Thursday 31 December 2009

BIGZ FREESTYLE WITH DJMK & SHORTEE BLITZ

BIGZ IS SICK YOU KNOW...IF YOUR NOT UP ON WHAT HE'S ABOUT,JUS CHECK THIS OUT!!

Flavor Flav- I'll Never Let You Go

*Wipes 2 tears*

Drunk “Driver’s Seat” w/ Capone-N-Noreaga & Busta Rhymes



While on tour with Raekwon in NY, CNN caught up with Busta Rhymes & Luguz.

Check out some footage of a drunk Capone spitting some freestyles, a half-sober Nore & Busta Rhymes speaking on Busta’s appearance on the original “The War Report” album for the track “Driver’s Seat”.

Capone-N-Noreaga’s “The War Report 2″ coming 2010.

shout to eskay

DJ MK AND ROOTS MANUVA - THE NEW ZEALAND INVASION











So if you don't know I'm currently down under, touring with Roots Manuva!! After a stupidly long flight (37 hours door to door)we arrived in paradise. New Zealand is one of the moist beautiful Countries in the world, with some of the most coolest, laid back people you could meet. We performed at the rhythm and vines festival, which was situated i a spot called Gisborne, which was a 45 min flight from Auckland, where we were based...

As you can see from the photos....we had to travel there in a 14 seater plane!!! Believe me, when u travel in a plane so small, you feel EVERY little bump!!

The show went amazing, set in the hills of a vineyard....the promoters even chartered a flight for us and all the other artists to fly back.... It was the a funny flight coming back, with the passengers made up of, ourselves, Moby, Diplo an Major Lazers, and various other rock bands...

Tonight is the big NYE party in Perth Australia!!!! FULLY SICK ( as the Aussies would say)

Wednesday 30 December 2009

Mystro 2009 UK Rap Up

The only 2009 rap up you need to be listening to! Mystro kills this!



Download the track here

Monday 28 December 2009

Saturday 26 December 2009

Stylah - Young Forever

Stylah jumps on the instrumental for Jay-Z's 'Forever Young'.

You can also download it here.

AZ – The Essence (rmx) f. Nas


Good to hear some new music from these 2. For me AZ and Nas is a sick duo, and every time these 2 get together it's heat.
Seven years ago he produced the original, now BabyPaul is back with the remix. Off his upcoming mixtape, Undaground Veteran 1.5, which should be dropping anytime now.

AZ – The Essence (rmx) f. Nas DOWNLOAD


Props to 2db

Friday 25 December 2009

Reflection Eternal feat. Jay Electronica, J. Cole & Mos Def - Just Begun (CDQ)


GOOD MUSIC RIGHT HERE. DOWNLOAD

Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek’s Revolutions Per Minute is due out in February 2010.Props to NR

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL

Digiwaxx Radio #6: Kid Capri



The Legendary DJ Kid Capri gives back for the holidays with an exclusive new mixtape. Go here to listen and here to download. Shouts to the good people over at Digiwaxx.

Thursday 24 December 2009

KRS-One Ft. Lupe Fiasco - Dunking On Reindeer [Kobe & Lebron Puppet Nike Commercial]

Damn! Hilarious Nike Commercial Featuring Kobe, Lebron, Santa Clause, & His Reindeer[As Puppets] With KRS-One As Santa Clause & Lupe Fiasco As Blister On The Vocals!!

SHOUT OUT 2 DOMSKI!!

Wednesday 23 December 2009

Nas & Damien Marley - Distant Relatives Artwork



Apparentley this is dropping in March...we'll see about...

Tuesday 22 December 2009

TI RELEASED FROM PRISON


WOW...THAT WAS QUICK..
1ST U GET THE MONEY...THEN U GET THE POWER...


Sources from Atlantic Records have exclusively confirmed with BET.com that T.I. has been released from prison. The news comes to a surprise to the entire industry as T.I. was slated to serve at least three more months at the Arkansas Forrest City prison.

