Because my opinions are better than yours
Just a dope, dope video here by Pusha T for his Kanye-produced joint “Numbers On The Boards”: (peep the Kanye cameo at around 2:31)
UPDATE 5/10 - A video was just released of the first time Pusha T hears the mastered version of “Numbers on the Boards,” and it’s amazing:
[via Reddit]
So the above album free mixtape is exactly why I get so excited about where hip-hop is going right now; add 20-year-old Chicago-MC Chance the Rapper to the constantly-growing list of hip-hop artists under 25 that have begun to consistently put out great, original stuff on a consistent basis (see: Kdot, A$AP Rocky, Joey Bada$$, etc.), and the result is an influx of great talent that makes the future of hip-hop that much more exciting.
That being said, there’s no reason Chance can’t blow up just like the rest of those previously mentioned; fine, this is a little different, but there’s no denying that it’s just outrageously awesome…and bumps. (Plus when someone says “Lean all on the square/That’s a fuckin’ rhombus” you listen):
“Smoke Again” (feat. Ab-Soul)
And that’s just one song on the tape…
Here’s another one for good measure:
“So Good (Good Ass Intro)”
And, finally, one that dropped a few months ago but is still hot:
“Juice”
And if you haven’t yet then download his new tape “Acid Rap” by clicking right here, and do it this very second - you will thank me later.
[via YouTube]
In a segment that I don’t believe aired on national TV, here is Method Man and Black Thought performing the Wu-Tang Clan’s classic “Protect Ya Neck” backed by the Legendary Roots Crew in an amazingly candid (and dope) performance (please note Meth stepping up and telling Black Thought “I got this” right before spitting ODB’s verse…):
[via 2dopeboyz]
The video to the title track off of Harlem-bred A$AP Rocky’s debut album “LONG.LIVE.A$AP:”
He also performed on national TV for the first time last week on the David Letterman Show; watch said epic performance below:
Two Saturday’s ago I was lucky enough to attend the most amazing concert I’ve ever been to: first row, front and center, one of maybe 150 people in attendance at the Studio at Webster Hall for Daddy Fat Saxxx himself: Big Boi.
I was mad close:
To commemorate my attendance Last.FM streamed the concert live and has begun to release that footage of the concert over the past couple of days. These videos (complete with the most annoying advertisement ever before each one…) are below not just for you to enjoy the hotness that is Big Boi live, then at least to observe the hotness that is myself and Jimbo gettin down on the concert floor, front and center, for the cameras:
“Do Dirty” x “ATLien” x “Skew-it-On-the-Bar-B” x “Rosa Parks”
“CPU” x “Apple of My Eye”
“Ghettomusik” x “Bombs over Baghdad”
“Mama Told Me”
In what could simply be the most “Blogbdon” thing to ever grace the interwebs, below DMX sings “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer”…and it’s absolutely glorious:
[via (sorry can’t remember now…so I’ll just link it to) Devour]
Really liking (and understanding, albeit from the complete opposite perspective…) this Rap Genius post on Rappers’ Obsession with Jewish Culture:
*[Rick Ross] is the self-proclaimed “only fat nigga in the sauna with jews”
*Hov had a black Bar Mitzvah
And he’s also “That Martha Stewart that’s far from Jewish”*Kanye isn’t worried about going to court over samples, because if he gets sued, his lawyers jews
*Nas defends the Jews and is disgusted by anti-semitism
*DOOM refers to himself as the black jew and Jay Electronica can also be known as Jay Elec-Chanukah
*The Black Eyed Peas use Hebrew expressions when they’re getting fucked up
*Shit, Shyne even decided to convert to Judaism
[via Rap Genius]
From his own tumblr, this is pretty dope:
Rolling Stone asked me to vote on the top 100 hip hop songs ever.
These are my pics, sort of in order:
Follow The Leader- Eric B and Rakim
Planet Rock- Afrika Bambatta
Top Billin- Audio Two
Peter Piper- Run DMC
T.R.O.Y- Pete Rock and CL Smooth
Simon Says- Pharoahe Monch
Ante Up- M.O.P
Fight The Power- Public Enemy
The Message- Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Hypnotize- Biggie
In Da Club- 50 Cent
Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nothing To Fuck With- Wu Tang Clan
Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See- Busta Rhymes
La Di Da Di- Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick
Straight Outta Compton- NWA
B.O.B- Outkast
Mona Lisa- Slick Rick
PSA- Jay Z
Ain’t No Half Steppin- Big Daddy Kane
My Philosophy- Boogie Down Productions
Award Tour- A Tribe Called Quest
Ebonics- Big L
Grindin- Clipse
Buddy- De La Soul
Hip Hop- Dead Prez
Cream- Wu Tang Clan
99 Problems- Jay Z
Lost Ones- Lauryn Hill
One More Chance- Biggie
I Get Around- 2Pac
Get Low- Lil Jon
Juicy- Biggie
It Takes Two- Rob Base
Intergalactic- Beastie Boys
Flavor In Your Ear rmx- Craig Mack
Check the Rime- A Tribe Called Quest
Dear Mama- 2pac
How I Could Just Kill A Man- Cypress Hill
Get By- Talib Kweli
I Used to Love Her- Common
So Watcha Sayin- EPMD
Rock the Bells- LL Cool J
Mind Playing Tricks On Me- Geto Boys
Black Steel In the Hour Of Chaos- Public Enemy
Ice Cream- Raekwon
Money Power Respect- the Lox
Method Man- Wu Tang Clan
O.P.P- Naughty By Nature
Represent- Nas
Hail Mary- 2pac
Intl Player’s Anthem- UGK
Who Got The Props- Black Moon
Full Clip- Gangstarr
Runnin- Pharcyde
Next Episode- Dr. Dre
Stan- Eminem
Summertime- Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
Scenario- A Tribe Called Quest
Can’t Tell Me Nothing- Kanye West
Nutmeg- Ghostface Killah
The Choice Is Yours- Black Sheep
Love of My Life- The Roots
Shook Ones- Mobb Deep
Sound of The Police- KRS One
Made You Look- Nas
Paid In Full- Eric B and Rakim
Hey Mama- Kanye West
Brooklyn Zoo- Ol Dirty Bastard
U.N.I.T.Y- Queen Latifah
Ether- Nas
Get Money- Junior Mafia
Children’s Story- Slick Rick
Time 4 Sum Aksion- Redman
93 Til infinity- Souls of Mischief
Move Bitch- Ludacris
It’s So Hard- Big Pun
Whoa- Black Rob
Lean Back- Terror Squad
All For One- Brand Nubian
Da Rockwilder- Meth and Red
Ruff Ryders Anthem- DMX
The Light- Common
They Want EFX- Das Efx
Lose Yourself- Eminem
The Symphony- Marley Marl
Fuck The Police- NWA
NY State of Mind- Nas
Bring The Pain- Method Man
Niggas In Paris- Kanye West and Jay Z
Bring Em Out- T.I
Hot In Here- Nelly
Definition- Black Star
Exhibit C- Jay Electronica
Shake Ya Ass- Mystikal
What We Do- Freeway
Drop It Like Its Hot- Snoop Dogg
Ready Or Not- Fugees
Live At The BBQ- Main Source
Jump Around- House of Pain
I Got It Made- Special Ed
Power- Kanye West
I Got 5 On It- the Luniez
Elevators- Outkast
Ms Fat Booty- Mos Def
[via RapGenius]
Kanye speaks on his new collaborative album “Cruel Summer” for the first time…with no mentions of Kim, Kris or Taylor:
[via YouTube]
