KRS-One has joined the Duck Down family, where he hopes to release a collaborative album with Buckshot. Duck Down really had no choice in this situation. After all, it’s hard to turn down the guy who inspired the name of your label.

From the Press Release:

Three tracks have already been recorded and the chemistry between the two artists is very natural. Buckshot described the work as “CONFLOSATION, even when KRS ONE is flowing he’s having a conversation with his audience. This collaboration with KRS-ONE is going to be an album full of Hip-Hop conversation, ranging from New World Order, to socially conscious topics such as unemployment, poverty, and politics.

What’s that, his 25th album? Well, it looks like the Teacha will be rapping way into his 60s. Between him and Chuck D, we’ll have plenty of grumpiness to go around in the next decade and beyond.

Loopy performing the instaclassic “Paris, Tokyo” on Jay Leno.

Featuring Funk Doc.

The video depicts Pete Rock shopping for records the old-fashioned way. I’m feeling this one from my heart all the way to my sneakers.

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Sure, it hurts to lose your best player halfway through the season while fighting for a playoff spot, despite touting the league’s longest active victory stretch, in an incredibly tight conference where a 2-game skid could easily send your playoff dreams to the shredder.

But we’re fine, thank you.

Apparently, ‘Ye wasn’t pleased with the first two versions of the “Flashing Lights” video. That’s how we wound up with this one. C’mon now, there’s gotta be a better explanation than that. I’ve also heard that there might be some sequels in the can. Maybe Kanye will go all R.Kelly Trapped in the Closet on us and turn this thing into a 50-part miniseries.

::Glasses Malone ft. Akon – “Certified”

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Happy 36th birthday to Lone Star State’s first lady of music, Erykah Badu. Today also marks the release of her latest album, New Amerykah Part One: 4th World War.

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