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"The Freshest Kids" feat. Brother Ali, Evidence & Toki Wright is the official anthem of the Fresh Air Tour. Production on the track comes from Brother Ali & BK-One. This is just a little taste of what you can expect of the Fresh Air Tour. Coming to a city near you so grab your tickets today!
Saturday, September 26, 2009
The Freshest Kids f. Brother Ali, Evidence, Toki Wright & BK-One
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Windows 7 Party Ad Censored Version
Microsoft's giving away free versions of Windows 7 to people who throw parties. If the parties are all as dirty-sounding as this one, I'd be happy to lend my hard drive to the cause haha
The Roots "How I Got Over" (trailer)
While inside sources tell us that they haven't turned the album in yet,
The Roots "How I Got Over" has a November 17th street date. They did, however, already shoot a video for the first single and title track "How I Got Over" with BBGUN. Here's a teaser. We'll release the full video tonight or Thursday. The Roots are busy preparing for tonight's VH1 Hip Hop Honors where Black Thought and a certain rapper from Detroit will open the show with a tribute to LL Cool J's classic "Rock The Bells." This year's HHH celebrates Def Jam's 25 year anniversary.
Ghostface Killah - Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City [Album Stream]
Next Tuesday, Ghostface will be releasing his latest album, Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City. In my opinion , Ghost has always been the most consistent member of the Wu, and has never put out a weak offering. After the jump you can check out a full stream of the album (courtesy of imeem), and decide if Ghost is still on top of his game (he is). Make sure to support, and buy the LP on the 29th, if you like what you hear
Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City
Beatnick and K-Salaam - Never Can Say Goodbye [Free LP]
Today we proudly present production duo Beatnick & K-Salaam's latest project, Never Can Say Goodbye. This is a remix project featuring classic songs from Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder, all over B&K's production. We've been giving you snippets and samples for the past few weeks, and now it's time for the main course. Follow me after the jump for the stream, download link, and tracklisting. Also, find out how you can buy the instrumentals and other B&K merch.
Murs on the Absence of Female MC’s in Hip Hop
This very sad but true commentary on why females are M.I.A. in hip hop, should make all of us who claim to love the music and culture take a look at themselves. The absence of women in hip hop is the big ugly elephant in the room that few want to talk about. It’s really a scary sign that the culture is not moving forward. In fact, women are playing less of a role than they did just 10 years ago. Some say that they’re not good enough to compete with their male counterparts. Start kickin’ that shit to me, and I have a Jim Crow story I’ll tell you about. I get very few submissions from females, and I wish there were more.
Sure hip hop can be degrading to women and chauvinistic. I also believe that this is reflective of society as a whole. But, even the porn business has women who are running companies, distributing and producing their own products. This is a problem in hip hop that needs to be fixed. Women have something to say and we need to listen. Their absence could be one of the reasons why hip hop started going sour. Think about it!
Common Thankful For Fans During Difficult Time In His Life
Chicago Emcee and actor Common has always been considered one of those rappers who tried to stay on the positive side of things. But after the loss of his cousin, who died in a motorcycle accident, it has been very difficult for him to stay as upbeat.
Since the death, Common has admitted that the last few day's have been very difficult.
His cousin Ajile Turner died shortly after his motorcycle collided with another cyclist in Brooklyn, New York this past friday.
After being quite for several day's Common finally responded to fans who had been sending their condolence's. Updating his blog with a new post thanking each and every one of them.
"Man, I want to thank each and every person who sent their love and condolences about my cousin, Ajile Turner. It has definitely been a tough time for me and my family, but as GOD always does he assures us that everything will be alright. I believe that you all's support is just another way of assuring it. I thank you once again. God Bless."
No further details have been released about Turner's death.
MF Doom alert: Madvillain scheduled to perform in Los Angeles
If you listen closely, you can hear the sound of the Los Angeles chapter of the Hip-Hop Nation collectively holding its breath. All they have to go on is a blunt, simple announcement on the website of L.A. indie hip-hop label Stones Throw:
“Announcing:
Madvillain Live in Los Angeles
November 21, 2009 at the We The People festival
More info coming soon”
First things first: An actual live appearance by masked rapper MF Doom (one-half of Madvillain, alongside L.A. producer Madlib), who in this humble scribe’s honest opinion is among the greatest rappers alive, is akin to a Bigfoot sighting. Particularly over the last couple of years, after a series of scheduled MF Doom shows in 2007 descended into near-riots when the man onstage wearing the mask appeared to be someone other than Daniel Dumile (the rapper’s real name). Adding insult to injury, the supposed impostor seemed to be lip-synching.
“Everything that we do is villain style. Everybody has the right to get it or not get it,” was the closest Doom came to addressing the issue in Rolling Stone earlier this year. “Once I throw it out, it’s there for interpretation. It might’ve seemed like it didn’t go well, but how do we know that wasn’t just pre-orchestrated so that we’re talking about it now?”
