Rap City’s “Spit Ya Game” with Gist A.K.A The Essence
Check Hommie out @ www.gistmusic.com
Shout out to the hommie Gist. Keep Doin Ya Thing Hommie!
VH1 Announces Performers for 5th Annual “Hip Hop Honors”
As momentum builds for the Oct. 6 airing of VH1‘s Hip Hop Honors, the network has announced the tentative roster of this year’s performers. As previously announced on HipHopDX.com, Tracy Morgan will resume host duties. The 2008 ceremony will honor Cypress Hill, De La Soul, Slick Rick, Naughty By Nature and Too $hort. Big Boi of Outkast will be joined by Scarface, Lil Wayne, Ghostface Killah, Q-Tip, Lil John, Wyclef Jean, Kid Rock and MC Lyte will all perform to honor this year’s guests in some capacity. Actress Sanaa Lathan will also be a part of the festivities as well as the comedy duo Robert “Cheech” Marin and Tommy Chong.
For those fortunate enough to attend the live event, the ceremony will be held Oct. 2 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. VH1 plans to announce additional performances and appearances closer to the show date, and updates will be provided at HipHop.Vh1.com. Much like last year’s ceremony, awards for non-performing aspects of Hip Hop will be decided on by fans. Fan votes will be taken for Hip Hop’s best radio station, gear site, blog, city and/or venue as well as the best overall Hip Hop website.
New iPod nano
You know you want one. I Know I do.
Size and weight
- Height: 3.6 inches (90.7 mm)
- Width: 1.5 inches (38.7 mm)
- Depth: 0.24 inch (6.2 mm)
- Weight:1.3 ounces (36.8 grams)
Capacity
- 8GB or 16GB flash drive2
- Holds up to 2,000 or 4,000 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format3
- Holds up to 7,000 or 14,000 iPod-viewable photos4
- Holds up to 8 hours or 16 hours of video5
- Stores data via USB flash drive
Joell Ortiz – Memories (Video)
* Note – This director Rik Cordero is doing mad videos. Check him out if you havent. He is nice.
Statik Selektah – Stick 2 The Script (Cover & Track List)
To be released on October 21
Tracklist :
01. Stick 2 The Script Intro
02. To The Top (Stick 2 The Script) (Feat. Cassidy, Saigon & Termanology)
03. For The City (Feat M.O.P. & Jadakiss)
04. Get Out The Way (Feat. Bun B & Cory Mo)
05. All 2gether Now (Feat. Young Chris, Peedi Crakk & Freeway)
06. Interlude (Feat. Q-Tip)
07. Church (Feat. Termanology)
08. Talkin Bout You (Ladies) (Feat. Skyzoo, Joell Ortiz & Talib Kweli)
09. On The Marquee (Feat. Little Brother, Joe Scudda & Chaundon)
10. Mr Popularity (Feat. Consequence)
11. Mad Rapper (Interlude)
12. This Is It (Showoff Remix) (Feat. D-Dot, Redman & Black Rob)
13. So Good (Live From The Bar) (Feat. Naledge, Reks & CL Smooth)
14. Streets Of M.A. (Feat. Masspike Miles, Termanology, Supastah Snuk, Reks, Slaine, Easy Money, Frankie Wainwright & Smoke)
15. Sounds of The Street (Interlude) Introducing JFK
16. Destined To Shine (Feat. Torae, Sha Stimuli & Jon Hope)
17. Cali Nights (Feat. Glasses Malone, Mistah Fab & Novel)
18. Take It All Back (Feat. Reks, Easy Money, Royce Da 5′9 & Paula Campbell)
This is gunna be a dope album…go cop it.
Number One With A Bullet (Teaser)
Being screened at the Urban World Film Festival. Directed by Jim Dziura.
Synopses
Many of today’s biggest rap stars have something in common besides successful careers: they’ve all been shot and have lived to rap about it. Their tales of gunplay, their reactions to the violence, and their changed attitudes after having survived near-death experiences are varied and always compelling.
NUMBER ONE WITH A BULLET takes the viewer deep into the psyche of these incredibly talented artists, who share a common thread: the permanent physical scars from the bullets that almost took them out and the corresponding emotional scars that affect them in profound and personal ways.
FILM INFO: NUMBER ONE WITH A BULLET (World Premiere)
DIRECTOR: Jim Dziura
WRITER: Jim Dziura & Joshua Krause
PRODUCER: Joshua Krause
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jeff Ballman
FEATURING: Young Buck, Ice Cube, Mos Def, KRS-One, Obie Trice, Prodigy, Damon Dash, Fat Joe, Jerry Heller, Nikki Giovanni, 40 Glocc, and The Last Mr. BiggProps To G over at Grandgood.com
Outerspace – God’s Fury
Outerspace is poised to take the market by storm with the third installment in their already impressive solo discography. With features from Vinnie Paz (Jedi Mind Tricks), Armaggedon (Terror Squad), Psycho Realm and fellow Army of the Pharaohs members King Syze, Doap Nixon, King Magnetic & Des Devious, God’s Fury is another storied entry into the Jedi Mind Tricks/Army of the Pharaohs’ affiliated group’s catalog
Release Date – 9/30/08
FL Studio REMIX Contest
Image Line’s FL Studio is offering a $1000.00 grand prize to remix David Latour’s new single One Day. Download the samples, remix the song, upload it to the website by Sept. 30th, and wait to see if your the grand prize winner! Four prizes in total, 1000, 500, 250, and 100, decided by David Latour himself. The winner will also get their remix on the official single with royalties. Check out the site here. Also check out my submission and let me know what you think. DJ K Cam One Day Scratch Remix
Murs – Murs For President (Cover & Track List)
Murs Gets Ready For His Warner Bros. Debut “Murs For President” On September 30th…..
