N.O.R.E. ‘Rate The Bars’ For Cardi B, 2 Chainz And Ja Rule (Video)
August 7, 2017
Can’t quite say he pulls no punches because N.O.R.E. seemed to pull some punches on this. All good though, because dude is as highly entertaining as always in this clip of him scoring some of the rap music out.
N.O.R.E. the Queens rapper who’s famous for his albums and podcast DrinkChamps has great ratings and explanations for Cam’ron, Ja Rule, Famous Dex, Madeintyo, and 2Chainz.
– BET Networks
– @ojones1
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Sean Price – “The 3 Lyrical Ps” feat. Prodigy x Styles P (Prod. By Harry Fraud)
August 7, 2017
More of the dopeness from the forthcoming “Imperius Rex” album. Rest In Peace to Prodigy and Sean P. Spirit of Hip-Hop literally. Two of the dearly departed AND The Ghost on “The 3 Lyrical Ps.” And la musica… you know it’s the realness from Harry Fraud.
SEAN PRICE – IMPERIUS REX (PRE-ORDER)
– @ojones1
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Food/Science: This Seaweed Tastes Just Like Bacon (Video)
August 7, 2017
Nope. Didn’t stutter. At all. But if this becomes real enough for me to taste it, I just might.
(Stutter. I just might stutter… Because, I’m DEFINITELY gonna taste the baco-weed if and when it hits the market! No ‘might’ about it.)
– @ojones1
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Cardi B On Her Approach To Making Money & Music And Her Dating Preferences (Video)
August 7, 2017
Very interesting interview snip with Cardi B. Don’t even have to be a fan of her music, life choices, or her opinions or whatever to really hear that she has her own mind. Insight from a thick Miss is something I will always support. If you truly are more than just a body and a face, I will salute that EVERY TIME!
Of course, I am still ogling your body and face. Just facts. That all.
(Catch the full interview after the jump.)
– @ojones1
Betting On Black: How Jojo Faked Being Black To Get Into Medical School (Video)
August 7, 2017
Man oh man! Shave his head and call him Jojo. Watch Vijay ‘school’ us on the Pochahantas Factor, faking Black to get in via an admissions back door, and pretty much everything that feels wrong yet Vijay felt it his right to do.
President Trump will end Affirmative Action like Lincoln ended slavery.
– Vijay Jojo Chokal-Ingam
And you know the cutie Mindy Kaling (from the Mindy Project)? This is her brother!
Damn. Well, at least Mindy does not seem to be as much a Trumpeter as her brother is implying that he is.
Rapper Big Pooh – “Seinfeld” (Go Up) feat. Phonte (Prod. By Swiff D)
August 4, 2017
BANGING!! While this is nowhere near a reformation of Little Brother, this previously unreleased “Seinfeld” (Go Up) track has the homies doing it like we remember in 2010 (because it is). Pooh and Tay doing the business. Where you at 9th Wonder?
(And there is a story behind this music. Hit the jump for that.)
Paid In Full: Michael Che Writes A Long Overdue $1,000 Check To Tommy Hilfiger (Video)
August 4, 2017
Turns out America likes comedy about Donald Trump.
– Michael Che
Bwaahahaa! Michael is gonna catch a bit of heat from Boston for this clip, but they’ll get over it. And he got down with Hilfiger like that back in the day due to his tee shirt game? Nice.
SNL’s Michael Che takes a moment to finally thank Tommy Hilfiger for money the designer gave him to work for his company back when he used to design and sell T-shirts on the streets of New York.
– The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Hope that Michael’s Weekend Update show does well on Thursdays. Check it out next week on NBC.
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Mobb Deep – “Cop Hell” (Prod. By DJ Premier)
August 4, 2017
This joint is so ’90s! A step to the left style-wise for the Mobb. Up-tempo flow. Preemo beat work from Havoc and Prodigy (RIP) to beat up! Previously unreleased heat that was shelved when Ice-T caught mad bad heat for dropping “Cop Killer.”
