Kidz in the Hall feat. Just Blaze & Colin Munroe – Take Over the World

New music from hip-hop duo Kidz in the Hall. They are about to come out with a new album, Land of Make Believe, due March 9th, but I’m feeling this new leak featuring Just Blaze and singer Colin Munroe. The Canadian singer, who also released his own Flashing Lights mix+cover a few years ago, is also coming out with a 2010 release, Don’t Think Less of Me as well. Check ‘em both out!

Colin Munroe - I Want Those Flashing Lights

Download: 10 Deep Presents the New Deal Mixtape

For most people who follow the next generation of hip-hop, the artists and songs featured in this mixtape are already household names. To be quite honest, I was wasn’t event going to download this at all because I figured I heard it all before. However, the first track with Brother Ali and Wale destroyed that notion entirely. Fire. The rest of the tracks are quality as well, and there are more than a few songs that I don’t yet have in collection. All you’re hipster-hop favorites are represented here: , and others are thoroughly represented.

It’s been a while since we had a podcast…..I know people have been asking me about it, and we’ve been dark since May, HOWEVER, we return to the podcast game with a special guest–Nawledge and Double-O from Kidz In The Hall.

You might know Kidz in the Hall from their album, School was my Hustle, which dropped in 2006, or their new album, The IN Crowd, which dropped this year, and features guest spots from Phonte, Gym Class Heroes, Camp Lo, and of course, Estelle who adds her own touch to the first single, Love Hangover. We recorded this podcast on November 1st, three days before the historic Presidential election during their DC stop on the Murs for President tour. The Kidz talk about their favorite cities, their work for Obama, Estelle, and possible beef with Asher Roth?

This podcast also marks the return of Lady Glock to the Interview chair. We had a lot of fun doing this one, and I’m including the unedited full Podcast available for download so you can catch everything that didn’t make it in the official version.

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Say what you want about Kidz in the Hall, but the Ivy League duo puts on a good show. Even though the Zune posters that lined the venue made it look like they were the headliner, the duo played the VP role to the self proclaimed President, Murs. Even though the dudes are second string, they are very comfortable with their self described “Joe Biden” status. The combination of Double-O on turntables AND drum machine, and Knoledge on the mic, kept the crowd hype throughout their whole set. Even though tracks like “Love Hangover,” are on the chill side, the dudes kept their energy level high in times for Murs to take the stage.

The first thing you know about Murs is that the dude has a perennial smile. While other rappers try to “mean mug” for the cameras, Murs ALWAYS seems to be that dude that is always having too much fun on stage. Seriously, the dude was having more fun than many of the audience members.

This “funness,” marks a marked change from most hip-hop shows. Some of this isn’t surprising for a dude who famously rapped “I’m more Coldplay than I am Ice-T,” on his critically acclaimed album Murs 3:16 long before the UK band had any associations with rappers. Between songs, the dude talks about being in love, and experiencing heartbreak and revenge, in which he punctuated by lip-singing Alanis Morissette’s “You Oughta Know,” to a puzzled crowd.

Even if his set did wander off into alternative rock, Murs is still a hip-hop artist though, and he kept his almost hour long set packed with a playlist that not only featured tracks from his latest album, Murs for President, but also had a healthy dose of Murry’s Revenge and the more popular Murs 3:16 (His song “Bad Man!” got the greatest response from the audience). He even dropped some tracks from his free summer mixtape with 9th Wonder. And of course, like most hip-hop shows, Murs debuted his sidekick/weed carrier Verses for a couple of songs.

The Murs/Kidz In The Hall tour has been successful so far, and their DC iteration proves that they can rock a crowd. See them in a city near you.

Remaining Tour Dates

11/11/08 Miami, FL Churchill’s Pub
11/13/08 Tallahassee, FL Platform 809
11/14/08 Orlando, FL Back Booth
11/15/08 Gainesville, FL Common Grounds
11/17/08 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks
11/18/08 Austin, TX Emo’s
11/19/08 Denton, TX Hailey’s
11/21/08 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar
11/22/08 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre
12/11/08 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre

NYC People this is on! Kidz in the Hall is ready to drop their album The In Crowd at SOBs with a performance as well as music by Just Blaze as well as special guests. I can already namedrop one of the special guests that are gonna be at SOBs tonight…Travis from Gym Class Heroes. This looks LIVE!

Click here for advance tickets or visit sobs.com.

Much thx to the NYC fam for giving me a heads up on this although I won’t be able to make it.

Funny video from the Chicago MCs. (hat tip to DDoff)