If you made that 808's and Heartbreak purchase you'll recognize this video as the bonus joint from the album. 'Ye invokes his inner Pharcyde on this one called "Pinocchio Story." If you're still not feeling the album, I suggest you listen to it about 8 more times. That's about how many spins it took for me. After the jump is Kanye's interview with Conan O'Brien last night and his perform...
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukHCFReQEOs 500x405] If you took advantage of our offer to be in Idle Warship's video last month, here goes your premiere. Talib Kweli, Res, and Graph Nobel team up for the video for "Black Snake Moan" off of their project Party Robot , live from club Rehab NYC. The Video was directed by The ICU. Check out Idle Warship performing at BB King's in NYC on...
Lemme find out Bush is down for the Refugee camp. Carly, you did it (or at least we have to think). John Forte's 14 year bid for accepting a briefcase with $1.4 million worth of cocaine has come to end with a stroke of still-President Bush's pen. Forte (official myspace ), a first time (and non-violent) offender, began his sentence in 2001. Should he not have b [...]
B.o.B just put out more heat for the internets - this joint is actually off of that Who the F#@k is B.o.B mixtape we posted. The song is called "I'm Dat N!@@a" and features him trading bars with labelmate and Grand Hustle bossman T.I. Above is part 1 of B.o.B's online dvd entitled "Best of B.o.B" which features performances, interviews and more. B.o.B "Im Dat N!@@a (Prod. Fury)" fea...
OKP would like to give a HUGE happy bday shout out to Jean Grae. Apparently Jean is in the gift giving mood on her bday and gives us this song, "Mean Jean - Birthday Edition." Also this Sunday 11/30 Jean will be performing at the Highline Ballroom with Mr. Len and Derrin Maxwell. Props once again to brother Numpsey. Jean Grae "Mean Jean - Birthday Edition [...]
Out Da Box TV comes through with their latest episode, and this one featuring Black Milk. We give this dude a lot of shine on OKP but it's well deserved. In this episode Milk speaks on a range of topics like the theme behind his new album Tronic , the ways in which J Dilla influenced him, and also the comparisons to the late great Dilla.
NY duo Folk&Stress spit over some classic Gang Starr material for this joint called "Brothers." Along with that is an interview the duo did with DJ Ready Cee. If you're in the NY area be sure to check out Folk&Stress along with U-N-I and EPMD at Santos Party House on December 9th. The charity event is a benefit for The Groundswell Mural Project. Get tickets here. F [...]
The homie Sweeney is on his grind as always and just put out CDRADIO Six. Only 5 more of these joints left, so enjoy. This one features the likes of Flying Lotus, Royce Da 5'9", Jaylib, Exile, Muhsinah, Blu, Blackstar, Slum Village and more. >>>Download: CDRADIO Six Related: • Audio: CDRADIO Five
We have two new videos from Illa J today off his new album, Yancey Boys . The first one is for "R U Listenin?" featuring Guilty Simpson with cameos from j. Rocc, Haircut, House Shoes, and more. After the jump Illa's video for "We Here". Yancey Boys is in stores now.
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owKa7QfVrW8 500x405] Back in October, our friends at Decon headed out to California to shoot 3 videos in 3 days for tracks off Evidence's The Layover EP/DVD which is officially in stores today. Today, OKP and 2dopeboyz have the jump on the last video of the series for "Solitary Confinement" featuring Krondon. Between the tripped-out beat by Sid Roams (...
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEdWAaLu9iU 500x405] One of the many emcees out of the Chi with something to say is Mikkey Halsted. I've been meaning to post something from the kid for a little while now, so this video would be a good introduction if you're not already familiar. Although it's a little late, here is the video for Mikkey Halsted's "Liquor Store" directed by Rico and Da V...
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToVfYWoxGJE 425x355] Muja Messiah's latest video came in yesterday for his song "The Madness" off of Thee Adventures of a B-Boy D-Boy (in stores now). Video directed by Sidenberg Tesnow.
"I stay fresh like I'm wrapped in plastic." Common is now offering to share his fresh styles with one lucky Okayplayer! Enter to win a custom fit Universal Mind Control jacket valued at $300, just like the one pictured above. The winner will also, of course, receive a copy of the CD. Five runners up will also win CDs! Just email okayplayercontest@gmail.com with yo [...]
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEdWAaLu9iU 500x405] One of the many emcees out of the Chi with something to say is Mikkey Halsted. I've been meaning to post something from the kid for a little while now, so this video would be a good introduction if you're not already familiar. Although it's a little late, here is the video for Mikkey Halsted's "Liquor Store" directed by Rico and Da...
As of last night it looks like a few more new Common tracks have started floating around the place. Hopefully the whole album didn't spring a leak. Being that the LP is only 10 tracks, this will more than likely be the last song we post before Universal Mind Control drops on 12/9. We first got a sample of this song from videos that surfaced of Com performing it live.& [...]
Novel's new album, The Autobiography... , is coming soon. Here is the video for his single "I Am" featuring Talib Kweli, Ben Folds, and Spree Wilson. The inspirational video was directed by Philip Sportel.
Today was the MTVU premiere of Bay area producers Keelay & Zaire's new video for "The Times." The song features Blu, Fortlive and Nino Moschella. Keelay & Zaire's album, Ridin' High , is due out February 21st and features appearances from Phonte, Blu, Torae, Tunji, Supastition, Cali Agents, and more. Related: • Audio: Keelay & Zaire "The Times" feat. Blu X "Addicts for Real" feat. Tun [...
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz8V6smeXtc 425x355] I really hate missing any Nas show in NY, especially since he shared the bill with Janelle Monae for this one, but Shamz is in LA this week. In this clip you get to hear Nas do his verse from the new street National Anthem. After the jump is Janelle Monae performing "Sincerely, Jane." [video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC90wasU9iw...
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY8YhLEYEmU 425x344] When Big Daddy Kane called us and personally requested that Okayplayer be part of his 20 year anniversary celebration in NYC, how could we say no? Besides, when we learned that Tamir and the good folks at Lyrics To Go Entertainment (LTG) were presenting, we knew the production would be tight. Sure enough, tight was an understatement!...
Directors take note, this is some highly creative shit on a shoe string budget. Watch as the contrast inverts between black and white while Evidence and Defari rock back and forth over this Ev beat. The text trickery progresses throughout so be sure to watch through the end! This is the fourth video to hit the net from Ev's upcoming EP/DVD The Layover , dropping next week on November 25th. ...
