The Official DJ Of President Barack Obama: DJ Cassidy (Video)
September 10, 2012
Wouldn’t you know President Obama and the Democratic National Convention (DNC) would have a deejay? Not just any deejay…but DJ Cassidy. Peep the shout out from the President in this clip (Cassidy spun at his birthday party…DOPE! Maaannn! Talk about bringing the party to the party. DNCÂ was star-studded to say the least! And the after parties went on ’til DJ Cassidy went home! Good stuff.
– Ojones1
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Stahhr – “On My Gonzalez” feat. John Robinson x Ekundayo (Vrsn.1)
September 10, 2012
Atlanta’s very own ill emcee staHHr has been busy since the “World of Greed” release (posted here)! This is another banger from the Mother of “Mother Nature with a Molotov: Molotov Season” – staHHr (the HH is for Hip-Hop) – entitled “On My Gonzalez” (Verson 1). Tag teaming with John Robinson and Ekundayo…on a Floyd the Locsmif production… this is some off-the-top-rope five-star Hip-Hop. They jumped the track and boom-bap beat it up! Check it out. You can cop a copy… of the single AND the full-length here.
STAHHR – ON MY GONZALEZ (VERSION 1) FT. JOHN ROBINSON X EKUNDAYO | MOTHER NATURE WITH A MOLOTOV: MOLOTOV SEASON
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Dead Prez Speaks On The Nas Ghostwriting Rumors (Video)
September 9, 2012
SticMan and M1 speak on staying genuine, staying relevant in this “new” Hip-Hop game, rumors on Dead Prez ghostwriting for Nas, and more. Check out Part 1 above. Parts 2 and 3 follow after the jump. GOOD stuff!
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Method Man – “Built For This” feat. Freddie Gibbs x Streetlife
September 7, 2012
Got some HOT fire for you today! Remember when we told you about that new RZA/Tarantino movie “The Man With The Iron Fists” right? We posted about it here. Well, how about a leak from the soundtrack? Yeah, we got that… here… for you. It’s RZA’s brother in Wu-Tang – Method Man – dropping the banger “Built for This” (featuring Freddie Gibbs and Streetlife). You’re welcome!
– @ojones1
DOWNLOAD: METHOD MAN – BUILT FOR THIS FT. FREDDIE GIBBS X STREETLIFE
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Keith Murray – “It’s Keith” (Remix) feat. Iatana
September 7, 2012
Keith Murray contributes this joint, “It’s Keith” (remix) featuring Iatana, to Terminal 3 Presents: “Brimstone” (out now). The mixtape also features appearances from Jadakiss, Lil Flip, La The Darkman, and more. Download the Keith Murray single for FREE right here. We also provide the link to cop the “Brimstone” singles and mixtape (on sale now).
DOWNLOAD: KEITH MURRAY – IT’S KEITH (REMIX) FT. IATANA | BRIMSTONE
Slaughterhouse Album Release Week | welcome to: OUR HOUSE (Video)
September 7, 2012
The cameras catch Royce Da 5’9, Crooked I, Joell Ortiz, & Joe Budden as the Slaughterhouse gang make all their necessary promo runs in the week leading up to the release of their new album “welcome to: OUR HOUSE” that’s out now! Â It’s great to see fans of real hip hop come out & show huge support considering Slaughterhouse rarely managed to get an any commercial radio airplay.
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Sean Boog – “Big Boy Music” (Remix) feat. Chuuwee x Add-2 (Prod. by Khrysis)
September 7, 2012
Here is a remix to a Sean Boog banger off the “Sean Boogie Nights” album (out now). This “Big Boy Music” remix is produced by Khrysis and features Chuuwee and Add-2. Stream it at the link below, and feel free to cop that full-length album at the link we provide, too.
SEAN BOOG – BIG BOY MUSIC (REMIX) FT. CHUUWEE X ADD-2 | SEAN BOOGIE NIGHTS
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Skyzoo – “Jansport Strings” (Video)
September 7, 2012
“The video, directed by Anthony Sylvester, was shot throughout Bed Stuy, Brooklyn NY. The theme was to show the parallels between me as a 9-year old aspiring emcee and me now as an accomplished emcee and artist, and how the things around me that groomed me haven’t changed. The song is a 3-minute auto-bio of me as a kid in Brooklyn. The ending is a clip from Video Music Box, the legendary NYC video show run by DJ Ralph McDaniels. This episode in particular was the debut of Chi-Ali’s classic ‘Age Ain’t Nothin But A Number’. Seeing that video that day on this episode of VMB made me start rhyming. This clip was literally the moment that changed my life. And the Chi-Ali tee shirt is pretty amazing. They’ll be on sale soon. Enjoy…” –Skyzoo
In an rather coincidental sort of timing, Chi-Ali was recently released from prison & Special Ed posted a photo of the two together. So indeed one time for Chi-Ali coming home as well. Check out Special Ed’s quote & the photo after the jump. Skyzoo’s upcoming album ‘A Dream Deferred’ out Oct. 2nd on The Faculty/Duck Down Music Inc.
