Meyhem drops the visuals for his love letter to the graff game. Check for a few cameo bombers you might recognise…
Check for his Clarified Butter mixtape out now via iTunes.
Original Concept‘s Doctor Dre used to have a radio show called The Operating Room back in the days, and he just happened to get BDP into the studio just as the Bridge Wars started popping-off. There is no other way to describe these recordings other than effin’ awesome. The late, great DJ Scott La Rock and KRS-One don’t mess around as they tell the listeners exactly what they think about Mr. Magic, Shan, Marley, Shante and Poet. Rest assured that many shots are fired.
BDP - ‘Operating Room Interview, Part 1′
BDP - ‘Operating Room Interview, Part 2′
Spotted on the Criminal Minded [Elite Edition] 3CD via Traffic.
Catch the debut promo EP from Brownsville resident Maffew, who you’ve previously heard here via his cuts with Masta Ace and DJ Clark Kent.
Maffew Ragazino - ‘Get It Together’
Maffew Ragazino - Where I’m From: The Experience EP
Here’s something new from The Groggy Pack off the forthcoming Lone Sharks project. Let’s just hope that no innocent women were sharked during the making off this song.
The Doppelgangaz - ‘Digging’
It seems my host’s server blew-up over the weekend. Normal service will resume shortly…
This is the album Nasty Nas would have made after Illmatic if I was his A&R in some kind of alternative universe where sample clearance didn’t exist. Alternative title: The Second Time Nas Didn’t Lose.
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Here’s the first track from a remix project put together by a kid called Confidence, who’s ReCon mixtape will feature his versions of Capone-N-Noreaga‘s ‘T.O.N.Y.’, G. Rap‘s ‘On The Run’ and Black Moon‘s ‘How Many M.C.’s’, amongst others. A good idea or should some songs be off-limits to remix?
Lord Finesse feat. O.C. & KRS-One – ‘Brainstorm’ (Confidence Remix)
I’m not even going to attempt to explain who the Internets Celebrities are – that’s what the ‘About’ section of their site is for, dummies! Okay, since you’re clearly too lazy and/or hungover to crawl over to your laptop and wipe the Cheezel dust from your fingers, I’ll provide a Twitter-proof rundown in less than 140 characters: Dallas Penn, Rafi Kam and Casimir Nozkowski made Ghetto Big Mac, Bodega and Checkmate, hit Sundance, and got 3 million views in the process.
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Press days are one of the worst things about the interview game. Speaking to some dudes about their new album after they’ve spent the whole day answering the same corny questions is rarely a recipe for quality Q&A material. That being said, here are the better parts of my session with DJ Muggs and Ill Bill to promote the Kill Devil Hills LP, which is available now through Fat Beats Distribution.
Robbie: What can you tell me about your days in 7A3?
DJ Muggs: Everything was brand new, man. I was a wide-eyed kid, just looking at it. That was kinda my education into the music business, like 101. I learned what touring was – we went on our first tour with MC Hammer, E.U., Salt ‘N Pepa, Kid ‘N Play, Tony! Toni! Toné!, Kwame – I learned how to make an album, I learned how videos were made, I learned what publishing was. My publishing got took, all my ideas for the record – somebody else produced them – but it was my education, so everything I learned from that? I took to Cypress [Hill], and I had all the blanks filled-in. So when I sat down and played it for somebody, I had all the answers! There wasn’t one thing un-thought out, to leave to some 55 year-old A&R guy to fill-in the blanks for me. They did that with 7A3 – it was basically some A&R guy just doing everything, ‘cos we was just kids and didn’t know what the fuck to do.
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Continuing the Strong Island theme, here’s a new Marcy track, produced by Vanderslice.
Roc Marciano - ‘Firepower’
New I Dot U Dot, produced by Divided Souls Ent., with DJ Pain 1 on the cut.
Grand Daddy I.U. - ‘Can’t Stop’
Cop it this Tuesday…
Also, someone was kind enough to split up the Rap-CPR mixtape.
Let’s be honest – it’s all about the ‘Best Kept Secret’ remix. That shit is a monster! That being said, I’ve always had a lot of time for the ‘Knock ‘Em Out Sugar Ray’ remix as well. The ‘Posse Is Large’ remix is included simply as a reminder of the lost art of conga loops…
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New track from Maffew Ragazino, produced by DJ Clark Kent. following-up ‘Where I’m From’ with Masta Ace. Taken from the Where I’m From: The Experience EP dropping at the end of this month.
I’m late on this one but shit happens. Lord Finesse is the blueprint of modern Punchline Rap, no question. This also reminded me that ‘O’ Lord’ might just be be the greatest skit with rapping ever…
Lord Finesse feat. O.C. - ‘O’ Lord’