Saturday, January 30, 2010
Music video: Wyclef Jean - Hold On feat. Mavado
And one more for Haiti...
Read also...
An article about the myth of "Haiti's pact with the devil" by Thomas Rogers HERE. Pat Robertson: eat a d-ck! [Salon]
President Obama on why Haiti matters. [Newsweek]
HELP HAITI TODAY:
- Donate $10 to the Red Cross by texting the word HAITI to 90999.
- Text YELE to 501501 to donate $5 via Wyclef Jean's Yele organization.
- Donate now at the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund website or text QUAKE to 20222 to give $10.
- Click HERE to make a credit or debit card donation to Doctors Without Borders.
- BUY music from the Hope for Haiti Now project at iTunes.
And finally...
My dude, Dan's band Comandante Zero is doing a record release event at Santos tonight as a benefit for Haiti. It all goes down at 9pm - I'm gonna check it out. See the details HERE.
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Read also...
An article about the myth of "Haiti's pact with the devil" by Thomas Rogers HERE. Pat Robertson: eat a d-ck! [Salon]
President Obama on why Haiti matters. [Newsweek]
HELP HAITI TODAY:
- Donate $10 to the Red Cross by texting the word HAITI to 90999.
- Text YELE to 501501 to donate $5 via Wyclef Jean's Yele organization.
- Donate now at the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund website or text QUAKE to 20222 to give $10.
- Click HERE to make a credit or debit card donation to Doctors Without Borders.
- BUY music from the Hope for Haiti Now project at iTunes.
And finally...
My dude, Dan's band Comandante Zero is doing a record release event at Santos tonight as a benefit for Haiti. It all goes down at 9pm - I'm gonna check it out. See the details HERE.
Labels: Barack Obama, charity, Mavado, Wyclef Jean
Haiti Once More....
I'm out of town right now so don't have a ton of time to blog but I'll post when I can but first up is another post on Haiti. I hope people aren't getting blase about that situation because the situation there is beyond f-cked up. Well over 100,000 dead and over a million estimated left homeless. And this is a country that was already f-cked up before the earthquake. Watch the video above then read up some more....
Combat Jack gives you 'Haitian History For Dummies: What Them Schools Won’t EVER Teach' HERE. [Daily Math]
And gives us a slightly more personal take with his A Moment Of Silence. [Daily Math]
American Red Cross PSA featuring their president, Gail McGovern HERE.
HELP HAITI TODAY:
- Donate $10 to the Red Cross by texting the word HAITI to 90999.
- Text YELE to 501501 to donate $5 via Wyclef Jean's Yele organization.
- Donate now at the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund website or text QUAKE to 20222 to give $10.
- Click HERE to make a credit or debit card donation to Doctors Without Borders.
- BUY music from the Hope for Haiti Now project at iTunes.
Labels: Bill Clinton, charity, George Bush, Wyclef Jean
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Video: Live Stream of President Obama's First State of the Union Address
Find other places to watch President Obama’s State of the Union Address Online HERE. [mashable.com]
Labels: Barack Obama, Politics, State of the Union
Video: Behind the Making Of Sade's Soldier Of Love
My fellow Connoiseur of Culutre, Benhameen's gets WILD props for this since I couldn't watch this at our third COC compatriot, Stone's site last night.
Sade playing bass??! Swoon...
Labels: Sade
CBS video: Steve Jobs Unveils the iPad
I haven't had a chance to check the reaction on the iPad out - what's the word or what do you think of it?
Labels: Technology
adidas Originals - Augmented Reality Shoes Teaser Spot
Adidas claims this is the first 'Augmented Reality' sneaker commercial. Click HERE for more on what that means exactly.
[via Consumerist]
Labels: Adidas, Sneakers, Technology, TV Spots, Web 2.0
Music video: Alley Boy - Throw It Up
And one more time, also spotted at Traps N Trunks, the best (or at least IMHO the most original and interesting) aggregator-style hip hop blog out right now.
And who is Alley Boy?? T.I., Young Jeezy, Plies, Gucci Mane and (maybe?) Pill. Well Alley Boy's out of that tradition and he might have next! Let's check in a year from now and see what's good....
Labels: Alley Boy
Music video: Freddie Gibbs & Mikkey Halsted – On My Own
Blog Rap done right, hype be damned!
Its a Fake Shore thing but spotted via Traps N Trunks, again!
Related:
Freddie Gibbs x Jay Rock - “Morning After Freestyle” [RapRadar]
Labels: Freddie Gibbs, Mikkey Halsted
Music video: Max Minelli – Louisiana Sky
Don't know nathan about this dude like most stuff I swipe from the TnT blog but I kinda dig it. From the album, Pain Medicine - In Stores Now!
[via Traps N Trunks]
Music video: Crookers feat. Miike Snow – Remedy
FLY SH-T!!! I see you, Brooklyn Heights Cinema!
