Reports of hip-hop's imminent demise are false; fuck what you heard. The monolithic major-label system IS crumbling, however, and the day of the independents dawns again, bringing the genre full circle to its origins. Leading the charge toward the reclamation of hip-hop's creative process is but a newborn babe, a label not quite two years old, but with a vision broad<br>enough to last for decades, if not eons: Om Hip Hop. A subsidiary imprint of the well-known San Francisco-based electronic music label Om (home to superstar DJ/Producers like Mark Farina, Kaskade, Colette, and numerous<br>others), Om Hip Hop represents a bold leap into the future of urban music, as well as a return to its parent label's early roots.<br><br>Some Highlights<br><br>Strange Fruit Project "The Healing" - Top iTunes Hip Hop Albums of the Year<br>Chart (2006)<br><br>Colossus "West Oaktown" - #1 Album of the Year in San Francisco Chronicle<br>(2005)<br><br>Zion I & The Grouch "Heroes in the City of Dope" - Most Downloaded Hip-Hop<br>Albums Chart on iTunes (2006)<br><br>Zeph & Azeem "Rise Up" - Top 7 Local Groups to See Live in 7X7 Magazine http://www.imeem.com/omhiphop Delta 0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Om Records <a href="http://www.imeem.com/omhiphop/photo/7PZc-4mQVu/"><img src="http://srv0204-01.sjc3.imeem.com/g/p/b2f654c51d833b20ad7b6111d36ce0e0_thumb.bmp" /></a><br /><p></p> http://www.imeem.com/omhiphop/photo/7PZc-4mQVu/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:54:14 -0000 7PZc-4mQVu <a href="http://www.imeem.com/omhiphop/photo/b7WPTkjsxs/"><img src="http://srv0204-01.sjc3.imeem.com/g/p/c9e1d19905643a1efceff5b636dd083b_thumb.bmp" /></a><br /><p></p> http://www.imeem.com/omhiphop/photo/b7WPTkjsxs/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:54:04 -0000 b7WPTkjsxs <a href="http://www.imeem.com/omhiphop/photo/i5_63IQyf3/"><img src="http://srv0204-06.sjc3.imeem.com/g/p/0f1233cb0f8311b0aaa8e251e233261c_thumb.bmp" /></a><br /><p></p> http://www.imeem.com/omhiphop/photo/i5_63IQyf3/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:53:55 -0000 i5_63IQyf3 <a href="http://www.imeem.com/omhiphop/photo/PsmPW1W02o/"><img src="http://srv0110-07.oak1.imeem.com/g/p/da8acf8405a37135fadd3089bebcc19a_thumb.bmp" /></a><br /><p></p> http://www.imeem.com/omhiphop/photo/PsmPW1W02o/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:53:46 -0000 PsmPW1W02o <a href="http://www.imeem.com/omhiphop/photo/nEPUwJrCdl/"><img src="http://srv0204-07.sjc3.imeem.com/g/p/a18bdd956bf5db8d098b510de7fd42e2_thumb.bmp" /></a><br /><p></p> http://www.imeem.com/omhiphop/photo/nEPUwJrCdl/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:53:37 -0000 nEPUwJrCdl <a href="http://www.imeem.com/omhiphop/photo/YkFkDPI7m4/"><img src="http://srv0204-05.sjc3.imeem.com/g/p/12e955dbaeda4ab0ac161116408468ee_thumb.bmp" /></a><br /><p></p> http://www.imeem.com/omhiphop/photo/YkFkDPI7m4/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:53:29 -0000 YkFkDPI7m4 <a href="http://www.imeem.com/omhiphop/photo/kNBOvlMIEr/"><img src="http://srv0204-07.sjc3.imeem.com/g/p/016620374e6615181bc00a6c3f946c52_thumb.bmp" /></a><br /><p></p> http://www.imeem.com/omhiphop/photo/kNBOvlMIEr/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:53:20 -0000 kNBOvlMIEr <a href="http://www.imeem.com/omhiphop/photo/2V1zYaVvqf/"><img src="http://srv0204-07.sjc3.imeem.com/g/p/3b9554e3c76a8f27fe6dc3aec01d7762_thumb.bmp" /></a><br /><p></p> http://www.imeem.com/omhiphop/photo/2V1zYaVvqf/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:53:11 -0000 2V1zYaVvqf <a href="http://www.imeem.com/omhiphop/photo/Tcs-KE8J_l/"><img src="http://srv0204-04.sjc3.imeem.com/g/p/a5a0bfd0a5de882e80fd5ab96823bff0_thumb.bmp" /></a><br /><p></p> http://www.imeem.com/omhiphop/photo/Tcs-KE8J_l/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:52:59 -0000 Tcs-KE8J_l <a href="http://www.imeem.com/omhiphop/photo/8WagLWhaBI/"><img src="http://srv0204-05.sjc3.imeem.com/g/p/9c5a90a9cb6da6e4e62fa874c2df00e8_thumb.bmp" /></a><br /><p></p> http://www.imeem.com/omhiphop/photo/8WagLWhaBI/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:52:50 -0000 8WagLWhaBI