Street Struck: The Big L Story (Trailer)

Big L documentary coming soon! Looks good, right?

SKANDAL - THE OTHER SIDE feat. LITTLE DEE

R.I.P. DJ AM

Taken from AllHipHop:

DJ AM, real name Adam Goldstein, was found dead in his New York City apartment today (August 28). The popular disc jockey was discovered about 5:20 PM. Goldstein's friends reportedly became concerned when none of them had heard from him in several days. One went to check on him, but didn't get him after going straight to the apartment room. The police broke into the apartment after the unnamed friend called them. They found him unresponsive and determined that he was dead. The last thing he said via his Twitter account was, "New york, new york. Big city of dreams, but everything in new york aint always what it seems." Almost a year ago in September 2008, DJ AM and Travis Barker survived a plane crash in South Carolina. Both men were badly burned and were the only ones that made it out alive. Reports say that there were drug materials in the home and that it may have played a factor in his death. He was 36 years old.

DJ MK - HARRY LOVE - FUNHOUSE LIVE @ HERBAL

Here's the flyer for the 1st Funhouse live gig taking place next Friday at London's Herbal. It's going to be a sick night, so make sure you are all there!!!

KYZA & RAW SMILEZ - DJGONE.TV EXCLUSIVE

FOREIGN BEGGARS - NEW VIDEO WITH THE SCRATCH PERVERTS

Sick video...Big up Pav and the crew!

What do u think?

Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. from Chris Cairns on Vimeo.

MK & USAIN BOLT

So, last Saturday, myself and Roots Manuva, headed over to the beautiful City of Berlin. We were performing for a Puma party, to be held in the honor of the entire Jamaican Athletic team. Further more, the worlds fastest man, Usain Bolt, was gonna join us on stage. When i heard this i was like "yeah right".

So we're on stage, the crowd are going crazy, the vibe is right. Still no sign of Mr Bolt. Then someone screams in my ear, "He's coming now, he's here". I had Witness cued up, and started drumming the first bit of drums,into a ragga beat, whilst Roots Manuva, and Ricky Ranking did a sick Freestyle all about Bolt. Amazing energy. Then Bolt stepped on stage...






To be honest, i knew that he was the fastest man in the world, and beat the world record, but wasn't ready for how crazy things were gonna get.
People lost their minds....Have a look at the footage below.



So the show ends, and its all good. I shut my computer down, then I'm informed that Bolt is gonna come back on, so i have to DJ. Not a problem. The only thing was, i had to re start my computer, which as you all know can take some time. Here's me waiting.......check out the expression on my face..



So my trusted Mac, turned on and i killed it on the decks, everything was going kool, crowd were loving it. Bolt came back on stage, presented some award, then came up to me and said that he wanted to DJ. Kool, not a problem. I biged him up about smashing the world record and cracked jokes with him about moonlighting on the side as a dj. When he told me he has Serato, i could' nt believe it. I expected him to be using CD'S, but no, he was a pro and was using Serato!!



Then we waited for Usain Bolts computer to turn on...... and waited..... and waited....It was strange, as there must have been 20 different TV cameras pointed at us. Bolt said he used to have just a mattress and his decks in his room, that was it. Think things gonna change now for him!!

He eventually got his lappy working and spun for about an hour. The party was crazy. Watching the entire Jamaican Athletic team daggering was a sight to see, all you heard was hardcore Bashment. Here's some more photos.

Raekwon - House of Flying Daggers (Video)

Featuring guest shots from Inspectah Deck, GZA, Ghostface Killah and Method Man, with production courtesy of the late J Dilla. 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II' due Sept. 8th.

JAZZY JEFF - DJ HERO

1ST TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS T I M E AGO...DJ HERO IS OUT IN OCTOBER.

DJ Hero, the videogame, announces DJ Jazzy Jeff's participation from Miss Info on Vimeo.

SNOOP ON WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE

J Dilla ft Havoc & Raekwon - 24K Rap (Video)

Finally, some visuals for one of the choice cuts off 'Jay $tay Paid', out now on Nature Sounds.

DMC WORLD FINALS 2009

Make sure you're there for one of the biggest events of the year. They've pulled out all the stops for the 25th anniversary, so make sure you reach!!!



