Pete Rock - Just A Word Or Two

An new track from Hip Hop's old friend.

Pete Rock - Just A Word Or Two

The Find: Issue Three

Finally! The latest issue of The Find is here. My reviews are on page 19-21. Check it out. The magazine design was done by Dustin d'Arnault, Thanks to him for that, as well as all the other artists who contributed their time and efforts to make this issue one on the best so far.

Read It Online! / Download It!

Blackout 2 is coming!

Well if you haven't heard by now, Meth and Red are coming out with another album, Blackout 2, a sequel to their collabo album. The tracklisting has been released:

1. B.O.2 (INTRO)
2. I’M DOPE NI**A
3. A-YO – feat. Saukrates
4. DANGERUS MCEES
5. ERRBODY SCREAM – feat. Keith Murray
6. HEY ZULU
7. CITY LIGHTS – feat. Bun B
8. FATHER’S DAY
9. MRS. INTERNATIONAL (SKIT)
10. MRS. INTERNATIONAL – feat. Erick Sermon
11. HOW BOUT DAT – feat. Ready Roc & Streetlife
12. DIS IZ 4 ALL MY SMOKERS
13. LOCK DOWN (SKIT) – feat. DJ Kayslay
14. FOUR MINUTES TO LOCK DOWN – feat. Raekwon & Ghostface killah
15. NEVA HERD DIS B 4
16. I KNOW SUMPTN – feat. Poo Bear
17. A LIL BIT – feat. Melanie Rutherford

And they have also released a track for your listening pleasure:

Method Man & Red Man - 4 Minutes To Lockdown ft. Raekwon & Ghostface Killah

I'm really excited for this album.

TreaZon - Gravity Room

Tuxedo TreaZ back at it again. If you haven't checked out 9 Steps, you should get at that right now.

TreaZon - Gravity Room

Nas - I Have To

Nas - I Have To

Technical Difficulties

So I've been experience some technical difficulties with the html coding. The white background to all my posts is not showing up for some reason. At first I thought it could be something wrong with the blogger server...but it's been happening for a few days now...I'm gonna have to look into this...I'll still be posting regularly, so keep checking back, hopefully the posts arent TOO hard to read for you guys. I'll try to resolve this as fast as possible.

Keep rockin fresh,

-Optimus

KiD CuDi - Higher Up x Daps & Pound

Check out these new Cudi cuts!

Kid Cudi - Daps & Pound (prod. Jungle Club)

KiD CuDi - Higher Up

New Transformer Footage!

I can't wait for this!

J. Dilla - Reality Check Featuring Black Thought

Check this unreleased Dilla track. Black Thought on the beat.

J. Dilla - Reality Check Ft. Black Thought

Paper DOOM

Are you poor/broke?
Do you love DOOM?
Well all my fellow villains out there, I have great news. A few RappCats have posted up a little goodie for you guys. Designed by RBST. You can get the Madvillain design, along with the Stones Throw one. Both come with the Black Sambo head, naturally.

You can get both download links here

UPDATE:
Apparently Lord Quas has one coming soon! I'll definitely let you guys know when.

-Jay

Hell Yeah.

Lupe is the greatest lyricist right now. I agree. Plus Weezy bashing! Yess!

Need new dinnerware?

Plate Fork Knife Spoon - [Self Titled]

1. D Mother Fucker D
2. Double Dribble
3. Igunalude
4. Down in it
5. Turbulencia
6. Creep
7. Point
8. Theme From Spacewalk
9. Briefcase
10. Oyayi
11. The Kraken
12. Charles River
13. Wonder ft. Rashaan Ahmad

Wow. I'm so very glad I stumbled across this when logging on today. Courtesy of MS, this album is simply amazing. I grew up on jazz, so I'm naturally in love with this album. The band consists of everyone from Crown City Rockers (Headnodic, Kat O1O, and Max MacVeety), minus Raashan Ahmad and Woodstock. It's an instrumental album, except for for one track (Wonder) that features Raashan, which he kills. Perfect for late night vibing, and jamming none the less. Check it out.

