Pre Order Tix now for the 6th Annual Yule Prog to see KA, Billy Woods, Cavalier, artists from Uncommon, Reservoir Sound and more!

It's here once again!  The 6th Annual Yule Prog will take place on December 5th in Brooklyn, NY at Public Assembly.  It will feature a performance from KA, who dropped the critically acclaimed and classic LP, Grief Pedigree, earlier this year.  Also featured is Billy Woods of Backwoodz Studioz who re-established himself as a solo force this year with History Will Absolve Me.  Cavalier and Faro Z will be in tandem, another pairing of A.M. Breakups & Elucid will be in the house as Cult Favorite.  All this, plus Uncommon vets, Adam Warlock, Taiyamo Denku and Pruven & Shortrock.  This just scratches the surface, check out the full flyer of New York Prog Rap all stars.  Advance tickets are available via Ticketweb for $10 ($12 at the door).  Once again this show is put together by Uncommon & Backwoodz, but this year also adds the involvement of Reservoir Sound.  This is not a show to miss, check the Facebook event page and this site often for more details!

Adam Warlock, Pruven and Cult Favorite's full mixed set at the 2012 Beat Shot Music Festival

From July 4th Weekend 2012, we present this great video footage of Adam Warlock, Pruven and Cult Favorite rocking a mixed set together. They destroyed it at Red Square in Albany NY at the Annual Beat Shot Music Festival.  Adam Warlock's Slugging Percentage, Pruven's Heathen's Anthem and Cult Favorite's Heavy Metal are among the highlights of this great nearly 30 minutes of live music. 

ADAM, Pruven and Cult Favorite to Perform at Albany's Beat Shot Music Festival

July 6th and 7th brings the Beat Shot Music Festival to Albany, NY and Red Square.  Uncommon artists ADAM and Pruven will be performing as well as Prog Rap cohorts Cult Favorite (A.M. Breakups & Elucid).  The festival will go on for two days with the guys performing the first day on the Friday Night of Independence Day weekend.  Also on the bill for this festival will be EDO G., El Da Sensai, J-Live, Torae, Kev Brown, Has-Lo and many more.  In fact between the two days there will be approximately 70 acts hitting the stage.  If you are in the Capitol region, this is a must see.  Check out the event page on Facebook for more info!

A.M. Breakups Launches Reservoir Sound Website

A.M. Breakups has been busy this month.  Check out his new label/crew/collective Reservoir Sound and their brand new website!  You'll find two new singles there from 11:00A.M., Forrealism and Mother Earth, that also feature production from Willie Green and Jeff Markey.  While you're at it, shoot over to Uncommon Radio's Youtube Channel to see some performances from Cult Favorite (A.M. Breakups & Elucid) from RS' showcase in Brooklyn last month.

Nasa Production featured on "I Heart New York" Mix from the UK

Check out this new mixtape from our friends across the pond at Associated Minds.  It's called "I Heart New York / New York Renaissance".  It features Nasa's Remix of "Snow" from Roc Marciano and Sean Price along with music from other New Yorkers like Elucid, Mos Def, Rock from Heltah Skeltah and many more.  Click the image to Download it for free via Itunes.

Adam Warlock's "Dark Weapons (from Mars") is OUT NOW

Uncommon Records presents the debut (FREE) release from Adam Warlock, Dark Weapons (from Mars). Adam and his wife were the victims of an apartment burglary, causing every object that was left behind to be seen as a weapon for defense a week later.  If you've ever been the victim of this sort of crime, you realize that normal items like that old baseball bat, the set of steak knives and that rusty hammer become your best friends when you're afraid of return visits. 

Producer, Nasa turned to music that could provide both the comfort level needed and the energy needed to capture what Adam was experiencing.  For this, his source material was exclusively from The Mars Volta.  Nasa and Adam, both being big fans of the group, were able to take TMV's music and turn it into something totally new, and directed it toward the stress of the situation at hand.  There are no TMV remakes or tributes on this album, everything is original. TMV simply provided the paint that was used to illustrate a brand new work of art.  The track, Serpentine Steak Knives also features friends Subtitle and Elucid.

Throw in all the rage, sadness and shame that comes from near compliant neighbors and inept cops and you've got a compelling true life story.  All of this eventually lead to Adam having to pick up and leave a neighborhood that he once loved.  This album is a release of Adam's pent-up emotions from that incident. Dark Weapons is a powerful, personal, dramatic and passionate recording, and it's dedicated to all the victims in this world.

The album is presented for FREE at Uncommon's Online Store.

There is also a CD version for pre-sale that includes all the instrumentals, a poster and limited edition sticker.