More visuals from Black Milk’s “Album of the Year,” which has actually turned out to be one of my favourite albums this year, alongside “Pilot Talk” and “24 Hour Karate School.” The video sees Black Milk take a trip through Detroit using stop-motion photography…
When describing true hip-hop culture, the four elements (emceeing, DJ-ing, b-boying and graffiti) are always, quite rightly, mentioned with regards to the origins of the culture. The four worked together in the late 70’s and early 80’s to form a fresh youth culture, which has continued to inspire and educate even 30 years from its conception, and is continuously evolving and being presented to new audiences.
I have recently had a number of conversations that have taken the direction of discussing, how these four elements actually apply to the culture in 2010. One, an interview with Rakaa (aka Iriscience) of Dilated Peoples, Rock Steady Crew and Zulu Nation, one with underground emcee Pack FM, and others with my friends, Stefan and Flo, both b-boys. I am not denying the existence of the individual elements, but more the shift in the culture that has pulled them further away from one another.
ScienZe – Bad News1
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ScienZe delivers a freestyle over the track from “808′s and Heartbreaks,” his genuine, introspective lyrics really work well with his chosen instrumental. I personally really liked this one and it is my favourite of his recent leaks…
The three Bawses come together on this track which is hopefully a good indication of what sort of music we can expect from Pimp C’s posthumous release, “The Naked Soul Of Sweet Jones” which drops next tuesday… UGK For Life
Young Jeezy – Last Laugh (Mixtape)98
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To mark his birthday (and the originally announced release date of his highly anticpated “TM103″) Jeezy unexpectedly dropped a new tape, features some of his recent leaks such as “All White” and “Jizzle”.
Tracklist and download after the jump… [Read More..]
Lazerbeak – Let It Go1
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Lazerbeak dresses like a Bawse, for the latest set of leftfield visuals, featuring the rest of the crew, inspired by his new album “Legend Recognize Legend”…
G.O.O.D Friday Freestyles1
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Inevitably Kanye’s barrage of recent leaks has inspired other artists to contribute their own interpretations. Below are a number of takes on “Runaway” as well as recent G.O.O.D. signee Pusha T’s Re-Up Gang affiliates, Ab-Liva and iCan with their version of “So Appalled”…
Ab-Liva and iCan – So Appalled (Download)
Freeway – Beautiful Music1
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Freeway teams up with producer Jake One once again for the first leak from his upcoming album, “Diamond In The Rough” which will be out soon on Rhymesayers…
Courtesy of NahRight and Rhymesayers
U-N-I – Black Sky (Video)1
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I am a little late on this, I know, but I saw it yesterday over at Your Strongest Ally, and as I mentioned I’ve been listening to “A Love Supreme 2.0″ a lot lately, so I decided it was better late than never. The duo team up with director Jerome D and Playboy model Felicia Gomez for these slick visuals…
The studio version of the reworking that was performed live at the VMA’s. I have to admit that Mary brings a layer of soul to the song that makes it a more substantial listen, I think that this version trumps the original by far, still a shame my favourite producer/ad-libber Swizzy feels he needs to have his voice heard all over the track though. Showtiiiimmeee!