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Tonedef

Tonedef was one of the first underground Hip Hoppers that got me into this business. One of the first to spark my interest. Although I haven't listened to any of his stuff in a long time, he's still going strong. Check out this track I spotted over at 2DB, Produced by Kno of the Cunninlynguists.

Tonedef - The Distance

Lock it up, and throw away the key.

There's somthing about Chali 2na's voice and skill that amazes me. Here's a track that is supposed to be featured on his debut album, Fish Outta Water, due out this summer.

Chali 2na ft. Talib Kweli - Lock Shit Down

Folk&Stress

Fire.

Folk&Stress - Sam Kinison

Army music video.

Here's the new Japanese Cartoon music video for "Army"

Lupe's still sticking to the "I'm not Percival Fats" story...

The Roots annonce a new album...!!!

n speaking with XXL Magazine the other day, The Roots revealed plans for their ninth studio album to be released this summer. The Legendary just don't stop! Black Thought tells XXL that the new album will be called How I Got Over, a celebratory album which will reflect the story of triumph that is The Roots. The title is a direct reference to the gospel song by Mahalia Jackson that shares the same name, and was the initial inspiration for the record. For more on The Roots, their newest move to late night TV, and their weekly jam session in NYC, read the full article here.

Hip Hop and ya don't stop!

Watch out for...

Aloe Blacc ladies and gentlemen.

Geek to the beat!

Zion I - Geek To The Beat

Trippy.

Artofficial [Live]

I should have been there...

Manic Mondays # 32 - Sunshine

"I wrote this song at a very dark point in my life...the irony of it all is that the end result of this song is very uplifting...discussing everything from my personal issues, single parent families, and even the present state of our soldiers being over seas in a war that they don't understand...Pajozo did the production and Julius Francis laced the hook...this is one of the singles from myself and Pajozo's up coming album project...this song is GOOD music...so if anyone can't feel it they must not have a pulse...props to everyone who supports."
-K. SPARKS

K. Sparks - Sunshine

Just a little late...

This is what happens when twitter fails...

Fail Whale: A Tribute - V/A

1. XV - Vizzy In The House
2. Outasight - What They Say
3. J.Rocwell - Hustlaz Paradise
4. Esso - The Secret
5. Harlem’s Cash - For My Kids
6. Keelay & Zaire - Work f. Slo Mo & AV
7. Jon Hope - The Same
8. Shawn Chrystopher - Flyer Than
9. Nero - Spaceship
10. Granite State - Still Thuggin’ f. Evidence
11. BrokNEnglish - Can’t Win For Losing f. Internal Quest
12. P. Casso - Mr. Hollywood (rmx)] f. Senor Kaos
13. D. Julien - Proving Myself
14. Garcia Vega - Still Thuggin’

Just a little Mixtape Mike Waxx and a few other Bloggers threw together while Twitter was down the other day. The tape features a gang of new artists, including unrelased stuff from Nero, J. Rocwell, XV, Evidence, and D. Julien. Check out the tape, it's pretty ill.

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Nas + Damian Marley = ??

So apparently Nasir Jones and Damian "Jr Gong" Marley are supposed to be doing a collabo album together called "Distant Relatives". Its due to drop June 23rd...should turn out pretty promising...

The album features the signature instrumentation and musicianship of Marley with the hard hitting beats and lyrics of Nas. Throughout the course of their musical careers, the duo has taught each other and always admired each other’s style. Since first meeting in 1996 the two artists have shared a mutual respect and camaraderie that was most recently showcased on “Road to Zion,” a standout track from Damian’s critically acclaimed album, Welcome to Jamrock. After having such a positive experience working together, they have now joined forces again for Distant Relatives.

The album title refers not only to the bond of Nas and Damian, but the bond to their African ancestry, which inspired the album both musically and lyrically. “Africa is the backbone of the world and the foundation of everything and Africans are in a situation where they need help more than anywhere else,” notes Damian Marley. “We know there are dire situations here in America but when you look at America—with public libraries and free education—these are not opportunities most Africans have. It’s a completely different scale of trying to help people. As humans beings, we’re part of a human family.”

