LeBron James & Chris Paul School A Young Stephen Curry & James Harden (Video)
May 28, 2013
LeBron James and Chris Paul share some wisdom! This clip assembles footage of brief heart-to-heart talks at a skills camp from a while back. Among the elite college ballers at the camp: a young Stephen Curry and James Harden. Respect to Justin Tinsley for the scoop on this one.
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R&B: Peter Hadar – “Magicâ€
May 28, 2013
Peter Hadar offers a synth-and-percussion driven R&B single entitled “Magic” (produced by Beng Fang). This is a sample of Peter’s upcoming EP “Entrees Gourmet.”
Styles P – “War Room” feat. Chris Rivers x Vinnie Paz
May 28, 2013
Styles P drops a hot rock with “War Room”… with a bonus… Features from Vinnie Paz and Chris Rivers (Big Pun’s son)! Plus, you can get a FREE download below.
DOWNLOAD: STYLES P – WAR ROOM FEAT. CHRIS RIVERS X VINNIE PAZ
R&B/Soul: Denitia x Sene – “The Nude”
May 28, 2013
Team effort all the way through on this saucy track. Sene wrote and produced the track. Then Denitia joins Sene to put it down, with Sly5thAve on the bass. Mixed down by Nolan Thies. The result is “The Nude.”
Lyric Jones – “Music & Love” (Prod. By IIIastrate) [Video]
May 28, 2013
“Music & Love” with Lyric Jones caught hopelessly between the two. Artists on the grind know the story all too well. But it never gets old, especially when it’s told so well by Lyric over this IIIastrate track. Plus, the video really brings the story to life in a way holds very true to the song’s them… probably because Lyric also directed it. Respect to KD Gray for shooting and editing the footage.
Below: Get a FREE download of the debut single off Lyric’s upcoming project “Love’s Trail Mix EP” (due out late Summer 2013).
R&B/Soul: Quadron – “Better Off” feat. Kendrick Lamar
May 27, 2013
Kendrick Lamar drops a verse on the soulful Danish duo Quadron’s new single called “Better Off.” This high quality joint is off of their upcoming album “Avalanche” due out June 4, 2013, on iTunes but you can pre-order it below today. Looking forward to getting some of more of that electronic soul from across the pond on June 4th.
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6th Annual Roots Picnic Mixtape By DJ Cosmo Baker
May 27, 2013
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Has-Lo – “Hindsight” (Produced By Apollo Brown) [Video]
May 27, 2013
Nice video for “Hindsight” (produced by Apollo Brown) off “Conversation B” – the digital LP from Philly emcee Has-Lo. Definitely love how Apollo Brown creatively flipped the Marvin Gaye sample for this record. Watch the visuals above. Get the LP below.
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Emilio Rojas – “Lean On Em” feat. Iamsu! x Styles P x Troy Ave (Produced By !llmind)
May 27, 2013
Produced by !llmind, this is Emilio Rojas with “Lean On Em” (featuring Iamsu!, Styles P, and Troy Ave) off of his upcoming project “No Shame, No Regrets.”
DOWNLOAD: EMILIO ROJAS – LEAN ON EM FEAT. IAMSU! X STYLES P X TROY AVE (PROD. BY !LLMIND)
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MarQ Spekt – “Hollywood Hills” ft. Lex Boogie (Prod. Gary Wilson)
May 27, 2013
MarQ Spekt with his single “Hollywood Hills” (produced by Gary Wilson). The single features Lex Boogie and is off the joint EP “Broken Mazes” by MarQ Spekt and Gary Wilson.
MARQ SPEKT – HOLLYWOOD HILLS FEAT. LEX BOOGIE (PROD. BY GARY WILSON) | BROKEN MAZES
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Roc Marciano – “Ruff Town” feat. Cormega
May 27, 2013
Check out the new self-produced cut from Roc Marciano entitled “Ruff Town” (featuring Cormega). The duo spit over the jazzy horns nicely. No word on whether or not this work will appear on an EP/LP, but don’t let that stop you from enjoying this.
The World’s Next Tallest Building (Video)
May 27, 2013
Dubbed “Sky City,” the world’s tallest building will soon be constructed in China. The Broad Group will construct a 220-story skyscraper, 30 feet taller than the Burj Khalifa in Dubai for one-tenth the cost. Sky City will be a self-contained, environmentally friendly, nearly earthquake proof city-in-a-skyscraper. It will be built to hold 30,000 residents, moving up and down on 92 elevators, with 4 helicopter pads, schools, stores and more. The building will be impressive. So, will it’s construction. With an almost boastful construction schedule of 90 days, The Broad Group will put Sky City together from modules that were being built even before China’s government approved construction.
In a word…Wowww! Watch the above building simulation and information video. This is NOT a dream. This is happening.
Will Smith, ‘Carlton’ and Friends Give UK’s Graham Norton a Show (Video)
May 26, 2013
This could be the most fun 6 minutes you will experience without Dougie Fresh! Watch Will Smith get off the guest couch to rock the mics with his son Jaden at the host’s invitation on the UK’s “Graham Norton Show.” Then… we get DJ Jazzy Jeff on the table… THEN we get Alfonso Ribero (Will’s co-star from “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air” TV show) coming out to do his ‘Carlton’ dance with Will singing along to the song! A stunned and thoroughly entertained Bradley Cooper (from “The Hangover” and “A-Team” movies) looks on then daps up the performers afterward.