DMC World DJ Championships
DMC's 25th anniversary Championship year!
DMC World Finals - Friday 11th and Saturday 12th September @ Indig02

DMC TV launches on http://www.dmcdjchamps.com/

DJ MK VOL 10 - BOOTLEGGED IN JAPAN - 1996

Right, let's take it back to the summer of 1996. I called this tape "Bootlegged in Japan" simply because I found out that my mixtapes were being bootlegged on a big scale in Japan. I really realised this when I was working in Handspun records (went on to be Deal Real) one afternoon and a group of 10 Japanese tourists came in. They looked at me really strangely, and then they all started to take off their baseball caps for me to sign...Luckily my homeboy DJ GO was in the shop and he was able to translate. He told me that they all bought my last 3 mixtapes and they wanted my autographs....

USELESS FACTS ABOUT THIS MIXTAPE:

* 1ST DJMK MIXTAPE TO HAVE SHOUTS

* LAST DJMK MIXTAPE TO BE RECORDED LIVE AND NOT WITH A 4-TRACK

* MY 1ST MIXTAPE THAT WAS SOLD IN THE STATES

* FIRST DJMK MIXTAPE TO HAVE A MAJOR LABEL ARTIST FREESTYLING ON IT (MAD SKILLZ)

* THE MAD SKILLZ FREESTYLE SESSION LASTED FOR AN HOUR

* THIS MIXTAPE WAS ALSO BOOTLEGGED IN JAPAN

*LAST DJMK MIXTAPE NOT TO BE PRESSED UP ON ACTUAL CLEAR TAPES

* WHEN THIS MIXTAPE CAME OUT, I DIDNT LIKE IT.

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MUCH PROPS TO LET THE BRAINZ BLO

B.o.B - Should Have Been the First Album (Mixtape)

Taken from ESKAY

Ha! I love it. Shake threw together this mix of No DJ Bobby Ray joints as sort of middle finger to the suits at Atlantic. Word on these e-streets is that they’re trying to force the homie B.o.B. into a 360 deal against his will. While I’m not categorically against 360, or multiple rights deals, I feel like they should be presented as an option to an emerging artist, not as the only option. And they certainly shouldn’t be used as a blackmail tool. I doubt they’d try to pull that shit with a TI or a Jay-Z. Sure, B.o.B. still has some showing and proving to do, but is a fair deal too much to ask? Just put out that man’s album and let the chips fall where they may.




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DJ Spinna - New York (Video)

Dope track featuring Krym of Jigmastas. Lifted from Spinna’s 'Sonic Smash' album, out now on High Water Music.

DJ Spinbad's Classic Reggae Mix Pt. 1

New 30 minute DJ Spinbad mix for you to download, Lovers Rock style. Spotted via his Twitter. Part 2 soon come.

Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 Tracklist

For your perusal, here's the tracklist for Jay-Z's 'The Blueprint 3' album.

Havoc - From Now On (Mixtape)

New mixtape from Havoc of Mobb Deep. Get ya download on here.

Fabolous ft. Jay-Z - When The Money Goes

Good to see Jay-Z in this video. Fab is doing his thing on the best cut off his brand new album "Loso's Way".

IBIZA

Just back in town from a crazy 6 days. First stop was Ibiza!! I ve been going to Ibiza now for 4 year, originally a place i thought that i would hate, but ended up loving it. Let me explain something about Ibiza if you've never been there before. There's 2 Ibiza"s. The Cheesy, expensive, chavey club Ibiza, and the beautiful cool side. We were over their for 'Urban in Ibiza" which was set in a boutique hotel in the mountains, with amazing surroundings (not what you would call urban) as well as a gallery with work from Graff writers like Goldie, Inkie, and Chu.

There was also a fashion show, i djed, Roots Manuva performed on the catwalk!! Met lots of crazy people. Heres what went down.

ROOTS MANUVA - C.R.U.F.F.

Music Video by Jessica Lux for Roots Manuva 'C. R. U. F. F.'. Winner of BBC New Music Shorts 2008. Produced by Warp Films.