Only time will tell whether Doom will end up onstage at this year’s edition of the We the People festival, which last year was a hit-or-miss affair with a solid lineup (including Suicidal Tendencies, Flying Lotus and RZA), but was marred by failing sound equipment and scheduling issues.
GLOBAL GRIND EXCLUSIVE: Russell And Rick Rubin's Def Jam Memories
On the way to VH1's 2009 Hip Hop Honors show, we were able to get the two vets together again to share a story about the old days of Def Jam.
Sole and The Skyrider Band - Battlefields (official music video by Ravi Zupa)
Sole & the Skyrider Band have a new FREE EP out with a few remixes from Tobacco and The Notwist. You can download the EP here: www.fakefourinc.com/battlefields/
Battlefields is the lead EP from the forthcoming Plastique lp, dropping on Fakefour October 13th, 2009. You can pre-order the record HERE.
We have the video premiere of "Battlefields!" Markus Acher from The Notwist does vocals on the new track. Click below to watch the new video! And don't forget to check out the free mp3s from Sole and Sole & the Skyrider Band below.
Health Care PSA by Sole & The Skyrider Band for LIFERITE (directed by Chris Roe)
Sole & The Skyrider Band present an intimate public service announcement about Public Health Care!
directed by Chris Roe
If you have never heard of Sole & The Skyrider Band then check out this video called 100 light years and running!
JOSH MARTINEZ - TRICKLE DOWN TRAUMA (2009)
Josh Martinez and Stuey Kubrick reunite for a return to small town disaster-ville...This song is the 7th video from Josh Martinez's latest album - The World Famous Sex Buffet (available now at www.camobeardigital.com)
Story: A guy mows lawns on the daily to make enough money to get smashed to forget the loss of his lady, who left him for another man. Remember Ryan Jenkins, the guy who killed his wife and chopped her up after appearing on some reality TV show? Yeah, well he hung himself in the very motel that we shot in this video. Set in Hope, BC, home of Rambo - First Blood, this video has all the makings of a classic weirdo downer SPLITSVILLE special. The Kubrick touch is evident throughout...smoke, burning, eclectic local characters, and a sense of serenity and sadness mixed with a Surf and Turf erotica vibe. What?
DOOM in The New Yorker: The Mask of Doom
This is an excerpt from “The Mask of Doom: A Nonconformist Rapper's Second Act,” from The New Yorker, Sep. 21, 2009
When Dumile began performing as MF DOOM, he extended hip-hop's obsession with façades. While other MCs fashioned themselves after outlaws, thugs, or drug dealers, Dumile, whose handle is inspired by the Fantastic Four villain Dr. DOOM, called himself “the Supervillain.” When he raps, he often refers to DOOM in the third person. Other MCs are obsessed with machismo; Dumile is obsessed with “Star Trek” and “Logan's Run.”
When I rediscovered Dumile, in his new guise, I was on the cusp of fatherhood and life-partnership, and considering divorce from the music of my youth. My outlook was that of any Golden Age proponent - I was worn down by the petty beefs between rappers, by the murders of Tupac and Biggie, and by the music's assumption of all the trappings of the celebrity culture in which it now existed.
DOOM's music was revancne, and me DOOM persona felt as though it had emerged from the graveyard of rappers murdered by glam-hop. Onstage, DOOM looked the part. He cultivated a dishevelled aspect - ill-fitting white tees or throwback Patrick Ewing jerseys. His paunch gently rebelled against the borders of his shirt. He was visibly balding. His manner suggested a retired B-boy tossing off the trappings of domesticity for one last boisterous romp.
The mask “came out of necessity,” Dumile explained. It was a warm afternoon in Atlanta, where he lives now, and we were sitting in black vinyl chairs in an alley in midtown. Dumile wore a green polo shirt, matching green shorts, a pair of black Air Jordans without socks, and a New York Mets cap. His glasses were missing a lens and sat crooked on his face. He removed the Mets cap and placed it on his knee.
Dumile, who is now thirty-eight, was raised on Long Island, home of several prominent rap groups of the Golden Era - De La Soul, Public Enemy, EPMD, and Leaders of the New School. He started performing during the infancy of hip-hop, when no one had yet realized the potential for big money in a guy talking into a microphone.
“Rhyming wasn't that popular back then, but it was fun,” Dumile told me. “And people would say, 'Oh, you rhyme? Oh, snap, say a rhyme for me! Say another one! Say the one about the girl!' Everybody had a cousin who came out for the summer and could rhyme. And you'd be like, 'Oh, he rhymes? Oh, he rhymes? I gotta meet him.'”
“Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun,” Dumile went on. “I liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects. I liked being able to speak to somebody and throw it back and forth, and they can't predict what you're going to say next. But once you say it they're always like, 'Oh, shit!'”
For MF DOOM, Dumile wanted to create a character with a complete backstory, which he would reference through a series of albums. “The story was corning together, and it worked and became popular. And now people wanted to see shows, and I'm like, how do I do that?”
