Having brought you a first listen of "Don't Feel Right" from The Roots' upcoming album last month, as reported by SOHH, last night The Roots unveiled the entire album at Sony Studios in New York City. Group members Black Thought, ?uestlove and affiliate Dice Raw were in attendance with Jay-Z, Young Guru (Def Jam A&R/engineer) and mixtape DJ J. Period making brief apperances. While there was speculation of guest spots from Saigon, Talib Kweli and Mos Def, it looks like the album will feature...

Still patiently waiting on word on when the next Digable Planets album will drop, in the meantime it looks like Digable Planets will be playing a handful of shows in the next couple of months, including one at Nokia Theater here in NYC. Tour Dates 06/15/2006 Barcelona, Spain Sonar Music Festival 07/20/2006 Seattle, WA Neumo's 07/21/2006 Seattle, WA Neumo's 08/24/2006 New York, NY Nokia Theatre 09/02/2006 Johannesburg, South Africa Arts Alive Festival 09/24/2006 Del Mar,...

Having achieved success with the critically acclaimed 'BE,' Common is reportedly working on the follow-up, 'Finding Forever.' Hoping to be released in September of this year, production will come from Kanye West, Kareem Riggins and J Dilla.

With this year's Giant Step Summerstage show including a performance by Jose Gonzalez, we have had his tunes in our head for weeks. Being a bit crazy for him right now, we came across this video for a song called "Hand On Your Heart." A Kylie Minogue cover, the track is taken from Jose's recent 'Stay In The Shade EP' and is simply gorgeous, both the song and video. Watch it here.

As reported by Billboard, having produced their self-titled debut themselves, this time around the Brazilian Girls have teamed up with producer Ric Ocasek, who besides producing also plays guitar on the first single, "Last Call," for their sophomore album, 'Talk to La Bomb,' set to be released September 12 on Verve Forecast. "This record is going to be a lot more dynamic," bassist Jesse Murphy told Billboard.com. "We really captured the lounge aspect of our music with our last one -- you...

The first single from their long-awaited 'Idlewild' album, "Mighty-O" is set to be released on August 7, preceding the album, which will be released on August 21st. "Mighty-O" is the first joint OutKast single to be released since "So Fresh, So Clean" from 2000's 'Stankonia'.

If you are a Nelly Furtado fan, here is chance to see her up close and personal. On Thursday, June 22nd at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square, she will be signing copies of her new release 'Loose.' The only catch is that you have to pick up a copy of 'Loose' at Virgin Megastore Times Square beginning 9:00 AM on Tuesday, June 20th. Once you do this, you'll receive a pass guaranteeing entry to this event. Thursday June 22nd 6:00 - 8:00 pm Virgin Megastore Times Square 45th and...

While this isn't news per-se, from time to time we come across videos that are just too great not to share. This one, finds Kel McKeown splicing 3 instructional videos together to make a cohesive music video.

I won't consider playing on the Jimmy Kimmel show a must-see event, but when it is The Streets with Mike Skinner singing with a full gospel choir, presumably the only time this will happen, it is. So set your Tivos for this Tuesday, June 13th, as The Streets perform on the Jimmy Kimmel show. And for those who manage to tape it, feel free to pass along a YouTube link.

Back with N'Dea Davenport, the trend-setting British based soul outfit, The Brand New Heavies, return with fanfare. Their latest release, 'Get Used To It' which was released digitally last week, managed to become the #1 R&B album on iTunes. With this news plus a handful of upcoming shows, The Brand New Heavies have definitely been missed.