DJ Rasta Root: June 2013 Hip Hop Mix
June 20, 2013
The entrepreneur, world traveler, and party starter DJ Rasta Root does this kind of thing for fun. Check out Root doing his thing on this “June 2013 Hip-Hop Mix” so well. You’ll hear several joints we posted on here (great minds think alike).
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Statik Selektah – “Bring ‘Em Up Dead” feat. Joell Ortiz (Original Onyx Version)
June 19, 2013
“We dump lead like a Britta… Anybody I dap will give anybody a nap!” – Joell Ortiz
Yeah! Ortiz with that grimy murder-murder rhyming. Remember that that aspect was part of the Golden Era, too. Gangsta rap on the West Coast; Gutter/Horrorcore music on the East, with each influencing other areas. Click play and listen to what Statik Selektah almost left on the cutting room floor. A track laced with samples from 90s grimiest Hip-Hop icons Onyx, the feel of it stirred well by the lyrical sh!t talk of Slaughterhouser Joell Ortiz. Hearing it might just make you wanna “Throw Ya Gunz” or “Slam” (dunh-dunh-nuh, dunh-dunh-nuh)! This original Onyx version of “Bring ‘Em Up Dead” was left off Statik’s “Extended Play” release, but it is available for purchase right now.
STATIK SELEKTAH – BRING EM UP DEAD FEAT. JOELL ORTIZ (ORIGINAL ONYX VERSION)
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Atlantic Connection – “Everflow” feat. SkyBlew
June 19, 2013
So L.A.’s Atlantic Connection had this track “Everflow” with some space on it… asked North Carolina spitfire SkyBlew to jump on it and… well, what do you think happened?
‘Atlantic Connection teams up with one of North Carolina’s most promising new artists SkyBlew. A collision of east meets west, “Everflow” cruises you into the weekend, top down, shades on and ready for anything.’
More about Atlantic Connection after the jump.
– @ojones1
Run The Jewels (Killer Mike x El-P) – “36-Inch Chainâ€
June 19, 2013
Good looking out on this scoop from my people over at Bad Magics. Run The Jewels (Killer Mike and El-P) leak “36-Inch Chain” from their upcoming project. This single is available for FREE download though… thanks to Williams Street Records and Adult Swim (yeah, the smoked out late night Cartoon Network folks).
– @ojones1
DOWNLOAD: RUN THE JEWELS (KILLER MIKE X EL-P) – 36-INCH CHAIN
Comedy: Getting Posterized Is Just ‘Nuts’ (Video)
June 19, 2013
Some people say Boost Mobile went too far with this one. And we like to call those people WRONG! This ‘Junk Dunk’ commercial is HILARIOUS! Dare I say ‘nuts’! Bwahahahaaaaa!! I could describe the action, but why would I ruin it for you? Just click play.
– @ojones1
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DMP – “How Many Tears” feat. Pusha T (Prod. By Nottz)
June 19, 2013
DMP shines on the first leak from the Nottz x DMP album, “God Made Durt!” (due out July 2, 2013). This is “How Many Tears” (featuring Pusha T).
Corinne Bailey Rae – “I Would Like To Call It Beauty” (Freddie Joachim Remix)
June 19, 2013
Here’s a piece from Freddie Joachim off “The Joachim Remixes Vol. 5.” Download the whole project for FREE below. You can stream the remix of Corinne Bailey Rae (“I Would Like To Call It Beauty”) while the freebie is finishing.
DOWNLOAD: CORRINE BAILEY RAE – I WOULD LIKE TO CALL IT BEAUTY (FREDDIE JOACHIM REMIX) | THE JOACHIM REMIXES VOL. 5
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Yasiin Bey x Preservation – “REcstatic” (Remix Album)
June 19, 2013
Suffice it to say, Yasiin is a fan of his tour DJ Preservation. Evidence of Bey’s trust in his DJ: their remix to the album “Ecstatic” – entitled “REcstatic” – has Preservation all over it (with the only exception being Yasiin’s rapping over a Minnesota production for “Black Fantastic,†which replaced “Casa Bey†on the original project). You can download the entire “REcstatic” project for FREE from the Mon Dieu Music site. Just join the e-list, and the zip is all yours!
DOWNLOAD: MOS DEF X PRESERVATION – RECSTATIC
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R&B/Soul: Mayer Hawthorne – “Reach Out Richard” (Produced By Pharrell Williams)
June 18, 2013
Pharrell Williams produced a helluva nice track for Mayer Hawthorne, who truly delivered on this tribute single – “Reach Out Richard” – for his pop.
‘A new song for my Father from my upcoming album “Where Does This Door Go.”‘
The album is due out July 16, 2013; you can pre-order it now below.
MAYER HAWTHORNE – REACH OUT RICHARD (PROD. BY PHARRELL WILLIAMS) | WHERE DOES THIS DOOR GO
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Alternative: Thundercat – “Lotus and the Jondy”
June 18, 2013
Recorded in Adrian Younge’s studio, Los Angeles (California, USA) bassist/songwriter/vocalist Stephen Bruner aka Thundercat takes us plenty of places on this track “Lotus & The Jondy.” There is structure to this single – in that it has a beginning and end, instrumentation and vocals… But the flow is very fluid. Organic to say the least… with Thundercat’s chanting lyrically throughout and drummer Thomas Pridgen going off in the latter half. Check out this auditory experiment from the album “Apocalypse†(due out On July 9, 2013).
