Buckshot & 9th Wonder ft.Talib Kweli & Tyler Wood - “Hold It Down”

From Tha Formula. Video’s on the way…

[Thanks, Matt]

KRS-One has joined the Duck Down family, where he hopes to release a collaborative album with Buckshot. Duck Down really had no choice in this situation. After all, it’s hard to turn down the guy who inspired the name of your label.

From the Press Release:

Three tracks have already been recorded and the chemistry between the two artists is very natural. Buckshot described the work as “CONFLOSATION, even when KRS ONE is flowing he’s having a conversation with his audience. This collaboration with KRS-ONE is going to be an album full of Hip-Hop conversation, ranging from New World Order, to socially conscious topics such as unemployment, poverty, and politics.

What’s that, his 25th album? Well, it looks like the Teacha will be rapping way into his 60s. Between him and Chuck D, we’ll have plenty of grumpiness to go around in the next decade and beyond.

I’ll probably get fired for saying this, but damn it if Duck Down isn’t the most relentless independent hip-hop label right now. There’s no shortage of good material from their roster of seasoned artists. “One Call” is off ST’s album, Stereotypez.

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9th will produce an entire album for Buckshot, but he won’t commit himself to Little Brother - the crew that gave him a springboard for success? I’m just saying…

Theme music for History Channel’s “Gangland” series. Produced by Dirty Elegance.

Despite being an independent label, the folks at Duck Down Records did it real major this year. First they inked a deal with ESPN. Now they’re getting paper with History Channel and YouTube.