Last year, educator Michael Eric Dyson penned a book entitled Born To Use Mics based on Nas’ 1994 masterpiece, Illmatic. Earlier today at the Bonnaroo Arts & Music Festival, Esco gave his take on the project.
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Puff and his Dirty Money crew were on Tim Westwood’s show today and addressed Lil’ Kim recent taunts. No time for negativity.
If a picture‘s worth a thousand words, video must speak for itself. Take a look at Pharrell and Asher Roth adding the final touches to Ash’s sophomore album, The Spaghetti Tree. yk2
Yesterday evening, Cudi gave a performance at his old 9 to 5 in the Soho section of New York. Adoseofdopeness caught a majority of the set above. Below is a non-a capella version of “Revolution”. [vodpod id=Video.3814621&w=425&h=350&fv=clip_id%3D12477952%26amp%3Bserver%3Dvimeo.com%26amp%3Bautoplay%3D0%26amp%3Bfullscreen%3D1%26amp%3Bmd5%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_portrait%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_title%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_byline%3D0%26amp%3Bcontext%3Duser%3A3215476%26amp%3Bcontext_id%3D%26amp%3Bforce_embed%3D0%26amp%3Bmultimoog%3D%26amp%3Bcolor%3D00ADEF%26amp%3Bforce_info%3Dundefined]
Look ma, no Blackberry! Here’s footage of Drizzy’s freestyle yesterday on Tim Westwood’s show. I say, uh, he did alright! Ha! Sidebar: Need a beat with this? Statik Selektah comes through
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Only God—and Roc Nation knows when J.Cole’s going to release his video for “Who Dat”. So until then, here’s some clips from the set of the video. shebloggin Previously: The Fayettville Observer Covers New J.Cole Video
Paul Wall’s got sole. No, really. Here’s his new mixtape brought to us by FMS Shoes and DJ Skee. Pump up the volume and download here. Back cover underneath.
When it comes to Game’s music, it’s easy to determine how current a record is by the name drops. And since he mentioned “Waka Flocka Flame”, it’s safe to say this is pretty new. Plus, Joc’s utilizing the trendy simile-short-cut flow. Listen up for yourselves below. prOblemchild
50 called Jam’n 94.5 in Boston yesterday to promote his gig at the House of Blues on June 24th. During the conversation, he takes a jab at Rick Ross and then says Diddy’s music sucks before calling him a blood sucker. Eww, that’s nasty. wshh
The South is rising sooner than later. While out in the Big Apple, David Banner gives his stamp of approval to fellow Mississippian Big K.R.I.T. Afterward, he says his collaborative album, Death Of A Popstar is bigger than hip-hop. Hip-hop. meetthedealer
How’s this for a come up? In front of 84,490 fans, Kellz and the Soweto Spiritual Singers performed “Sign Of Victory” during the opening ceremony of the World Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa. On Wednesday, he spoke on his composition: “It’s definitely no doubt a humanity song, and I’m hoping that everybody feels the same way when they hear it. I’m hoping they can be as touched by it as I was when I heard it in my head.”
Diddy announced while on air with Scott Mills that the new date for Last Train To Paris is September 20th. Sounds like we’re on the right track.
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Miss Info got the scoop that Drizzy will do voice-over work in the third and final installment of Gears of War. The rapper will voice playable character, Jace Stratton. The game is due out solely on Xbox consoles April 2011. “When Epic came to me with the role, I couldn’t pass it up,” said Drake. “They’ve created an amazing character in Jace, and I’m looking forward to my tour in Delta Squad.” But Drizzy might not be the only MC […]
Hip-hop’s surreal mash-ups continue with the new tune from Shawty Lo and Snoop Dogg. Off DJ Smallz’ new mixtape, I Got The Internet Going Nuts Vol. 1.
[vodpod id=Video.3812624&w=425&h=350&fv=configUrl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2Fvideo%2Fsfp%2FembedPlayerConfig%26amp%3BconfigId%3D406732%26amp%3BclipId%3D10883963%26amp%3BshowId%3D10883963%26amp%3Bgig_lt%3D1276262172845%26amp%3Bgig_pt%3D1276262187145%26amp%3Bgig_g%3D2] This explains Martin Bashir‘s apperance at Best Buy a couple of weeks ago. Here’s Diddy’s profile on ABC’s Nightline. King Combs speaks on his business ventures, music, and fatherhood. 10 years later, he’s still on top.
Back in ’95, Prodigy told us “Queens gets the money”. Now, Mic Geronimo and Royal Flush keep the cash coming on this new leak from Mic’s Lone Wolf EP. The project’s also available here on iTunes.
Gooch brings his Brick Squadron back to the hood for his latest video off Burrrprint 2. Don’t stare too hard, now. wssh Previously: New Video: Gucci Mane “911 Emergency”
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About time they caught this pedophile