The source from Atlantic Records confirmed with BET News’ Sharon Carpenter that the rapper was abruptly released from the facility and is currently in route to Atlanta to serve the rest of his time in a half way house.
Steve Sadow confirmed with XXLMag.com earlier this month that TIP might see an early release but would it was to be decided by the Federal Bureau of Prisons to decide the fate of the decision.
“Now it is up to the [Federal] Bureau of Prisons to decide whether someone should be placed in a halfway house prior to the projected release date,” Sadow told XXL. “The Bureau of Prisons can do that and typically does it either a month before, or two months before… as much as six months before the projected release date.”
Details on T.I.’s release are extremely sketchy at this moment, but check back with BET.com for more details on this story.

FROM BET

Jay-Z ft. Mr Hudson – “Young Forever”

*Wipes tear from eye*

ONCE AROUND THE BLOCK - AMIR ABDULLAH

Amir Abudullah, label manager of Wax Poetics magazine and one half of the famous crate digging, deejaying duo Kon & Amir, who have a monthly radio show on Spine Magazine, shows you a few spots around New York.

Amir visits the record stores: The Sound Library, Good Records & Tropicalia In Furs as well as small clothing store Burkina.

Make sure you check out SpineTV HERE

Monday 21 December 2009

Teriyaki Boyz ft. Jay-Z - Living The Life


Teriyaki Boyz ft. Jay-Z - Living The Life.


Assuming this is the exact same version of this track as it appears on the album, this Jay-Z verse has been passed around the industry like Karrine Steffans. It first appeared on this leaked Timbo track with Justin Timberlake back in 2007 and then popped up again in 2008 on this Missy remix. SHOUT TO ESKAY!!

JUICE CREW CHRISTMAS - UNRELEASED 1988




Westwood used to play this every Christmas and it never saw the light of day. ENJOY.

Featuring -BIG DADDY KANE, ROXANNE SHANTE, AND MC SHAN

DOWNLOAD HERE

Mystro on KISS w/ Shortee Blitz & DJ MK PT2

Check out this interview with Mystro, from last weeks radio show, with myself and Blitz.

Sunday 20 December 2009

Yo! Third Anniversary With Fab 5 Freddy

Classic YO MTV RAPS with Fab 5 Freddy. Watch here to see a very young Busta Rhymes, and a young Q-Tip.

Props 2 TMOD

Saturday 19 December 2009

SWAY 'ARD BODIED


LOOK OUT FOR THE DELIVERY MIX TAPE DROPPING NEXT YEAR

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Alicia Keys Partying To ‘Welcome To Jamrock’

* Cringes*


Alicia Keys sings 'Welcome to Jam Rock' by Damien Jr. Gong Marle

MySpace Today | MySpace Video

FUTURA 2000

Spine TV catch up with New York legend Futura for a chat and a drink at his recent exhibition: Odyssey Two. The solo exhibition was presnted by Artorial at a pop up space in the centre of Mitte, Berlin.

I remember being a graf writer, aged 12 seeing this guys work for the first time. I was blown away, thinking to myself that this dude lived up to his name, and his work was looked like someone in the future did it.

BIG UP 2 THE FAM AT SPINETV

Friday 18 December 2009

LONDON POSSE ON WESTWOOD 1996



This was recorded back in 1996, and was one of the last times we heard London Posse together. Rodney P and Bionic on fire as usual. Pity they had to split up. This must have been recorded round about the time i first met Rodney P, as he did some of these bars on one of my mixtapes from back in 96.

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PROPS TO STEPONE

LAST NIGHTS FUNHOUSE WITH DJ MR THING

Thursday 17 December 2009

Nardwuar vs. Kid Cudi

My favorite interviewer weirdo, sits down with Kid Cudi whilst he was out in Canada with Lady Ga Ga???

JAY ELECTRONICA - EXHIBIT C


This is one of my favorite Hip hop joints at the moment. Jay electronica is defiantly killing it right now. Someone needs to bring this dude over to the UK for a proper show.

