Archive for December, 2009

N.O.R.E. feat. DMX, Ja Rule & Yummy Bingham – Stay Flawless

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

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Ja Rule & X squashed their beef at this year’s Hip Hop Honors.

N.O.R.E. feat. DMX, Ja Rule & Yummy Bingham – Stay Flawless

Bonus: DMX – Spit That Shit | DMX ft. Janyce – Let Me Be Your Angel

Props to TS

Video: Slum Village – Da Night

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Fantastic Vol 2.10, coming January 12th.

Previously: eLZhi – The Leftovers Unmixedtape | Slum Village – Money Right (prod. Madlib)

Video: Kanye Previewing “A Star Is Born”

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Some quick footage of Kanye previewing an early version of “A Star Is Born” for GLC, Really Doe, Don C and others back when The Blueprint 3 was still just a twinkle in Jay’s eye.

Crooked I – Long Beach Wanna Rock

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Crooked I – Long Beach Wanna Rock | Mediafire

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Previously: Crooked I feat. Raekwon, Edi & Coniyac – That’s My Word (prod. Komplex)

Joell Ortiz – Dear Summer Freestyle

Monday, December 21st, 2009

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Joell Ortiz – Dear Hustle | Mediafire

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Props to OnSMASH

Video: Snoop Dogg on The Martha Stewart Show

Monday, December 21st, 2009

TMZ got a preview of Snoop Dogg’s appearance on The Martha Stewart Show. There’s a shit ton of weed innuendo but Martha is cool with it. Spotted at RR.

Dead at this episode preview they put up on her website.

aSmash feat. Mickey Factz – New Words

Monday, December 21st, 2009

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aSmash feat. Mickey Factz – New Words

Video: Pill x VIMBY

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Previously: Follow Pill Through Fort City (Video)

Video: N.O.R.E. Analyzes The War Report

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Yo let’s rackateer this, while most niggas’ll fear this
Turn my shit down everytime they hear it
PHD me, rapidly right in back of me
Tackle me, them niggas make loot but only half of me
My faculty, blow holes in your Moschinos and tuxedos
While all y’all niggas reload (reload)

Nore sits in a staircase somewhere with a beer and a L and analyzes The War Report, which is funny because that’s the same exact setting that I used to be in when I sat around analyzing that album back in ’97. Old head rap FTW.

Video: DJ Premier Interview @ Red Bull Music Academy

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Here are a couple of snippets from a nearly 2 hour interview that Preemo sat for at the Red Bull Music Academy back in 2007. Above he speaks on the early days of his career, linking up with Guru, recording his first demo and trying to pass it along to Marley Marl.

After the jump, he talks working with Nas and Biggie.

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