Hip-Hop Sites
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Art Crimes - Worldwide Grafitti Picture Site

Basementalism Poland - Site temporarily down

B-Boy Summit - World Famous B-Boy Conference / Community gathering event.

B-Boy World - B-Boy / B-girl community's number 1 site. Keeps updated info on battles, results, etc. (Recommended)

Can't Stop Won't Stop - Home to Hip-Hop Journalist Jeff Chang. Great resource for Hip-Hop activists, scholars, and knowledge seekers. (Recommended)

Davey D - Hip-Hop Personality, Hip-Hop Historian

DMC World - Home of the famous DMC DJ Battle Competition. See videos of previous DMC Competitors.

Future Primitive Sound - San Francisco Art Collective that consists of a record label, musicians, Emcees, DJs, and more.

Hip-Hop Congress - National Hip-Hop Organization

Hip-Hop DX - Hip-Hop News site covering both the under and overground.

Mr. Wiggles Hip-Hop History - Great site for those looking to get your learn on about hip-hop.

OkayPlayer - The Roots and Family fan site. Home to the sites of Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu, Dilated Peoples, and more (Recommended)

Scratch DJ Academy Newsletter - Scratch DJ Academy is an actual school that teaches individuals how to scratch. this is their newsletter.

URB Magazine - Home of URB Magazine. Decently balanced magazine covering alternative electronic and hip-hop music.

Wax Poetics - Dope Dope Funk, Soul, Breaks, and Hip-Hop Maazine (Recommended)



Artist and Record Label Websites
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5th Platoon - Home of the 5th Platoon DJ Crew (Neil Armstrong, Daddy Dog, Rolli Ro, Cuttin Candi, I.Emrge, and DJ Vinroc)

ABB Records - Home of popular record label ABB.

Beat Junkies - World Famous Beat Junkie DJ Crew

Breakestra - Amazing hip-hop funk band out of California

Chocolate Industries - Progressive Hip-Hop and electronic Record Label out of Chicago. Home of Diverse, vast Aire, Ghislain Poirier, Push Button Objects, and more

Cut Chemist - Cut Chemist (formerly of Jurassic 5). Hands down one of the best DJ websites, check out the turning pages!! (Recommended)

Distrakt - Distrakt is one of Colorado's most unique and amazing emcees. Never settling for the conventional his music and live shows will amaze, inspire, and entertain. Distributed through Fat Beats

DJ A-Trak - A-Trak of the allies is a turntablist and DJ. Currently Kanye West's DJ, he was the youngest DJ to ever win a DMC title.

DJ D-Styles - D-Styles is one of the most progressive and skilled turntablists out.

DJ Geometrix - Turntablist DJ, who's forums are very popular within the Turntablist Battle DJ scene.

DJ Low Key - Basementalism Guest DJ and DJ of the Mixing In Action Mixtape Series.

DJ Shadow - DJ Shadow's homepage. Everyone should own Endtroducing LP.

DJ Tonk - Japanese DJ Producer.

DJ Vajra - DJ Vajra is a DMC US Finalist, super bad ass DJ / turntablist, and a member of the Platter Pirates.

Galapagos 4 - Chicago Record Label that has pushed innovative hip-hop groups such as Typical Cats, Qwazaar, Qwel, Maker, Outerlimitz, Offwhyte, and more

Half Tooth Records - Record Label that is home to Oddisee, Kenn Starr, Wordsworth, and more.

J Boogie - Om Records Artist. Producer DJ makes innnovative beats.

Kid Koala - Kid Koala is turntablism's funny bone. A DJ, musican, and Comic Book Artist.

ManeLine - One of Colorado's hardest working emcee crews.

Mixmaster Mike - Home of Mixmaster Mike, member of the now defunct Skratch Piklz, beastie boys DJ, and turntablist.

Nature Sounds Records - Home of Ayatollah, Masta Killah, Omega One, and more.

OM Hip-Hop - Om Record's foray into hip-hop. Home of Colossus, Strange Fruit Project, and more.

The Pirate Signal - Colorado's own LIFE Crew representatives: Emcee - Yonnas, Dj - A-What!.

Sound In Color - Dope new record label pushing the boundaries on new progressive hip-hop.

Stones Throw Records - Home of Peanut Butter Wolf, Madlib, Aloe Blacc, Quazimoto, Mad Villain, Roc C, Oh No, Percee P, and so much Good Music. (Recommended)

The Procussions - Colorado Artists now Living in L.A. Signed to Rawkus Records and extended Basementalism Family

The Rub - The Rub is a DJ Collective that are some of the deepest diggers, and best party rockers. Consists of DJs Eleven, Cosmo Baker, and Ayres.

Thud Rumble - Home of DJ Q-Bert, Dirt Style Records, and more.

Triple Threat DJs - DJs Vinroc, Apollo, and Shortkut

Ubiquity Records - Record Label that pushes quality hip-hop, soul, new school jazz, and other groove oriented music. Home to Darkleaf, Breakestra, Sa-Ra Creative Partners, Ohmega Watts, and more.

Up Above Records - Up Above is a record label started by Key Kool (of The Visionaries). Home of Visionaries, Kev Brown, Supernatural, LMNO, 2MEX, and more

Tres Records - Home of People Under The Stairs, Giant Panda, Lightheaded, and more. (Recommended)

Z-Trip - DJ Z-Trip's Homepage


Hip-Hop Internet Stores
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The Basement - LA Record Store and Record Label

Digital Gravel - Online Hip-Hop Clothing Store

Giant Peach - Online Hip-Hop Store. Sells Music, Clothes and more

Hip-Hop Site.Com - Online Hip-Hop Record Store

Sandbox Automatic - Online Hip-Hop Record Store

Stacks Vinyl - An online record store headquartered in Cerritos, CA founded by DJ Icy Ice of The Beat Junkies.

Turnatable Lab - Online Hip-Hop Record Store. Eclectic music, great reviwers, great website, and even sells gear. (Recommended)

UndergroundHipHop.com - Online Hip-Hop Record Store. Has a really nice video section to watch videos, and great selection of underground ish.


Colorado Sites - For Those Who Love Our Square State
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Colorado Blog - By Q. Salazar, former news editor of SOHH.Com and hip-hop writer.

The Yummies - The Yummies is an art collective that paints, performs, entertains, and kicks ass all around.


Random Time Wasting Sites
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Daptone Records - Best New School Funk / Soul Music Record Label. Home of Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, El Michaels Affair, Budos Band, and more.

Deep Funk - Great site for all your funk lovers, crate diggers, and music nerds.

Diplo - Dope New School DJ into heavy beats. DJ and Artist on Big Dada.

E Baum's World - Judgemental's favorite sight for funny audio, and funny anything

Ninja Tune Records - Experimental record label dabbling in everything from electronica to hip-hop. Artists include Kid Koala, Coldcut, Blockhead, and more.

Radio 1190 - Basementalism's Homebase and one of the BEST College radio stations in the nation.

Soul Sides - The all around best audio blog. Created by Oliver Wang, soul sides is a music resource for anyone into soul music (funk, hip-hop, soul, etc)

The Fader - Home of the magazine and online blog. Trendy followers enter here.

The Onion - Hilarious Satire News