At the Nike party for the 25th Anniversary of the Air Force 1. More video @ Worshipworthy

Also: Crafting The Perfect One

In an effort to alleviate concerns that I may be going Hollywood, I’m linking up with Def Jam to bless a couple of you characters with a More Fish promo tee.

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Ed Zwick, director of the film Blood Diamond, criticizes Russell’s recent trip to Africa, which many have seen as an attempt to downplay the wrongdoings of the diamond industry.

Howard University Unveils New Hip-Hop Courses 

The Voice talks to Dame Dash about his latest venture, among other things. He says that he didn’t know Jimmy was going to use his vocals on Kingdom Done and that he was mad about it, but got over it.   

Ghostface, unhappy with the look of his action figure, sends the designers back to the drawing board. Oh, and he’s a watermelon.  

Saigon and Abandoned Nation team with the In Arms Reach organization to provide educatonal mentoring and assistance to children whose parents are or have been incarcerated.

Did Muhammad Ali invent rap? Ali rap video (via Rizoh) 

Styles talks about the Michael Richards incident and questions the benefits of voting.

New Pharoah Monch interview 

The first Annual Urban DVD Awards went down last week sans any brawls or shootings.  

Foxy accused of probation violation, threatened with prison

The NYC subway system experiences a European invasion.

Above: video for Uncle Murda’s I Shot The Sheriff. The lyrics aren’t for the faint of heart.

Nas: "Fuck Dipset" 

Rizoh has some footage up from the L.A. listening session for HHID.

The Little Homey speaks with The Independent. 

Cocaine rap continues to resonate 

Jeezy finds that rapping about coke doesn’t necessarily endear you to corporate marketing departments.

Local Baltimore rappers contribute to the sound of the next season of The Wire. The Fader also has an extensive interview with series creator David Simon up now.

Lil Wayne Attempts to Clear Up Jay-Z Comments

TMZ pans 50′s performance in Home of The Brave: "The rapper’s portrayal of a disturbed vet is quite possibly the only thing more painful than being shot nine times."

TSS smokes with Clue. 

For the first time in six years, no rap stars were nominated for Grammy Awards in any of the marquee categories such as album of the year or best new artist. Oliver Wang responds here.

The Coup need your help 

A rundown of the Chicago leg of Rock The Bells. Redman "If you’re into BET or MTV . . . show your way to the door"

There’s a whole lot of drama surrounding the release of ODB’s last album.

Sylvester Stallone’s planned film on the Biggie and Tupac murders and L.A.’s Rampart Scandal has been stalled. 

Info on Belo of Do or Die’s murder case

Mick Boogie and Ghostface: FishNChips is now available for download here.

Alchemist talks about Prodigy’s Return of The Mac mixtape.

Grafh weighs in on the Sean Bell shooting.

Grafh – Black Panther courtesy of Onsmash

Talib Kweli presents Blacksmith: The Movement

1. Blacksmith Intro – Talib Kweli (produced by J Dilla)
2. This Is It – Talib Kweli
3. On Site – Strong Arm Steady feat. Talib Kweli
4. Role Call – Jean Grae feat. McGuyver, Daddy Mills
5. Heat Freestyle – Jean Grae feat. Phil the Agony
6. Hater Anthem – Jean Grae
7. Hush – Talib Kweli feat. Jean Grae
8. Money Don’t Make You Rich – Hi Tek feat. Strong Arm Steady
9. I Can’t Believe – Phil The Agony feat. Xzibit, Krondon
10. Project Jazz – Hell Raza feat. Talib Kweli, MF Doom
11. New York Shit – Talib Kweli feat. Jean Grae
12. Funny Money – Talib Kweli (produced by Mad Lib)
13. Making Money – Mitchy Slick feat. Xzibit
14. Where It All Started – Hi Tek feat. Jadakiss, Papoose, Talib Kweli, Raekwon
15. Step Back – Sonia Sanchez
16. I Feel You – Talib Kweli
17. The Jam – Jean Grae
18. High Enough – Talib Kweli, Fonzworth Bentley, Krondon (produced by DJ Khalil)
19. Pardon Me – Jean Grae – (produced by 9th Wonder)
20. Can We Go Back – Hi Tek feat. Ayak, Talib Kweli
21. Young Man – Talib Kweli feat. John Legend (produced by Kanye West)
22. Sacred Artist – Talib Kweli feat. Planet Asia

You may have noticed that posting has been somewhat slow around here for the last couple of days. Don’t worry, I’m not slacking and I didn’t fall off. I happen to be on vacation and celebrating my birthday this weekend, so everything is moving in slow motion. 

Power 105.1 DJ Carl Blaze was shot multiple times during a robbery in Washington Heights.

If you went to the Mixtape Awards and acted like a nigger (yeah I said it) you should kill yourself.

The Clipse respond to Wayne on 103 Jamz in VA

Detox, coming September ’07. (Yeah right)

Quick Redman interview with the Denver Post. He says he’s dropping Red Gone Wild in March and Muddy Waters 2 in September. 

Andre 3000 to star opposite Will Ferrell in a basketball comedy called Semi-Pro. 

Full list of Grammy nominees. 

Peep how Monie Love riles Jeezy up during this interview. He started out alright, questioning Wayne’s comments towards Jay, but then he lets Monie get under his skin and starts talking reckless about Nas. Come on Jeezy, you’re technically not even a rapper, and you’ve said it yourself. Now you getting all emotional and questioning a legend’s street cred like that has something to do with hip hop?

"You got it misconstrued, all fucked up" 

Audio 

From the Grind or Die DVD.