Lollapalooza, will be welcoming The Cure to the main stage for the first time in the festival’s 20-year history. The festival’s also boasting headliners such as Phoenix (let the Daft Punk rumors begin!) and The Postal Service (no surprise there).

I’m not going to lie, I’ve had blue balls (yeah I said it) for this album since his show in January, when Theophilus previewed a few songs off this album – let me tell you, this orgasm of an album has been worth the months of pent up musical frustration.

This past Thursday we headed over to LACMA to attend their monthly concert series, Through the Mic, hosted by Murs. Honestly, I didn’t know what to expect. I thought I would just enjoy some tacos and beer and listen to some amateur rap artists. To my surprise, it was freakin’ AWESOME.

A few outtakes from our first studio session with Madison|LST..

A few months ago we followed Madison of Light Skin Trouble around a jazzy home studio while he laid down some new tracks. It was a night filled with laughter, dancing, freestyling, and the utmost of geeking out between Melissa and I…

For too long, Los Angeles hip hop has been seen as one dimensional ‘gangsta rap.’ With this new series, we’re giving our city’s hip hop artists an amazing platform to show not only our community, but the world, that we have so much more to offer. – Murs