[via Ro'Shine]
Labels: Crookers, Electronic/Dance, Miike Snow
New mixtape: J Staffz - The Staff Meeting
More T.dot flavor. I'm not gonna lie and say I've checked this out, but I dug homeboy's "Can't Say No" track which I posted a while back. Can any T.dot heads speak on this mixtape and its quality??
Download the J Staffz - The Staff Meeting mixtape here: original | clean edit <-- wow a clean edit mixtape?? For the little dunnies?? [sendspace links]
Online:
J Staffz - blog | twitter | myspace
[via Cityonmyback.com]
Labels: Its a T.dot Thing
Music video: Jae Millz feat. Tyga & Gudda Gudda - Run 4 Mayor
I saw a couple blog cats or commenters (I forget where) dissing this for being a wannabe one-take-on-the-set-of-another-video-"A Milli"-style effort, but sh-t (shot by DerickG) is type cool to me. Why you gotta dis tracks like this when you try and declare so-called conscious rap dead??
Labels: Jae MIllz, Tyga, Young Money
Music Video: D-Lo feat. E-40, Beeda Weeda & The Jacka – No Hoe
This is FIYA like that other 40 video I posted a few days back.
[via my fellow Connoisseur of Culture, Benhameen at PDS]
New music: Snoop Dogg - I Wanna Rock feat. Kardinal Offishall
Official T.dot/Canada remix!
Snoop Dogg - "I Wanna Rock" feat. Kardinal Offishall [usershare mp3 link: stream | download]
Labels: Its a T.dot Thing, Kardinal Offishall, Snoop Dogg
Music video: Page - No Fear
I think this dude is claiming "Fear", the bonus track from the commerical relelase of Drake's So Far Gone EP, is really his song? Who knows for real? Who really cares? I mean, I feel bad for him if he got ganked but seriously, its one song and it ain't even the song that made Drake famous. Just get back in the lab and make another hit, fam.
[2dopeboyz via TRF]
Labels: Drake, Its a T.dot Thing
New music: Saukrates - Wednesday
And we keep the Tdot-orientated vibes going with this pure hip hop banger. This one may confuse you if Young Money and Waka Flocka Flame are the epitome of hip hop to you. Here's the plug from the homie, Keezy :
"Fresh off their last collabo, "Hot Like The Summer", Saukrates and Tone Mason (the production team behind the much-talked about forthcoming Drake & Jay-Z collabo, "Light Up") team up again for another banger! Look out for Saukrates' long-awaited sophomore LP, Season One, real soon (the hype reel for it is above)."
Saukrates - "Wednesday" (Prod. Tone Mason) [userhsare mp3 links: stream | download]
Online:
Saukrates - myspace
[via the homie, Keezy at TRF]
Labels: Its a T.dot Thing, Saukrates, Tone Mason
Music video: King Reign - This Means War
Track prod. Boi-1da. From the Reign Music EP available for streaming or download via Bandcamp:
Ya dig? You can also download it HERE. [sharebee]
Online:
King Reign - myspace | Boi 1da -myspace
[via Keezy n crew at TRF]
Labels: Boi 1da, Its a T.dot Thing, King Reign
New music: A-Game - Airplanes
OK, let me get back on my Tdot grizzy for a second. I just heard this on the radio earlier this evening on OTA Live. A south-style banger from a couple young gunners in the screwface capital?? I dig it:
A-Game - "Airplanes" [usershare mp3 links: stream | download]
Online:
A-Game - mySpace | twitter
Labels: Its a T.dot Thing
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
New mixtape: M11X & Illroots.com present DJ Low Key - De La Extras #2
"Denver's DJ Low Key joins acclaimed artist M11X and popular hip hop site Illroots.com for De La Extras #2, his second tribute to rap legends De La Soul. With 2009 commemorating the 20th anniversary of De La Soul's landmark debut album, DJ Low Key put together an unconventional mix of De La rarities, remixes, bootlegs & b-sides to accompany MX11 aka Mikal Hameed's De La Soul audio sculpture (featured on the mixtape's cover) on the De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising Art Tour. With the tour being postponed, Low Key decided to release the tape in conjunction with Illroots.com and send it on M11X's upcoming solo national tour. Download the mixtape for free at DJLowKey.com and Illroots.com and be on the lookout for M11X's upcoming shows, featuring the tape and chair on the cover, coming to a city near you, starting with San Francisco on January 8th."
Download M11X & Illroots.com present DJ Low Key - De La Extras #2: zip file | single mp3
[via Rock the Dub]
Labels: De La Soul, Lowkey, mixtapes
Music video: David Guetta Feat Kid Cudi - Memories [Possibly NSFW]
More CuDi! Click HERE for the audio download.
[via fellow Connoissuer of Culture, Stone at The Couch Sessions]
Labels: David Guetta, Electronic/Dance, Kid Cudi
Music video: Currensy – Breakfast (In & Out)
I didn't know this track was produced by Mos Def. I f-cks with it and you should too so here ya go...
