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Clap Your Hands, 15 to 20 Times
Girl Lemme See That Earthquake
“If you wanna do it doggy like Snoopy-Snoopy”Thank you AOTS.
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The Very Best Gifts From the Warm Heart of Africa (7'' Vinyl Give-a-Way)
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When European production duo Radioclit joined forces with Malawi-born singer-turned-antique store clerk Esau Mwamwaya under the group-name The Very Best last year the result was one of the more memorable mixtapes of the year.The trio's official debut album ‘The Heart of Africa’-a fusion of Mwamaya's African Pop stylings and Radioclit's diverse beats that, remarkably enough, doesn't sound like
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The Force Is Stong With This One
Obama-Wan Kenobi.
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Shafiq Husayn Says “the Master of the All Got a Plan for Ya'll!”
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‘Shafiq En’ A-Free-Ka,' the forthcoming solo debut from Shafiq Husayn of Sa-Ra Creative Partners isn't just my favorite Sa-Ra-related project to date.It's one of my favorite albums of the year.And “Nirvana,” an Afrobeat-infused Jazz-Funk skank with meandering brass, call-and-response chanting and George Clinton-meets-Afrika Baambaataa-style toasting atop is one of my most favorite-ish song
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Tableek vs. Blacastan in a Fight to the Def
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Artist:Tableek
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Album:Nothing Leeser
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Track:Black vs. Bleek
The homie Tableekone-third of Springfield, Massachusetts-bred Hip-Hop crew Maspyke alongside Hanif Jamiyl and Roddy Rodis going hard on some 'Moment of Truth'-era Gang Starr shit on his new Juuso and Blacastan-assisted single and video "Black vs Bleek." Tableek "Black vs Bleek" feat. Blacastan (.MP3) "Black vs Bleek" is the first single from 'Nothing Lesser,' a collaboration between Tableek...
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Become a Custodian of The Custodian of Records' Record
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Artist:The Custodian of Records
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Album:She Hate Me
Back in 2000 I released a home-made CDR titled ‘Universal Joints’ with my partner-in-rhyme J-Son as the group No Ordinary Repetitive Mentality.One of the first people to order a copy of my record over the net was a random kid from New Jersey who called himself “Self” who I'd never met before.Today that kid calls himself The Custodian of Records and is making a mark on the Hip-Hop game with
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(500) Days of Sweet Disposition
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Re-Live Peter Bjorn and John's Latest Album With Mick Boogie and Friends
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Album:Re-Living Things
Ohio-bred DJ Mick Boogie curates a collection of original reworks of tracks from Swedish Indie sensations Peter Bjorn and John's outstanding ‘Living Things’ LP by a host of Hip-Hop artists and producers on the ‘Re-Living Things’ remix project!Contributors include DJ Jazzy Jeff, GZA, Talib Kweli, Geechie Suede of Camp Lo, Buckshot, Bun B, Wale, Evidence, Naledge, Rhymefest, Black Milk, 88 K
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Relax With Jazz and Indo Afters Cool
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Artist:Afters Cool Society
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Album:Indo-Jazz Sweet
Back in the day I made a couple of beats for a young rapping dude named Kid Khalid from Hartford, Conneticut.Shortly thereafter he went away to college in Chicago, Illinois and I pretty much lost touch with him entirely.Thanks to the internet, and websites like MySpace and Facebook, we reconnected with each other a year or two back.These days he goes by the name DJ Tapedeck, he helms something ...
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ScumLife 9-11 Sale!
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Artist:Tone Tank
Brooklyn, New York-based emcee Tone Tank isn't just one of my favorite rappers, he's the owner of ScumLife, one of my favorite streetwear companies!Seriously, a week doesn't go by where I don't wear one of his many fresh ScumLife t-shirts which pay tribute to skate culture, Punk-Rock, Hip-Hop and random scumminess.Because it's about to be 9-11 Tone is putting the limited amount of stock he has ...
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DON'T STEAL BIKES AAAAAIIIGHT!!!
Bike theft. That was something I feared ever since I got my Mongoose Expert back in ‘85. If I wasn’t on it I had it chained up and locked. TWO TIMES! Granted they were those crazy cheap combination joints wrapped in plastic, but whatever. They got the job done. Due to my paranoia I never had a bike stolen. Everyone else I knew wasn't so lucky. So I dedicate this video to them. DON'T STEAL BIKE
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“We Ain't Sene Rain 'Round Here in Nigh on... ”
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Artist:Sene
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Album:Maltas & Music
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Track:Please Don't Rain
With just a couple of weeks left in the season, Brooklyn, New York-based emcee Sene swings through with what just might be the feel-good Hip-Hop anthem of the Summer.It's an uptempo Blu-produced body-rocker tited “Please Don't Rain,” that puts a futuristic spin on that old Native Tongues steez, complete with Swedish songstress Kissey Asplund playing Vinia Mojica.Sene “Please Don't Rain” fe
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Dumbfoundead Eats Rappers for Breakfast, Literally!
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Artist:Dumbfoundead
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Track:Rapper-O‘s
Remember that Lily Allen-jacking “Peter Pan Complex” MP3 from Project Blowed-affiliated Los Angeles-based emcee Dumbfoundead I posted about a month or so ago?Well, here's his clasically-conceived, perfectly-executed, Old School-spirit-reviving Adam Stanzak and Tony Oberstar-directed video clip for “Rapper-O‘s,” a tune that’s 100% his!Seriously though, I came up watching joints like thi
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Terry Cole Performs a Balancing Act With Othello, Now On, Mayer Hawthorne and DJ Vajra
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Track:Active Balanced (Terry Cole)
The homie Terry Cole-musician, producer and owner of Middletown, Ohio-based label Colemine Records-just sent me a super-soulful remix he made for “Active Balanced,” a track from Portland, Oregon-based emcee Othello and Denver, Colorado-based turntablist DJ Vajra.The original version is a slab of bombastic, bass-heavy boom-bap laced with jazzy keys and etheric choral samples, but Terry's rework
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“Woman, I Know You Understand.”
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“The little child inside the man.” John Winston Lennon
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