New Joint : Big L - Fred Samuel Playground feat Method Man - 2025

 

Certainly the best song in my opinion, taken from Big L’s latest posthumous album, recently released on Mass Appeal. Here is the Lyric video !

Nas & DJ Premier - Light-Years - 2025

 

2xLP - 2025 - Mass Appeal

Here is the first edition of Nas & DJ Premier's long anticipated album, entitled "Light-Years". It's available on double vinyl, CD & Cassette on Mass Appeal.

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De La Soul - Cabin In The Sky - 2025

2xLP - 2025 - Mass Appeal

" De La Soul return with ‘Cabin In The Sky’ their 10th LP. The new album also stands as the latest release in Mass Appeal’s celebrated “Legend Has It” series.

Cabin in the Sky marks De La Soul’s first studio album in nine years and includes production by DJ Premier, Super Dave, Pete Rock and features standout artists such as Killer Mike, Yukimi from Little Dragon, Common, Nas, Black Thought and more." - courtesy of Mass Appeal 

 Listen to the album HERE 

Pre-Order : Yellow Vinyl / Blue Vinyl (alternate artwork) / Clear, Blue & Yellow Splatter Vinyl 

Video : Mobb Deep - Against The World - 2025

Iconic hip-hop duo Mobb Deep makes their highly anticipated return with the release of "Against The World", the group's first posthumous release since the passing of Prodigy in 2017. Produced by Havoc, the single will be available on all streaming platforms via Mass Appeal, providing a first look into Mobb Deep's forthcoming album "Infinite", scheduled for release on October 10.

MF Doom & Ghostface interview in Mass Appeal - 2004

 

From Mass Appeal Magazine - 2004 - Scans courtesy of Babylon Falling

Madlib in Mass Appeal - 2001

From Mass Appeal Magazine - Scans courtesy of Babylon Falling

Interview : Secret Wars - MF DOOM

From Mass Appeal Magazine - Scans courtesy of Babylon Falling 

Rhythm Roulette : Cookin' Soul

"“Que pasa familia?” queries Cookin' Soul as he pulls up to Human Head Records in Bushwick for the latest episode of "La Ruleta del Ritmo." As the biggest hip hop DJ/producer in Spain, Cookin' Soul is one of a handful of European beat makers to establish a profile in the U.S. He’s done dope remix projects on artists ranging from Michael Jackson to Dilla and his original beats for Wiz Khalifa, Pusha T, Curren$y, and Nicki Minaj (to name a few) has made waves worldwide. Pulling his ski cap down over his eyes, he randomly selected albums by ZZ Hill, The Dynamic Superiors, and “my man Shadrock”—which turned out to be funky as hell. Cookin' Soul wasted no time dropping the needle here are there, exclaiming “Hell no!” a few times before finding something he could work with. Once he found a good snare sound, he even kissed the album. “Let’s get to the cooking part,” he said after grabbing up all the fly samples he could find. Check the latest episode of Rhythm Roulette to see all the beats he cooked up in the soul kitchen. DMV rapper Jayy Grams even stopped by to drop a few bars." - Mass Appeal 

NAS - Live From The John F. Kennedy Center - Classical Hip-Hop

Nas was live at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with the National Symphony Orchestra. One word to describe this "Classical Hip-Hop" performance : Beautiful...

Enjoy the Show !

Mass Appeal Presents Main Source: 25 Years of "Breaking Atoms"

Documentary : De La Soul is Not Dead

 "De La Soul Is Not Dead takes it all the way back to Amityville, Long Island - a suburban hip hop mecca where three highly creative individuals and high school classmates linked up with DJ Prince Paul and shopped a demo tape to Tommy Boy Records. The label that brought the world "Planet Rock" would soon have another smash hit on their hands with "Me Myself and I" and De La Soul, the so-called "Hippies of Hip Hop." But little did they know what the future would hold"

Documentary : De La Soul Is Not Dead - Trailer

"Coming straight outta Amityville, Long Island, the seminal hip hop trio De La Soul — comprised of MCs Posdnuos, Trugoy the Dove, and DJ Maseo, plus visionary producer Prince Paul — changed the sound of rap forever. De La’s innovative use of eclectic samples, bugged-out album skits, and multi-layered lyrical wordplay left a stamp on the music that will never die. Their “Buddy” remix became ground zero for the birth of the Native Tongues movement, helping launch the careers of A Tribe Called Quest and giving further shine to rising talents Queen Latifah, Monie Love, and The Jungle Brothers.

Last Friday, De La Soul dropped and the Anonymous Nobody…, their first album in 12 years, and also the first album by any major rap group to be fully funded by crowd-sourcing. Their Kickstarter raised over $600,000—by far the biggest budget they’ve ever seen for an album. This phenomenal show of support is a testament to the fierce loyalty of De La’s devoted fanbase. But that’s not the only reason it’s a big year for Plugs One, Two and Three. Mass Appeal is releasing a documentary online called De La Soul Is Not Dead. 

The short film not only looks into the history of De La Soul, but also explores the nagging legal and sample clearance issues that has prevented them from releasing their classic albums such as De La Soul Is Dead (1991) and Stakes is High (1996) on digital platforms like iTunes, Apple Music, or Spotify. Due to this blackout, the current generation of hip hop fans may not fully appreciate their genius and so we’re hoping this documentary helps fill in some those holes. De La Soul Is Not Dead comes out next week on Wednesday (September 7) and in the meantime, please check the trailer above." 
Mass Appeal 

Coming Soon ...

Cannibal Ox in Mass Appeal - 2001

 

From Mass Appeal Magazine - 2001 - Scans by Babylon Falling 

Rhythm Roulette : 9th Wonder

Mass Appeal Presents Fashawn - The Ecology Documentary

Interview : Cormega in Mass Appeal #9 - 2000

-= From Mass Appeal Magazine #9 - 2000 =-

Original Scans by Babylon Falling - Click here to Read the Interview 

Tha Licks - Mass Appeal 2001

From Mass Appeal Magazine 2001 - Scans courtesy of  Babylon Falling

Interview : Nas & Extra P. for Mass Appeal - 2002

From Mass Appeal Magazine 2002 - Photo by Piotr Sikora - Scans by Babylon Falling

Addicted To Beats : Beatnuts, Beatminerz and Beat Junkies

From Mass Appeal Magazine - 2001