Download Currensy – Breakfast (In & Out)" [userhsare mp3 links: stream | download]
[video via TRF / mp3 via Tell Yo Momma]
Music Video: ATW – Games
This is from Houston if you can believe it! Video directed by Zo Rill.
Online:
ATW - website | myspace
Video: Stolen Moments With DãM-FunK
"DãM-FunK is the subject in filmmaker Dan Canyon’s Stolen Moments over at SpineTV. In the clip, the boogie funk ambassador speaks on ladies, influences, UFO’s (referenced on “Brookside Park”) and making music for extraterrestrials, musical progression and Stevie Nicks, Patrice Rushen & Flying Lotus as parts of his dream line-up for a performance."
[via TSS]
Labels: Dam Funk
Music video: KiD CuDi - cudderisback
Video: DJ Babu Short Film #4
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"Babu demonstrates how to take a "quip", plays some drums, checks out some ill records, talks to his friends on twitter, and gives you a sneak peek into his home studio."
I'm presuming you can catch Ep. 1-3 HERE. DJ Babu's The Beat Tape Vol. 2 album drops 2/23/10 on Nature-Sounds.
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"Babu demonstrates how to take a "quip", plays some drums, checks out some ill records, talks to his friends on twitter, and gives you a sneak peek into his home studio."
I'm presuming you can catch Ep. 1-3 HERE. DJ Babu's The Beat Tape Vol. 2 album drops 2/23/10 on Nature-Sounds.
Labels: Dilated Peoples
Video: LCD Soundsystem in the Studio Ep. 1
I could give a f-ck about most rap in-the-studio vlogs but on the other hand, James Murphy and LCD Soundsytem? Instant posting action!
[via Stereogum]
Labels: DFA, Electronic/Dance, LCD Soundsystem
New Mixtape: Raekwon - Coke Up in da Dollar Bill
This has been out for a hot minute in blog time but some of my readers mighta missed it....
Download Raekwon's Coke Up in da Dollar Bill Mixtape HERE. [Sendspace link]
[via PDS]
Related:
Method Man, Ghostface Killah, & Raekwon – “Our Dreams” [usershare mp3 links: stream | download via TSS]
Found: The “Ice Cream” Sample. [via The-Breaks.com / Hip Hop is Read]
Labels: mixtapes, Raekwon, Wu-Tang Clan
Video: WTF (A Short Film By Soulja Boy)
Seriously, this video is (kind of) like what you'd get if you mixed the Kanye/Spike Jonze We Were Once A Fairytale and the Clipse's Wake Up Calls. And I love how he's all off beat while 'recording' his rhymes for the 'Kill Bill' freestyle. Still, you gotta respect his young boy, social media, millionaire swag though.
[via HipHopBlog.com]
Labels: Humor, Soulja Boy, Web 2.0, WTF, YBI
Monday, January 25, 2010
New mixtape: Wristpect – Bridging The Gap V4 (Toronto to Virginia)
Download Wristpect – Bridging The Gap V4 (Toronto to Virginia) HERE. [zip file]
[via illRoots.com]
Labels: Clipse, Its a T.dot Thing, mixtapes, Re-Up Gang
Music video: Andre Nickatina – 1-Flight feat. Lawrence W. [ Possibly NSFW]
Video: How to Make Prodigy’s Smack My B-tch Up track in Ableton
I love these kind of videos. One day I will drag out my MPC3000 again and get crackin' on some beat-making - f-ck a laptop 'n fruity loops set-up, n-gga!!! Old school, all day....
[via The Couch Sessions yet again - COC, coming soon!]
Labels: Beatmaking, Crate Diggin', Electronic/Dance, Prodigy
Music video: Dj Zinc feat. Ms. Dynamite - Wile Out
DJ Zinc's seminal "138 Trek" track STILL blows my mind like 10 years later. His new joint, "Wile Out" with Uk goddess, Ms. Dynamite drops Feb. 8 - SUPPORT IT!
[via Semtex]
Labels: Electronic/Dance, Ms. Dynamite, UK Grime
New mixtape: Majestic presents 888
I've featured this UK grime MC before when he dropped the track, "In the VIP" which I was digging. Now's he back with a full mixtape of 15 tracks including original material, freestyles and guest features from other UK cats like Skepta, Jme, Jammer, C gritz, Shorty, B Live, J Mak & more and production from Plastician, The Wideboys, Majestic himself, Control-s and Loco. Now admittedly I only know the names Skepta and Wideboys out of all them but dude showed some promise on "In the VIP" so I'ma show love and support this new project.
Download the Majestic presents 888 mixtape from his website majesticonline.co.uk (its an RAR file so you will need winrar or similar software to unzip it the tape which is formatted as separate tracks)
Online:
Majestic - facebook | twitter | myspace
Labels: Electronic/Dance, Majestic, mixtapes, UK Grime, UK Hip Hop
Video: Killamu – 10 Years Of Kuduro In Angola
"Akwaaba meets Killamu in front of his home and studio in Luanda, Angola. Killamu's been making kuduro beats for close to a decade, and explains the stories and realities of kuduro in Angola today.
