The Roots – How I Got Over (Video)
The much anticipated video for The Roots single “How I Got Over” which is from their new upcoming album of the same name. Always nice to hear anything from The Roots crew.
Consequence – Whatever U Want ft. John Legend & Kanye West (Video)
Video for the first single of Consequene’s new album. G.O.O.D Music at its finest.
Muja Messiah & M.anifest – Vizualize Close (Live) + Big Quarters – (Live)
Exclusive one-time-only joint written for and performed at the “3 the hard way show” with Atmosphere, Brother Ali, M.anifest, Muja Messiah, Toki Wright, St. Paul Slim, and DJs Plain Ole Bill &Jimmy 2Times
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Big Quarters opens for Heiruspecs @ the Aquarium in Fargo, ND on 9-26-2009.
Mr. Peter Parker Interview with Devin The Dude x Donny Goines
Mr. Peter Parker Interviews Devin the Dude. Devin the Dude talks about his favorite type of weed.
Ha..wow.
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Video with up and comer Donny Goines in NY.
shouts to Peter Parker, Zeke & DJ CJ.
Interview with Evidence
Interview backstage at with Evidence of Dilated Peoples during the Lawrence stop of the Brother Ali “Fresh Air” tour. Evidence speaks candidly on: Defari vs Rhymesayes, his favorite producers, what Rakka is doing these days, and who smokes more weed him or Alchemist.
XV – Fall Out the Sky (Video)
Video for “Fall Out The Sky” off XV’s mixtape Everybody’s Nobody. Dope.
Mike Posner Web Series Promo (Video)
Peep the trailer for Mike Posner’s web series, “One Foot Out The Door”, which will debut on elitaste.com on September 30th. This series will correspond with the release of Mike’s new mixtape, also entitled “One Foot Out The Door.” The mixtape and series, which follows Mike as he balances his senior year at Duke with his full time music career, features appearances by Rosa Acosta, Wale, Gym Glass Heroes, Kid Cudi, Bun B, 3Oh3, 2AM Club and many more awesome people! It will also go behind the scenes of his shows, Austin City Limits, ThisIs50 Fest, the studio and even some important meetings. Tune in starting September 30th for Episode 1 and then every two weeks for a new episode.
This should be pretty interesting! Real excited to see everything come together because Posner is easily one of my favorite up and coming acts right now. Seeing him balance all of his music career on top of a full course load at Duke? Pretty crazy stuff. Can’t wait to see it all pan out.
Props to Elitaste.
Brother Ali, Evidence & Toki Wright – The Freshest Kids (Video + MP3)
Brother Ali, Evidence, Toki Wright and BK-One come together to create the anthem for their Fresh Air Tour that started earlier this week. Video and MP3 to get your day going! Can’t wait to check the homies out at the Chicago stop!
Young Money – Bed Rock ft. Lloyd
Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Tyga, Jae Millz – Bed Rock ft. Lloyd
Well I gotta feeling this might be a hit. Beat is kinda fresh right?
I about spit out my water when I heard the hook.
“Call me Mr. Flinstone cause I can make your bed rock”
A.R.M. – Slow Your Roll
I really like the material coming from this trio. A.R.M. is made up of M.anifest, Krukid and Budo. Some words from M.anifest about the project:
After releasing the joint with Brother Ali, we thought it would be useful to properly answer the “who the hell is A.R.M.?” question by liberating a series of songs that tell the story of our formation. It all began with this joint, “slow your roll,” – the very first joint the vocal section of A.R.M., Krukid (Uganda) and myself (Ghana), ever worked on.
It felt very organic, and despite being two cats from opposite ends of the continent our shared experiences certainly made it feel like the most effortless rap collab either of us had ever had. We later met up with the ultra-talented production arm (no pun intended) of our crew, Budo (Seattle) and the A.R.M. trifecta was born. This joint, though, is produced by O-D.
Here is the Brother Ali joint he mentions:
A.R.M. – Heaven Only Knows ft. Brother Ali
shouts to Mike over at MWB.
Fly.Union – Value Pack III + Interview with Fresh N Proper Radio
The dope trio from Columbus, Ohio drop another fresh pack of tunes for the masses to enjoy. Fresh as always.
Also check out my man Q’s interview with Fly.Union on Radio DePaul. Check his blog too – FreshNProper.com.
Mr. Peter Parker Interview with Brother Ali x Evidence x BK-One
Mr. Peter Parker stops Fifth Element in Minneapolis for the midnight release of Brother Ali’s new album US which dropped in stores yesterday. I’m with everyone else – Ali’s albums get better and better. Shouts to Mr. Peter Parker, Zeke and DJ CJ. HHDYH?
Mr. Peter Parker interviews Brother Ali at the midnight release of “Us” in stores now. Brother Ali talks about what this album means to him. He also talks about the feature on bk-one album “Radio do Canibal” in stores 10/6/09
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Mr. Peter Parker interviews Evidence at the midnight release of “Us”. Evidence talks about the new Dilated peoples album, death of DJ Am and his new family Rhymesayers.