Nas agrees, “As an American, we have so much even in a so-called recession that a neighborhood like Queensbridge or Red Hook is Beverly Hills compared to the way people are living in Nigeria, Sierre Leone, and Ghana,” says the emcee. “So obviously if we making records with that theme, there’s gonna be things I want to build on. I think Africa has a lot to teach us.”

Rock The Bells 09 lineup.

I feel like a kid in a candy store right now...

The Cool Kids + Don Cannon

DON CANNON AND THE COOL KIDS - GONE FISHIN' from zachwolfe.com/live on Vimeo.

Can't express how excited I am for this!

Gone Fishin' - Coming soon.

Knockin it out the park, call me Babe Ruth

J. Rocwell is back at it again. The Diary 2 coming real soon, and look out for his next mixtape!

J. Rocwell - Animal Freestyle

Blu - GNGBNG (Flu Remix)

Blu - GNGBNG (Flu Remix)

Blu v. Exile

Check this Exile track Blu layed a couple hot rhymes over. Very sexy.

Blu - LoveLine(s),DedicatedToLastFe’vrier (Prod. by Exile)

Tweet me!

You can now follow me on twitter! Click the picture for my profile.

And as you can see I've also changed up the page a bit, new background as well as a new banner, both designed by Dustin d'Arnault...waddaya think? Drop me a comment.

Pok[her] Face

New track from Kid Cudi. It was posted up on all the other blogs already, but in radio rip form, which really sucked. So instead of damaging your ears with that version, I waited until the CDQ came out so you could be graced with the track in its full glory.

KiD CuDi feat. Kanye West, Common, Lady Gaga - I Poke Her Face

AZ's back at it.

Coming May 19th. Be on the lookout.

Black Mags Remix

Featuring Asher Roth. Not much of a fan...but TCK make anything hot to me.

For all the strip club goers

“this song is for all my stripper friends/followers this for those who like the strip club…i dont judge them..u shouldn’t either!” : “dis isnt no “hiphophead’ record..this is for people who watch strippers nd fall in love temporarily.and for the beautiful women who ant shy” - Wale

Wale - Penthouse Anthem

The Cudder's plans

Check Kid Cudi's plans for his Sky Might Fall record.

Add-2

The dude Add-2 is back at it again after his bangin mixtape The Tale of Two's City. Check this newly dropped track, fresh out of the oven.

Add-2 releases the brand new introspective song "Starter Jacket" which features production from UK producer/DJ Jaguar Skills. The song is less of a fashion statement as it is more so a reflective gateway into the thoughts of the young Chicago emcee. A video for Starter Jacket is currrently in production and will be directed by hip hop documentary/film company Precise Minds. Add-2 is currently preparing new material for his upcoming project, promising more collaborations with Jaguar Skills, Slot-A, Ill Meel, Antman Wonder, Aaron and more.

Add-2 - "Starter Jacket" (Prod. by Jaguar Skills)

A couple bars by nero.

Nero - Stray Ice Cream Bars from Nero Skywalker on Vimeo.

This was a while back...but gawd damn.

A little chinese never hurt anyone...

Chinese Man - The Groove Sessions

1. Pan Di Groove
2. Searching For The Space Monkey
3. Eighty Cinco
4. Bunni Groove
5. Washington Square
6. I'Ve Got That Tune
7. You Suck Me
8. Indi Groove
9. Skank In The Air
10. Artichaut
11. More
12. Chinese Man

Some fire beats to make your day a little better. I'm really feelin these instrumentals. Dont underestimate the Chinese Man. His style is kinda like...if Sabzi and Dilla were child hood friends that went to church with 9th Wonder, who occasionally met up with DJ Qbert for chinese. Thank you MS.

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Double the Murs!

Check out these new Murs Videos!

Me And This Jawn


Part Of Me

Look up in the stars

New track from the Cudder. Peep it.

KiD CuDi - Look Up In Da Stars (feat. Wale)