Jay-Z X Warren Buffet

My My My how Hip Hop has grown. Jay said he wanted the cover of Forbes magazine and it appears he's about to get his wish. Hov sits down with Warren Buffet, one of the world's richest men and most powerful investors, for a 60 minute conversation. Hustle recognizes hustle.

KanYe West Feat. Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross & Bon Iver – “Monster”

You're gonna need this one.... naw but seriously though. The first installment of Kanye's twitter series is called monster and rightfully so. Wow @ the beat. Wow @ two dope verses from Ye and Jay. And WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW @ Nikki destroying the last half of this song.

KanYe West Feat. Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross & Bon Iver – “Monster”
http://www.mediafire.com/?sh3g0dqupat07ad

Big K.R.I.T. Wuz Here (mixtape)

Many of us have dreams of being famous, powerful, or a combination of the two. You can hear this in the music, where damn near everyone has claimed to be the King of something. For me, these aspirations for royalty seemed to mask insecurity and pain derived from living in places much less than lavish (read: less than acceptable, think: ur friendly neighborhood trap or project.) We've seen T.I., Jay-Z and others wear the crown, but who would have thought a rapper from Meridian, Mississippi could make a claim to a crown and be taken seriously. The Big King Remembered In Time does exactly that, releasing K.R.I.T., a dirty south monstrosity of a mixtape that may as well be called an album, that will draw comparisons to Tip, David Banner, and the Underground Kingz Pimp C and Bun B, while fitting comfortably in the rotation of freshman mainstays like Wiz Khalifa, Yelawolf, Curren$y, J. Cole and others. Most of the production is handled by Krizza on this effort, which amazes consistently. Peep tracks like "Hometown Hero", referencing influences as far as Adele and Friday Night Lights, or "Country shit" which just straight up bangs. Like Graffiti written on a small town wall, this album is bound to become a landmark for those from the region, and with the power of the internet, and testament to how the underground in hip hop was at 2010. This is an great piece of work. We live in exciting times.

Big K.R.I.T. Wuz Here
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LN1R5GPX

COBE OBEAH- Flames

His verses go hard. Naija stand up!



#shoutout to Yema for puttin HHAL on

JANELLE MONAE feat. LUPE FIASCO & B.O.B.- Tightrope (REMIX)

JUST AS DOPE AS THE SONG.

Cuz I Feel Like It - Jay Electronica - The Pledge (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)

ATTENTION!!

If you've heard this fine, but if not...

Give me 9 minutes and 5 seconds, your open mind, and your undivided attention and I'll make you a believer.



Willy Wonka. Politics. An pretty, percussion-less soundtrack from a strange Jim Carrey Movie. A righteous attitude. Mystery. Paranoia. Spiritualism.

Jay Electronica molds all these influences and concepts into a lengthy poetry collage of an experience that never disappoints. Its essentially 4 poems, spit to the eeriest, mood provoking soundtracks you'll hear anywhere. His flow hear is pulled completely out of the air, as there are no drums to guide him, and it is phenomenal. Read along with the song and note the beautiful shape of the lines as the carve out their place on the page. Follow his logic and rewind when you have to. Soak this shit all in, because when your done, you will understand the underground hype the man gets. Funnily enough, I remember when this first came out 3 years ago and not understanding what I was hearing. I was entertained, but I wasn't ready. I'm ready now, and I want more.

Press Play.
The Poetry.
Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind

She said she never fell in love with a superman
Christian, Muslim, Protestant, Lutheran,
I told her that being a mortal is the portal to the true nature of growth; the Christ like Buddha man
That's why I never spit the traditional garbage of a night fight, bright lights, white ice to the fans
The radio is just a stereo, like the house aint a home, and a chair is just a chair, ask Luther Van
Go to work; go to church let your dreams die
Bowtie, final call, and a bean pie
yarmulke for Hanukah, wish list for Christmas
This is the jist of the life that we lead, why?
So you can fit in, with the close minded in the sit-ins, and clotheslined in the ed-end
I could care less about a plaque and Bidd-enz or get Punked on TV by my frid-ends
Don't get a nigga wrong, I get tempted by the rewards that all come along with making nigga songs
But what does it mean if I'm a Muslim and you a Jew and because of that alone we don't get along
And when you talk like this, and try to walk like this the radio stations'll never put a nigga on
Just Mims, just Fifty, just Wayne, just Jeezy, Dem Franchize Boyz, and Jimmy Jones
Fuck that, fuck rap this God-hop,
King-dom mu-sic for the hard rocks
Imma spit it till T-R-L get it and Hot ninety-seven hit the nigga with a bomb drop
Ask Flex, ask Slay, ask Who Kidd
Just blaze said Jay is the new kid
I took Eternal Sunshine and I looped it
No drums no hook just new shit

