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Bape Ya Late We Call Ya Tokyo Bufoons

Some quick links for Clipse fans…get this in while they are good…some of the links have the xx in the url cuz i'm not trying to get the site shut down for a few mixtapes

Ok everybody meet Mr Me Too (video)….

DJ Benzi (and your fave hipster DJ) presents….Clipse…We Got the Remix

Clipse Lost Tracks

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R&B

Beyonce feat Jay-Z: “Deja Vu”

Beyonce feat Jay-Z - “Deja Vu”

Of course, this track is on every blog east of the Mississippi, but I figure I’ll provide a link as a public service for the 5% of y'all who hasn’trealized that Bey’s new single has leaked.

Somehow it reminds me of early 90s Brand New Heavies, but I can’treally explain why. (The Horn Section?). Jay phones in a verse for his girl from his office in midtown Manhattan, but for the most part his influence is minimal. It’s not a bad track, but its not gonna be a floor filler like “Crazy in Love.”

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Podcast 012: Camp Lo

MP3 Download: The Couch Sessions Podcast - Camp Lo

Sonny Cheeba and Geechi Suede, better known as Camp Lo, have been pushing the limits of hip-hop since their formation in the Bronx circa 1995. Since then, the duo has dropped classics such as “Coolie High,” “Park Joint,” and of course, “Luchini.”

Since then, the duo has been laying low, splitting their time between their NY homebase and the more Southernly locations of Richmond, Virginia and North Carolina. Rome (from Better Than Yours) caught up with Cheeba and Suede as they were in the studio with 9th Wonder, cutting a new track for their comeback CD.

Intro Track
Shambhala - Full Moon Of The Tao (from The Lotus Of…)

Podcast Music
Camp Lo - Black Connection (from Uptown Saturday Night)
Camp Lo - Gotcha (from Let’s Do It Again)

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Hip-Hop

The Coup @ Black Cat Tonight

The Coup - My Favorite Mutiny
The Coup - We Are The Ones

The Coup are playing tonight at Black Cat with POEM-CEES for only $10. As of this time (3:00) the show isn’tsold out. I'm definately gonna be in attendance so if you're going to the show, hit me up.

Check Status Ain’tHood for a review of the NYC show.

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Can A Sista Rock A Mic?

The ladies at B-Girl Manifesto have outdone themselves this time. The show Tuesday features headliners Tanya Morgan as well as Stacy Epps, Naima Jahmaal, Emoni Fela and Emperess. Couch Sessions faves DJ Eurok and Head Roc will also be at the event.

Sunday’s event will be off the hook with Julie Dexter and NICOLAY at 18th Street Lounge. There’s a lot of musical goodness sandwiched in between.

Beauty & the Beat I
Tuesday, June 13th
8:30 PM

Tanya Morgan
Stacy Epps
Naima Jahmaal
Emoni Fela
Emperess
All with live band!
+ DJ Jav & DJ Eurok
Hosted by Head-Roc

Five
1214-B 18th St NW
Metro: Dupont Circle

More events after the jump:
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Hip-Hop

YEAAAAAAAA!!!!

This jawn right here should go in the YOU NEED TO DOWNLOAD this category:

Young Jeezy - GAOAT - Greatest Adlibber of All Time

Featuring:
Over Here
Talk Trap
Thug Motivation 101
I'm Back
Intro
Standing Ovation

and tons of other cuts from the snowman….highly recommended for summer downloading/listening…

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Hip-Hop

Steady Mobbin

New Fiasco - She Say He Say…what do u think? Cconcept is there, beat is alright, and lupe spits as usual….like i said, what do u think?

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DJ Mix

THE MIX: DJ Witnes (Summer Mix)

MP3 Download: DJ Witnes - Summer Mix '06

Let’s continue get this summer started off right. Last week I blessed you with my chilled out summer mix. This week, Houston’s DJ Witnes comes to y'all with a summer mix of his own.

Witnes is one of the hottest DJ’s outta Texas right now. Check him at his blog or the MySpace. And if you're in Houston, hit up his weekly Rock Box events.

Tracklisting:
Inoj - My boo
The Diplomats - I wanna be your lady
Slim Thug/Mike Jones - Still Tippin (uptempo mix)
Stacey Q - Two of hearts
Avenue D/Salt N' Pepper - Do I look like a slut
69 Boyz/36 Mafia - Dippin' my collar
Missy Elliot - Speak my name (DJ Ayres and Cosmo Baker)
Spank Rock - Put that pussy on me (Pretty Titty mix)
Death From Above 1979 - Sexy Results (MSTRKRFT edition)
Bloc Party - Helicopter (Diplo remix)
Metro Area - Orange Alert (DFA mix)
Miss Kittin & The Hacker - Life on MTV
Killer Mike ft. Big Boi - My Chrome
DJ Technics - Get up on it and ride that thing
Low Budget - What you know (bmore)
Sheila E - Glamorous Life
The Heart Attack - Gangsta Boogie
Nocera - Summertime, Summertime

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Nightlife

Kicked to da Curb

I hope y'all aren’tgoing to try and hit up Yuca tonight.

Cause they just got evicted. Not only that, but their ish got put out on the street like the baby daddy of a woman scorned.

Notice that couch? That’s the same one from The Couch Sessions lounge that we sponsored at the Flow event back in February (you can kind of see it on the flyer). They threw out The Couch Sessions couch! WTF???

Amd some more “only in DC ish:”

Making beeping noises, one guy pushed a dark-colored sofa down the sidewalk. But then another man claimed dibs on the couch, causing the first guy jab his finger menacingly at him and threaten to abscond with the couch if he walked away again. The second guy eventually dragged the sofa across the street with a friend’s help. Other folks drove off with potted palms and carried away bone-white saucers by hand.

Seeing some dude push a couch down 18th street “making beeping noises” in broad daylight is priceless.

Okay, so I don’twanna make light of a situation, but this is hands down one of the funniest things I've seen this week.

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Random Ish: Thursday, June 8

Did you survive 666?

Congrats to Jon (winner of the Lady Sov Contest) and Kanessa (Leela James Contest winner). I’ll be getting in contact with y'all soon.

So I'm not lying when I said that Europe is the new Mississippi. They're straight up blatant about it too, putting up swastikas in football soccer stadiums and throwing ish at black players. Basically their advising all black and brown people not to go to the World Cup. I'm supposed to head out to the UK/Spain in Feb, but after this I might have to reconsider.

Sure, this chica who stole this chick’s phone is dumb, but the girl who posted all her information (address, email, AIM) and pictures is overreacting, don’tya think? Dallas Penn has the rundown.

Dayum! NYC gets all the cool shows. For free. But we knew that already.

McNair to Baltimore: I knew this was gonna happen. Once they got Vince Young they had to make cap room. I think Steve is gonna do big things in B'more for one, because he is the hardest working quarterback in football today. (Oh, and am I the only Titans fan in the DC area?)

And…another day, another broken MP3 player. What do y'all think? Should I get another Creative Zen, the SanDisk (creator of the iDon’tads), or join the hipsters scenesters and get a damn iPod?

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