“I wanted to get onstage and orate, without people thinking about the normal things people think about. Like girls being like, 'Oh, he's sexy,' or 'I don't want him, he's ugly,' and then other dudes sizing you up. A visual always brings a first impression. But if there's going to be a first impression I might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?”
Or throw the mask on someone else Dumile routinely sends out one of his comrades in the DOOM costume and has him lip-sync the entire show. He sees this as a logical extension of the DOOM idea. Fans who have paid for tickets tend to disagree.
If Dumile had his way, he would take it further. He jokes that he'd like to dart backstage after a performance, take off the mask, and then wade into the crowd - beer in hand - and applaud his own work in conversations with strangers, if the subject of DOOM comes up, Dumile will simply play along, like Peter Parker or Bruce Wayne.
"I'm the writer, I'm the director,” Dumile said. “If I was to go out there without the mask on, they'd be like, 'Who the fuck is this?' I might send a white dude next ... I'll send a Chinese nigger. I'll send ten Chinese niggers. I might send the Blue Man Group.”
Dumile has released seven albums since Operation: Doomsday. Most of them have been under the name MF DOOM, but he has also used semi-related personas like Viktor Vaughn (inspired by Dr. Doom's real name in Marvel comics) and King Geedorah (the three-headed monster in Godzilla movies). The most highly regarded of his recent albums is Madvillainy (2004), a collaborative effort between Dumile and the Los Angeles-based underground producer Madlib. (The duo dubbed themselves “Madvillain.") The album's production was minimalist, like much of DOOM's solo work. A great hip-hop producer can hear music that spans many genres and assemble it, in bits, into a coherent aesthetic- and Madlib has an ear for samples ready-made to be looped. But the album's singular sound came mostly from DOOM's raspy baritone rendering a sort of nerdcore poetry: “Off pride, tykes, talk wide through scar-meat / Off sides, like how Worf ride with Star-Fleet.”
One Friday in April, I flew out to meet Dumile in Los Angeles, where he was working on his next project, a second collaboration with Madlib. He planned to work the first night, and offered to let me watch the session. But he was running late, and we settled on simply having dinner and starting up on Saturday.
When I called Dumile the next morning, he offered to send his driver and cohort, Five (named for Johnny Five, the robot from “Short Circuit"), to pick me up at the hotel at one o'clock. By two, I hadn't heard anything, so I picked up a book and headed downstairs.
The party had started early. There was a DJ playing MP3s from his laptop a few yards from the pool. Women in bikinis wandered out from the deck into the lobby. Anxious young men in shorts filed in from the entrance. It was exactly what I would have wanted all my Saturdays to be like when I was sixteen. Except that almost everyone was white.
I spotted Five at a table drinking a Bloody Mary. Short and bespectacled, with a long ponytail, he waved happily as I approached. “DOOM didn't give me your number,” he explained. He did not look as though he'd been trying hard to rectify the problem.
We got into his black Chevy Avalanche and drove down Sunset, presumably to see Dumile at work. But there was much to be done before that. We stopped at Amoeba Records to pick up DOOM's new album, Born Like This, since Dumile had not yet heard the finished product. We had to pick up beer, too, a necessity for the transition from Dumile to DOOM. We had to wait for forty-five minutes in front of the house north of downtown where Dumile was staying.
When he emerged, he was carrying some audio equipment and was accompanied by a woman clutching a large bottle of Grey Goose vodka. Dumile packed the equipment in the trunk. The woman handed him the bottle, and he hopped in the back. He picked up the new record and groused about the cover art. “Five, ride around,” he said. “I want to hear how it sounds.”
A great MC is, on one level, a drummer performing a solo. But, more than that, he is a poet, assembling words according to the rules of a particular meter. Dumile offers a darkly humorous take on the life of the DOOM character. There is no single narrative, as much as there are variations on a theme, the most constant being his mask. From the song “Beef Rap” off of his album MM...Food: “He wears a mask just to cover the raw flesh / A rather ugly brother with flows that's gorgeous.”
Hip-hop feeds on the aggression of post-pubescent males. And Dumile draws on the aggression of a particular type of male who came of age in a particular era. When he claims to “eat rappers like part of a complete breakfast,” when he challenges other MCs to battle for Atari cartridges, when he yells “Zoinks!” mid-rhyme, he's signalling those who grew up with, Saturday-morning cartoons and “The Dukes of Hazzard.” For his listeners, his references - “Good Times,” popping wheelies, karate classes - evoke lost innocence, even when the topic is grim. On “Hey!,” DOOM delivers a couplet about some old neighborhood friends, now incarcerated, over a sample from the theme song to “Scooby-Doo”:
To all my brothers who is doing unsettling bids / You could have got away if it was not for them meddling kids.
“When I do it, I feel like I'm thirteen again,” Dumile told me. “I remember, when we were that age, everybody was nice, and everybody was getting nicer. That same well of energy we were drawing from then, I go to there .... To me it feels like that time was richer, every second was really five minutes. Being older now, grown, I'm like, what do we really do that's fun? I'm kind of corny when you think about it. What could I rhyme about? Let me see, um, I gotta pay the rent today.”