PRE-ORDER: SKYZOO – A DREAM DEFERRED (ALBUM)
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NFL Network’s Rich Eisen Talks Football With Nas & Marshall Faulk (Podcast)
September 7, 2012
This Rich Eisen Podcast has it all – from football great Marshall Faulk to footballer-turned-rapper Nas. What? You didn’t know? Hahaaaa! Well…just take a listen. It’s a fun webisode. Here’s Rich’s teaser:
‘Rich welcomes multi-platinum selling Rap artist Nas to the podcast, and the two are joined by Hall of Fame running back Marshall Faulk. A self-proclaimed fan of Nas, Faulk has followed his rise from underground rapper in Queens, N.Y., to international superstar. Nas and the guys also chat about his hometown New York Giants and what it was like playing at various events in Indianapolis for Super Bowl XLVI.’
– Rich Eisen Podcast (Get Rich Quick)
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R&B/Soul: DJ Kemit – “Fortune Teller” feat. Eric Roberson (Video)
September 7, 2012
New video from the homie (and all around super-dope producer and deejay) DJ Kemit. It’s a soulful banger! Watch for the cool guest appearances. I know I saw DJ Rasta Root, DJ Salah Anase, and model/singer Linda Pearl in there. Nice. Equally as nice…the silky smooth assist from crooner Eric Roberson on this joint. Respect to director Jirard (of the Digibees) and producer Aishah Rashied Hyman on this one, too. The track “Fortune Teller” appears on DJ Kemit’s new album “Everlasting” that’s available now!
DOWNLOAD: DJ KEMIT – EVERLASTING (ALBUM)
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Styles P Speaks On The Diamond Life Project, Rock The Bells, The Passing Of Chris Lighty, & More (Video)
September 7, 2012
In his interview with The Breakfast Club (Power 105 Morning Show), Styles P (the self-proclaimed ‘Elder Statesman of Hip-Hop’) lets us know about “The Diamond Life Project” (available FREE here), that ‘the bars are back’ (e.g. lyricism has returned to Hip-Hop), and that (for the most part) he’s a good guy selling juice at his juice bar and doing his music. On the music, Styles P said he is “working on” a solo joint and LOX is working on a group joint, too… We’ll see. Styles kept it light for the sit-down, but he had to touch on the silliness (read: shamefulness) of the Mobb Deep beef and on the tragedy of the loss of Chris Lighty. Respect. Of course, there’s more to the video than that. Watch the interview for the rest. Good stuff.
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Apathy x Celph Titled – “School For Scoundrels” (Prod. by Ayatollah)
September 7, 2012
Apathy and Celph Titled join forces for the Ayatollah-produced “School For Scoundrels.” Joining the alliance is DJ Dutchmaster who provides the intro, scratch hook and outro cuts. “School For Scoundrels” will also appear on the highly anticipated Coalmine Records’ compilation album “Unearthed,” which is scheduled for release in the second quarter of 2013. “Unearthed” will feature guest appearances from the likes of Pharoahe Monch, Royce da 5’9″, Blu, Large Professor, Kool G Rap, Sean Price, Rock (of Heltah Skeltah) Artifacts, Diamond D, Skillz, Torae and more. Producers tapped include Nottz, M-Phazes, !llmind, Khrysis, Young Cee, Ayatollah and BeanOne. Yeah…that “Unearthed” will be power-packed for certain; but for now, you can enjoy (and buy) the Apathy and Celph Titled joint “School For Scoundrels” here.
APATHY X CELPH TITLED – SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS (PROD. BY AYATOLLAH)
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Comedy: Better ‘Duck Down’ When Sean Price Is Playing Tennis (Video)
September 6, 2012
Brownsville Brooklyn emcee Sean Price is about to drop his long-awaited “Mic Tyson” album & the stress of it all has just gotten to unbearable lately so Duck Down CEO Dru Ha takes the burly emcee to the John McEnroe Tennis Academy in Randall’s Island NYC to relieve some stress. In no time Sean P could be ready for the U.S Open Finals that’s going down this weekend. Click on the image above to check out the clip! Hahaaaa!
