7l & Esoteric plan to release their first new LP in four years with 1212, dropping October 12th. As you can see above, guests will include Ill Bill, Celph Titled, Alchemist, Evidence, Inspectah Deck, Sadat X, Vinnie Paz, Statik Selektah, and Reef The Lost Cauze. Eso drops knowledge about the LP here.

What do we have here? Our first co-branded mixtape since the relaunch. Of course longtime followers know we’ve been doing this kind of thing since around 2001, however as you can see from our discography, we don’t attach our name to just anything. Basically, Red Planet Music are throwing a show tonight (!) in Philly [cont.]

New tracks from Sadat X as he readies for his new release, Wild Cowboys II. Sadat released a 10 track EP earlier in the year which contained five new tracks and the instrumentals. These tracks were not on the EP and have not been released as of yet. “Pray features Umi, M-1 (of Dead Prez), [cont.]

Taken from Sadat’s forthcoming “Wild Cowboys 2″ dropping March 23rd on Fat Beats Records.

HHS: You fit the very definition of longevity in hip hop. You’ve been doing it, whether it be with Brand Nubian or on your solo material – you stay busy. What keeps you going after all these years? Sadat X: What really keeps me going is the love for it man. I still love hip [cont.]

Few artists in hip-hop have afforded the longevity that Sadat X has. Gearing up to release his 7th solo album, this one is sure to bring back the “Great Dot X” of his original Wild Cowboys album 1996 release. Unmoved by an inevitable changing of the guard in Rap, Sadat remains a beacon of true, [cont.]

It’s hard in today’s microwave mcnugget culture to really have longevity.  Few artists have been able to maintain longevity for even 5 years, much less nearly 20.   We first got a taste of Sadat X in 1990 and he has continually put out quality music every since.  Whether it’s with Brand Nubian or on the [cont.]

 After reuniting in 1998 with his Brand Nubian brothers on the under-appreciated Foundation, Sadat X resurfaced last year with two collaborative gems; “1-9-9-9″ f/ Common, and the previously vaulted “Come On”, which was one of the few highlights from Biggie’s disappointing posthumous release. While his solo-debut, Wild Cowboys, failed to strike a chord with the masses, [cont.]

“Ka-Ching” just reminds me how very, very rare artists like De La Soul and Gang Starr are. Like Brand Nubian, their careers have survived the times but this new 12″ finds Sadat X doing some bling, bling, hoes and b*tches bullsh*t while De La and Gangstarr have maintained integrity AND excellence without pandering to the trendy sh*t. No [cont.]