THIS SONG WAS PULLED FROM THE “JUVENILE HELL” LP AFTER THE WHOLE ICE-T “COP KILLER” SONG WAS SHOCKING THE WORLD; SO MOBB DEEP’s LABEL 4TH & B’WAY REMOVED IT AS WELL…
SOME COPIES LEAKED, BUT MOST DJ’s DON’T HAVE IT.
ME, PRODIGY AND HAVOC GOT PULLED OVER BY THE COPS IN 1993 AND THEY WERE ON SOME FOUL SHIT, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITHOUT THEM FINDING OUT HOW DIRTY THE CAR WAS BACK THEN…
SO WE WROTE THIS SONG ABOUT IT…
HERE IT IS UNCUT…
WE ARE GONNA MISS YOU PRODIGY…(R.I.P.)
CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY…
– DJ PREMIER
R&B: Ne-Yo – “Another Love Song†(Video)
August 4, 2017
Dope visuals for that single “Another Love Song†from Ne-Yo that we posted a while back. Incredible Eye Candies and dance moves in this. Cameo or two. Fun to watch.
(His date plays the ‘pretty AND petty’ perfectly in this, too. Did you take one of my berries? Hahaaa!)
14KT – “Nowalataz” (Outtakes & Songs) [Album]
August 4, 2017
Like the title says… This is a collection of Outtakes & Songs inspired by 14KT’s second album “Nowalataz.” Impressive features on this, too – Aloe Blacc, Elzhi, Strange Fruit Project, SkyZoo, Ro Spit (RSXGLD), Boog Brown, Karriem Riggins, Magestik Legend, Tres Styles (of Athletic Mic League), Now On.
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Issa Rae Shares Her Excitement About Season 2 Of “Insecure” And Her Insights On ‘Hoery’ (Video)
August 4, 2017
I wanna spend some precious moments rubbing on Issa Rae’s beautiful skin.
Okay, it’s out there. Is that ‘awkward’ (and if so, does that boost the chances of making that happen)? I’m asking. The answer won’t change my desire to do so though.
Soooo, this is Issa back on the radio with the pre-Season 2 promo for her “Insecure” series on HBO. Well worth catching up on if you have not done so already (only two episodes down this season). Also, hear her addressing Regina Hall’s implication of f*cking her way to the top, insights on women and their hoe phase, and she ‘big ups’ some of her co-stars. Lots in this interview.
– @ojones1
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Apollo Brown x Planet Asia – “Panties In A Jumble”
August 4, 2017
… the f*ck I’m talkin’ bout… this sh!t ain’t for everybody.
A crackling sample and rhyme that starts hard as hell. Straight up crack, street rap. And with heat like this “Panties In A Jumble” jawn, the streets will check for that “Anchovies” album from Apollo Brown & Planet Asia when it finally drops.
Rapper Big Pooh – “The Recipe – Intro” (Prod. By Khrysis x Young RJ)
August 3, 2017
Suffice it to say, most music-making (esp. rap music) has a story behind it. But maaaan, this story takes a deep breath before & after to tell.
Back in 2008-2009 after the idea and talks of a Slum Village/Little Brother album faded amongst us…Young RJ and I started working on a project called The Recipe. While working on the project I became obsessed with finding the right joint to start the album off. Khrysis (he was engineering the recording for me in NC) plays this beat that I deemed, “the one.” Even though it wasn’t his production, I convinced Young RJ that this was what we needed to start our album off. He stripped the original version down and built it back up around the sample Khrysis used. I hit DJ Babu for the cuts and we were ready to rock. After The Recipe stalled while we were trying to get the business side straight, Slum Village started working on Villa Manifesto. I was asked about giving this track to Slum for their album but I refused, still planning on finishing and using it for The Recipe. Scrap Dirty made the OG call and gave it to Slum and it became Bare Witness, their intro track for Villa Manifesto. Here is my unmixed, unmastered, and unreleased version of The Recipe – Intro.