Enjoy the tease, Killamu's full length album [supposedly] came out January 12, 2010. More info and free mp3 downloads at akwaabamusic.com"
Props to my fellow Connoisseur of Culture, Benhameen for first posting this at Pleasedontstare.com.
Click HERE to see The Kitchen previously on kuduro music.
Labels: Afrobeat/World Music, Electronic/Dance
Video: These Are The Breaks mini Documentary with DJ Jazzy Jeff
"The new music video service VEVO made its first foray into original content with their documentary series titled These Are The Breaks. The first episode in the series features DJ Jazzy Jeff, Diplo, and DJ Felli Fel as they talk about their “itch” to scratch vinyl."
[via my fellow Connoissur of Culture, Stone at The Couch Sessions]
Labels: Diplo, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Felli Fel
DJ Screw Megamix (Part 1)
Eclectic Method – Wu Tang Clan Video Mixtape
Download an mp3 of HERE. [direct mp3, right click and save as please]
[via Eclectic Method / Steady Bloggin']
Labels: mixtapes, Wu-Tang Clan
Music video: Skillz - '09 Rap Up
Mariah Carey feat. Trey Songz - Inseparable (remix)
I know this been out forever in blog time but I just got up on it semi-recently via the radio then I saw this magazine cover today which prompted me to post it. I love it - the song and magazine cover image. That's the BEST I’ve seen her look in a long, long time. She actually looks like a real person and still beautiful, in fact better than her normal overly made-up, over-stylized diva image.
Download:
Mariah Carey feat. Trey Songz - "Inseparable (remix)" [usershare mp3 links: stream | download]
Read The Observer article HERE.
[image via the.LIFE files / Mariah Daily]
Labels: Mariah Carey
Sunday, January 24, 2010
R.I.P. Apache of the Flavor Unit
This news f-cked me up when it broke on Friday! Apache was literally one of the first projects I ever worked on when I fist got in the music game. Now I wasn't there when "Gangsta B-tch" was recorded with producer, Q-tip but when my boss gave me the whole album with this track on it before its release, it was pretty obvious what the single had to be, flagrant lyrical content, controversial title 'n all. You couldn't deny Tip's incredible beat and the sheer catchiness of the track. Out of the many projects by the 155 Morgan Street crew I was dealing with at the time, it was clear this record was gonna GO, by hook or by crook. Avowed hip hop feminists like Dream Hampton or Kierna Mayo couldn't front on this track despite its exhortation for woman to carry the name B-thc like a badge of honor and even urban radio, which at the time was a LOT more conservative and anti-rap than it is now, eventually succumbed to the crass charm of Apache's anti-hit!
Now I'm not gonna get all hagiographic on y'all and claim Apache was a saint now that he's passed on. Dude could be a handful at times no doubt, but he knew who he was as an artist at the time and stood firm on that, often to the detriment of his own career (I'll always remember the "Kill All the White People..." promo t-shirts he insisted we make) but when you got right down to it, he was a really good guy. Its no surprise to me that later in his life, long after our paths had separated, that he had apparently found God. That should make it all the moreeasier for him to rest in peace. My condolences go out to his family, friends, Naughty and the Flavor Unit crew.
More on Apache:
Rap Radar broke the news on the hip hop blogs....
“Without Apache there would have been no Queen Latifah, no Naughty By Nature, no Chill Rob G., no anything. Apache was the string that tied all of Flavor Unit together. Without Apache none of this would be.” — Shakim Compere of Flavor Unit [TSS]
Can we please have a moment of silence for Flavor Unit rapper Apache. [Beats and Rants]
"Another sad loss for the hip-hop community…" [Unkut.com]
Tribute and condolence tweets from the hip hop community. [T.R.O.Y. blog]
Labels: Old School Hip Hop
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Jay-Z & Rihanna, U2's Bono and The Edge - Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) Live at Hope For Haiti Now
Hope For Haiti Now - website | facebook | twitter hash tag: #igave
Call Toll-free to Donate
USA & Canada
1-877-99-HAITI
International
+1 773 360 0205
Beyoncé - Halo Live at Hope For Haiti Now
Hope For Haiti Now - website | facebook | twitter hash tag: #igave
Call Toll-free to Donate
USA & Canada
1-877-99-HAITI
International
+1 773 360 0205
John Legend - Motherless Child Live at Hope For Haiti Now
Hope For Haiti Now - website | facebook | twitter hash tag: #igave
Call Toll-free to Donate
USA & Canada
1-877-99-HAITI
International
+1 773 360 0205
Labels: charity, John Legend
Justin Timberlake - Hallelujah Live at Hope For Haiti Now
With Matt Morris covering Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah."
