New Music: Lupe Fiasco, Wale and Kardinal Offishall - Dope Boyz Remix
Posted on August 13, 2008 | posted by Stone
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Lupe Fiasco, Wale and Kardinal Offishall - Dope Boyz Remix
This is a very dope collabo from Lupe, Wale, and Kardinal, three artists that we have featured extensively on this site. This is of off Greg Streets’ Certified Worldwide Mixtape, dropping Sept. 30th, though it should be on somebody’s album. (from TSS)
New Music: Damu The Fudge Monk - Overtime
Posted on August 13, 2008 | posted by Stone
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Damu The Fudge Monk - Overtime (zip)
Damu The Fudge Monk is quite possibly one of the more slept on beat makers in hip-hop, however he’s got some muscle behind his latest project, titled Overtime, which is available for Free Download. The project contains 9 instrumentals and 2 vocal tracks as well as two videos. Enjoy.
Video: Santogold - Lights Out
Posted on August 13, 2008 | posted by Stone
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Lights Out is the third single from Santi White’s incredible album that dropped this year, and guess what haters? This track sounds nothing like M.I.A.
Buy Santogold today.
MF Doom and Brand Desctruction
Posted on August 12, 2008 | posted by Stone
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MF Doom - Potholderz
I’ve been reading Clyde’s ProHipHop blog for quite a while now, and he’s written several posts about “brand destruction” in the music industry. The term is defined just like you think it is, and it is all too common in today’s hyper exposed music marketplace. There are many examples of this is the music industry–most recently Rick Ross, as well as cocaine starlets like Britney and Lindsay Lohan. However, this type of behavior is not just for pop stars–MF Doom is making sure that underground hip-hop heads are equally represented.
Doom has always been one of my favorite rappers, ever since the time when he was with KMD in the early nineties. When he reinvented himself as Doom, his stock rose in my eyes, and I even go to bat for his collaboration with Danger Mouse–Dangerdoom, which was one of the best albums of ‘05.
But all that work may be down the drain. There has been speculation floating around the internets for months that Doom has been using impostors for his live gigs. See, I guess when you perform in a mask, its easy to fake your true identity. There hasn’t been any actual proof that this is the case, but this past weekend at Rock The Bells, a masked man looking nothing like Doom, took the stage and got booed and pelted and subsequently left the stage.
The MF Doom “brand” is tainted at this point. The biggest thing you can do as an artist is play your fans for fools, and the fact that Doom hasn’t stepped up to the plate with a defense against these accusations makes it even worse. Some people believe that this is all some marketing plan for his upcoming album. If that were the case, he needs to fire his PR people with the quickness.
For the most part, Doom’s touring career is basically over. The only way that he can resurrect himself now is to drop a press release saying that he has a medical condition, or better yet….dead. I highly doubt that fans will accept him in any other circumstance.
Video: Kanye West - Champion
Posted on August 12, 2008 | posted by Stone
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I never thought I would ever call a rap video “cute,” but with Kanye, anything is possible.
Twelve
Posted on August 12, 2008 | posted by Rome
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DMV support your artists!!
Dope Boy Fresh
Posted on August 11, 2008 | posted by Rome
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Jay Z - Jockin Jay Z
Playlist: Isaac Hayes
Posted on August 11, 2008 | posted by Stone
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Scary trivia: Both Isaac Hayes and Bernie Mac just wrapped up filming a movie called Soul Men, along with Samuel L. Jackson. Crazy.
As for Hayes, I’m still at a loss for words. I remember back in the day, going through my dad’s records on Saturday mornings as a young kid and somehow gravitating to all of the the Issac Hayes records in the collection. My favorite record back then when I was 6 was the theme from Shaft–no joke! I remember playing it over and over again for some reason, and I didn’t even see the actual Shaft movie until my teens. There is something about Hayes’ music that is deeply personal, soulful, and yet assessable at the same time. He was one of the innovators of Black music–a dude who was a songwriter and composer who helmed orchestras at a time when Black people were still struggling for civil rights.
Most recently, Hayes kept himself alive in pop culture by joining the South Park crew as Chef in 1997, and has been sampled countless times by hip-hop and trip-hop artists alike. I decided to create a small playlist to honor his work. This only scratches the surface of Hayes’ career but its a start for people who might not be familiar with him. For more information, check Wikipedia.
Don’t take life for granted. Enjoy your friends and family, becaue you never know when your time will come.
FEEEEEEDDDDBACCCCCCKKKK!!
Posted on August 11, 2008 | posted by Rome
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If you came through and danced, thank you. If you didn’t, its your loss. Check out the pictures yourself. 
RIP Issac Hayes
Posted on August 10, 2008 | posted by Stone
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Soul singer and arranger Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy awards and an Oscar for the theme from the 1971 action film “Shaft,” has died, sheriff’s officials in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday.
Relatives found Hayes, 65, unconscious in his home next to a still-running treadmill, said Steve Shular, a spokesman for the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department.
Bernie Mac also passed this weekend. What is going on people???
Paramedics attempted to revive him and took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 2 p.m., the sheriff’s department said.
No foul play is suspected, the agency said in a written statement.
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