The rest of our day bore this out. We spent the hours in the manner of teenagers with nowhere to be, and I saw that Dumile's music sends me back to adolescence because he lives-at least while he's creating-as though he were back there, too.
We wound through the hills of Los Angeles with Born Like This blasting at full volume. Hip-hop is music for warriors - or, at least, for those who imagine themselves as such. I'd listened to Born Like This on my iPod during the flight out and come away unmoved. But hearing a song like “Cellz” - with its lengthy jacking of a poem by Charles Bukowski, pounding drums, and high slicing whistles-at high volume changed my mind.
Dumile had said he'd be working by noon; it was now four o'clock. We came off a sharp curve, and he pointed out a large house on a cliff, which the producer Danger Mouse had recently bought. We stopped at a broad opening, high up. You could see the neighborhoods of Mount Washington and Cypress Park, a commuter train line, the skyscrapers of downtown Los Angeles. With the music still pumping, he walked around for a bit, nodding and making small talk with Five.
Then they hopped back in the car, and Five drove to the studio, a cottage behind a friend's house. Dumile opened the trunk and pulled out a heavy bag filled with rhyme books, which he'd FedExed out the night before, and passed it to me. “If I'm gonna let you see my rhyme books, you could at least carry the bag,” he said.
Dumile took some audio equipment inside. Then he reiterated instructions that he'd given me the night before: there was to be no talking while he was work- ing, not from me, from Five, or from him. He fiddled with a two-hundred-and- fifty-gig hard drive until Madlib's instrumentals pounded out from the speakers, filling the room.
He paused to explain his approach. “When I'm doing a DOOM record, I'm arranging it, I'm finding the voices .... All I have to do is listen to it and think, Oh shit, that will be funny. I write down whatever would be funny, and get as many 'whatever would' funnies in a row and find a way to make them all fit. There's a certain science to it. In a relatively small period of time, you want it to be, That's funny, that's funny, that's funny, that's funny. I liken it to comedy standup.”
I opened the bag and began paging through the rhyme books. It was a great honor - an MC sharing his rhyme books is like a magician sharing notes for his tricks. I half expected a column of light to bloom from the pages. But Dumile's books were like his songs - scatterbrained. and disorganized, a series of potentially humorous couplets. The best ones were written over in black ink two or three times. Few were arranged into verses. Despite his edict of silence, he spent most of the evening trading jokes with Five, yelling nonsensical phrases (“Flurk! Flurk! Flurk!”) into my tape recorder, making bets centered on Five's bad Spanish, and drinking beer. By 11 P.M., it was apparent that very little would get done. We walked out around midnight. “Give it a day,” he said, “and see how things sound in the morning.”
This is an excerpt from “The Mask of Doom: A Nonconformist Rapper's Second Act,” from The New Yorker, Sep. 21, 2009
The Beatles Rock Band
The Beatles: Rock Band with nearly any music-game instrument you already have; the game is fully compatible with most existing music-game hardware. This game looks amazing, I would probably never play it, but technology is crazy.
Del the Funky Homosapien website launch and Car crash Explanation!
This explains what happened in the car crash and Del's new website
Delthefunkyhomosapien.com launching FRIDAY Sept 25th!!!!!
Busdriver Was Picked MTV's Favorite Freshman Video
Recently Busdriver was picked as MTV's Favorite Freshman Video and it was a well deserved win by Busdriver. Here's a little background information and some words by Busdriver. Congratulations for winning MTV's Favorite Freshman Video!
Born Regan John Farquhar, hip-hop artist Busdriver just dropped his 9th studio album Jhelli Beam.
Busdriver
“Me-Time”
I feel like I need to take some Ritalin to listen to this track. AH. So fast. Too fast, in my opinion. In the places where I can make out what is being said, I think it has something to do with the over saturation of ideas and media? I understand the pace is intended to highlight the message and its urgency, but can it be effective if we can’t understand it? The video, however, is quite amusing. People dig semi-evil robots and kids screaming hysterically so that was a wise decision.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Oh No - Dr. No's Ethiopium Album Cover and Tracklist
Announced only a few weeks ago, Oh No follows up Dr. No’s Oxperiment by diving again into Egon’s record collection for a region-based instrumental beat album. This time he's offered up and album inspired-by and sampled-from rare 60s and 70s Ethiopian funk, jazz, folk, soul and psychedelic rock.
Even if you’ve never heard an instrument tuned to qenet modes[1] before, even if you’re more into ballads than you are tezetas[2], Oh No’s transformative effect on his source material will blow you away in its otherworldy funkiness.
The CD and LP version of Dr. No's Ethiopium will be an expanded version of this digital album and will be released on the same day as Intelligentsia’s Stones Throw’s Ethiopium coffee.
