Produced by Ski Beatz. Video Directed by The ICU. Who can name the breakbeat sample?

Latest track leak off Pharoahe Monch’s forthcoming W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) album, “Assassins” featuring Jean Grae and Royce Da 5’9″. Track produced by M-Phazes. W.A.R. hits stores March 22nd Be sure to catch Pharoahe Monch live in Austin’s SXSW Music Festival this week, below is the events he will be participating in: Wednesday, March 16th: [cont.]

In the immortal words of Scooby Doo: “Ruh-Roh”. LISTEN: Lil B – “Base For Your Face” (feat. Jean Grae + Phonte) Lil B – “Base For Your Face” (feat. Jean Grae + Phonte; prod. 9th Wonder)

Produced by J Mage. Starring Eve Corprew, Khay Mecca, Caits Meissner. Directed, shot and edited by Hemamset Angaza.

New music from longtime HHS homegirl, Jean Grae? Beat by RJD2? We’re listening. Taken from Talib Kweli’s Year of The Blacksmith Community mixtape. LISTEN: Jean Grae – “The Bridge” (prod. RJD2) Jean Grae – “The Bridge” (prod. RJD2)

Tiff The Gift from Newport News, VA releases her debut album “Cool, Calm, Chill” via Digi Crates Records on 9.21.10. Here is the first single, which features Jean Grae. Tiff The Gift – “Punch In” (feat. Jean Grae) (MP3)

Well folks, this iiiiiiiis the remix.Fresh off their prequel EP to the full LP “At Last”, Eternia and Moss drop the remix to “The BBQ”, this time featuring Tiye Phoenix & Jean Grae. The EP is available as a limited edition vinyl release online or in store at Fat Beats. Check out the remix here [cont.]

Latest leak from Ski Beatz free-downloadable mixtape, 24 Hour Karate School, which will be available to download here on March 30th. Nasty production from Ski, meshed with even nastier rhymes (we see you outshining the fellas, Ms. Grae). Ski Beatz + Mos Def + Jay Electronica + Jean Grae + Joell Ortiz – “Prowler 2″ [cont.]

Hip-Hop has always been a “boy’s club” where female emcees are seen as welcomed guests rather than active participants. But it was never this bad. It never got to the point where award shows had to literally discontinue its best female artist category because there was no one to give it to. There used to [cont.]

Trying to come up with a list of great female MCs is a little bit like trying to name the best white American players in the NBA.  If you can name five who are even decent, you’ve accomplished something.  Obviously there’s Lauryn Hill (that is, when “her heart still was in rhymin’”), and she’s better [cont.]

Jean Grae is a picture-perfect representation of how possessing determination, passion, and a willingness to never compromise your integrity will bring rewards in due time. If proof is needed to believe such a claim, simply  take a look at her career thus far. Coming up as a member of the now defunct underground group Natural [cont.]

      While her buzz factor is currently at its highest point, Brooklyn’s female super-lyricist Jean Grae has been establishing herself for years. Her solo debut, Attack of the Attacking Things, was released in 2002 to critical acclaim, and her Bootleg of the Bootleg EP laid further claim into her status as the game’s strongest estrogen-charged [cont.]

     Jean Grae  is self-aware, if nothing else. At times captivated by a world of fantasy to hide her real thoughts, for the most part she is brutally honest with herself and the listener. Delivering her personal mantra on her second solo effort, the Babygrande release is as lyrically visceral as they come - a great irony [cont.]

It would be wrong to say that this album is boring, but on occasion it can be. What What created wonderful beats as Run Run Shaw  behind the decks for the unheralded Natural Resource, she wowed heads in and out of New York City, garnered the ear of The Herbaliser and created equally captivating late-90′s joints with [cont.]