Hope For Haiti Now - website | facebook | twitter hash tag: #igave
Call Toll-free to Donate
USA & Canada
1-877-99-HAITI
International
+1 773 360 0205
Labels: charity, Justin Timberlake
Jennifer Hudson - Let It Be Live at Hope For Haiti Now
Hope For Haiti Now - website | facebook | twitter hash tag: #igave
Call Toll-free to Donate
USA & Canada
1-877-99-HAITI
International
+1 773 360 0205
Labels: charity, The Beatles
Mary J. Blige - Hard Times Live at Hope For Haiti Now
I saw this one live - Mary was AMAZING!
Hope For Haiti Now - website | facebook | twitter hash tag: #igave
Call Toll-free to Donate
USA & Canada
1-877-99-HAITI
International
+1 773 360 0205
Labels: charity, Mary J. Blige
Wyclef Jean - Rivers of Babylon Live at Hope For Haiti Now
Hope For Haiti Now - website | facebook | twitter hash tag: #igave
Call Toll-free to Donate
USA & Canada
1-877-99-HAITI
International
+1 773 360 0205
Labels: charity, Reggae, The Fugees, Wyclef Jean
Sting feat. The Roots - Driven To Tears Live at Hope For Haiti Now
Hope For Haiti Now - website | facebook | twitter hash tag: #igave
Call Toll-free to Donate
USA & Canada
1-877-99-HAITI
International
+1 773 360 0205
Labels: charity, The Police, The Roots
Video: The Final Episode of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
NBC link (until 2/15/10) HERE. (Canadians and others are gonna have to watch this via other means as I don't think the A channel which carries the shows up here has online rights)
Labels: Conan O'Brien, Television
Friday, January 22, 2010
Video: The True School Park Jam Series (2010 Trailer)
200% Real hip hop B-boy sh-t! Produced by Tools of War.
Related:
Video: Grandmaster Flash Live in Athens, Greece.
[both videos via Grand Good]
Labels: DJ Grandmaster Flash, Old School Hip Hop
Music video: Lil Rue & Lil Blood - Snitch Food
New music and video from Soulja Boy
"The Best":
The best?? Hmm....
Bonus:
Soulja Boy - "Kill Bill"
[via the.LIFE Files / Steady Bloggin']
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The best?? Hmm....
Bonus:
Soulja Boy - "Kill Bill"
[via the.LIFE Files / Steady Bloggin']
Labels: Soulja Boy
Jay-Z Tops the 2009 Village Voice Pazz and Jop Critics Poll
The singles list, at least with nuevo New York anthem, "Empire of State of Mind." The albums list for those who care is HERE. But that's not why I posted this. The real reason is because I got selected to contribute to the poll this year. Here's my lists:
ALBUMS:
1. Ryan Leslie - Ryan Leslie
2. Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night
3. Wale - Attention Deficit
4. UGK - UGK 4 Life
5. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
6. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Pt. II
7. Method Man & Redman - Blackout! 2
8. Masta Ace & Edo G - Arts & Entertainment
9. Torae & Marco Polo - Double Barrel
10. Ebony Bones - Bone of my Bones
SINGLES
1. Pill - Trap Goin' Ham
2. Lil Wayne feat. Young Money - Every Girl
3. Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart
4. Funkdoobiest - The Heavyweight Funk
5. Chelley - I Took the Night
6. Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind
7. Gucci Mane feat. Plies - Wasted
8. Mario feat. Gucci Mane & Sean Garrett - Break Up
9. Mariah Carey feat. Gucci Mane - Obsessed
10. Sade - Soldier of Love
And click HERE (then scroll down to the bottom of the page) to see me talking about Gucci Mane, Lil Wayne and Pill.
Now if I could only get my own f-cking home country to include me in their critics poll. Del, sort it out!
[At some point I'm gonna do some hip hop lists for 2009 and maybe the decade. That sh-t is just a lot of work though! I already did one version of the rap lists for my man, Rizoh's Hip Hop Critics' poll but I think I wanna do some edits to it.]
Labels: Gucci Mane, Lil Wayne, Pill, YEAR END WRAP-UP: Albums, YEAR END WRAP-UP: Singles
Ryan Leslie Lexus TV Spot: The Rushers : Coming Soon
Ryan Leslie made my favorite album of the year as you will see in a minute....
[via h.e.r.fection]
Labels: Autos, Ryan Leslie, TV Spots
New music: Gilbere Forte' - Exhibit G
And now that I've posted one indie blog rapper's "Exhibit C" freestyle, here goes yet another one:
Gilbere Forte' - "Exhibit G" [usershare mp3 links: stream | download]
It's aight to me. There's a couple other tracks that were sent beofre that I missed though. Check 'em....