The Coffee:
STONES THROW'S ETHIOPIUM COFFEE
Oh No - Ethiopium - Concentrate/The Funk
Oh No - Dr. No's Ethiopium Album Cover and Tracklist
1. Wildchild
2. Concentrate
3.Louder
4.Design
5.Pussy
6.Melody Mix
7.Scary
8.Carnival
9. Fuego Tribe
10.Soul Of Ethiopia
11.The Pain
12.Xcalibur
13.Madness
14.The Funk
15.Adventure
16.Whoo Doo
17.When Nah
18.Juke Joint
R.I.P. Roc Raida
Anthony Williams, better known as Roc Raida (The X-Ecutioners) died today at age 37.
Anthony Williams p/k to the world as The Legendary Grand Master Roc Raida has passed away unexpectedly today Sept 19 2009. He is survived by his wife, 3 lovely daughters, mother and friends. Raida was recently in an mixed martial arts accident, something that he has been practicing for several years. Although he had under gone 2 surgeries with great success, was released to an inpatient physical therapy facility and was in great spirits the past few days. This morning he started to have complications and passed. The family asks for privacy at this time.
Raekwon Rumored Bad Boy's?
Under the supremacy of Hip Hop mogul Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, two members of super-group Wu-Tang Clan, could possibly become part of the Bad Boy umbrella. Incessant rumors of Bad Boy founder P. Diddy signing Ghostface and Raekwon to his label have been around since the early '90s.
Raekwon, who recently recruited Diddy to host his album-release party for his fourth solo album, Only Built For Cuban Linx II , spoke to MTV about the rumors
"We did a show at the Palladium [years back], and Puff had security with him that was from Staten Island. When we got back to Staten Island, we bump into the kid, and he told us while he was up there performing, Puff said, 'I need them two. What I gotta do?' He was excited about working with us [and] signing us too. I don't know why it ain't happen, either. You never know," stated Raekwon. "I'm independent, baby. So let's get it right. Let's cut them checks, Puff. We know what time it is," he continued.
This partnership is not as atypical as some may think. Wu-Tang Clan members alongside P. Diddy and other Bad Boy affiliates have collaborated before, formulating hit singles. In 1994, Method Man was featured on the late Notorious B.I.G.'s classic album Ready to Die, after joining up for the single, "The What". This was followed by Method Man and Mary J. Blige's Grammy Award winning "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By". P. Diddy remixed the song using Notorious B.I.G.'s "Me and My Bitch", also from Ready to Die. Then, in 2002 Ghostface teamed up with P. Diddy as well as G. Dep, Craig Mack and Keith Murray for the 2002 hit single "Special Delivery" which appeared on Diddy's Platinum album, We Invented the Remix [click to read].
Recently, there has been a lot of buzz surrounding both Raekwon and Ghostface. Only Built For Cuban Linx II, which dropped September 8, was ranked the number one downloaded album via iTunes, as well as debuting in the top 5 slot on Billboard 200, selling over 67,000 copies in the first week of release. Ghostface is also preparing for the release of his eighth solo studio project, Ghostface Killah Presents Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City [click here], slated for September 29, as well as a nationwide tour kicking off October 2.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Murs Leaves Warner Brothers and New Porjects for 2009 / 2010
Los Angeles rapper Murs has left Warner Bros. records, after reports surfaced that he had been dropped from the label.Murs denies being dropped, and confirmed that the move was a mutual decision, following a "difference in opinion." There isn't really any incunclusive news on why he left or if they fired him, but I knew it wouldn't last.
Despite the news, the rapper has no plans to slow down, as he spoke on several projects, including sequels to previous albums with 9th Wonder and Slug of Atmosphere.
"Murs and 9th Wonder coming next year. Felt 3 coming out this year," he said. " I got a punk rock group called The Invincibles with this gang called Whole Wheat Bread coming out this year. I've also been working on some stuff with DJ Quik and Terrence Martin. We're doing a whole ghetto, hood, electro, dance, sex, party record. We've been working on that. We've got a few songs knocked out. I've also got Varsity Blues 2, man. So, I got like four records coming out. I'm going to have like 10 records in the next year, man."
Del The Funky Homosapien and Tame One - Flashback
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"Flashback" is the first video from Del & Tame's collaboration album Parallel Uni-Verses album, due October 13th on Gold Dust. Directed by Alex Ghassan, the video was shot at their performance in Brooklyn, and various other spots throughout the city.
Del The Funky Homosapien & Tame 1
Parallel Uni-Verses Tracklist:
BK-One - Tema Do Canibal
The second track, "Tema do Canibal" off of BK-One's upcoming album Rádio do Canibal. The song features the Chicago based nine piece horn and drum group the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble who have worked with the likes of Mos Def and Erykah Badu. The track was produced by BK-One & Benzilla.
