So Brother Ali dropped his new album 'Us' (which is amazing, by the way) at midnight in North America. Do yourself a favour and cop that.
Also, the video above is Evidence from Dilated Peoples, who apparently joined Rhymesayers. Well there ya go.
I effing love Joss. Here's the new single from her latest album...Peep the info (Spotted @ Honey Soul):
"After a major contract dispute with her former record company EMI Joss Stone is finally releasing a new album “Colour Me Free” on October 20th.The first single is aptly titled Free Me. In the video clips below Joss talks about finally releasing new material and we hear the new single. The album will be sold digitally and at U.S Target stores and will feature guest appearances from Nas, Raphael Saadiq, Sheila E., Jeff Beck and David Sanborn."
About to check this out, but it looks fresh. The homie Ras and U-N-I rippin' it at House of Blues in LA. Boom.
Yup. We been slackin'. But thanks to Ms Christina Carter's Googling game, we're back in it! The beautiful NYC native, Bay Area resident found us during her ongoing grind, and we're very happy she did. Check the stunning pics and interview below, and don't forget to get at her on Twitter!
1. What’s your name? Christina Carter
2. Where are you from? Originally Harlem but raised in San Francisco Bay Area.
3. How many years have you been modeling? One.
4. What are the misconceptions people commonly have about models that are untrue? That we’re extremely vain empty headed people, but many are students, etc that just enjoy this kind of work.
5. What shows, videos, magazines, etc. have you been featured in? I have been in videos by Bay Area Rappers The Jacka “Glamorous Lifestyle” and Kafani feat. Dorrough and Gucci Mane “Get That Dough”, I was Based Magazine Beauty of the Month for June and July, Online Features: Hoodgrammys.com – Hoodgrammy Model, prolificsociety.com – Eye Candy section, South Carolina Music Network July Model and VJTV (Visual Radio Network Television) Poster Model.
6. What photographers have you worked with? Mainly Bay Area Photographers B2DPoint Photography and AthruZ Photography.
7. What photographers would you like to work with? That list is soo long lol. Definitely Frank “Hot Sauce Donalds” and Frank Antonio out of New York and Slickforce Studios in Los Angeles.
8. Can you describe the grind of a model trying to break into the industry? I think making the right connections and maintaing professionalism are key to getting you somewhere, network, network, network
9. Any words for the ladies out there that have aspirations of entering the modeling industry? DO IT!
10. What's your plans from here? Right now I am preparing for magazine submissions and getting my website together.
11. How can folks contact you? For bookings/info contact booking@stallionmodels.com. To view my online portfolio you can visit www.modelmayhem.com/christinacarter813, and to chat hit me on Twitter!
Aight, this looks real as hell. Damn I wish we got it like that Down Under...Peep the info after the jump.
Spotted @ Smoking Section.
"Sprite Green hosted the grand opening of the R.S.V.P. store here in Chicago on Saturday by souping up a rooftop in downtown Chicago and bringing almost the whole G.O.O.D. music label down to perform."
Cudi's Set Minus Day and Night from Brandon "N2ition" Riley on Vimeo.
WTF??? I just saw this on the blogs. Wow. This year is getting insane. Man I even interviewed Roc Raida a few years back, dude was nice as hell. I don't even know what to say, we've lost way too many legends this year. Rest In Peace.
Peep the article from The Boombox below for details:
According to reports, legendary X-Ecutioners DJ Grand Master Roc Raida died this morning at the age of 37. Though very little information about the turntablist's death is available at the present time, the following statement was made by his representative; "The legendary Grand Master Roc Raida has passed away this morning...Family and friends will miss him dearly. Please give the family their privacy."
Busta Rhymes, for whom Roc Raida DJ'd, also tweeted about the universally respected turntablist's passing, saying ""I am sorry 2 say that on this day at 2:05 Sept 19th we lost another incredible life...Dj Roc Raida died 2day my personal Dj is gone... I just wanna thank everyone 4 ur love and support and ur prayers...We will never let ur name die Roc...We love u and will 4ever miss u...RIP."
Neither Busta nor Roc Raida's rep revealed the cause of the DJ's death. His rep denied rumors that his passing was the result of a car accident, as previously reported, saying only that he had been hospitalized last week, and that his death was "unexpected."
Roc Raida was a founding member of The X-Ecutioners, also known as The X-Men, a DJ crew who brought east coast turntablism to the forefront in the mid-90's.
Raida was also a respected producer, who released six solo albums in addition to his work with the X-Ecutioners, and worked with artists from Ghostface, Fat Joe and Black Thought to Linkin Park and Pink. He will be missed.
