?uestlove from The Roots talks about when he first discovered Fela Kuti’s music, and walks us through Fela’s influence in yesterday and today’s hip-hop — including works by Mos Def, Macy Grey, D’Angelo, X-Clan, and Leader of the New School.
Previously: The Cast of Fela! @ The Roots Holiday Jam
Another one from Deck’s Manifesto, out March 23rd.
Inspectah Deck feat. Raekwon & AC – The Big Game
Props to X
Previously: Inspectah Deck – The Champion (prod. The Alchemist)
Art by Shake
Off this kid Feroz’s Invisible Man mixtape that drops tomorrow.
Feroz ft. Yelawolf – Bring The Money Home
Previously: Feroz ft. Cory Gunz – Gunz N Rozes
In part 1, he talks about life in Rikers, not being signed to Interscope anymore, his Gunpowder Guru project, improving his Internet savvy, and losing a cousin to the Haiti earthquake.
After the jump, part 2 where he talks about Interscope blackballing them around the time of T.O.S., the G-Unit backlash, and his “beef” with Max B’s lawyer (“What kind of lawyer you know does blogs?”)
New features from Pinero.
Lunch ft. Styles P – Most Anticipated (Remix) [via Mr. X]
Bonus: Lumidee ft. Styles P – End Of Time [via Splash]
Here are a couple of clips of Rae discussing ODB and Ghostface with Toure for his episode of Hip-Hop Shop that aired on FUSE last night. If you missed it, you can catch it again tonight @ 11:30 EST.
Tanya Morgan’s Donwill talks about his solo project, Don Cusack in High Fidelity, trying to win on his own, proper use of social networks by artists (important!) and then spits a little something for Last.fm.
Meyhem Lauren and Thirstin Howl III remake the Rick The Ruler classic.
Meyhem Lauren ft. Thirstin Howl III – Treat Her Like A Prostitute
I also have two bonus joints, one of which hits close to home for me:
On “Got The Fever” Meyhem does a damn good job detailing his obsession with bombing the system. I’ve heard a bunch of odes to graf, but he really captured the feeling on this one.
Meyhem Lauren – I Got The Fever
Meyhem Lauren ft. Timeless Truth – Timeless Greatness
Shouts to Dallas Penn
Previously: Timeless Truth feat. Thirstin Howl III & Meyhem Lauren – Connect 4
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