Pre-Order - Rádio do Canibal
Fifth Element
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Pacewon & Mr. Green - Four Quarters
Pacewon & Mr. Green
Four Quarters
The Only Color That Matters Is Green
Raw Poetix
Directed by Pace Bowden
DOOM: Unexpected Guests Album Cover and Tracklist
“DOOM is one of the most original and uncompromising voices in hip-hop. From his work in the 90’s with the seminal KMD to his legendary releases under a variety of aliases including MF Doom, Madvillain, King Geedorah, Viktor Vaughn, Dangerdoom & more, his prolific body of work has always valued artistic integrity and creativity over anything else. As numerous and varied as his albums are, DOOM also has a thick catalog of guest appearances, remixes, non-album tracks, & vinyl only singles. For the first time, Unexpected Guest presents many of these hard to find tracks as a mix CD, executed and overseen by the Super Villain himself.
With a list of co-conspirators which includes marquee level names such as Talib Kweli, Ghostface & GZA as well as underground heroes Vast Aire, CountBass D & Kurius, the music on this disc highlights DOOM’s ever-present trademark wit and taste for raw and ominous beats. On “Trap Door,” he spits couplets like “No curse words / DOOM the worst church nerd verse heard” over a plucked bass and guitar line from producer Jake One that sounds like the funkiest spy movie soundtrack imaginable. “Sniper Elite” sees the emcee united with the late J Dilla, and is one of the many tracks featured that has yet to see an official CD release. The album will also feature a never before heard live version of DOOM’s classic “I Hear Voices” from the Operation Doomsday album.
Peppered with his signature comic book dialogue and vintage sound clips, Unexpected Guests presents a treasure trove of DOOM obscurities which should shed light on material that even some hardcore fans may have missed. It’s a frenetic, virtuosic look at a true hip-hop original.”
Tracklist (Final tracks and running order TBA*)
1. Get ‘Er Done feat. DOOM - Jake One
2. Fly That Knot feat. DOOM - Talib Kweli
3. Sniper Elite feat. DOOM - Dilla Ghostface DOOM
4. Trap Door feat. DOOM - Jake One
5. Sorcerers feat. DOOM & Invizible Handz - John Robinson
6. Da Supafriendz - Vast Aire
7. Quite Buttery - Count Bass D feat DOOM
8. ? - DOOM featuring Kurious
9. All Outta Ale - DOOM
10. E.N.Y. House - Masta Killa
11. Bells of DOOM - DOOM
12. My Favorite Ladies - DOOM
13. Street Corners (Remix) - Masta Killa, Inspectah Deck & GZA
Manifesto Festival (Sept 16-20) in Toronto
MANIFESTO, the largest hip hop & urban arts festival in Canada is coming up this week (Sept 16-20) in Toronto.
Sept 16 – MANIFESTO URBAN FILM FEST @ Acacia Center
- official launch party of the festival
Sept 17 – CANADA PRO B-BOY BATTLE @ Sound Academy
- the largest b-boy battle in North America
Sept 18 – ‘CHAPTER 3′ MANIFESTO ART EXHIBIT @ 52 McCaul St.
- a 3 story building art & dance party
Sept 19 – 9th WONDER DJ SET @ Premium Rhythm Bar
- acclaimed producer for Little Brother, Jay Z, etc…
Sept 20 – MANIFESTO’s MAIN EVET FESTIVAL @ Nathan Phillips Square
- free out door concert w/ Reflection Eternal, Colin Munroe, Tona, etc., workshops, & urban arts market
Sept 20 – MANIFESTO’s AFTER PARTY @ MOD Club and Revival
- w/ DJ’s Hi-Tek, Rich Medina, Starting From Scratch, Scratch Bastid, Rich Kidd, etc…
- one wristband access to two massive parties across the street from eachother (MOD Club & Revival)
Check out the full festival schedule here: themanifesto.ca/festival
In preparation of the festival, DJ Mensa put together a mixtape of all of the artists playing at this year’s MANIFESTO Festival, including REFLECTION ETERNAL, 9TH WONDER/LITTLE BROTHER, COLIN MUNROE, TONA, RICH KIDD, SAUKRATES, EMPIRE, MILES JONES and more…
Swollen Members - Warrior
Swollen Members - Warrior Official Music Video new Album Armed to the Teeth releases October 27th 2009
Mick Boogie / Peter Bjorn & John - Stay This Way (Remix)
Official video.
From Mick Boogie + Peter Bjorn and John's album
"Re-Living Thing".
Download it for free at http://mickboogie.com
© 2009 Myk Dawg / Peter Bjorn & John / Mick Boogie
Remix by Jazzy Jeff featuring Big Pooh, Phil Nash, Chaundon
Ghostface Killah - Stapleton Sex
Ghostface Killah’s Ghostdini: The Wizard Of Poetry (In Emerald City) drops September 29th.