Paper Thin

the handling of a hearts
a very delicate art
cause it's paper thin
one irrelevant thought
that started out as a spark
could be a poisonous dart
that leaves a permenent mark
thats ice cold in the day and burns in the dark
and makes you never wanna see her face again
tee-hee what a place im in
lead me to the sta-tio-n
a one way ticket, dont look back
one cold tear that frozen crack
a whole lotta pain im holdin back
sheriff said f that roll the sack
i said if my skull was cracked
and blood ran out to the culdesac
that could not match me where im at
my memories flash me there and back
yup there goes me right there in black
holdin hands not starin back
she starts cryin i start denying and its my fault
and im aware of that
man in hindsight signs be glarin back
wheres the map
to show you where your at
i can hear the crowd yelling i can smell the tire smoke
i can hear the starter pistol wheres the track
ring no answer came home late
jane told dick she had a date
but they was just chillin
and at that moment the right brain says to the left just kill em
make the headlines make the front page wild out in the court house man thrill em
theyll say the boy dead wrong but i feel em

Voodooman

Voodooman, chickenbone chickenbone
I can make a thunderstorm from a light rain
My ears start ringing
My nose get bloody
I feel a lil' bit of pressure on my right brain
Intermission transmission
Put me in submission
Glistening trapped in the light prison whistling
the christ told me come closer to the light man
I went blind woke up in front of a mic stand

Voodoo man, tap dancing in the French Quarter
Walking on water with a scroll in my hand
The bluerprints for disc shaped like a vessel
that was chiseled out of metal off the coast of Japan
Fasting on the top of a mountain I went to postland
Saw a shiny object floating out of the ocean
I'm sort of like a postman
You can get the message if you want to understand
From the rap slumber man

Voodoman, civilize the savage
Criticize the parish
Spreading false doctrine
terrorize the cleric
for carrying on nonsense
specialised lies to paralyse the conscience
voodoman
chit chatter
abracadabra
Spitting out matter
While i'm shitting out data
mmm, chew em up shitting out rappers
Sipping Pelegrino while i'm giving out matches
Set yourself on fire
Let the wisdom of Elijah
purify ya take a nigga higher
Sold your soul to the high-est buyer
Now you're on the wire
talking about two-foot tires
Saying you sell crack
clapping at cats with macs
but you a liar
pants on fire
Same old rugged cross
different crucified messiah


FYI

while you was blowin X amount of dollars on a bracelet
the sovereign nation of france was openin they files on the UFO phenomenon i-e spaceships
its just the facts jack may as well face it
every rhyme i write the seal get cracked in the chapter of revalations
a atom get cracked in the blackness of meditation
mysterious shit
call me Jay Dogon im on some serious/sirius shit
scholars wonder why do he bust
allah blessed me with a midasy touch
everything i lay the hands turn to ethopian gold shiny and buffed
i got a firm understandin on the minus and plus
so i aint got time to argue with a rapper bout how he aint got rhymes
thats fuckin with mines
im trying to kill lucifer, so if i have to brake
cuz a rapper in my face
tellin me that he the great
you can bet a shiny nickel ill blast his motherfuckin ass way past jupiter
you couldnt be stupider
fuckin with the nuc-l-ear
mayan
aztec lion
asiatic black man from zion
quetzalcoatl supreme
lettin off steam
dimethyltriptamine make a man dream
but yall would much rather hear me rappin bout trash
the size of erykahs ass blunts and cash
we need savin
mines are consumed with swine we need bathin



Are you watching closely?

Erykah Badu - Gone Baby, Don’t Be Long

http://usershare.net/h8h1jy04a1f8

I know I just posted one of her songs last night, but she's one of my favorite artists. This one's smooth, and it will be the last one I post. Go cop the album next tuesday!

Erykah Badu - “Turn Me Away (Get Munny)”

Every song leaked off her album has been dope so far. This is no exception. Sampling the same joint that the Junior Mafia did for their classic "Get Money", Erykah puts her thang down. MARCH 30TH GO COP IT!

