Icewater (Pharcyde, Quannum), Casual (Hieroglyphics).

Check it out, look forward to more news shortly and more songs. One love,

-Yameen