The All Points West Festival 2009 - Jay Z and Neil Armstrong

Shout out to my homeboy and all round sick DJ, Neil Armstrong, who spins for Jay as well as tearing it down around the world, as well as making the sick mixtapes..

BCC's Tribute To The Classics

Check out footage of Boot Camp Clik representatives Black Moon and Smif-N-Wessun performing some of their classic joints at a free show in BK's Brower Park, alongside a live band and DJ Evil Dee.

MYSTRO - 'Mess I Ever Had' (VIDEO)

Mystro does a parody of Drake's 'Best I Ever Had' as featured on Shortee Blitz' highly anticipated mixtape 'The Standard'.. which will be available from Shortee's blog HERE. Also check Mystro's blog HERE...

Rakim On Good Day New York

The God MC performs his new single 'Holy Are You' on Fox' morning show 'Good Day New York', backed by DJ Kid Capri on the turntables. New album 'The Seventh Seal' is on the way.

Fly Union ft. Curren$y – AirPlane

Off Fly Union’s Value Pack #2, which is dope...you need to download it!!!

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SEMTEX MEETS SLAUGHTERHOUSE

SEMTEX TALKS TO THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE CREW AT THE RECENT ROCK THE BELLS SHOW.

SLAUGHTER HOUSE INTERVIEW | ROCK THE BELLS, DENVER from DJ SEMTEX on Vimeo.

DJ MK Interview With DMC Update

Check out DMC Update for a cool little interview with DJ MK that just went up. Also, a date for ya diary...the World DJ Championship Finals are taking place on the 11th and 12th September '09 at Indig02 in Greenwich and it's their 25th anniversary!!! Shouts to Sally at DMC.

National Vinyl Record Day

August 12th was the day Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877. Peep the Vinyl Record Day website and go play some wax!!!

Masta Ace & EDO.G Are A&E

Produced by Australia's M-Phazes, 'Little Young' is the first single to be lifted from Masta Ace & EDO.G's collabo album 'Arts & Entertainment' which is due out October 6th. Download link swiped from Nah Right.

XXL’s I Know Rap People: Slaughterhouse Edition

J-Zone's Blog

Be sure to check out the homie J-Zone's weekly blog posts over at Dante Ross' website. In his latest editorial, he asks "Are men the 'new' women?"

MYSTRO & JARGON - DJGONE.TV EXCLUSIVE

New bars from Mystro & Jargon (NBS).. Courtesy of DJGONE.TV

True Hip-Hop Stories: Big Daddy Kane

The legendary Big Daddy Kane breaks down the making of 'Ain't No Half Steppin', one of my favourite tunes of all time. Courtesy of D-Nice.

Westwood - Smurfie Syco freestyle 1Xtra

WATCH OUT 4 SMURFIE....

FARMA G - DJGONE.TV

New bars from Farma G (Taskforce/MFTC).. Courtesy of DJGONE.TV

SHYNE SET FOR RELEASE

Looks like Shyne will be home from jail October 6. Former Bad Boy artist Jamal 'Shyne' Barrow has been locked up for 10 years after being convicted of first-degree assault, gun possession, and reckless endangerment after a night club shoot-out on December 27, 1999. On the night of the shooting Shyne, Puffy and Jennifer Lopez where out clubbing in New York when Puff got into a confrontation with another group inside the club. After someone threw money in Puff's face, shots were fired. Shyne was apprehended immediately, but Puff, Jennifer, their bodyguard and driver fled the scene. Puff and 'nem were apprehended a few blocks away where cops found a stolen gun in the car.
Puffy and his bodyguard were later acquitted on gun charges while Jennifer Lopez was not charged with any crime. Rumour has it Jay Z wants to sign him to Roc Nation...We'll see.

MK AND ROOTS MANUVA LIVE AT THE BOADMASTERS FESTIVAL

Another weekend and yet another Festival. Theres nothing better then doing a summer festival in the outdoors...especially when its in Cornwall and the sun is shinning. It took us 7 hours to drive to Cornwall and we were performing The streets and Calvin Harris. The crowd was packed, and they were rowdy beyond belief. Through out the whole show the crowd were going crazy and fighting. I enjoyed the show, the energy was incredible, but i was glad to get out of there in 1 piece.

