Mishkanyc and Greedhead Ent. present the long awaited Das Racist "Shut up, Dude" mixtape for free! Album art by artist Aakash Nihalani. 17 Daddy Yankee covers. Nah. Jokes. Its us. Come on. Be real... For more, check out their artist of the week profile on MTViggy or on their myspace profile.
In anticipation of her new album New Amerykah PT.2: Return of the Ankh, out March 30th, Erykah Badu has dropped the video for her first single Window Seat. The video gives a nice to Matt & Kim, for their video Lessons Learned. If you've seen it, you'll know to expect some strong, drawer dropping statements to be made. The difference being, most of us would much rather see Erykah Badu nude, rather than Matt & Kim.
About 6 months back, at a loud bar in Kihei, I had the pleasure of meeting a woman named Favianna Rodriguez thru my friend Ian Kual'i. Months later, thanks to the magic wonder that is facebook's "suggested friends", I was able to reconnect with her. It was at that moment that I learned Favianna was an amazing artist and activist. I encourage you to check out her website and learn more about the causes she stands behind on her website.
For those of you that loved Major Lazer- Pon De Floor, you'll want to add this one to your bookmarks as well. 77Klash- Mad Again (feat. Johnny Osbourne)
Video directed by Jon Fine, beat by Matt Shadetek. Featuring Ground Zero Dancers, Dancerz Blvd., Skerrit Bwoy and many more.
Last night brought sad news for the underground hip hop community; it's been confirmed that Nujabes(née Jun Seba) died last month in a car accident in Tokyo. The Japanese hip hop DJ and producer was a mere 36 years old, and passed the same day the 7.3 earthquake hit the coast of Japan on February 26th. News of his death was not made public until yesterday when his label Hydeout Productions issued a statement online. Nujabes' family held a private burial in Japan.
Nujabes was known around the world for his jazz-infused, sophisticated take on hip hop beats, and a melancholy, nostalgic undertone to his music that has made for some of the most beautiful tracks to emerge from the underground. In addition to making music and founding a record label, he also owned influential record stores in Tokyo (Guiness Records, T Records) and worked on the soundtrack ofSamurai Champloo, a famous anime about samurai and hip hop culture.
I thought I may never be able to utilize my musical theatre background again, but now I know I can always apply at Geico. Besides this just being generally awesome Warren Buffett, one of the richest men in the world, makes the most amazing cameo ever.
The classic, live concert TV show, The T.A.M.I. Show is getting released on DVD on March 23rd. This concert is worth the price of admission, alone. James Brown, way back in the day, killing a performance of Out Of Site and Night Train.... All abooooooooooaaaaard!
01 Intro 02 Nas Is Like 03 Fast Life (ft. J Dilla) 04 It Ain?t Hard To Tell 05 Affirmative Action (ft. AZ & Foxy Brown) 06 Thief?s Theme 07 Streets of New York (ft. Rakim & Jay-Z) 08 Made You Look 09 Life?s a Bitch (ft. AZ) 10 Classic (ft. Kanye West & KRS-One) 11 One Love 12 The World Is Yours 13 Reckless Driving 14 The Money (ft. J Dilla) 15 You Know My Style 16 Made You Look II (ft. Jadakiss & Ludacris)
Dave Nada invented Moombahton (pronounced Moom-buh-tone) at his little cousin’s house party when he slowed an Afrojack remix down to 108 beats per minute. Since then, he’s been making reggaeton-tempo edits of Dutch house and tropical house, and clubs have been going crazy for the stuff. By popular demand, we give you five Moombahton edits for free!
Let me clearly state this: WE DO NOT RECOMMEND BUYING THIS ALBUM. IT'S PROBABLY AWFUL. However, we do recommend you take a moment to take this all it. Definitely a canidate for most homo-erotic rap album cover of all time. I checked everywhere on the packaging, but there was no "No homo" to be found. I happened upon this gem on a site with the lovely name REALESTNIGGAS.COM. Charming, right?
off of inspectah decks upcoming album manifesto which drops march 23. around the same time as shaolin clansman rae,meth,ghost wu massacre album drops.
tracklisting for manifesto 1. Tombstone Intro (Produced by J.Glaze)
2. The Champion (Produced by Alchemist)
3. Born Survivor feat. Cormega (Produced by Moss)
4. This Is It (Produced by Dtox)
5. Luv Letter feat. Ms. Whitney (Produced by INS)
6. P.S.A (Produced by Lee Bannon)
7. T.R.U.E feat. MeShel (Produced by INS)
8. We Get Down (Produced by INS)
9. The Big Game feat. Raekwon & AC (Produced by Mental Instruments)
10. Tombstone Interlude (Produced by J.Glaze)
11. 9th Chamber (Produced by INS and Khino)
12. Really Real feat. Carlton Fisk & Fes Taylor (Produced by INS)
13. Serious Rappin ft Termanology & Planet Asia (Prod. by Mike Cash)
14. Do What U Gotta (Produced by Flip)
15. Crazy (Produced by J.Glaze)
16. Gotta Bang feat Kurupt and Billy Danze (Produced by Shorty 140)
17. The Bad Apple (Produced by K.Slack)
18. Brothaz Respect ft. Cappadonna and Fes Taylor (Produced by Cee the Architech)
19. 5 Star G (Produced by Moss)
20. The Neverending Story feat. Pleasant (Produced by Agallah)
I just sent a message to Doze asking where I can cop one of these jumpsuits at. I'll let you all know when I hear back. I'm sure you're all hungry for them too.
What happens when a man named Tom Caruana takes Wu-Tang acapellas from both group and solo albums and put them over new productions made vaguely from samples of The Beatles originals and covers? The answer: Enter the Magical Myster Chamers. Not much needs to be said about the album. The results are great and truely speak for themselves. Even if you cringed when you first read the concept, trust us, this is no Grey Album bullshit. Shit is ill.
Final part of a three part documentary focusing on J Dilla's life in Los Angeles.
On Saturday Febuary 13th, 2010 Stussy celebrated the life of brilliant hip hop producer and rapper James "J Dilla" Yancey, by releasing a limited edition tee shirt produced in conjunction with Stones Throw and the Dilla Estate. Check Stussy.com for more details.
I'm all for making a statement. Have at it. But, when Hypebeast recently spent some time with Rick Klotz, the founder of Freshjive, I felt like no one had the heart to tell Rick that he runs a FUCKING CLOTHING LINE! On top of that, it isn't the most raw clothing line out there by a LONG SHOT. In this video he talks about the controversial video of Budd Dwyer, the brand’s new vision, and what to expect for Spring/Summer, and more. Something seems very contrived about all of this. I'll leave that up to you to decide. The World's Got A Problem