Bonus:
Gilbere Forte' - "Stakes is High (Amiga Mix)" [usershare mp3 links: stream | download]
Gilbere Forte' - "I'm So Appalled (Freestyle)" [usershare mp3 links: stream | download]
Online:
Gilbert Forte' - twitter | website
[via Steve O / BoBO]
Missed music: DBoyz feat. Lil Wayne - It’s Your Money
This is from last July! I was clearing out my inbox and saw this:
Dboyz feat. Lil Wayne - "It’s Your Money" [usershare mp3 links: stream | download]
[In Weezy leaned-out voice...] Ya dig?
Online:
DBoyz - website | myspace | youtube | itunes
[mp3 courtesy Ariel Publicity]
Labels: Lil Wayne
New music and video from the Rapper, QuESt
I REALLY dug this dude's "Trouble" freestyle over Q-tip's "Renaissance Rap" beat so I'm posting his take on Jay Electronica's "Exhibit C" even though I passed on posting most of the previous other freestyles by much bigger artists than him and doing Ex C freestyles is already verging on being played out, at least according to some. And BTW: here's the plug for the video above:
"So let me give you quick insight on this project, back in December I went to check out the MULTIVERSAL show headlined by Shawn Chrystopher, Jovi Rockwell and QuESt. Before it was time for QuESt to get on stage I decided to introduce myself and let him know how I felt about his music, then pitched him the idea about doing a short documentary. He was down but we didn't start until like a month later.
With that said that brings us to this clip at his Barbershop which was our first stop on an extensive day of filming. In the footage QuESt discusses the blogs where he first built his exposure...."
Download QuESt - "Exhibit Q" [usershare mp3 links: stream | download]
Here's an explanation of the track:
"I've been working non stop for the past couple months on my upcoming project, The Reason: A Defense Mechanism. Taking my time making this project is very important. I want this to be my best work to date. As I want with every major project that I release. While I'm still working on it, I took some time out seperately to compose a mixtape with my homie Dj RTC from the good folks at Ruby Hornet. Its called How Thoughtful & will be presented by YesIamQuESt.com & Rubyhornet.com. Just a little something to hold everyone over until the album is released. How Thoughtful will be released to the world on Feburary 11th. In the meantime this is a leak from it. Why not right? The Reason has no set release date yet but my team and I are aiming for an early summer."
Labels: QuESt
New music: Jack Splash featuring Cee-Lo - 38 Special and King of the Beats mixtape
Jack Splash featuring Cee-Lo - "38 Special" [mp3 links: stream | download | mediafire]
"This is the new single from Jack Splash's King of The Beats Vol.1 mixtape album, which dropped on Jan 13th. These mixtapes are not the standard fare - all the beats and compositions are original. They are essentially mini-albums and he has done three of them to lead up to his full length studio album that will hit in May on J Records."
Tracklisting:
1. King Of The Beats
2. Welcome To The Dance (Part 1)
3. My Sunglasses
4. Disko Labyrinth
5. .38 Special (Featuring Cee-Lo)
6. The Maestro (Young Spector)
7. It's Not The Same
8. Sly Stone (Part 2)
9. The Funhouse Has Mirrors
10. Fool For That
11. Look Meli... A Rainbow
12. No Sellout
13. Love Is A Symphony
Download the entire Jack Splash King Of The Beats mixtape HERE. [mediafire]
Seriously, I can't believe Jack Splash is actually signed to J records - he's WAY too cool and progressive sounding to be on a super-mainstream, powerhouse major label like J. I hope they do right by him!
Labels: Cee-Lo, Jack Splash, mixtapes
FREE Download: The Knux - The F-ck You EP
Never been that impressed with these dudes but I know some readers are so if you missed this when it dropped top of the year (again I was traveling so missed it), here ya go:
Tracklist:
1. Floozy
2. Pop The Cork
3. Fruits ft. Malbec
4. Watchu Say
5. Fuck You
Download The Knux - The F-ck You EP HERE. [mediafire link]
[via Big Hassle Media / Spine]
Labels: The KnuX
Video: Alley Boy - Definition Of F-ck Sh-t (Trailer)
I normally skip these trailer type clips but Alley Boy is a new Southern MC you should be paying attention to... assuming, that is you f-ck with Southern MC's which I do!
This came a couple weeks ago with a note saying, "Mixtape hosted by DJ Holiday and The Empire coming soon." Did that ever happen??
Labels: Alley Boy, DJ Holiday, The Empire
Video: Anti-Pop Consortium Live in Paris
This is just taster. Watch the whole show at the Grand Crew website HERE.
Online:
Grand Crew - website | twitter
Labels: Antipop Consortium
Mickey Factz - Amnesia Promo Video
I missed this one when it was sent out as I was out of town. Shout to my dude mickey and the GFC crew....
Previously on The Kitchen:
Mickey Factz - "The Dark Phoenix #ALPHA" [download]
Labels: GFC, Mickey Factz
New mixtape: Raheem Devaughn - Mr. February x March Madness
Raheem is my dude so I gotta support this! As much success as he has achieved over the past couple years, I think people are still sleeping on him!