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10 Questions for Questlove (Video)
June 18, 2013
Time Magazine’s Belinda Luscombe talks with ?uestlove (of The Roots) about his upbringing, records that influenced his career, his take on the direction of Hip-Hop, his new book (Mo Meta Blues), his group’s ‘retirement gig’ on ‘Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’ and more.
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Nitty Scott, MC – “Flower Child” feat. Kendrick Lamar [Video]
June 18, 2013
Talk about Black Hippy (re: the video treatment for this). Perfect guest Kendrick Lamar comes through to deliver a ‘gunshot gunshot’ on this Nitty Scott, MC single “Flower Child” (produced by Paul Boogie). This is Nitty’s official music video fully funded by a Kickstarter campaign. That’s how you do it: Support Indie Hip-Hop! Respect to those investors. Respect to Kendrick (though notably absent from the visuals) for his contribution. Respect to director Anthony Sylvester, LPZ Media and cinematographer Anthony DeRose.
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The Wolf of Wall Street (Trailer)
June 18, 2013
Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese sets the pace in this upcoming film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, & Jonah Hill. The biographical film is a dark comedy-crime drama based on the memoirs of Jordan Belfort, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, who is a New York stockbroker that refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case & corruption in corporate banking world in addition to the heavy mob infiltration of it all.  The trailer also prominently features Kanye West’s controversial new song “Black Skinhead” within the film trailer. The feature film is tentatively scheduled to be released in November of this year.
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J. Cole’s ‘Dollar & A Dream Tour’ Hits Atlanta, Baltimore, and Miami (Video)
June 18, 2013
J. Cole’s ‘Dollar & A Dream Tour’ – in support the “Born Sinner” album – is off an running. To start, Big Tigger brought Cole out to an off-the-meter Atlanta crowd. See footage from ATL and Baltimore above. From Miami after the jump.
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Dark Girls: White Men Discuss Their Attraction To Black Women (Video)
June 18, 2013
“You’re not more ethnic if you’re darker…” – Taken from OWN’s ‘Dark Girls’ Series Premiere
Does it take a White man to tell Black folk what we should have been saying to each other for decades? Perhaps so.
‘In Dark Girls, Hip-Hop author and journalist Soren Baker, a white man who’s married to an African-American woman, describes his early attraction to women of all races—and shares his father’s reaction. Plus, another man in an interracial relationship discusses his wife’s skin tone.’
– OWN
‘Dark Girls’ premieres this Sunday, June 23, on OWN, at 10/9 PM CST. This ought to be good. Oprah might just have as many fellas watching this show on her network.
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Haziq Ali – “Transitioning†(Video)
June 17, 2013
“My Father’s Day tribute. I hope you dig it. We shot at my sister’s wedding.” – Haziq Ali
Evidenced throughout the lyrics:Â Haziq loved his father. 6ix Shoota directed the tribute video above, giving it a home movie feel that supports the message’s delivery and makes it that much more real. Play this video for “Transitioning” by Haziq Ali. If you love your dad, or lost him (or anyone) too soon, you will be touched. On second thought, you’ll probably get a little misty regardless.
MED – “Misunderstood” (Prod. By Madlib) [Video]
June 17, 2013
MED lets go of the video for his single “Misunderstood” (produced by Madlib) off “Bang Ya Head 3” (Special Edition) (available on iTunes now). Credits on the visual presentation: Filming and editing by DollaMan; Talib Zaid, director.
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Statik Selektah – “The Spark” feat. Action Bronson x Joey Bada$$ x Mike Posner
June 17, 2013
‘Everybody eating man, but me first…’ – Action Bronson
Oh yeah. Statik Selektah is leaving no one starving. Ravenous fans won’t have to wait to much longer for this “Extended Play” plate. And the hungry artists (Action Bronson, Joey Bada$$, and Mike Posner) on “The Spark” devoured it. Click and listen.
STATIK SELEKTAH – THE SPARK FEAT. ACTION BRONSON X JOEY BADA$$ X MIKE POSNER
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The Wolverine (International Trailer)
June 17, 2013
Here’s new trailer for “The Wolverine” movie. They’re really really building up the excitement for this one. Check it out.
The KKK Kept Patrick Ewing From Attending UNC (Video)
June 17, 2013
‘There was a big Ku Klux Klan rally in North Carolina when I was there. And I’m like…you know what…I’m not coming down here!’
– Patrick Ewing, on the phone with Dan Patrick
Well, Patrick Ewing’s first choice was Georgetown University anyway. But I bet that KKK ‘welcome ceremony’ didn’t help UNC’s recruiting effort. Note to any remaining racists out there… you can really cost your program something serious with your ignorance. Like future NBA all-star center serious. Wow! Watch.
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