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Mr. Peter Parker Interviews Bk-one at the midnight release of “Us”. Bk one talks about the new cd “Radio Do Canibal” in store Oct 6th, what the death of Roc Rida & DJ am meant to him.
Drake ft. Kanye West, Eminem & Lil Wayne – Forever (Video)
This video is kinda clowning….but I mean the track is kinda dope and the line up is ridiculous as we all know. Shouts to LeBron!
Anyone spot Slaughterhouse?
Boi-1da ThisIs50.com Interview
Boi-1da is an up and coming producer from Toronto. He produced Drake’s “Best I Ever Had” as well as “Forever” featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem.
Mike Posner Announces New Mixtape (Live Video)
After some live footage of Mike Posner performing some of his cuts off his A Matter of Time mixtape at Miami University – the video announces that he he will have a brand new mixtape titled One Foot Out The Door dropping on October 29th. A web-series of the same name will also start sometime within the next few weeks. Sounds amazing!
I still can’t believe the underground college following that this kid has. Hell – I’m one of them.
BK-One – Tema Do Canibal (Video)
The second track, “Tema do Canibal” off of BK-One’s upcoming album Rádio do Canibal. The song features the Chicago based nine piece horn and drum group the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble who have worked with the likes of Mos Def and Erykah Badu. The track was produced by BK-One & Benzilla.
This truly looks to be one of the most under the radar releases to drop this year. Above is a preview for the second track off BK-One’s new album. It sounds absolutely unbelievable. One of my most anticipated this year.
Pre-order Bk-One’s new album Radio de Canibal over at Fifth Element. The album officially drops October 6th.
Kid CuDi Set from Sprite Green Event + Jay-Z – Empire State of Mind (Live)
Kid CuDi’s set from the Chicago Sprite Green Event. Looks pretty dope!
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Jay-Z preforming “Empire State of Mind” on a London talk show.
Big Quarters Instrumental Album (Video Promo) + Behind The Scenes For "the Freshest Kids"
Big Quarters’ second installment of the series – and instrumental follow-up to From the Home of Brown Babies & White Mothers will be available one night only @ Triple Rock Social Club – October 10th, 2009. Zip Disks Break, featuring over 25 tracks of instrumental rap rhythms produced by Medium Zach & Brandon Allday, will be available FREE with cover. The night will feature: live beatmaking by G-Mo, Mike Swoop and Greg Grease; time-lapse visuals by the Riot Crew; photo booth with Jules Ameel and performances by Big Quarters, Benzilla, and Special Guests.
Join Big Quarters to celebrate Zip Disks Break 2009:
Saturday, October 10th @ Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis MN
18+/ $8 adv $10 door / 10pm doors
Wow – these guys know what they are doing and are always working hard on something new. Makes me proud to be a fan of the Twin Cities scene.
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Some behind the scenes footage of Toki Wright working on a track titled “The Freshest Kids” with Brother Ali and Evidence which seems like it will be a theme song for their upcoming “Fresh Air Tour.”
Jay-Z Album Art (Video)
A pretty dope behind the scenes look on how the album art for Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3 came together.
Nero – Funkorama (Video)
The homie Nero drops a bomb with the video for his track “Funkorama” off his Alive & Vibrant mixtape.
….and shit man you see that fly ass T-shirt? You know where to find it. Airtime Collection. Pwelbs X Airtime Collection mixtape dropping sooner than you think YA HEARD?
shouts to Mike Waxx and illRoots.com.
Curren$y – 16 Switches (Video) – Pac Div – Pac Div (Video)
Curren$y drops the video for his track “16 Switches” which can be found on his album titled This Ain’t No Mixtape.
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This song is absolutely DISGUSTING. Off Pac Div’s Church League Champions mixtape which can be found here.
Kris Bill – Jet Pack Music (Mixtape) + BJ The Chicago Kid – The New Beginning (Mixtape)
Kris Bill – Jet Pack Music (Mixtape)
A pretty dope MC outta Chicago who drops a real nice mixtape. Fresh jams for sure.
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BJ The Chicago Kid – The New Beginning (Mixtape)
Another dope Chicago mixtape I missed over the weekend. This one has soul – but who complains about that? This fella is dope as hell so make sure you check it out.
I’ll use my late pass for the both of these. Shouts to illRoots for the both of ‘em.
Kid CuDi – Day N Nite (Crookers Remix – Alt. Video) + KiD CuDi – Pursuit Of Happiness ft. Ratatat (Live On Letterman)
It’s funny cause I was just playing this song this weekend and here I come to see an alternative version of the video has surfaced over this past weekend. This song is my jam and this video is much better than than the previous.
Speaking of Kid CuDi here is some footage of CuDi and Ratatat performing the track “Pursuit of Happiness” on Letterman. The track can be found on CuDi’s new debut album.
