Cue the hype beast. This is what happens when you put one of the most overrated MCs and one of the most innovative artists of our time in the same room.
Oh, you already know who murked who on this one.
::Throwing plastic at rappers is the new new. Game’s bodyguards chin-check the attacker.
>>The guys behind “Lloyd Banks’ Retirement Party” have now uncovered R.Kelly’s songwriting secrets. [The Real]
>>Speaking of the serial child molester, here’s Trapped in the Closet 13. [HipHopCrunch]
>>Kids to Music Industry: I download because that’s how I was raised. [Idolator]
>>The most influential hip-hop head of 2007 is back on air. [Chronicle]
>>Oldies but Goodies: Just a soul whose intentions are good. [Souled on Music]
>>Living with Baduism, an oft-ignored musically transmitted disease. [Oh Word]
>>Joey (of Straight Bangin’) sums up Common’s Finding Forever nicely. [Brooklyn Bodega]
>>Introducing…the newest member of the Dipset Crew. [Juelz Banana]
>>After a one-year sabbatical the king of international blogs is back. [Soul on Ice]
In this era of new age information it’s not unusual to find freshly-squeezed mp3s turning up at the speed of light. In case you missed anything, I’ve unearthed a bunch of songs that flew under the radar in the first half of ‘07 for your listening pleasure.
Enjoy. (more…)
The folks at Fox Searchlight are in dire need of an 800-pound wannabe actor to play the late great Christopher Wallace in a new blaxploitation biopic. Pending Guerilla Black’s availability, the nationwide casting call for the movie Notorious is now open to the public.
::This dude wants you to throw away all your Jay-Z CDs. [via: Bossip]
>>Kanye and 50 can slug it out in September for all I care. December belongs to Lil’ Weezy. [HHNLive]
>>Need a wake-up soundtrack to get you rolling on your good foot? Try Rock the Dub Radio. [RTD]
>>Supernatural’s Top 5 Off-the-head MCs. [Street Census]
>>Warning: Listening to Jay-Z may trigger feelings of revulsion. [Free Lance Star]
>>50 Cent tells Complex to tell MTV to suck his dilznick. [Complex]
>>Real recognize real: Master P endorses Barack Obama. [XXL]
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So, I step out for a second to work on my 1200-word Chamillionaire feature only to come back and find that Boo Boo has gone ga ga. I almost feel bad for posting the video, because someone’s about to lose their job for leaking it.
After receiving tons of emails about a new Curtis video called “Follow My Lead,” I kept wondering why he would have a Justin video and a Robin Thicke video out simultaneously. Turns out someone at the label wasn’t following his lead. Now, I gather, Curtis wants to excavate himself from the ruins of I-scope by smashing plasma TVs and prematurely taking a vacation in the middle of his promo campaign.
Miss Info has the, um, info.
10 years from now someone will say, “Hey, remember when HP transformed the video industry?” and “Hot Thing” will be cited as an example.
[Edit: Sorry, guys, the douche bags at Kweli's label dig the video so much that they've decided to save it for their eyes only. Update.]