BUY IT ON ITUNES HERE

So does this beat sound a lil familiar?? Check below, who uses it better??

Terry Kennedy, Stevie Williams & Curtains are In Search of Stoney Jackson…



Out now available at the stones throw website Heavy album, go get it!!

RIHANNA DOES GQ




SEXXY OR DESPERATE?

TY TALKS ABOUT " A SPECIAL KIND OF FOOL "

Ty met with MOOVMNT in Amsterdam to talk about the hip hop in UK, shed some light on his upcoming album “A Special Kind of Fool” and tell us how he never wanted UK rappers to ask him for beats.

shout to HD


Ty @ Moovmnt.com from joao costa on Vimeo.

MYSTRO - DJMK - SHORTEE BLITZ LIVE ON KISS

Mystro kills this!!

Sunday 6 December 2009

AL SHUX


This dude is a beast on the beats. He has his own sound, and one is the best producers in Hip Hop you've probably never heard of. His name is Al Shux, repping west London. He produced Lupe and Snoops "High Definition" Jay Z's Empire state of mind, and Sway's Lil Derrick. Get to know!!

Shout out to THHC


VIBE gets the skinny on the UK producer behind Jay-Z's first No. 1 solo record
VIBE: Tell me about the making of "Empire State of Mind." How'd you get it into Jay-Z's hands?
Al Shux: I had the basic backing track that I made about a year ago. Then I worked with two writers who wrote a song over the beat. We didn't write a bridge and were thinking it would be great to get a rapper on that part. Obviously, Jay-Z seemed like the perfect guy to do something like that. After playing the track to a few people in the industry it got to a guy called Big Jon [Platt], who is head of EMI Publishing and a close friend of Jay-Z. He took it to Jay-Z and he used the hook and re-wrote his own verses.
Did you help out with the hook at all?
Not really. I think the writers Angela Hunte and J'Nay Sewell did a great job.
Did you hear the finished song before it became a single?
Piracy is a massive concern for record labels and because I was in London they were hesitant to send me the finished mix over the Internet. So I didn't hear the finished mix until the album was leaked on the internet!
Have you spoken to Jay-Z or met him since Blueprint 3 dropped?
I actually only met him after the song was recorded. He's a really nice guy.
Did you work closely with Alicia Keys or speak to her during the making of the song?
The song was recorded in a few different places-at [Jay-Z's] studio, at [Alicia's]- so I didn't get to record either of them personally. But I did recently work with Alicia on another version of the song ["Empire State of Mind II"] for her album at her studio in Long Island.
Did you see Jay-Z perform the songs at the Yankees game and the World Series parade? How did you feel about the song getting to that level?
Yeah, I saw the performances. The first couple of times I saw it performed--at the Madison Square Garden show and the VMAs--were probably the most surreal. Since then, I've been amazed at how big it's gotten. I knew it was a great record but it's continued to grow and grow into something so huge. I think it's great that so many people can relate to it. Even though it is about New York on the surface, it is really about something more universal than that.
Have you gotten many requests for tracks since?
I've been meeting with a lot of A&Rs and seeing what projects are going on. I've been working with Rox (Rough Trade) and I Blame Coco (Island) on their debut albums. And I have lots of other projects in the pipeline. -Clover Hope
A West London native, Al Shux has been producing tracks since for nearly ten years. Before lacing Jay-Z's first no. 1 single--which Al says is getting heavy spins in the UK, too--the 27-year-old beatsmith got his first major look in 2007 on Lupe Fiasco's "High Definition," featuring Snoop Dogg.

Rihanna and “Shy Ronnie” on Saturday Night Live

Wow, she has humor

WESTWOOD 50 CENT INTERVIEW

BIG TIM GOES IN WITH 50 (PAUSE)



UNRELEASED BLACK THOUGHT - MONA LISA


Black Thought - Mona Lisa (prod. Karriem Riggins) When we gonna get some new Black Thought??