Friday, September 11, 2009
KRS-ONE & BUCKSHOT "ROBOT" In Surrogates Film Trailer
KRS-ONE & BUCKSHOT's "ROBOT" single lands within the online video trailer for Surrogates. The new film, starring Bruce Willis, is in theaters September 25th.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
KONFIDENTIAL - GET EM FT. SNAK THE RIPPER, THE SCALE BREAKERS, EVIL EBENEZER & DJ U-TERN
PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY STUEY KUBRICK
ARTISTS- KONFIDENTIAL, SNAK THE RIPPER, THE SCALE BREAKERS, EVIL EBENEZER & DJ U-TERN
Marco Polo and Torae "Double Barrel" Music Video
Marco Polo & Torae "Double Barrel" Music Video
Marco Polo & Torae premier their second music video for their title track "DOUBLE BARREL" featuring DJ Revolution.
Directed by Todd Angkasuwan.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Raekwon "Walk Wit Me" Music Video
Here's Raekwon's latest video, "Walk Wit Me," which is an iTunes bonus song on Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II.
Mick Boogie vs. Peter Bjorn & John - Re-Living Thing [Mixtape]
At long last, here it is, Mick Boogie x Peter Bjorn and John's, Re-Living Thing mixtape. All of the hits off of PBJ's Living Thing album remixed and reworked with some of Mick and PBJ's favorite emcees and producers of today. Features on this tape include Bun B, Talib Kweli, U-N-I, GZA, Buckshot, Black Milk, T3, Kardinal Offishall, Wale, Rhymefest, Evidence, Fashawn, and more. Follow me after the jump for the download link and tracklisting.
>>>Download: Re-Living Thing
1. Naledge & Mickey Factz: Blue Period Picasso (remixed by nVMe)
2. Freebass 808 & Christian Rich: Living Thing
(remixed by Apple Juice Kid)
3. Bun B & The Kid Daytona: Losing My Mind (remixed by 6th Sense)
4. Big Pooh, Chaundon & Phil Nash: Stay This Way (remixed by Jazzy Jeff)
5. Trouble Andrew & GLC: Lay It Down (remixed by The Kickdrums)
6. Talib Kweli & 6th Sense: I Want You
(remixed by William Russell / Good Life Mike)
7. 88 Keys & Outasight: 4 Out Of 5 (remixed by 6th Sense)
8. U-N-I: Last Night (remixed by Remot)
9. GZA, Buckshot & Tabi Bonney: The Feeling (remixed by Marco Polo)
10. Big Sean, Black Milk & T3: Just The Past (remixed by nVMe)
11. Kardinal Offishall, Donnis & Henok Achido: It Just Don’t Move Me
(remixed by Jet Audio)
12. Wale, Young Chris & Rhymefest: Nothing To Worry About
(remixed by The Kickdrums)
13. Evidence, Jerreau & Fashawn: Amsterdam (remixed by Cookin’ Soul)
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Bisco Smith - Morning Breath
Morning Breath by Bisco Smith / Bisc1, produced by J.Vegas. Directed and Edited by Hector Nava of Lasek X. Video from the new Bisco Smith LP titled, The Broadcast.
FREE DOWNLOAD:Bisco Smith - Morning Breath
K’naan and J Period - The Messengers (Episode 1: Fela Kuti)
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The Messengers (Episode 1: Fela Kuti) is the first of three EPs by K’naan and J Period designed to pay homage to three cultural icons: Fela Kuti, Bob Dylan, and Bob Marley.
Many of the songs here are blends of K’naan’s Troubadour and assorted Fela instrumentals. K’naan’s first verse on “Got My Dream,” for instance, was extracted from “America.”
If you’re like me and are already acquainted with nearly every recording in Fela’s discography, you may not fully appreciate K’naan’s effort here. To newly converted disciples, however, The Messengers Episode 1 should serve as a competent primer on Fela’s unique Afrobeat sound. Extra cool points for the autobiographical interludes.
Pop the hood for tracklist and download link.
K-Naan and J Period - The Messengers (Episode 1: Fela Kuti) Tracklist
1. Introduction to Fela Kuti
2. Let’s Start (Messengers Remix)
3. Let Me Introduce Me (Messengers Remix)
4. Messengers and Prophets (Interlude)
5. Ololufe Mi (Messengers Remix)
6. Who is Fela? (Interlude)
7. Got My Dream (Messengers Remix)
8. The Story of Fela (Open & Close)
9. Gentleman feat. Bajah (Messengers Remix)
10. Perceptions of Africa (Interlude)
11. Africa (Messengers Remix)
12. Africa Unite (Outro)
* DOWNLOAD - K-Naan x J Period - The Messengers Episode 1 (Fela Kuti)
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Wax and EOM: "Relax"
New short film/music video directed by Casey Chan. http://www.caseychanpictures.com . This video contains Wax and EOM's "Relax" and half of Wax and EOM's "Money". Also contains a snippet of "Paycut" by Wax and Herbal T.
Fresh Daily "Untucked Nunchucks"
1st video off Fresh Daily's debut album "The Gorgeous Killer In Crimes Of Passion".
Video features Fresh Daily and Skibeatz taking you around Brooklyn in a return to basics adventure, just beats and rhymes, No more no less.
