J. Cole – “I’m A Fool”
September 19, 2012
J. Cole drops a self-produced jewel entitled “I’m a Fool” on us. For this cut, Cole chopped up an old soul track and went fool on it! All the dopeness you’d expect from Mr. Cole World. Peep… Cole leaves a li’l something extra for the listener at the end, too. Apparently, Cole does it all for the fans. Keep reading after the jump to see the way he Tweet-released this joint… to a fan… just for asking if it was finished!
DOWNLOAD: J. COLE – I’M A FOOL
Kardinal Offishall – “Reppin 4 My City” feat. Wiz Kid
September 19, 2012
Toronto’s finest emcee Kardinal Offishall releases another ‘T.Dot Anthem’. In fact this joint called “Reppin 4 My City” is actually a part 2 to Kardinal’s original “Anthem” song & video he dropped back in January of 2011. This new 2012 “Anthem” is produced by fellow Toronto natives & production duo BURDxKeys & features Akon’s new artist Wiz Kid who hails from Nigeria & is now officially signed to Konvict Records. Check out the song below & peep the original ‘Anthem’ song & video further down….
DOWNLOAD: KARDINAL OFFISHALL – REPPIN 4 MY CITY FEAT. WIZ KID
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R&B/Soul: S3 (Miles Bonny x Brenk Sinatra) – “Don’t Stop” / “Rain”
September 18, 2012
Supa Soul Sh*t a.k.a. S3 a.k.a. the duo of Miles Bonny and Brenk Sinatra have leaked a hot one from their upcoming album, “Supa Soul Sh*t” (due out Oct 26, 2012). This supa-smooth cut is entitled “Don’t Stop.” When the album is released, you can cop it at the Melting Pot Music Store). Until then, we’ve got you covered with the streaming link for the single below. Also check out a previously released single called “Rain Don’t Stop Me Now” below as well. It’s equally as hot….
STREAM: S3 (MILES BONNY X BRENK SINATRA) – DON’T STOP
BONUS: S3 (MILES BONNY X BRENK SINATRA) – RAIN DON’T STOP ME NOW
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R&B/Soul: Bilal Performing Live at Le Poisson Rouge In NYC (Video)
September 18, 2012
Sam Wilson Photography gave us a good look on this one, y’all. Bilal did the damn thing on stage at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge (live performance shot September 6, 2012)! Nice video and cool pictures at the end make for a nice (very nice) presentation. Enjoy.
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A3C Hip Hop Festival 2012 Coming To Atlanta October 11-13th
September 18, 2012
Rising stars in Hip-Hop from across the United States and abroad will take the stage, alongside Hip-Hop legends, at the 2012 A3C Hip-Hop Festival. The event will be held October 11th, 12th, and 13th in Atlanta, GA, USA. Among the more than 300 artists to be featured, A3C will have live performances from Raekwon, Twista, Tech N9ne, GZA, Devin The Dude, Slum Village, Hopsin, Ab-Soul, Gunplay, Killer Mike, Chip Tha Ripper, Freeway, Cyhi The Prynce, Nipsey Hussle, Chris Webby, CunninLynguists, 9th Wonder, Young Guru, Dungeon Family (Backbone, Witchdoctor, Sleepy Brown, Slimm Calhoun, Big Rube and Rico Wade), Dizzy Wright, Clear Soul Forces, OCD: Moosh & Twist, Roach Gigz, Oddisee and Yelawolf.
A3C 2012 will also feature a film festival; emcee, producer, turntable and breakdance competitions; a streetwear expo; lots panel discussions; LOTS of after parties and more. Definitely the place to be this Fall. For more information, check the A3C Festival website, www.a3cfestival.com.
Chuck D (of Public Enemy) Speaks on Graduating from College, the Death of Chris Lighty, and More (Video)
September 18, 2012
Shout to BATT TUBE LIVE for starting this video with footage of Chuck D and Flavor Flav (of Public Enemy) doing it LIVE in Montreal! Only after that do we get into the in-depth interview, with Mehdi Medz talking with legendary emcee Chuck D. Chock full of good stuff, the interview portion has Chuck D covering a lot of topics – including, but not limited to, the formation of PE, how special it is to finish college, the truth and importance of lyricism, the loss of the late Chris Lighty. Well worth the watch!
Technology: Disney Research Scientist Creates Virtual Reality Experience That Looks & Feels Real
September 18, 2012
If ever there was such a thing as a touchy-feely techie, Ivan Poupyrev is. The 42-year-old son of a Russian mathematician, now senior research scientist at Disney Research, is leading us down a virtual reality (VR) path that could one day rival the experience of walking on a Star Trek Holo-Deck (y’all know I’m a Trekkie).