Tracklist :
01. Intro
02. I’m Innocent
03. Lookin’ Fly (Feat. will.i.am)
04. The Science
05. Can It Be (Half A Million Dollars And 18 Months Later)
06. Everything
07. Road Is My Religion
08. Sooo Comfortable
09. Time Is Now (Feat. Snoop Dogg)
10. Think You Know Me
11. Me And This Jawn
12. Love And Appreciate II (Feat. Tyler Woods)
13. A Part Of Me
14. Break Up (The OJ Song)
15. Breakthrough
Heltah Skeltah – Everything Is Heltah Skeltah
DOPE!
DJ Enuff Interviews Asher Roth
I have been reading a lot about this guy on the internet. Might be the next big thing.
Illmatic Being Turned Into A Book
Hip Hop scholar, author and activist Dr. Michael Eric Dyson announced yesterday that he is currently writing a book on Nas‘ debut album Illmatic. The 1994 release received the coveted five mic rating from The Source magazine, and is considered by many, to be the greatest single Hip Hop album of all times.
“Every song on Illmatic will be analyzed, interpreted and then re-articulated in a kind of intellectual sense from his own base in Hip Hop and we’re trying to deal with that seriously,” Dyson told AllHipHop.com Wednesday.
Late Wednesday, Nas‘ mentor, and producer of three of the album’s 10 tracks, Large Professor, spoke on the significance of his work going from the musical to the literary world.
“It means a lot. That’s what we were working for though,” revealed the musical creator of “Halftime,” “One Time 4 Your Mind” and “It Ain’t Hard To Tell,” two of which were album singles. Large Professor added to HipHopDX, “It’s finally paying off. It was a lot of hard work put into getting that album how it was – even getting Nas to that point. It’s finally payin’ off. Sometimes it’s a delayed reaction with things. Back in the days, my father would tell me, ‘You’re ahead of your time.’ I didn’t know what that meant. Sometimes that’s a good thing and a bad thing. You get a grasp on it, and you understand what it is, and you realize it.”
From first appearing on 1991′s “Live At The Barbeque” from Large Professor‘s then-group Main Source, the unit spent nearly three years readying the debut, which finally achieved platinum status a decade later in 2004. “That was a lot of power, a lot of energy that went into that. That wasn’t just [a year-long project], that was years in the making. The power is there. It’s still alive.”
According to Amazon, Dyson‘s book, formerly titled Born To Use Mics: Reading Nas’ Illmatic, is planned for January 2009 publication on Basic Civitas Books.
NYC Concert Hosted By G.O.O.D Music & Consequence
As one of the first artists signed to Kanye West‘s G.O.O.D. Music imprint, veteran emcee Consequence has helped take the brand east of Chicago for over the last five years. Next Tuesday, September 9, the act continues, as the Queens rapper headlines “G.O.O.D. Music Takes Over The Knitting Factory.” The event is sponsored by Cons‘ own imprint, Band Camp Records.
“I am very excited to be headlining [this event]. It is an honor to be performing with such a diverse and talented group of individuals for one special night,” Consequence told DX Wednesday evening. “The Internet and sites like HipHopDX have been very instrumental in helping each artist on the bill build their momentum and establish their brand. I consider these artist the next generation of Hip Hop and I can’t wait to see everyone hit the stage.“
The talented group of individuals mentioned, includes labelmates GLC, Kid Cudi and Big Sean.
Also performing will be Wale, Mickey Factz and Termanology.
Consequence is presently working on his sophomore album, You Win Some, You Lose Some, due soon.
LL Cool J feat. Grandmaster Caz – Ringtone Murder
Joint is Hard! I Fucks With It…….
Robin Thicke Denied Cover Because of Race?
In a recent interview with Billboard, R&B singer Robin Thicke sounded off on some of his troubles in the music industry—specifically with Vibe magazine.
Thicke, who rose to industry prominence in 2006 under the watchful eye of Pharrell and Star Trak Records was denied the cover of the monthly publication because he’s white.
“When I did a recent interview with Vibe magazine I asked, ‘Why can’t I get the cover? This is a magazine I love. If there’s one magazine that I’d want to be on the cover of, it’s Vibe,’” Thicke said of the situation.
The response he received was startling.
“Their response was they don’t have white artists on the cover; that the only white artist they’ve had on the cover was Eminem. I guess if that’s what it is, it is what it is. And I respect that because I live in a house with a black woman.”
Despite the incident, Thicke is taking the trials and tribulations in stride, refusing to condemn the decision of the magazine as reverse racism.
“I won’t use the word ‘racism.’ I will say it’s a tough — but rewarding — fight,” he says.
At the end of the day, Thicke says he will continue to do what he does best: make music that transcends color lines. For this, he cites the late Bob Marley.
“You can’t always expect people to be as color-blind or open-minded as you want. What you can do is keep giving your heart and soul, like Bob Marley did. His music became so overwhelmingly loving; it was a relentless love in a sense. Keep beating them down with love and they can’t stop you.”
Robin Thicke is currently working on his third solo effort, Something Else which will hit shelves September 30. His first single is titled “Magic.”
