The Black Keys and some of the biggest names in hip-hop will release an album under the name Blakroc. on Nov. 27th 2009. The project was spearheaded by rapper Jim Jones and also sports contributions from Mos Def, Q-Tip, RZA, Raekwon, Ludacris, Pharoahe Monch, NOE, Nicole Wray, Billy Danze and the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard.
My buddy Marco has been managing this guy for a while, and recently moved to New York with him to get some things going. George has been putting out some great stuff.
“MUSICVISION PHOENIX is twenty tracks that changed our lives”, with Thomas Mars, Deck d’Arcy, Laurent Brancowitz, Christian Mazzalai, a film by Guillaume Delaperriere
This past weekend, they appeared on Eristoff Internative’s webcast-only festival. Performing inside a shimmering box of LED lights and video screens, they debuted two new songs, “Stay Close” and “As Time Breaks Off”, as well as a rendition of EP standout “Seasun”. -viaPitchfork