Having been at Disney since 2009, Poupyrev has also been working on technology that turns smooth surfaces into textures. Emitting a weak electrical signal through the body via a small device placed in the heel of a shoe or in a shirt pocket (see? like a Star Trek comm-badge… told ya!), Poupyrev’s technology can make the wearer “feel” images he projects. For example, when the wearer touches an image of a ball projected onto a wall, it feels rubbery to that person. Similarly, a wearer can feel the ridges on a projected image of a mountain. “We can easily add tactile feedback to any wall and public spaces,†Poupyrev says.
Easily… did you get that? This is NOTHING to Poupyrev and Disney! Like play time…
– @ojones1
Chuuwee – “Make Them Bleed” (Video)
September 18, 2012
YOOOOO!! Peep the auditory word play (rhyme delivery) AND the visual word play (on screen graffiti) in this piece! Respect shout to director Colin Pierce, director of photography David Eaton, and graphic artist Grace Park on these visuals. DOPE! Cali emcee Chuuwee is back at it again with a video for JDilla’s Make Em NV “Make Them Bleed” – a banger off his J Dilla tribute mixtape “Ch3z!!?…Chill!!!” You can download the entire mixtape, including this joint, here.
DOWNLOAD: CHUUWEE – CH3Z!!?…CHILL (MIXTAPE)
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Politics: Mitt Romney Tells Millionaire Donors What He REALLY Thinks of Obama Voters (Video)
September 18, 2012
WOW! This is Willard Mitt Romney – raw, uncut, and unapologetic about his disregard and disrespect of nearly half of his fellow citizens! In the vignettes above and after the jump – video secretly recorded at a 50,000-dollar-a-plate Republican fundraiser first published on nonprofit watchdog blog Mother Jones – Mr. Romney lumps all Obama voters into a mass of shiftless moochers who don’t contribute much, if anything, to society. Among other horrible things he goes on to say, Mr. Romney quips that he might have been better off if his dad, who was born in Mexico, had actually been of Mexican descent… you know, to get some of that Latino vote his campaign needs.
Of course, Mr. Romney had to tell supporters in attendance that he could not speak about Obama in public the way he could there for fear of insulting independent voters who sided with Obama in 2008 (whom he needs to have a chance of winning in November). Good thing (for America) there was a “spy” in the room…recording the real Mitt Romney. Otherwise, many of us might have gone on thinking he was a “decent guy” who simply had different ideas than President Obama… with no idea how WRONG we would have been!
Want to know what is worse? That Mr. Romney has FINALLY said what a significant portion of Republican voters believe to be gospel truth! So he CANNOT really apologize for what he said, as he might lose their support (a point Judd Legum of ThinkProgress.org brilliantly made this morning on Current TV’s Full Court Press a.k.a. The Bill Press Show)! Mr. Romney did, however, make an attempt to back-track his awful comments… sort of… not really (read about it here)…
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Sean Price – “I See” (Video)
September 18, 2012
Real hip hop fans like us have been patiently waiting for Sean Price to drop his “Mic Tyson” album. According to the staff at Duck Down Records the official release date is October 30th. Peep the brand new internationally flavored video directed by Rome York for “I See” produced by Quelle Chris. Don’t forget to check out the very dope artwork for the “Mic Tyson” album below!
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R&B: Elle Varner – “I Don’t Care” (Video)
September 18, 2012
Elle Varner’s superbly good “I Don’t Care” is such a dope song I even played it a few times on my hip hop radio show The Beatz & Lyrics Show on Saturday nights. Good choice to shoot a video for this standout track from her debut album “Perfectly Imperfect” that’s available now. Astute hip hop heads & connoisseurs will instantly recognize the sample used in the track is the same one flipped by Brooklyn rapper AZ for his classic song “Ho Happy Jackie” off of his 1995 album “Doe Or Die” years ago.
DOWNLOAD: ELLE VARNER – PERFECTLY IMPERFECT (ALBUM)
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NFL Legend & Analyst Steve Young Says The NFL Doesn’t Care About Bad Refs & Player Safety (Video)
September 18, 2012
I watched last night’s Monday Night Football game as the Atlanta Falcons avoided a comeback win by the Denver Broncos 27-21, but Peyton Manning’s poor play in the first half wasn’t the most conspicuous thing that was terrible last night. The officiating is getting worse to the point its beginning to affect the quality of the game. We’ve just completed the second week of the NFL season & it’s apparent that the replacement refs the league are using need to go. The rapid erosion in their ability to control the momentum of game, the players & their spats on-field, & in getting a number of crucial calls right are showing up frequently. One replacement referee had to be removed from a Saints Vs. Panthers game after he was exposed as being an admitted diehard New Orleans Saints fan. A glaringly clear conflict of interest. Especially if these 10th string referees have any type of gambling problem. NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback & football analyst Steve Young said what many of us was thinking last night when he spoke on how the perception is the NFL doesn’t care about player safety or the increasingly poor performance of the referees. The NFL needs to get the official NFL referees back on the field before someone gets hurt & the league begins to damage it’s reputation.
