AWKWORD talks Hip Hop, politics and more with Po Politickin. Click here to listen.
When HotNewHipHop.com featured AWKWORD’s hit World View single “Bars & Hooks” (w/ Sean Price, The Kid Daytona & The Incomparable Shakespeare) [prod. by Harry Fraud] a week ago today, April 2, 2013, the site’s affiliate GotBars.com also featured — for the first time ever — the full lyrics to the song.
Click HERE to access — and comment on — the lyrics.
HOTTTTT on HotNewHipHop! A brand new feature of AWKWORD’s “Bars & Hooks” song and video. Produced by Harry Fraud. Featuring Sean Price, The Kid Daytona and The Incomparable Shakespeare.
CLICK HERE to stream and download the hit song — and watch the video starring the full cast!
[Lyrics coming soon!]
AWKWORD’s “WorldView”, the First-Ever 100% For-Charity Global Hip Hop album, drops soon via The DJ Booth.
AWKWORD has appeared on/in The Village Voice, Huffington Post, Complex, XXL, The Source, Vibe, Hot 97, Urb, MTV, Vlad TV, AllHipHop, Hip Hop DX, Stupid DOPE, The Smoking Section, Okay Player, Hip Hop Wired, Nah Right, 2 Dope Boyz, DJ Booth, Hip Hop Game, iFame TV, Radio Dispatch with John & Molly Knefel, ANDYOUDON’TSTOP Radio with Chuck D of Public Enemy, Hip Hop Nation with Statik Selektah, Halftime Radio with DJ Eclipse, The Emilio Sparks Experience, etc.
Read more about Awkword as the current feature over at No-Buzz.net:
Following his incredible introduction to AWKWORD and his No More Prisons song “Throw Away The Key” on August 24, 2012, the legendary Chuck D of Public Enemy has added another World View record to the rotation on ANDYOUDON’TSTOP! Radio: “Radio 2.0”, featuring KRS-One, Dug Infinite, Brimstone127 & Mista Lawnge of Black Sheep, produced by Vice Souletric.
[See below for stream/download links.]
CLICK HERE to access the full September 14 show with music from AWKWORD, as well as CL Smooth, Method Man, Freddie Gibbs and Nas, plus Hip Hop interviews and features.
“Radio 2.0”: FREE Stream/Download:
Purchase “Radio 2.0” — and DONATE 100% to a 501c3 Nonprofit for At-Risk Youth
Tomorrow, Tuesday, September 25, at 2 PM UK time (9 AM ET time), AWKWORD will be live on the New Music Show with Slip N Slide/Cost 2 Coast DJ King P. Listen in for an exclusive interview and freestyle!
The New Music Show plays the best in new urban music every Tuesday. Past interview guests include Jeremih, Chiddy Bang, Chase & Status and Lee Scratch Perry, among others.
Earlier today, Tuesday, September 22, tastemaking Hip Hop site YouHeardThatNew world premiered the AWKWORD un-ANTHEM “I”, produced by frequent collaborator ATG and featuring rising turntablist DJ Dyllemma.
“I” is the newest single off AWKWORD’s 100% for-charity global Hip Hop project World View (dropping SOON via The DJ Booth) — and one of AWK’s most personal songs to date.
(LYRICS coming SOON via RapGenius.com!)
Click HERE to view, listen and download FREE.
Cover art by Italy’s GOODIDEAstyle.
“Success is the best revenge”. Those words glare at anyone who visits the website of up-and-coming rapper Awkword. The man who dubs himself “The People’s Champ” also quotes Maya Angelou. Oh, and he happens to be a Caucasian…
For the rest of the write-up and to see what the mainstream urban site really thinks about AWK and his new music, click here.
On his ANDYOUDON’TSTOP! radio show, the legendary Chuck D of Public Enemy introduces “Throw Away The Key (No More Prisons)” by ‘the one and only AWKWORD… quality music that deserves to be heard’ (Chuck D).
Full show features additional music from Brother Ali and Jake One, Torae, Nina B and Jazzy Joyce, Warren G and more; a showcase of international acts; “This Day In Hip-Hop And Rap History” with Duke Eatmon and Ron Maskell, celebrating KRS-One, Fat Joe, The GZA, Ice Cube, Swizz Beatz, Ma$e and Public Enemy; and a Blazin Eurasion interview with Pamela Long, lead singer of Bad Boy’s ’90s R&B supergroup Total…
Song CDQ:
Lyrics: HERE.
More on AWKWORD’s #NoMorePrisons song and the critical acclaim it has received; AWKWORD’s history of anti-injustice, anti-racist and prison reform activism; etc.: HERE or HERE.
“Although it seems heaven sent, we aint ready to have a black President” – Tupac Shakur
When Tupac made that statement on his song “Changes” on his greatest hits album, I was all of 11 years old at the time and at that moment, believed what Pac said in that record would remain true for the duration of my lifetime. But lo and behold, we have defied that statement (sorry Pac) currently have the first African-American President, Barack Obama, about to make a run for his second term in office. So, that got me to thinking..would it be possible to see a day where we could have one of our beloved Hip Hop artists as the leader of the Free World?? PDS Guest Blogger and Recording Artist himself, Awkword, takes a crack at it and tells us who we should vote for on our ballet’s.
Shout out to DJ Benhameen and the whole team over at PleaseDontStare for publishing the piece.
Click here to find out who AWK picked for the full presidential cabinet, and why.
This Sunday, July 15, AWKWORD will appear live on The Artist Lounge with poet and radio show host Jill Delbridge. An affiliate of the Inner Child Radio Network, The Artist Lounge is the #1 artist group on Black Planet, providing a platform for emcees, poets, other artists and interested listeners/participants, “empowering your voice to be heard.”
To join the conversation, click here for all the details. And if you’re on facebook, be sure to let the host know if you are “going.”
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Its not uncommon for someone to suggest I check out mc so-and-so or dj whats his name. So about a year and a half ago I got word to check out a video (“The Peoples Champ”) by a rapper that goes by “Awkword”. Revolt Radio put it best, “AWKWORD’s ethic and motive is simple. He raps for the everyman and everywoman.” After a trail of emails and stale mates I got it done! RenegadeTheMagazine.com finally caught up with east coast rapper Awkword for an interview.
Excerpt:
RENEGADE: You have collaborations with numerous hip hop legends. How is it knowing you have that kind of support behind you?
AWKWORD: For a concept and an album like this, you need that support. That’s what this is all about. Fuck a co-sign. If this were a solo project, none a that would matter to me. But this is more than a solo project. When the album drops, it will be a monumental moment in our culture’s already incredibly glorious history — connecting us, across every continent, through Hip Hop music and the power of words.
To read the full interview, click here.
There is literally nothing better then finding a new artist who ticks all the boxes.
Chatting with east coast rapper AWKWORD, his character shined through, and it was evident that he has a lot more to offer than just a great portfolio of music.
He has a very intriguing image, as a result of his slightly gangster exterior which collapses when you start talking to him. This guy is smart, intelligent with a great story… plus he’s good looking! Line up ladies!!
Growing up, he was a straight-A-student running from cops, and getting suspended from school for fighting. Luckily, AWKWORD learned to filter his anger and his (awkwardness) as a result from his alienation and did it through spoken word and his music. AWKWORD’s ethic and motive is simple. He raps for the everyman and everywoman.
Meet the man yo’selves!…
To read the full interview, click here.