Calvin and The Streets, killed it as well, and then we faced a 7 hour drive home!! Ibiza next week.LETS GOOOOOOO!!!!!

MK AND DIZZEE RASCAL

So the day before yesterday i was spinning for Dizzee, for a brand new forthcoming Play station game. It was recorded in a studio in central London, and we did 6 tunes including " Chillin Wit The Man Dem" which was the 1st time Dizz ever performed it.Look out for the footage real soon.

I'll say it again, "Tongue n Cheek" is gonna be one of the biggest albums this year,you have been warned. Also watch out for the big Dizzee Rascal show, Oct 22ND at Brixton Academy. Get you tickets HERE

Special shout out to Sem, Paddy,Nick, Scope, Chuck and Laurence!

Video: Big Pun - The Legacy

New documentary about Pun and his life and his struggle with his weight. Cant believe its been 10 years since he died.RIP

CLIPSE FEAT PHARRELL - IM GOOD

Been killing this on the radio for time...Heres the video.

Is Vinyl Making a Comeback?

What do you think??

Vinyl Revival from Max Henstell on Vimeo.

The Pharcyde Live At The All Points West Festival

Footage of all four members of The Pharcyde performing at the All Points West Festival in New Jersey. Courtesy of DJ Neil Armstrong.

Kooley High - Kooley Is High (Video)

North Carolina's Kooley High pay homage to De La Soul's '96 classic 'Stakes Is High'.

CRACK & SHINE - THE FIRST EVER BOOK ABOUT GRAFFITI IN LONDON

Featuring forty of the most exciting and prolific graffiti artists to have lived and painted in London, Crack & Shine is the only London graffiti book ever to be published. Also presenting the work of London-based photographer Will Robson-Scott, Crack & Shine includes a series of over 50 beautifully-composed photographs, created exclusively for the book; giving articulate and vivid insight into the awkward moments of waiting, the apprehension of hiding and the calm and stillness that comes with seeing the world from an altered perspective.”


Out of all of the elements involving Hip Hop, Graffiti writers are definitely the unseen heros...the ones who get over looked and normally dont ever see a penny out of there art. As a ex graff writer, i've been dying to see a book documenting the London Scene, in a proper light. Now with the launch of this book, that book i've dreamed about has finally come out.

What makes this book good, is the lay out, the photos and the commentary that goes with it. It's also good to see a lot of my friends finally getting their props, and their place in the history books. TEACH, ZOMBY, ELK, COS, TOX, GRAND, ETC are all featured. Some amazing photos. Major props to my homeboy Teach, not only for being a sick writer over the last 18 years, but for taking so many sick photos. He was one of the few writers to always have a camera with him, so he was able to document a lot of classic flicks. OUT NOW. GO BUY IT.

Check out the Crack & Shine website HERE

DRAKE LIVE IN TORONTO

Drake was performing in the T dot( his home town) alongside Lil Wayne yesterday. Drake, due to his recent fall was performing with a cane. I like drake, but if i hear "Best I Ever Had" again im going to Scream!!! Check out the performance below.

Props to Mrexclusive

Beastie Boys’ Adam “MCA” Yauch Recovering From Cancer Surgery

Good news!

Beastie Boys‘ Adam “MCA” Yauch confirmed he’s making a quick recovery from surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his parotid gland — and thanked artists who have paid tribute to him onstage — in an e-mail message to fans dated today. In the personal missive, Yauch reveals his surgery was completed a week and a half ago, and that he spent only one post-op night in the hospital before heading home to recuperate, “have home cooked food and hang out with the family.” Yauch told fans about his cancer directly in a video message on July 20th.

“I haven’t taken any of the pain meds, which supposedly speeds along the healing process, or should I say, taking them slows it down,” he writes, noting that it took several days to get the anesthesia from the operation out of his system. Yauch reveals he’s experiencing stiffness in his neck and jaw, but his condition is improving with each day. Radiation treatments, a “torture,” MCA says, which will involve “blasting you with some kind of beam for a few minutes a day, 5 days a week, for about 7 weeks” begin in several weeks.

