Ice-T's Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap Trailer

I feel like I have heard about this documentary forever. Remember when it was simply titled The Art Of Rap? The feelings that I had when I first saw the original trailer, over a year ago, haven't changed one bit. I can't wait to see this. Hopefully it's not pushed back again.

Coming June 15- Ice-T takes us on an intimate journey into the heart and soul of hip-hop with the legends of rap music. This goes beyond the stardom and the bling to explore what goes on inside the minds, and erupts from the lips, of the grandmasters of rap. Recognized as the godfather of Gangsta rap, Ice-T is granted unparalleled access to the personal lives of the masters of this art form that he credits for saving his life.

Music Reviews In A Minute: J. Cole - Cole World, The Sideline Story

Well, rumor had it –  that a man from The Ville (Fayetteville, North Carolina to be exact), caused a Cole World to emerge out in these streets; but the release of J.Cole's "Cole World: The Sideline Story" hastily reset this rumor to a truth.

Black Star - Fix Up Look Sharp [Prod. by Madlib]

Vevo Presents Kanye West, Mos Def, Jay-Z & G.O.O.D. Music

Kanye along with Mos Def, Jay-Z and his G.O.O.D. Music artists invaded Austin, Texas to help promote VEVO with a concert. Here are some of the highlights.

The Best of A Tribe Called Quest Mixed By DJ M-Rock (@MRockGotBeats)

Random Geekery: @TeamTeamwork - Super Nintendo Sega Genesis Mixtape

Hannibal Buress Live In Pittsburgh May 26th - May 29th!

Hannibal Buress will be in town for a total of six shows at the Improv.  I highly recommend making it to one of his shows if you are in the area.  You don't take my word for it:

“If Steven Wright, Mos Def and Dave Chappelle had a baby, that would be disgusting, but it would sound like Hannibal Buress. The funniest young comic I’ve seen in years.”

Chris Rock

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DJ M-Rock (@MRockGotBeats) - The Best Of Kanye West Mixtape

What's In KRS-One's Bag?

Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca And The Soul Brother

Nas - God's Son

Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Mos Def - The New Danger

M.O.P. - Warriorz

A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory

Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

J Dilla - Donuts

House of Pain - House of Pain

EPMD - Strictly Business: U.S.D.A. Edition

Gang Starr - Step in the Arena

Mos Def - World Premier [Prod. by Madlib]

Guest Blog - Fledgling Fashionista Examines 'Late Night With The Roots'

Late Night with The Roots

Review by Athena Dixon-DeMary

I entered my listen of Late Night with The Roots with a bias. A long time ago I deemed Do You Want More?! to be their best work. Consequently, I compare everything else stamped with their name to it.  However, in recent years my ears have had to adjust to increasingly dark albums and collaborations. On this album I expected some new jazz infused hip-hop, a Black Thought verse here and there and perhaps a drum solo or two.  I thought that I would hear small soundbites meant to be sandwiched between commercial breaks and witty banter, but what I got was nothing I expected.  Despite my yearning for a Roots album, and my bias notwithstanding, I did appreciate the highs and find fault with the lows on Late Night with The Roots, but unfortunately most of the LP is fair to middlin'.

“How I Got Over” opens the album on a lukewarm note. I feel like I've heard this all before. It's a sped up, old soul sound that after a frenetic opening settles into a decent enough groove. What's missing is the grit, the urgency of the album version. Somehow the energy captured in the studio is more alive than an up close and personal rendition.

Mos Def - Priority/Raise Hope For Congo

Mos Def's Priority is his contribution to the RAISE Hope For Congo campaign, which aims to stop violence against women in Democratic Republic Of The Congo.  Mos' song appears on the campaign's compilation album, Raise Hope for Congo.  If you would like to make a donation of buy the album as a digital download, visit RaiseHopeForCongoMusic.org.

Mos Def & Talib Kweli Show In Oakland, CA 7/31/10

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Talib Kweli - Early Mourning Signs Mixtape

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Mos Def - Mos DUB Mixtape

Late Night With The Roots

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01 The Roots – How I Got Over

02 Ludacris – I Do It For Hip Hop / Last Of A Dying Breed

03 Mos Def – Casa Bey

04 Beastie Boys – So Whatcha Want

05 Black Star – History

06 Snoop Dogg – I Wanna Rock

07 Ghostface – Baby (Featuring Raheem DeVaughn)

08 Wale – Pretty Girls

09 Raekwon – Catalina

10 50 Cent – Baby By Me / Do You Think About Me

11 Clipse – Popular Demand (Featuring Black Thought)

12 Clipse – Grindin’ (Featuring Black Thought)

13 Rick Ross - Magnificent
14 Q-Tip – Barely In Love

15 Goodie Mob – Soul Food

16 Public Enemy – Bring The Noise
17 Blackroc - Dollaz & Sense / Tellin Me Things (Featuring RZA)

Reflection Eternal - The RE:Union Mixtape

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01 Intro
02 Revolutions Per Minute
03 In This World
04 Hip-Hop (Unreleased)
05 Back Again
06 Wishing On A Black Star
07 Just Begun (Featuring Jay Electronica, J. Cole, & Mos Def)
08 Come Around (Featuring Termanology & Royce Da 5'9) [Prod. by Statik Selektah]
09 Internet Connection
10 Let It Go (Featuring Dion)
11 Testify (Featuring Styles P.)
12 Time
13 The Thrill Is Gone (Featuring Styles P.) [Prod. by Statik Selektah]
14 Can We Go Back

The Reflection Eternal Classics:

15 Fortified Live (Featuring Mos Def & Mr Man)
16 Chaos (Featuring Bahamadia)
17 The Express
18 Respiration (Featuring Common & Mos Def)
19 Definition (Featuring Mos Def)
20 RE:Defininition (Featuring Mos Def)
21 Move Something
22 Ghetto Afterlife (Featuring Kool G. Rap)
23 The Blast [Remix] (Featuring Erykah Badu)
24 Good To You [Prod. by Kanye West]
25 Get By [REMIX] (Featuring Jay-Z, Mos Def, Kanye West, & Busta Rhymes) [Prod. by Kanye West]
26 Back Up Offa Me
27 Piano (Featuring Ghostface Killah)
28 Music Is Life (Featuring Nas)
29 Hang Ups
30 Outro

Black Thought + Mos Def + Eminem = My Dream Cypher

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DJ Premier Talks Street Hop & Dream Cyphers

If you have talked to me about hip-hop or followed this blog to any degree, you know that I consider Primo the embodiment of hip-hop. What Jordan is to basketball he is to production! I make no effort to hide my Man Crush for him. Anyway I stumbled across this interview in which he discusses Street Hop, his upcoming collaboration with Royce Da 5'9" as well as a cypher with Mos Def, Eminem, Black Thought & Royce Da 5'9" and more!



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2 Black Star Shows In NYC May 30th

1st Show @ 7:00pm - Black Star, 88-Keys & Black Violin

2nd Show @ 11:30pm - Black Star & Blaqstarr


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P.S. You can listen to this mixtape in preparation.