Aloe Blacc

Love his songs (two of them are featured in this video), love his sound, love him!

Jay-Z Rhapsody's Commerical

This commerical is HOT!!!

R.Kelly ft. Keri Hilson

"Number No. 1" is the first single from R.Kelly's tenth studio album, "Untitled", that is slated to be released October 13th. His promotional tour is kicking of October 8th in Connecticut.

Maxwell's Bad Habits

Check Maxwell's new video, Bad Habits, from his new album BlackSummer's Night.

Young Money 's Artist Shanell

Listen to this new song by Young Money's singer and songwriter Shanell.

We can dig it.

Goapele's Milk & Honey

Check out the new video from Goapele titled "Milk and Honey" She is currently working on her new album that is scheduled to drop sometime this year.

Lupe Fiasco Performance

Check out this video of Lupe performing in St. Louis.

Nicki Minaj's Interview with XXL Magazine

We know she calls herself a "bad bitch" but after seeing this interview , we think she's a smart "bitch" too.

Dead Prez "Summertime"

Rap Revolutionaries Dead Prez released a new video for their single Summertime. We can dig it. It has a feel good vibe to it. Check it out.

Zero 7- In the Waiting Line

It's a throwback video but we were inspired and wanted to share.

Jay-Z to Headline All Points West Music and Arts Festival in New Jersey

All Points West Music and Art Festival announced that Jay-Z will headline the 1st night of the festival. Hopefull he will perform some of the songs from his upcoming album, The Blueprint 3 that will drop September 11. Other artists that will perform at the festival will be QTip, Chairlift, MGMT, The Cool Kids, Coldplay, Tool and The Pharcyde.

Congrats to Maxwell!!!

Congrats are in order, Maxwell tops the Billboard Charts this week. His fourth studio album BLACKsummers night sold 316,000 units in its first week of release. If you don't have go cop it, its a smooth ride.

Jay-Z Covers Billboard Magazine

Jay-Z covers Billboard's July/August issue. With his September 11th release of The Blueprint 3, we are all excited for this newly independent artist. Because we, here at BRICKS, pride ourselves on being the soucre for your information and inspiration, we thought we end this post with a food for thought from the interview.

"I still owed an album to Def Jam, but I wanted to have it back for a number of reasons, the most important being that it wasn't consistent with the type of business I planned for me or where I was positioning myself. Everything in my life I had taken charge of, but yet I was still an artist signed to a label. It seemed a little archaic in my plans," he says. "I've always prided myself on being a principled person. It was more so the principle than the amount of money. It was about owning my own masters and owning my own companies, but you have to pay for the privilege, and that comes at a premium."

Can't Knock Teedra's Hustle

Even though we all have been waiting for her new album to drop for three years now, Teedra Moses is still hustling and on the grind. With all of her concerts, photoshoots and appearances you would think that she is promoting a new album that is about to drop (hopefully she is). While we are patiently waiting, check out this new track from our favorite underground R&B lioness.