It was like a talk show was going on, and all of a sudden, a party train crashed the studio. You better ‘jump on it’ and enjoy this video!
– @ojones1
DJ Tony Touch’s 50 Classic Clips: Big Pun & The Beatnuts Performing At Rock Steady’s 20th Anniversary (Video)
May 24, 2013
As we mentioned in a previous post about DJ Tony Touch’s upcoming project “The Piecemaker 3 (Return Of The 50 Emcees)” due July 9th, the legendary DJ had stated that he’ll be releasing classic never-seen-before footage everyday leading up until his new album release. In episode 5 above Tony Toca unlocks the video vault to footage of Big Pun performing “Off The Books” with The Beatnuts at Rocksteady’s 20th Anniversary show. In case you missed episode’s 1-4 featuring Onyx, Heather, B, KRS-ONE, Boot Camp Clikk, Guru, Inspectah Deck, Busta Rhymes, & a whole host of other significant cats in hip hop check out the videos & links below. CLASSIC!
TONY TOUCH’S 50 CLASSIC CLIPS: BUSTA RHYMES & ‘OL DIRTY BASTARD FREESTYLING 1994 (VIDEO)
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Morgan Freeman Falls Asleep During An Interview For His Upcoming Film ‘Now You See Me’ (Video)
May 24, 2013
Before you tell someone how tired you are on your grind, maybe you should watch this. This is a clip of the promo work being put in by respected actors Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman for their new film “Now You See Me.” Now, you must watch, and listen, to the very end. Halfway through, Mr. Freeman succumbs to fatigue for just a bit. Mr. Caine carries on with the interview, continuing discussion on the magic tricks that were part of the film. Then, as the video feed switches back to film footage, you can hear Freeman shaking off the morning fatigue to push through to the end of what was probably a long press junket. How can we know? Well, right at the end, you can hear audio of an exasperated Caine asking, “Is this the last one?”
These legends of film are still working this hard. Now, how tired are you again? Maybe they should name this new movie ‘Now You See Me Sleeping’.
UPDATE: Morgan Freeman issues a hilarious response to the infamous video below
“Regarding my recent interview, I wasn’t actually sleeping. I’m a beta tester for Google Eyelids and I was merely taking the opportunity to update my Facebook page.” – Morgan Freeman
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T.I. – “Hello” feat. CeeLo Green (Video)
May 23, 2013
Director Marc Klasfeld gets credit for bringing ATL’s power to bear in this incredible story-driven video for T.I.’s “Hello” (featuring CeeLo Green of GooDie MOB) – off his album “Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head” out now.
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Yasiin Bey’s PSA: Putting ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ and the NYPD On Trial (Video)
May 23, 2013
Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) puts out a video public service announcement – “Don’t Tread on Me” – bringing attention to the New York Police Department’s Stop-and-Frisk policy and practice. Watch and see how New Yorkers are taking the fight for their rights to the courts. Learn more about the Stop-and-Frisk case on trial at: www.ccrjustice.org/floyd. Be part of the movement, join the Communities United for Police Reform: http://changethenypd.org/.
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Technology: USC Institute for Creative Technologies Presents A Counselor That Is Almost Human (Video)
May 23, 2013
The USC Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) is really pushing the frontier on what tech can do in the realm of healthcare. ICT’s latest initiative combines two technologies – Multisense and SimSensi – to enable what, in effect, is a virtual counselor. Imagine a truly private visit to a therapist; one in which no other human, not even a human doctor/specialist, is present. The implications are fascinating (and kind of scary).
In the video above, Multisense is showing viewers how it “reads” the actors who are playing the clients in the clip.
‘Multisense automatically tracks and analyzes in real-time facial expressions, body posture, acoustic features, linguistic patterns and higher-level behavior descriptors (e.g. attention, fidgeting). From these signals and behaviors, indicators of psychological distress are inferred to inform directly the healthcare provider or the virtual human.’
Given what Multisense is picking up during the session, and sharing with SimSensei, the virtual counselor is giving human-like responses in real time. An actual counseling session, as a result, should be a real experience for a client.
‘SimSensei is a virtual human platform specifically designed for healthcare support and is based on the 10+ years of expertise at ICT with virtual human research and development. The platform enables an engaging face-to-face interaction where the virtual human automatically reacts to the perceived user state and intent, through its own speech and gestures.’
Amazing! But ICT is very clear on this point: This dual-tech platform is NOT a substitute for counseling. Rather, it is a support tool for counselors and healthcare providers; a powerful tool.
Posted in Science, Technology, Videos | Tags: Augmenting psychiatric diagnosis with data, Disconcerting Robot Detects Depression, ICT, Institute for Creative Technologies, MultiSense, SimSensei, University of Southern California, USC, Virtual Human and Multimodal Perception for Healthcare Support | No Comments »
R&B/Soul: Zo! – “Count To Five” feat. Gwen Bunn
May 23, 2013
Soulful North Carolina producer Zo! drops “Count To Five” (feat. Gwen Bunn). This single is from Zo!’s album “ManMade” (out now).