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R&B/Alternative: I/O (Ayo Olatunji) – “You Slay Me”
September 6, 2012
Singer/songwriter/producer/instrumentalist Ayo Olatunji (better known as I/O) is the grandson of Grammy Award-Winning Nigerian drummer, educator, social activist and recording artist, Babatunde Olatunji. I/O puts down his own flavor of soul mixed with Hip-Hop – or ‘new soul wave’ (shout out to Butta at SoulBounce) – on a hot track called “You Slay Me.” Drawing comparisons to the likes of Frank Ocean and Miguel, I/O is bringing a new kind of R&B – laced with more electronic influences than traditional soul/R&B. In case your just getting up on this talent like we are, his “Isolation” mixtape he dropped about a month ago features some quality work as well. Download “You Slay Me” for FREE here, and experience I/O for yourself.
DOWNLOAD: I/O – YOU SLAY ME
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Homeboy Sandman: Foundation (Mini-Documentary)
September 6, 2012
Above (and after the jump) in the post: The first and second parts of a three-part series on Homeboy Sandman, directed by Rel. Part 1 includes commentary from Homeboy Sandman (damn…he left LAW SCHOOL to rhyme?? wowww) and his Dad. Maybe Sandman’s revealing that, at first, he could only spit when he was high is not unique; but the way in which he shares that feels genuine. His “highness” was not related as a “fun” thing, but as a “necessary evil” for him. Eventually, he found his way in rhyming sober…only then declaring himself an emcee. Compelling stuff! By the way, be on the lookout for “First of a Living Breed” – Homeboy Sandman’s album – coming out September 18, 2012.
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Immortal Technique Speaks On Ghostwriting, Nas, & Drug Culture (Video)
September 6, 2012
Shout out to HardKnock TV and especially to Immortal Technique for speaking realness! This is just part one, and it was chock full of dopeness! During the talk, Immortal Technique declared that Hip-Hop is like no other art. We demand realness…perhaps a bit too much. Case in point: An actor’s swag is given to him by someone else. A director directs Denzel Washington in delivering lines he did not even write. Yet no one says Denzel is not real. No one asks Al Pacino if he is “holding keys” after seeing him portray a drug dealer in a movie. Folks understand he is playing a role. Unfortunately Hip-Hop culture, being the ‘realest’ art, is less thoughtful. Good or bad, we believe rappers pen every verse they spit and live every word of ‘that life’ they rhyme about. What’s worse: We don’t even want that dirty-grind-drug-selling life described in those kinds of rhymes. We want the plush life that is supposed to come after that…and *news flash* no one gets that life!
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Balance – “Alchemist” (Video)
September 6, 2012
Loving this! Dope song and video (directed and edited by Jae Synth). Bay Area emcee Balance drops a jewel, produced by Alchemist, called… “Alchemist” (imagine that)! That smoothed out boom-bap. Always in style! “Alchemist” is slated to appear on Balance’s forthcoming mixtape entitled “Most Known Unknown.â€
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Talib Kweli x Z-Trip – “Attack The Block” (Mixtape)
September 6, 2012
In advance of the October release of his next album “Prisoner Of Consciousness,” Talib Kweli puts out the “Attack The Block” mixtape with Z-Trip. Lyrical appearances on this work include John Forte, Skyzoo, Black Thought, Ab-Soul, Killer Mike, Greg Nice, Styles P, and more. With production contributions from the likes of OhNo and 9th Wonder, this mixtape is the joint! Download it FREE here.
Big Sean – “Detroit” (Mixtape) (Video Previews)
September 6, 2012
Above is the video preview for “How It Feel” (produced by Million $ Mano) – a hot shot from Big Sean’s new mixtape “Detroit” (out now). Below is the most recently released video for RWT. Great visuals in both clips. The real standouts on this mixtape are the “Story” interludes featuring Common, Snoop Dogg, & Young Jeezy where they individually detail their little known & surprising connections to the city of Detroit. You can download “Detroit” for free via link we provide here. Nice video teaser, too (directed by Mike Carson and Mike Waxx).
DOWNLOAD: BIG SEAN – DETROIT (MIXTAPE)
Forbes Hip Hop Cash Kings 2012 (Video)
September 5, 2012
Dr. Dre tops Forbes magazine’s list of top hip hop earners for 2012. These top earners lists are all based on gross assessments so it can be a little misleading to some people because if an artist’s “outgo” is more than their “income” then they aren’t really keeping much of the prize. One great point made in the video is the distinction between consistent earners & people who make the list occasionally. Check out the complete list according to Forbes’s ‘estimates’ below….
READ: CASH KINGS: HIP HOP’S TOP EARNERS ACCORDING TO FORBES MAGAZINE
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