Mos has 'Ye's back. Real.
![Emilio Rojas: Recession Proof [No DJ/No Tags]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e3abef37013b50c08308f0/1459215190150-S2C2492DNK0QCKP8UDCA/image-asset.png)
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Now this is freshness. Big homie Emilio Rojas done released a version of his dope mixtape 'Recession Proof' from earlier this year sans DJ and tags, so y'all get the full songs. Fuckin' boom. New mixtape 'The Natural' coming soon!
Spotted @ Kevin Nottingham.
Now this shit is finna be heat. The homie Jermiside put us onto Danny Diggs when we were in Atlanta with him last year, and dude been had heat. And most definitely, look out for myself, Bekah and Notion who did a joint with Jermiside for the collab album with Danny, so hopefully we make the cut!
"Irish producer Danny Diggs drops this free EP entitled Introducing featuring guests Jermiside, Shad, Akrobatik, SoulStice & more. Diggs & Jermiside have a project together called Middle Class coming soon as well. Tracklist & link after the jump."
Spotted over at Kevin Nottingham.
Wow. So Wayne done did a song with Madonna. I don't even really know what to think about this. It's not entirely horrible. I just dunno. Check it out.
Big ups to the homie Theory for his feature article and interview with the voice of Mario (you know, from the video games), Charles Martinet, at the request of Nintendo Australia. Dude since been in demand.
Check out the interview, audio and photos for the Mario/Charles Martinet interview at Vooks.net.
After a few weeks break, the homegirl E is back with another video blog. Her vlog game is vicious right now.
Looks like the creepiest dude on the internet recently found his true love, or his "goddess" as he calls her. Great news though, he's accepting backup applications! Who said romance was dead?
What an, um, lady killer.
Didn't take long did it? Go on TV for a quick apology and what have you got? Plenty of publicity and not too many extra haters. Well, not a lot more than dude already had, anyway.
This is almost old news already, not just because it happened on MTV and has been all over various media but because its Kanye - "the only player that got robbed but kept all his jewellery". I'm surprised anyone even cares, to be honest. The man has carefully crafted a reputation for throwing tantrums at award shows.
Most awards are already irrelevant anyway, but the VMAs have got to be somewhere near the bottom of the list. Who gives a toss? I'd say that Kanye needs to realise these award shows are nothing more than a back-slapping public relations exercise, but I think he probably gets that. After all, why else would a teenage girl who likely had nothing to do with artistic direction of a music video be accepting the award for it? If it wasn't clear before, I'm pretty sure the man is knowingly highjacking a farcical PR event and taking all the attention for himself. Then again, maybe he is just an impulsive idiot.
Kanye already apologised for the interruption on http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/.
Remember Pacewon? You may have first heard him featuring on Cowboys by The Fugees. Maybe you heard him a few years later on Redman's Malpractice album. Most of you would have heard his banging track I Declare War from the High School High soundtrack. He's always been around but never really delivered anything amazing until last year's collab with producer Mr Green. It stands as one of my favourite albums of 2008, period. Damn shame nobody heard it.
Here's five videos, in the order that the tracks appear on the album. Believe me, each and every one of these is banging. And when did you last see five videos from an underground album anyway? Next level...
Here's the whole benefit concert Jay-Z held in honour of the victims of 9/11. I love the internet.
Sorry for the lack of recent posts, folks. Big Cee has been away on Realness Tour '09 and the rest of us need to pick up the slack.
Anyway, this year's class of Basketball Hall of Fame inductees could not have been any bigger if you grew up in the NBA's golden era like me. I don't think I really need to say much about Michael Jordan except that he's the greatest ever to pick up a basketball. Every other great NBA dynasty has had a dominant big man, and I mean DOMINANT. It's a big man's game after all. Jordan won six chips playing with such centers as Bill Cartwright, Will Perdue, Bill Wennington and Luc Longley. I own the Ultimate Jordan DVD boxset and the Chicago Bulls Dynasty boxset and regularly watch both over a mug of warm milk before bed. Sayin'.
But this year's class wasn't just big because of MJ. The other inductees were "The Admiral" David Robinson (shown below being dunked on by Lil Bow Wow, would have been one of the greatest players never to win a championship if Tim Duncan didn't land in his lap in '97), John Stockton (was one of the greatest players never to win a championship, being the all-time leader in both assists and steals), Jerry Sloan (perhaps the greatest coach never to win a championship). Hey it ain't their fault Jordan was playing at the same time. Legendary women's coach C. Vivian Stringer, who took three different college teams to the Final Four, was also inducted.