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Fahamu Pecou – “All Dat Glitters Ain’t Goals the EP”
September 17, 2012
Fahamu Pecou presents “All Dat Glitters Ain’t Goals the EP.” Niiiiiice work! This collection of original music – inspired by Pecou’s painting series of the same title – has features from a slew of ATL Hip-Hop heavyweights (including Ekundayo the Mountain Liun (of L.I.U.N.S. DEN), Boog Brown, and Clan Destined) and from others like Stic Man of Dead Prez. The project was produced, mixed, and mastered entirely by the homie Illastrate to boot! Gary Reid and Illastrate shared in the recording duties for this masterpiece.
DOWNLOAD: FAHAMU PECOU – ALL DAT GLITTERS AIN’T GOALS THE EP
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Bizarre Tribe: A Quest To The Pharcyde (Mixtape)
September 17, 2012
It’s out…finally! Amerigo Gazaway (of Gummy Soul) will release no mix before it’s fixed. And this “Bizarre Tribe: A Quest To The Pharcyde”… it’s good! Incredible fusion of works from A Tribe Called Quest and The Pharcyde. We posted a sneak leak from the FREE mixtape – “Runnin” – a while ago here. Well, now you can download the whole thing!
DOWNLOAD: AMERIGO GAZAWAY (OF GUMMY SOUL) – BIZARRE TRIBE: A QUEST TO THE PHARCYDE (MIXTAPE)
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Snoop Dogg Answers Twitter Questions (Video)
September 17, 2012
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GhostWridah – “Eyes Closed” (Video)
September 17, 2012
Woooo! GhostWridah flowing smooth over that smooth Mary J. Blige’s “Be Happy” beat! Damn this *ish is DOPE! Shout to Cameron Wallace for producing this banging “Eyes Closed” cut… and to Jordan Stavrev (director/editor) and Joseph Rivera (director of photography) for the visuals.
I took a quick trip out to the GhostWridah blog site: This man is doing the work… constantly putting out fresstyles, vids, and such. Keep up with him. Advice or a challenge…take it how you want. “Eyes Closed” is available on GhostWridah’s “Downtown Lights 2.0” release, available now for FREE streaming and downloads here. You’re welcome!
STREAM/DOWNLOAD: GHOSTWRIDAH – DOWNTOWN LIGHTS 2.0
Technology: Taking The E-Book Revolution To Africa
September 17, 2012
Software pioneer and philanthropist David Risher has been a force in the high-tech industry since the 1990s. Pivotal to the success of techie giants Microsoft and Amazon, Risher is looking to make high-tech history in a different way in the 21st century: Using e-books to spread literacy, literature, and increased opportunity across the African continent.
David Risher has already raised over $1.5 million in government and private sector funds in support of that mission; and his nonprofit, Worldreader, is shipping Amazon’s Kindle reader to schools and communities in sub-Saharan Africa with a near-term goal of providing 1 million e-books to children in the largely English-speaking countries of Ghana, Uganda, and Kenya in the next year. Awesomenesss! Respect, Mr. Risher. RESPECT!
Eye Candy: Valeria Orsini (Video)
September 17, 2012
I could do with another video from Colombian-Italian cutie Valeria Orsini. Who’s with me? I hope you said ‘yes’ because she is what is on the menu for today. Served up in this nice hot video for you. Bon appetit!
Aspiring Rapper Tweets “YOLO” While Drunk Driving & Dies Minutes Later (Video)
September 17, 2012
Tragedy in 140 characters or less: “Drunk af going 120 drifting corners #FuckIt YOLO”
Those, in effect, were the last words of Ervin McKinness, a 21-year-old up-and-coming rapper, who died in a one-car crash that killed him and four others. Marquell Bogan, 23; Dylan George, 20; Jonathan Watson, 21; and JaJuan Bennett, 23 were also killed in the crash. There is no spin or new lesson here. You KNOW reckless, drunk driving is wrong. Though McKinness was NOT driving (according to the Huffington Post), you KNOW that texting and driving should NOT be done at the same time… whether it is against the law in your region or not. People… It’s true that you only live once; but by all means LIVE! Life is already risky and fragile. Driving 120… and driving drunk… adds deadly unnecessary risk. And in the midst of taking such risk, we certainly need not celebrate or tweet about it. In the postmortem, there is also no need to preach about it. It’s too late.
This is so sad. Rest In Peace, Young Brothers.
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Fabolous – “SoNY” (Prod. By Just Blaze)
September 17, 2012
In his latest banger, “SoNY,” Fabolous says, “I’m so New York, Weezy probably don’t like me.” Okay… Lil Wayne ranted about not liking NY, but is this REALLY a Weezy diss? I’m not so sure. Keep clicking playing it below… you’ll make up your own mind, I’m sure. But consider that several lines on this joint could be taken as “shots” at certain somebodies. Whatever… this is a good NY prime choice cut. So, if it’s beef… let it cook. Fabolous is ready for it. Ask Ray J.