Erykah Badu - Turn Me Away (Get MuNNY) by Hypetrak

BONUS: The Sample, Sylvia Striplin’s “You Can’t Turn Me Away”

Big Boi Ft. George Clinton and Too Short - For Your Sorrows (VIDEO)

Big Boi just signed with Def Jam this week so the record that is Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty is on its way this summer. Big Boi keeps dropping great records from this opus, including this interesting song with George Clinton and Too Short, bringin the funk thats missing from the radio these days.

LUPE FIASCO & KENNA- Resurrection

Tribute track to Haiti.



Don't forget.

Jay-Z - "Run This Town" Superbowl Opener

Wu Tang vs. The Beatles - “Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers…”

In what's being hailed as the greatest Beatles mashup since Danger Mouse's Grey Album, Tom Caruana puts Wu Verses, picked with great attention to detail, and places them over equally well-thought out Beatles samples, leaving us with “Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers…”. If the first few tracks don't hook you instantly.... I don't really know what to say to you lol.
Wu Tang vs. The Beatles - “Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers…”
http://rapidshare.com/files/346552389/Wu_Tang_vs_The_Beatles_-_Enter_The_Magical_Mystery_Chambers_WEB_2010.rar

New B.O.B Mixtape!!

B.O.B releases the "May 25th" mixtape as a prelude to his album Adventures of Bobby Ray which drops May 25th, 2010. I had the opportunity to catch B.O.B in concert during the Kid Cudi/Asher Roth tour and man is he talented. I'm really excited about the mixtape so check it out! Features on the mixtape include J. Cole (yesssss), Charles Hamilton and Asher Roth.

Click Here to Download!

Pharrell’s Key Note Speech at Midem

Pharrell Keynote at MIDEM 2010 from thecashmerethinker on Vimeo.

Listen to Pharrell as he answers questions and basically unfolds the great map that is his brain at the Midem music business conference in Cannes, France. This interview is long but his words moved me a few different times. Its def worth it to take a look as he talks about traveling, the music industry, the importance of be technologically literate, and life in general.

2 New Nas + Damian Marley Joints

Misters Nasir Jones and Damian Marley, known together for their dope collabo "Road To Zion" (video below), are coming with a new album called Distant Relatives, an inspired project meant to recognize the Pan-African sentiment they share and hope to spread on 4/20/2010. Below are two songs from the upcoming album to get you in that mindstate.

1st up is "As We Enter", an uptempo banger reminiscent of K'naan's "ABCs". Nas and Damian trade back and forth bars over this and it sounds great.
As We Enter
http://usershare.net/xgj2451ydug9

And 2nd, "Strong Will Continue", which has a rebel march feel to it. The instrumentation here is pretty perfect, and the message is inspirational.
Strong Will Continue
http://usershare.net/j8u6dbta4pzw

BONUS: "Road To Zion"

CLIPSE- Freedom

Two days late, but perfect video and song as a celebration of Dr. King's dream. Despite what the music industry thinks, the audience wants more and expects more from hip hop; Clipse is definitely living up to it.



If you haven't copped Till the Casket Drops, you should. Album is dope and not getting enough buzz. Support hip hop.

Nappy Roots - The Pursuit of Nappyness coming 4/20

Nappy Roots - Ride from AVJ Records on Vimeo.

Here's a trailer for the new Nappy Roots project coming 4/20. These brothers have always made funky, soulful Hip Hop and I anticipate their return to the rap scene.

Skillz - Rap-2009

Couldn't end the year (or the decade) without VA favorite Skillz droppin the Rap Up. Here it is with all the DJ B radio drops intact. Love VA.

Skillz - Rap-Up 2009
http://usershare.net/2DopeBoyz/hugm4tecyc1x

Reflection Eternal ft. Mos Def, Jay Electronica, and J. Cole - Untitled

Talib and Hi-Tek collab wit Jay Elec Hannukah, Simba, and Flaco on an amazing track. 2010 keeps lookin better.

Reflection Eternal ft. Mos Def, Jay Electronica, and J. Cole - Untitled
http://usershare.net/pgtd06al53nc

Lil Wayne feat Eminem - Drop The World

The collabo Weezy's been beggin for has finally taken place and it's extremely dope. Peep before they take it down:
http://usershare.net/69619b4w2d1w