– Rapper Big Pooh
This is pretty much as ‘raw uncut’ as raw uncut Hip-Hop can get. Enjoy and appreciate this finally-released gold nugget! Also, just think for a minute about the Slum Village/Little Brother album that might’ve been. WHEW!
RAPPER BIG POOH – THE RECIPE – INTRO (PROD. BY KHRYSIS X YOUNG RJ)
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Consequence – “Best Kept Secret” (Freestyle)
August 3, 2017
So… Cons is just gone hop on this “Best Kept Secret” beat by the legend Diamond D. He’s doing that? Yep. Press play and hear.
(Of course, that beat channels that acknickulous Three Times Dope dopeness, too. Philly!)
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Jay-Z – “Kill Jay-Z” (Video)
August 3, 2017
More to the point than one would think. Take a couple of listens. Presented in this short format, that takes no effort at all though. A combination of references to points in his life when he was on that bullsh!t (stabbing Lance ‘Un’ Rivera) and lines from his old rhymes about that bullsh!t make up a list of Jay-Z’s crimes against the humanity of Shawn Carter. Death penalty to his old self in this “Kill Jay-Z” visual.
Ruste Juxx – “24/7” (Prod. By 47fm) [Video]
August 3, 2017
Ruste Juxx ripped that 47fm beat so tuff he had to holler ‘Classic!’ on it in the booth just to let y’all know. Hahaaa! Solid treatment – the song and the visuals. Check out the music video for “24/7” (link to the single below).
Joe Stu – “Heart Beat” feat. Dawudi (Prod. By D.R.U.G.S. Beats) [Video]
August 3, 2017
Drugs, DRUGS, D.R.U.G.S. came through with his brand of Beats, and Joe Stu & Dawudi went crazy! The result is another banger (“Heart Beat”) off the “Which Way Now” project.
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Luxury Tiny House Has Every Amenity Imaginable (Video)
August 3, 2017
Big luxury in a little package…er…building! And full disclosure: ‘Luxury’ refers to available modern conveniences in this home. No butler, because, you know, Tiny House.
The Tiny Luxury House in Davenport, Florida, doesn’t fail to deliver on its name. The entire tiny house is completely wifi enabled which means you can control every part of the home via your phone or The Amazon Alexa.
– Tiny House Listings
– @ojones1
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American Experience: Last Days in Vietnam (Documentary Trailer)
August 3, 2017
Documentarian Rory Kennedy gives us an in-depth look at the final days of the American presence in Saigon. It’s a story where simply following orders would play opposite to doing the right thing. And what do you think heroes do? Could those soldiers and support personnel have lived with themselves getting out safely while leaving South Vietnamese in harm’s way? Even if ordered to do so?
In April of 1975, the North Vietnamese Army was closing in on Saigon as South Vietnamese resistance was crumbling. Approximately 5,000 Americans remained with roughly 24 hours to get out. Their South Vietnamese allies, co-workers, and friends faced certain imprisonment and possible death if they remained behind. With no official evacuation plan in place, the clock ticking, and the city under fire, a number of heroic Americans took matters into their own hands, engaging in unsanctioned and often makeshift operations in a desperate effort to save as many people as possible. In those last days in Vietnam, 135,000 men, women and children managed to escape.
– American Experience PBS
Orders be damned!
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Ken Burns Covers ‘The War’ In This PBS Documentary (Mini-Series Trailer)
August 2, 2017
We posted a World War I era documentary days ago, got several recent Ken Burns documentary posts – one about the Civil War. But how about Burns taking us to and through World War II? Yep, got that for you. Well, Netflix does. But we have the trailer embedded above.
THE WAR, a seven-part series directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, tells the story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four quintessentially American towns. The series explores the most intimate human dimensions of the greatest cataclysm in history – a worldwide catastrophe that touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America – and demonstrates that in extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives.
– PBS
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