Download the Raheem Devaughn - Mr. February x March Madness mixtape HERE. [zshare]
Online:
Raheem Devaughn - twitter | website | 386 Music Group
[via Rap Radar]
Labels: mixtapes, Raheem DeVaughn
DJ Drama III: Dirty Yella Presents Young Jeezy, Gucci Mane & DJ Drama – Trap History
DJ Drama again? I normally pass on these kinds of mixtapes but this one's description caught my eye:
“You’re probably thinking, “Oh, another Jeezy/Gucci Mixtape…” But in this case the key word is MIX! Almost each and every track on this tape is blended with unique combinations of hard hitting tracks with “beats on top of beats” to keep subwoofers begging for mercy! It’s been almost 2 years since Dirty Yella dropped (what some consider a classic) the first edition of Dope Boy Blends..TrapHustlaz (Starring Gucci Mane & Yo Gotti). Now he’s back with Trap History! Yella claims, “When the big homie Drama deaded the beef with Jeezy and then turned around and got Gucci and Jeezy to end their fued, It was nothing but motivation to create something exstravagant! I swear, when the three of them were beefing you had a Jeezy vs Gucci tape dropping every week! I just think that it’s only right to bring that same amount of energy to something positive.”
Download the Dirty Yella Presents Young Jeezy, Gucci Mane & DJ Drama – Trap History mixtape HERE. [megaupload]
[via Traps N Trunks]
Labels: Aphilliates, Dj Drama, Gucci Mane, mixtapes, Young Jeezy
DJ Drama II: Yo Gotti - Cocaine Muzik 4
My man and fellow Connoisseur of Culture, Benhameen posted this with a sideway comment about not being "really convinced about Yo Gotti [yet]." I had to respond: Yo Gotti been dope since at least Back 2 Da Basics (which is the first album I discovered by him). And I've been saying this for a minute. Cats who don't f-ck with this dude are SLEEPING on him….
Download the Yo Gotti - Cocaine Muzik 4 mixtape HERE. [sendspace via PDS]
Bonus:
Check out Yo Gotti's Origins HERE. [Steady Bloggin']
Labels: Dj Drama, Gangsta Grillz, mixtapes, Yo Gotti
DJ Drama: Cam'ron - Boss of all Bosses 2
Just gonna throw up a few mixtapes that have been making noise recently. Those of you who do nothing but read blogs all day been seen these, but I have friends who actually have lives and come to my site to see what's poppin' so this is for them!
Download the Cam'ron - Boss of all Bosses 2 mixtape HERE. [usershare]
[via Yeezy]
Labels: Cam'ron, Dj Drama, Gangsta Grillz, mixtapes
Rick Ross – Mafia Music Pt. 2 feat. Chrisette Michele
Rick Ross is the fakingest, most cornball dude ever but he makes FANTASTIC music! "Mafia Music 2" is a great f-cking record. So what does that say about the state of hip hop in 2010? No wonder one of the most popular slang terms in hip hop recently has been, "We're gonna make a movie." This dude has MASTERED that!
Rick Ross – "Mafia Music Pt. 2" feat. Chrisette Michele [usershare mp3 links: stream | download]
[via PDS]
Labels: Chrisette Michele, Rick Ross
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Video: Joell Ortiz & Cory Gunz - the Recording of Line Em Up
I don't normally post these kind of in-the-studio clips but this one is pretty cool. Joell and Gunz are working with a Canadian producer named Frank Dukes (who.he??) who's got a lot of fiya based on the beats they pass on before locking in on a real heater that they write too. I've been kind of semi on Gunz despite all the blog hype he's gotten over the past few year (still no official single or album over all this time?? C'mon son!), but he definitely made me a believer with this clip, at least in terms of his mic skills - he's MURDERING that beat. Agree?
Download the track:
Joell Ortiz & Cory Gunz - "Line Em Up" [usershare mp3 links: stream | download]
[via TRF]
Labels: Cory Gunz, Its a T.dot Thing, Joell Ortiz
Music video: Block Boyz - All Black
Via Traps N Trunks and directed by Motion Family again! Don't front: best rap blog in the game.
Music video: Lil Boosie feat. Quick & Money Bags – Brother's Keeper
Directed by Motion Family.
Related:
Download the Lil Boosie - 4 Walls to a Cell mixtape HERE. [megaupload]
[mixtape links via Traps N Trunks]
Labels: Lil Boosie
Music video: Sho Boy feat. P.I. Bang - Warrants
Track produced by Zaytoven. Know nathan about homie but you'll probably dig if you're into OJ Da Juiceman.