Fresh Daily "Untucked Nunchucks"
song produced by Skibeatz and Applejuice Kid
Video Directed by Steven Tapia
http://www.steventapia.com/
Grafh "Welcome To My City"
“Welcome To My City” video from Grafh’s album The Evolution, coming soon.
Strong Arm Steady & Madlib collab Stoney Jackson
The Madlib/Strong Arm Steady collaboration album Stoney Jackson came together in a flurry of creative energy over recent months. Prompted by Madlib’s stalwart DJ J.Rocc, who supplied SAS with 14 new Madlib beats CD, this album’s conception and delivery bear resemblance to the trajectory took by 2003’s Jaylib with J Dilla and 2004’s Madvillain with DOOM.
The SAS had previously rapped over Madlib’s music on their mixtape/album Deep Hearted and on the Talib Kweli/Madlib album Liberation.
The Stoney Jackson album unfolds over sixteen tracks and is a brisk, exciting hip hop record. Krondon and Phil The Agony supply the majority of the vocals with the third SAS member Mitchy Slick; guest appearances include Talib Kweli, Guilty Simpson, Little Brother’s Phonte, Planet Asia and a host of underground Los Angeles’s emerging rap talent.
Stoney Jackson represents Madlib’s return to the hip-hop fold and sets the scene for the OJ Simpson collaboration he’s finishing with Guilty Simpson.
The Madlib/Strong Arm Steady collaboration album Stoney Jackson came together in a flurry of creative energy over recent months. Prompted by Madlib’s stalwart DJ J.Rocc, who supplied SAS with 14 new Madlib beats CD, this album’s conception and delivery bear resemblance to the trajectory took by 2003’s Jaylib with J Dilla and 2004’s Madvillain with DOOM.
The SAS had previously rapped over Madlib’s music on their mixtape/album Deep Hearted and on the Talib Kweli/Madlib album Liberation.
The Stoney Jackson album unfolds over sixteen tracks and is a brisk, exciting hip hop record. Krondon and Phil The Agony supply the majority of the vocals with the third SAS member Mitchy Slick; guest appearances include Talib Kweli, Guilty Simpson, Little Brother’s Phonte, Planet Asia and a host of underground Los Angeles’s emerging rap talent.
Stoney Jackson represents Madlib’s return to the hip-hop fold and sets the scene for the OJ Simpson collaboration he’s finishing with Guilty Simpson.
MP3:
Download via Stones Throw Podcast on iTunes - Free
Get Ya Money Right
Hail Mary Mallon (Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, & DJ Big Wiz) - “D-Up” video
Hail Mary Mallon is Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, and DJ Big Wiz. "D-Up" is available now on the - Definitve Jux Presents 4 -
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Ellay Khule aka Rifleman - Rock On
From Ellay Khule's landmark album "In My Own World" Rock On provides a breath of fresh air for the true hip-hop fan, balancing style and substance, with solid production, and uncompromised verbal assaults.
Produced by Joe Dub (La2thebay/Westcoast Workforce) in My Own World provides the seamless soundtrack, blending elements of rock, old school hip-hop, and jazz, in to a wave of sound, which skillfully elevates Ellay Khule's inherent talent on the mic.
The music video was directed by Daniel Anthony for Eye Level Productions.
AWOL ONE and FACTOR - CELEBRATE
AWOL ONE, born Anthony Martin in East L.A. California, was born like any other kid…in a manger. His father, Portuguese, and his mother ,Irish, grew up poor on the east coast and moved to California where they met and conceived a little walrus. The walrus grew to love music and knew that he would do it forever, now in his early 30’s he feels that he has recorded his best album yet, the upcoming Fake Four release “Owl Hours”.
Definitive Jux Presents Volume 4
Definitive Jux is proud to present the fourth installment of the Definitive Jux Presents series, showcasing both new and established artists on the Jux roster that will set the tone for the label's sound and direction for the next few years. Features exclusive new material from Cage, Mr. Lif, Yak Ballz, Rob Sonic, Despot, Chin Chin and Central Services, and sets the stage for the posthumous release of the Camu Tao LP (scheduled for October 2009) as well as full length offerings from El-P and Aesop Rock in 2010. Producers include Ratatat, Daryll Palumbo & F. Sean, El-P, Aesop Rock & more. The 2xLP vinyl comes with a download card for the full MP3s of the album.
Definitive Jux Presents 4
Track List:
1. Weathermen (Feat. Aesop Rock, El-P And Cage) “Reports Of A Possible Kidnapping”
2. Camu Tao “When You’re Going Down”
3. Despot “Look Alive”
4. Cage “Worm In Her Vein”
5. Yak Ballz “Gas Galaxy”
6. Mr. Lif “Digi Data” feat. Miz Metro
7. Hail Mary Mallon (Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, DJ Big Wiz) “D-Up”
8. Central Services “We Do The Work, You Do The Pleasure”
9. Rob Sonic “Domestic Animals”
10. Yak Ballz “Halogen Glow”
11. Chin Chin “Live Or Die”
12. El-P “How To Serve Man (The Meanest Things I’d Never Say
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