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u better watch out! the fat-guy winter stalker is coming to town...

new Hot Chip single...




WTF!?!




A New Amerykah Pt 2: Return of the Ankh is coming!... let Erykah tell ya

the Celebrity Beat Battle is on again...DJ Green Lantern, Scram Jones, Statik Selekta, Sean C & LV, Chris Styles...




just another dope bboy battle...Tsunami All Stars vs Rugged Solutions...




the Bobby Konders story...




damn this beat is knockin'....official video for Freeway & Jake One's, "Know What I Mean"...




thats one way to make electronic music...




check the trailer for the DMC USA Finals 2009 DVD, hosted by Red Alert, this event featured battle performances by DJ’s Shiftee, Mista-B, Shmeeze, Concept, Steel, As One, Ohm, Tyhandswell, Q-Base, and Fascinate...

NYC, i miss u already!

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after several years, NYC still remains as one of my favorite cities...just caught the Tim Burton exhibit at MoMA... if ur in the city, its a must-see event...




Burial is the truth, check "Fostercare"




whatever u do, dont sleep on Vinroc...




Dam-Funk, official video for "Mirrors"...




Luckyiam and Sapient on Mash-up.net...

DC and Marquise Henry...




The Madness (Onye-Ala) is a collection of new and remixed tracks from Nneka and J.Period, Nneka is a Nigerian born singer/songwriter who is quickly making her stamp on the US... u know its dope if Js on it...















grab the mixtape here








peep the tracklisting:

1. Can You Hear? (Intro)
2. Let the Madness Begin (J.Period Exclusive)
3. Wake Up World (Interlude)
4. Wake Up Africa (J.Period Remix)
5. The Uncomfortable Truth
6. Untainted Love feat. Damian Marley (Interlude)
7. Spread Love (Brooklyn to Zion) (J.Period Remix)
8. Human Rights (Interlude)
9. Changes (J.Period Remix) feat. M-1 & General Steele
10. Conscious Lyrics (Interlude)
11. Gypsy/Infamous (J.Period Exclusive)
12. Hip Hop Comes From Africa (Interlude)
13. Walking (J.Period Remix) feat. Jay Electronica
14. In Transit (Interlude)
15. Show Love (J.Period Remix) f. Rakaa (Dilated Peoples) & Aceyalone
16. For the Good of Humanity (Interlude)
17. God of Mercy (J.Period Remix) f. Zumbi (Zion I)
18. Suffri (Nigerian in Berlin Remix) feat. Fela Kuti
19. Perseverance is Character (Interlude)
20. Strength/Kangpe (J.Period Dubplate) f. Big Boi (Outkast)
21. Heartbeat (J.Period Remix) feat. Talib Kweli
22. In the Heart of Man (J.Period Exclusive)
23. Symptoms of My Madness (Outtro)

[ Bonus Mix: J.Period Dubplates ]
24. Mind vs. Heart (J.Period Dubplate) f. 2Pac
25. Changes 2 (J.Period Dubplate) feat. Lauryn Hill & John Forte
26. Walking 2 (J.Period Dubplate) feat. Nas


check this anti-soda ad by the NYC Health Dept....lard yum!




new Strong Arm Steady and Madlib collab!




Beastie Boys, pre-Licensed To Ill era...




official Iron Man 2 trailer...




yes, i am very aware of The Roots on the Late Night Show with Jimmy Fallon, now I don't watch Jimmy Fallon or even late night TV, but the fact that The Roots are the house band is a good enough reason. This is a collection of must-have "sandwiches", or small sets that The Roots crew plays during various parts of the show...



















grab The Roots - Sandwiches EP here


Tracklist:

01. Once In A Lifetime
02. Sizuuuuuuuurpin
03. Head Slicer
04. Spain (ft. Chick Corea)
05. The Juice of Chicago
06. Baatin
07. Woman
08. Choir Fire
09. Teen Town
10. Cant Keep Headphones on Head
11. Red Toe Nail Bashing
12. Blinded By The Light (No Douche Here)
13. Caveman for Dennis Quaid
14. Wan Cook Soup
15. Someone Is Late To Dentist Appointment
16. I Get Lifted
17. Werewolf Barmitzvah
18. Like This Anna Torv
19. Breezin (ft. George Benson)
20. EvenzarahlikesTHISone
21. The Suits
22. Usher In That Choir


official video for Georgia Anne Muldrow's, "Roses"...




this is a proper Christmas song...



Lil Duval, the stalker song...lol




Christmas Shoes...




yep, this Cudi, Ratatat, and MGMT connec gets play, and what... "whutchakno 'bout Ratatat?"




another Hip Hopumentary...




Marco Polo and Ruste Juxx, The eXXecution...




clips from the How The Grouch Stole Xmas Tour...Exile,Fashawn,Mistah FAB,Grouch...




Keys N Krates at the HHO studio perform tracks off the “Live Remixing 101″ project, Parts 2-4 coming next week...




Sage Francis takes on a heckler...and what follows is kinda sad




dope concept...

"this 3D animation is presented as an event installation using matchmoving and compositing techniques. Box materials were hand painted and scanned into the computer to create the materials for this project"

...OUT OF TOWN

posts will be on hold for a min,(currently roaming NYC) ill be back next week...til then hang in there...peace!

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the latest Off The Wall Sessions Ep. 7 with TiRon

be sure to check hot mop films for more info; these guys are on it constantly showcasing up and coming and independent artists...


