Video: Main Flow and 7L - The Re-Up

August 5th, 2008

I just heard about this guy, I don’t know how I didn’t hear about him. Pick up Main Flow and 7L - Flow Season, came out in 2006 but is filled with great tracks. Like Stack Up and The Re-Up.

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Hippomothamus: We Started Mashing (The Ting Tings Mashup)

August 5th, 2008

Get Hippomothamus - We Started Mashing (The Ting Tings Mashup)

Hippomothamus - Cleanin’ Out My Closet / That’s Not My Name (Ting Tings/Eminem mash)

Hippomothamus - Ch-Check It Out / Great DJ (Ting Tings/Beastie Boys mash)

“I’m back with my first mixtape since “rhyming in rainbows“. I must say I was slightly overwhelmed by the reviews and what not it got. Seeing people talk about something I created and showing their appreciation’s for my work was a real confidence booster. So I’d like to say thanks to people such as wonky_blog, Boom Bap Hip Hop and Oh, Warfair & Therapy to name a few.”

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Video: RZA/Bobby Digital - You Can’t Stop Me Now

August 5th, 2008

[Chorus - Sample from: "Message from a Black Man"]
No matter how hard you try, you can’t stop me now
No matter how hard you try, you can’t stop me now

[RZA]
The greatest B-Boy of all time started from small crimes
While others had big tops I was slingin’ small dimes
Tryin’ to make the come up, the blow used to numb up
A few G’s a week my clique used to sum up
Till my brother got locked up, my girl got knocked up
My closest homies each got popped up and shot up
And cops flood the block, no way to eat
So I dropped a half a G on a rented SP1200 Sampler
And a Yamaha Four-Track
The bass from the lab used to blow the fuckin’ door back
While Ghost was doin’ stick-ups tryin’ to make a vick up
Waitin’ outside for the Brinks truck to pick up
Nothing would work so we’re back to choppin’ nicks up
Givin’ grown ass women two vials for a dick suck
When I was stressed I would head to the rest
Then the pads on the SP-12 got pressed
Makin’ beats for the streets so the family could eat
In ‘93 Wu-Tang Clan dropped their first LP
We went platinum, Yeah we flatten ‘em
Pockets got fat and um, went and got Capp and ‘em
Staten’s on the map and um, Brooklyn Zu is bombin’ ‘em
All around the world, Killa Beez start swarmin’ ‘em
You can’t stop us, you can’t block us
Rock us or mock us knock us or top us
Better sit back and watch us

[Chorus]
No matter how hard you try, you can’t stop me now
No matter how hard you try, you can’t stop me now
No matter how hard you try, you can’t stop me now
No matter how hard you try, you can’t stop me now

[Inspectah Deck]
Can’t stop me man…
No matter how hard, you better go hard
So hard, if you gonna try and stop me now
I be ruckus to rhythm like the blocks be wild
Bad enough I got the cops tryin’ to lock me down
Can’t nobody break my stride or shake my pride
Without a homocide case and trial
It’s a long time comin’, long nines bustin’
Cradle to the grave I be on my grind hustlin’
Sometimes when I think about it, have my mind buggin’
The shit that I been through, things that I’ve seen
The chicks that I ran through, places I’ve been
I’m a victim of the very song I sing
That’s how it is in the heart of it, most want no part of it
Some will soothe the pain through booze and narcotics
I’mma hold my head, stay true to where my heart is
Either you pay with your life, or you pay dues and homage

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Rakim Talks with DJ Green Lantern

August 5th, 2008

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Video: A Tribe Called Quest at Rock The Bells

August 4th, 2008

This is classic material right here kids. Tribe’s first New York performance in in 11 years.

I gotta tell you man, for a second there I though they were trying to pull a fast one on us with this Tribe set. Because it actually started out with just Q-Tip onstage doing some Tribe album verses and a couple of his solo joints with Mos Def as a hypeman. I felt like maybe they tried to bill it as a Tribe performance when it was actually a just a commercial for Tip’s solo project. I was all ready to go home and air a bunch of people out for exploiting Phife’s name. Don’t get me wrong, Q-Tip is that dude, but I’m not really interested in seeing him perform any of his solo shit except maybe Vivrant Thing.

Anyway, my aggravation turned out be premature because Phife and Jarobi ended up making a grand entrance after a short DJ Scratch intermission. Needless to say, I lost my fucking noodle. As you may know, the Five Footer’s health hasn’t been great in recent years, and he’s rarely seen in public these days, so it was really beautiful to see him onstage performing like he was 19 again.

Left field: One of the greatest moments in my short but illustrious career as the Greatest Blogger Alive came when I got to meet Phife’s mom at Brooklyn Bodega’s ATCQ panel at Powerhouse Books during last year’s Hip-Hop Honors week. She was really sweet and appreciative of all the love everybody was showing her son, and she complimented me on the Tribe t-shirt I was wearing. That was awesome.

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Video: Termanology - Play It (RMX)/Stop, Look & Listen

August 3rd, 2008

Term & his ST compatriots perform his verse from the remix of Big Shug’s “Play It”, as well his verse from “Stop, Look & Listen” from the Statik Selektah album.

Bonus: Big Shug’s performance at the Boston Peacefest after the jump.

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Video: Izza Kizza - Freestyle In The Park

August 2nd, 2008

On Ruby Hornet TV.

Previously: Izza Kizza - Kizzaland (Mixtape) | Pugz Atomz - Freestyle in the Park

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Video: Termanology ft. Bun B - How We Rock (Behind The Scenes)

August 2nd, 2008

Here’s some footage from the video shoot for Term’s first single featuring Bun B produced by DJ Premier. The video includes cameos from DJ Premier, Skyzoo, Torae, Panama of The Wire, Cormega, Lil Fame of M.O.P., Joell Ortiz, Uncle Murda, Consequence, Statik Selektah, Reks & Grafh, who were all on the grounds.

Previously: Termanology’s “Politics As Usual” Cover & Tracklisting | Termanology ft. Bun B - How We Rock (Prod. by DJ Premier)