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Wyandanch High School Jam 1985 - Feat Biz Markie, Kid Wizard Rakim, MC Chilly Dawg, Grandwizard Bmc



Wow, early Biz, and the God Rakim on this. HISTORY.


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Shout out to DUTCH

Friday 4 December 2009

JAY Z TURNS 40 TODAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOV!

Sheek Louch Featuring Lord Finnesse – I Know You Missed Me



GOING IN OVER CLIPSE, POPULAR DEMAND...GOOD TO HERE FINESSE AGAIN.

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Video: DJ Neil Armstrong Shares A Tour Story With Jay-Z

Shout out to one of the nicest DJ'S in the game!!

Wednesday 2 December 2009

EMINEM ON THE COVER OF THE NEW COMPLEX MAGAZINE

ELMORE JUDD LIVE AT THE FUNHOUSE

Elmore Judd started a new show on the Funhouse 2 weeks ago when i was away. This guy knows good music, and this show is made up from breaks from all over the world. ENJOY.

ELMORE JUDD LIVE AT THE FUNHOUSE EVERY 2 WEEKS


Why Kenna, Lupe & Co. Are Climbing Kilimanjaro

Here’s a detailed explanation of the series of events that inspired Kenna to embark on the Summit on the Summit climb of Mount Kilimanjaro with Lupe and friends.



SHOUT 2 ESKAY

IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE INTERVIEW WITH RUSSIA TODAY

SNOOPS TOM TOM

This is jokes, but you know this would get annoying after 10 minutes.

Tuesday 1 December 2009

DJ ECLIPSE - COFFEE SYRUP 1998


Shout out to Eclipse...this is dope.

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FOUND AT

C'MON SON!!!

LOVE THIS, BIG UP TO ED LOVER.

Video: Snoop Dogg - Malice N Wonderland: The Movie (Trailer)

MOS DEF LIVE IN LONDON

Im hearing mixed reports about this show, who out there went???

GZA - LIQUID SWORDS INSTRUMENTALS


TAKEN FROM THE GREAT BLOGGER THAT IS KN

It’s Instrumental Tuesday and today we present to you the classic instrumental ish from one of the illest cd to ever drop from the Wu fam member GZA aka the Genius. This is the second solo studio album by GZA, released November 7, 1995 and is considered to be one of the best Wu-Tang Clan solo albums along with Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. In 1998, The Source magazine selected the album as one of its 100 Best Rap Albums, so hit it after the jump and let the fun begin. Enjoy !!!


01. Liquid Swords (Produced By RZA)
02. Duel of The Iron Mic (feat. Inspectah Deck, Masta Killa & Ol’ Dirty Bastard) (Produced By RZA)
03. Living In The World Today (feat. Method Man & RZA)
04. Swordsmen
05. Cold World (feat. Inspectah Deck)
06. Labels
07. 4th Chamber (feat. Ghostface Killah, Killah Priest & RZA)
08. Shadowboxin’ (feat. Method Man)
09. Hell’s Wind Staff/Killah Hills 10304
10. Investigative Reports (feat. Ghostface Killah, Raekwon & U-God)
11. Gold
12. I Gotcha Back (feat. RZA)
13. B.I.B.L.E.

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DJ MK @ FABRIC THIS FRIDAY

Fabric this friday is gonna be sick...Roots Manuva's Banana Clan is gonna be taking over room 3 all night, so catch me down there playing alot of music with dirty bass lines.



Buraka Som Sistema DJ/MC Set
Skream
Scratch Perverts
Skepta Live
Patchwork Pirates
Andy C
Goldie
High Contrast
Storm
Macpherson
MCs GQ, A.D
Roots Manuva
Ricky Ranking
Jimmy Screech
DJ MK
Lee Chenery
Cosmo

DJ IQ - FLASHING LIGHTS MIX CD - OUT NOW!!




Go cop the brand new mix cd from the younger god, IQ. BUY IT HERE