I had yet to post anything from Melanie... needless to say ive been slackin cuz gurly is nice...




one of my favorite overlooked MCs, Skillz, offers another dose of confessions...




Souls Of Mischief talk about the MC vs Entertainer status within the industry... G.O.A.T.,i agree and so many levels...




El-P, "How To Serve Man"...cant front on this jukie production...




here's one way to learn how to do it...




Massive Attack. "Paradise Circus"...




5 O'Clock Shadowboxers, "High Noon"....




in case you didnt know today is International Human Rights Day, hence a new Portishead track for Amnesty International...




Maestro visits with 9th Wonder as he explains his philosophy behind making beats, feeling the music, and sample chopping. 9th also briefly touches on Fruity Loops vs the MPC 2500...

Chico Mann member of the infamous Antibalas crew puts it down...




A Boom Bap Continuum is a short history of 250 beats from the last ten years, between 1999 and 2009...highly recommended!

A Boom Bap Continuum... ten years of beats from '99 to '09 by ABoomBapContinuum


Rocwilder is here to tell ya!...Beat Thang is the new FL Studio...




i told u google is taking over!...check google goggles...this is bananas!




a movie about early beginnings... Babies, check the trailer...




a documentary about sampling...Copyright Criminals trailer

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official video for "Supermagic" off The Ecsatic...



another Joy Orbison joint...




The TV Show...great vid, sweet concept




Lituanian version of Russian roulette, with grenades... demented yet sooo sweet (the track ppl, the track!)

its seems that hip hop lives everywhere but... let Emicida tell u...




Ritchcraft keeps bringing it with these remixes... check his rendition of Saigon's "Come On Baby"

ill be out of town on Friday for couple of days (off to NYC!) and dont expect to be blogging as frequently... so i felt the need to leave yall with some exclusives that i finally got around to posting

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after a long-standing hiatus, Sade is back with a new album titled Soldier Of Love, scheduled for release on February 8th 2010...


















check the title track here






in the States we have gun crime and it doesn't help that the NRA now promotes the usage to youths all over, in the UK, its knife crime which is just as serious and is currently on the rise, educate yourself here




Goldfinger Crew..."go get urs cuz u kno i got mine"




check the Bossasaurus Remix for Aesop Rock's "None Shall Pass"

9th Wonder's second edition of Fornever...

so the lesson in this next clip is, dont film the US embassy in London even if ur an American... "ya terrorists!"





why?...cuz its works!





sick!...str8 sick!





after watching The Carter, i wouldn't be surprised...lol

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so if ur one to follow the whole Beanie Sigel vs Jay -Z drama, u might find this interesting, so lets go back, like back to when Jay was singing dude's praises... check BACKSTAGE (1999)...




this clip from IBE 2009 is baaa-zonkers!, check USA vs Korea...str8 dope!




official video for Idle Warship's "Bedroom Lites"...




great use of paper toys...

outta Chi-town, ADaD wins Rhymefest's "Give It To Me" contest, catch the premier of the new vid after the honarable ceremony...

Oceansize by Romain Jouandeau, Adrien Chartie, Gilles Mazières and Fabien Thareauis a short about ocean explorers meeting a terrifying monster...great animation

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World Famous Crew, B-Girls rockin in the streets of SF...

see this here, is just plain disturbing... and NO, this aint dancing!




DMC DJ Championships 2009 in Japan...

peep this animated short to Immortal Technique's, "Dance With The Devil"... harsh? yeah, but how else do we get into the heads of generation "im bored"?...




dope mash-up of Biggie and Spanish singer Nino Bravo by Cookin' Soul... skillz son!




another day and another video from the 13th Witness crew, over a classic DJ Krush track...

killer session with Kam Moye (formerly known as Supastition), Jern Eye, and Keelay...




props to my fellow South Lake Tahoe peeps, i miss yall!...
check Errol Kerr, he's a pro skier whose lived in Tahoe since he was 10, but has dual Jamaican citizenship and will ski for Jamaica in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics...




i dont know whats worse, the fact that Nas gets pulled over in GA for a DUI or that someone put it on the net for us to watch... damn

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Masta Ace & Edo G world premier, performing an unreleased track in Germany which will be on the special xmas edition of A & E...




Off the Wall Sessions with Exile...

so for those that missed out, Bekay had a remix contest for his track "I Am" off of Hunger Pains (dope album btw), check the roundtable judging the top competitors...

A Tribe Called Quest documentary by Michael Rappaport in 2010...good stuff indeed!




John Stewart on Climategate...

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interesting tid-bits about Canada and oil reserves... cool animation

The Flower...funny yet disturbing short by Dale Hayward, the same artist responsible for the previous video...

"Dub Echoes" tells the story of how the Jamaican dub scene influenced the birth of much of what we hear today, from electronic music to hip hop, dubstep, electro, etc...a documentary by Bruno Natal...check the trailer...

P.A.T.H....

Projects like this are inspiring, and make me proud to see my hometown in the 305 (Miami) getting in on it, teaching the youth, and schooling them on the basics and the foundation of hip-hop as a culture and way of life,



... there's way more to it than that glittery nonsense that mainstream media likes to feed you, so do ur research, find ur own path...


Hero?...well not really, but u should still check this video out...make ur own while ur at it, the loading time on this vid takes about 99 seconds but its well worth it, trust me...