[via Traps N Trunks]
Labels: Zaytoven
New music: emancipator - safe in the steep cliffs
Late night 'trip hop/downtempo' vibes via the homie, Dom Corleone:
"Safe In The Steep Cliffs represents the tightest, most unique, most organic beats I've made in the last three years. This album has a new palette of sounds and samples from around the world, including more original recordings (guitar/violin/mandolin/banjo) and new guest artists including Japanese jazz musician Uyama Hiroto. It's ominous and overgrown, dense and ethereal. And epic. Always epic."
Always epic, huh? Agree?
If you dig, you can download emancipator - safe in the steep cliffs HERE. [rapidshare zip file]
Online:
emancipator - bandcamp | facebook | myspace
Labels: Electronic/Dance
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
New music: Rhymefest - El Che single
Hold up, is Rhymefest not on J records any more?? No matter, here's new music from El Che featuring Phonte ("Say Wassup") and Little Brother ("How High") from 'Fest's El Che album.
Online:
Rhymefest - twitter | website
Labels: Little Brother, Phonte, Rhymefest
New mashup album: Wu Tang Vs The Beatles - Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers
Spotted this one via my dude, Trent at Beats and Rants:
"This is a FREE downloadable mixtape mash-up featuring various Wu-Tang Clan acapellas over samples of Beatles songs. The 27-song collection was created by indie rap producer-remixer Tom Caruana, founder of his own independent label Tea Sea Records. I think Tom has created one of the best mixtape mash-up in 2010, so far. Bravo!"
Unlike Trent, I'm usually pretty skeptical of these gimmick, mashup albums and someone already did one with The Beatles really well but this is so audacious ("let's mix the Beatles with the Wu...") that I figured I should at least acknowledge it, even if its horrible....
Online:
Tom Caruana | Tea Sea Records
[via Beats and Rants]
Labels: Mash-ups, mixtapes, The Beatles, Wu-Tang Clan
Music Video: Clipse - Freedom
I don't love the Clipse album like others, but this track and video are cool enough.
Labels: Clipse
Music video: Young Sid - Made
Yeah Semtex is my go-to source for international hip hop sh-t. This dude is from New Zealand even though the track sounds like something out of the Dirty South. Song ain't too bad though!
[via Semtex]
Labels: International hip hop
Music video: 2 Tone feat. Kye - Roots
Not amazing but cool beat, decent video and I dig what he's saying....
[via Semtex]
Labels: UK Grime, UK Hip Hop
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
TONIGHT in LA: Bubblegum at the Blu Monkey Lounge
Once again it's on...
BUBBLEGUM
a weekly hiphopdiscofunklounge
Your Sound Providers:
Fuzzy Fantabulous ~ DJ sourMILK ~ Just-N-Credible
Hosted By:
B.Samson ~ Roddyrod ~ Boogie B
Details:
Blu Monkey Lounge
5521 Hollywood Blvd. (at Western)
Hollywood/Thai Town
21+ / 9:30pm - 2am
NO COVER ALL NIGHT!!!
RSVP by email to rsvpbubblegum@gmail.com
Online:
Bubblegum - Twitter | Roddyrod - Twitter | Fuzzy Fantabulous - Twitter
Labels: Parties and Events
New mixtape: Jay-Z & DJ Kut - The Blackprint 3
I haven't heard this and it could be gimmicky but it might also be kind of interesting as my dude, Ivan explains:
"Here's an interesting concept for a mixtape: take The Black Album acapellas and lay them over Blueprint 3 (unofficial) instrumentals"
Download the Jay-Z & DJ Kut - The Blackprint 3 mixtape HERE. [Rapidshare link]
[via Hip Hop is Read]
Music video: Yelawolf – Pop The Trunk
Music video: Barrington Levy feat Kardinal Offishall - No War
Surprised Lo from M3 didn't send this out??
[via CityonmyBack]
Labels: Kardinal Offishall, Reggae
New mixtape: Mont Real Vol. 2 – Real City’s Finest
The best in Montreal hip hop mixed by DJ Critical Hype.
Download Mont Real Vol. 2 – Real City’s Finest HERE: zip file | usershare [via TRF]
Canadian artists, producers and managers: GET AT ME!!! I'm reppin' for my home country!
Labels: Its a Canada Thing, mixtapes
Music video: Plies - Letter
I always dug Plies more when he was kicking this street sh-t (although "Shawty" was OK, I'll concede). Not a bad video either....
[via Traps N Trunks]
Labels: Plies
The Bill Clinton/George Bush Haiti Fund PSA
Its good to see the partisan divide can still be bridged in times of need....
HELP HAITI:
- Donate now at www.clintonbushhaitifund.org or text QUAKE to 20222 to give $10.
- Text 'Yele' to 501501 to donate $5 toward Haiti relief via Wyclef Jean's Yele organization.
- Donate $10 to the Red Cross' Haiti relief effort by texting the word 'Haiti' to 90999. Your cell carrier will charge you bill $10.
- Click HERE to make a one-time credit or debit card donation to Doctors Without Borders' Haiti Earthquake Response effort.
Labels: Bill Clinton, charity, George Bush
