Check out the official trailer for Decon’s latest compilation Never Not Fresh, directed by our own Jason Goldwatch. A collection of some of the best tracks from the Decon vaults, Never Not Fresh features music from Jay Electronica, Aceyalone, RJD2, The Alchemist, Dilated Peoples, Jurassic 5 & more. This release includes the theme song from “Mad Men” by RJD2.

The Crowd Control Tour ft. 88-Keys & Izza Kizza kicked off last night in NYC at the Highline Ballroom. Check out more pics from last night’s show at Villageslum.com

Download the posse cut from Kidz In The Hall, 88-Keys, Izza Kizza, Donnis:
DOWNLOAD “Crowd Control” (Anthem)

Crowd Control full tour schedule here

“Jay Electronica swept onto the hip hop scene in a wave of enigma late last decade. The effect of his quirky, emotional sound was compounded by the erratic methods of their release, drifting out unannounced via the internet – the Myspace leak of Act 1: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge), a fifteen minute opus laced with movie samples and beatless film soundtracks, represented the beginning of an astounding surge of interest in both the man and his music, back in 2007. Since then, the New Orleans-born MC and producer has garnered heavy support from everybody from Nas to Gilles Peterson, and has worked heavily with soulslinger Just Blaze, dropping two instant neo-backpack classics, Exhibit A and Exhibit C. Only recently he partnered with New York-based “idea studio” Decon, working on his debut album as well as a video project with label founder Jason Goldwatch. With more anticipation around his Act II track than the rest of hip hop’s class of ‘10 combined, and another project with fellow supa emcees Mos Def and Curren$y in the making, the future couldn’t look brighter for Jay. To paraphrase his recent collaboration with Talib Kweli und Hi-Tek: he’s only just begun. ” Check it out on Red Bull Academy’s website.

Decon fam Rakaa & 88-Keys will performing at SXSW on 3/20 along with The Cool Kids, Kidz In The Hall & more.

This event is free admission and no SXSW wristband is required.

Nneka made her U.S. nationwide television debut on the David Letterman show on 2/3, performing “Heartbeat.” Concrete Jungle available now!

Jay Electronica will be taking his movement across the pond for 2 dates at London’s Jazz Cafe on 2/17 & 2/18.  See below for additional dates throughout Europe.

Friday 19th – Sugar Factory – Amsterdam
Tuesday 23th – Tube Station- Berlin
Friday 26th – 02 Academy – (Upstairs) – Oxford
Saturday 2/27- Audio- Brighton

Also, check out Billboard’s write up on “Exhibit C”

Check out whats in Chali’s bag during a recent visit to Amoeba Hollywod.

New York, NY – The Crowd Control Tour, featuring hip hop darlings Kidz In The Hall, 88-Keys, and southern rising stars Donnis and Izza Kizza, will take to the roads, embarking on a national tour spanning most of the continental US.

Each artist having respective successes as supporting acts on other major tours, Kidz In The Hall and 88-Keys will have their first headlining tour with Crowd Control, which begins in New York at Highline Ballroom February 28, 2010. Kidz In The Hall look at the tour as a great way to give back to the fans who have been supporting since their first album dropped back in 2006, as well as support for their 3rd studio album, Land Of Make Believe hitting shelves March 9th on Duck Down Records. For 88-Keys, a slot on the Spring ‘09 Kid Cudi/Asher Roth tour gave him the inspiration to get back in the lab and begin cooking up the follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut album, The Death of Adam available in stores now on Decon.

After two hugely successful consecutive mixtapes Kizzaland and The Wizard of Iz, for groundbreaker Izza Kizza, the Crowd Control Tour will be his second national tour within the last 4 months. This tour is a precursor to Izza Kizza’s first solo album, set to drop on Decon this Summer.  For Donnis, this will be his first national tour following up his critically acclaimed Diary Of An ATL Brave mixtape which landed him on several “best of” lists for 2009, as well as his single “Gone” on Fools Gold Records picking up at radio.

Official Crowd Control Tour Website

Crowd Control Tour Dates

Sunday- 2/28/10 – NYC- Highline Ballroom
Thursday – 3/4/10 – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live
Friday – 3/5/10 – Richmond, VA – Alley Katz
Saturday – 3/6/10 – Norfolk, VA – Norva
Monday – 3/8/10 – Washington DC – 930 Club
Tuesday – 3/9/10 – Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s
Wednesday – 3/10/10 – Grand Rapids, MI – Intersection Live
Thursday – 3/11/10 – Pontiac MI – Cro Foot/Pike Room
Sunday – 3/14/10 – Little Rock, AK – Revolution Room
Monday – 3/15/10 – Enid, OK – The Underground
Wednesday – 3/24/10 – Denver, CO – Cervantes
Thursday – 3/25/10 – Murray, UT  – Murray Theater
Saturday – 3/27/10 – Los Angeles, CA – Key Club
Wednesday – 3/31/10 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
Thursday – 4/1/10 – Seattle, WA – Studio 7
Friday – 4/2/10 – Portland. OR – Berbati’s Pan

More dates to be confirmed.

For more information, head to www.deconrecords.com/crowdcontrolrecords, www.duckdown.com, or www.foolsgoldrecs.com

Raaka and Evidence sit down with Hiphopoffical.com

Decon Fam, Jay Electronica, Dilated Peoples & Freestyle Fellowship will be performing at this year’s Paid Dues Festival

For full artist line-up and info visit: http://www.guerillaunion.com/paiddues/