But Yauch still has his mind on music, despite his medical setback. He writes that he saw all the All Points West tributes to the Beasties, who had to pull out of the festival at the eleventh hour due to his diagnosis. Shouting out Jay-Z for his cover of “No Sleep ‘Til Brooklyn” and Coldplay’s Chris Martin’s solo piano take on “Fight for Your Right” with “good shit,” MCA also thanked Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O for wearing a “Get Well MCA” armband and Q-Tip for his good vibes. Check out photos and full reports from all All Points West — where Jay-Z made his first U.S. festival appearance in place of the Beasties — at our APW hub.

“I do think that all of the well wishes have contributed to the fact that my treatment and recovery are going well,” Yauch concludes. “Much love back at all of you!”

As Rock Daily reported, Yauch’s cancer led the Beasties to push back the release of new album Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 1, which was originally planned for a September 15th release.

Pharoahe Monch @ Jazz Cafe Aug '09 PT1

Pharaohe Monch performing live at the Jazz Cafe along with DJ Boogie Blind (X-Ecutioners), MeLa Machinko & Showtyme.. New Pharoahe Monch project 'WAR' coming soon!! Make sure you check out DJ GONE HERE

JAY Z BLUE PRINT 3 ALBUM COVER

AND HERES WHY HOV DID IT LIKE DAT!

“These things are like the forgotten pieces in hip-hop,” Hov explained. “It’s still about music. It’s not about radio, making gimmicks — it’s still about making music. Those things are piled in the corner. These are the forgotten things about music. It’s still about music. It’s not about radio, it’s not about making gimmicks, it’s about music. The three stripes that everybody is asking about is made from the original [number] three. The first three they made on the wall was someone carving. If you look at [the number] 3, all they did was connect lines. The whole thing about this album, how I approached it, is that I wanted to make a new classic to start that all over again — to go back to making classic albums like the ones we grew up listening to.”

DJMK - VOL 14 - 1999 CLASSIC

Lets take it back ten years ago to 1999.
If you wanted to hear good new music, you heard it on mixtapes. Props to letthebrainzblog.blogspot.com, who uploaded this yesterday. So this mixtape was recorded in March 1999, and if i say so myself, is pretty dope. Exclusives, freestyles, good music...You know the deal. I remember i recorded this, a week before by first trip to NYC. I wanted to lace Fat Beats with something new, and i did.

CLICK THE PIC FOR TRACK LISTING!

DOWNLOAD DJMK - VOL 14 HERE

C - SICK MEETS NAS

So a few days ago i posted the new Nas joint "Film" which was produced by the 17 year old C-Sick, who recently won the Redbull big tune producer battle. Heres some dope footage of them meeting and recording that song. Watch out for this kid!!

Video: Raekwon Interview w/ DJ Enuff on A-List Radio

MORE FROM THE GOD... SEPT 8TH - ONLY BUILT FOR CUBAN LINX PART 2 - YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS.
RAE CHOPS IT UP WITH DJ ENUFF ON A-LIST RADIO
PROPS TO ESKAY!

|VIDEO|: B.o.B Shuts Atlanta Down On The Great Hangover Tour

WOW..B.O.B KILLED IT!!

Black Milk Broadcast: R.I.P. BAATIN

Words from Black Milk on the passing of his friend and colleague Titus "Baatin" Glover of Slum Village...

Baatin was the first to discover Black's production talent nearly a decade ago, and they'd been tight ever since. On July 20--less than two weeks before Baatin's death--the reunited Slum Village filmed a video for a new track from their forthcoming album "Slum Manifesto." Black Milk Broadcast reveals some exclusive footage from the video shoot.
Taken from Black milks twitter!

SOULJA BOY’S NEW LAMBORGHINI CHAIN

Probably the stupidest thing ive seen on the net all day...
Money to waste...
And he wonders why people try to rob him...

Video: Slum Village Pay Tribute to Baatin

At Rock The Bells show yesterday, the remaining members of Slum village paid respect to Baatin. R.I.P.

Complex Presents: The Complete History Of Dead Rap Magazines

Before it was all about blogs, we used to religiously buy our favourite magazines every month to get all the latest news, reviews and features. Complex looks back at the hip-hop publications that are no longer with us...good to see they included a bunch of UK mags in their piece. Spotted over at Fat Lace.