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Guru Set to Release 8.0 Lost and Found

Guru continues to add to his body of work with the 7 Grand partnership with producer Solar with the release of Guru's 8.0 Lost and Found. While many fans who are particularly attached to his groundbreaking work as the frontman of Gangstarr, his recent work has the lyricism, production quality, and consistency that fans have come to respect him for.

Solar adds, “8.0 represents that next level of growth; the next evolution of intelligent… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on April 25, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

LA Graf Artist CHAKA Premieres in First Solo Show of New Work

Mid-City Arts is pleased to present the first solo show ever from the infamous LA graffiti artist, Chaka. Resurrection opens April 25th and will feature highly anticipated new work from the mysterious Chaka.

Daniel Ramos, AKA Chaka, was 18 when he was arrested and charged in 1991 with 48 counts of vandalism, trespassing and causing $500,000 in property damage. Chaka’s signature tag had appeared in a staggering 10,000 locations… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on April 23, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Joell Ortiz Interview -

Vid of Joell Ortiz from the XXL photo shoot. Shouts to Culture… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on April 21, 2009 at 12:12pm — No Comments

Mr. Lif - I Heard It Today (In Stores Now)

Guest appearances by Bahamadia and Vinnie Paz of Jedi Mind Tricks help to solidify this album as a crucial piece of art delivered at a pivotal point in American history.

Welcome to the World

What About Us?

Breathe

Collapse the Walls

Folklore

Police Brutality

Gun Fight

PNN 1

Hatred

Homecoming (scene)

Head High

I Heard It Today

The… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on April 21, 2009 at 12:09pm — No Comments

In Stores Now: Asher Roth - Asleep in the Bread Aisle

Asher Roth, one of the rising stars in the new school of hip hop along w/ Jay Electronica, Wale, Kid Cudi,

and more, is dropping his highly anticipated debut album today.

The bonus DVD contains 40 minutes of bonus fan content, including his early raps, his take on hip hop, growing up, his influences, getting stuck in elevator in Steve Rifkin's house, out on a promo tour and more. The DVD also includes the videos for "I Love… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on April 21, 2009 at 12:05pm — No Comments

Black Moon / Smif N Wessun Rock Massachusetts

The New England Region better Duckdown and make the trip tonight at 8PM to Harpers Ferry located on 158 Brighton Ave, Allston, MA for Black Moon & Smif N Wessun's 'Tribute To Classics' performance. The groups will be performing their debut albums "Enta Da Stage" and "Da Shinin" backed by a live band.

Added by Mumbo Sauce on April 16, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

K'Naan's View on Somali Pirates

K'Naan drops science on the real reason the "pirates" of his native Somalia exist and how it all started.

Huge corporations use the Horn of Africa to dump illegal nuclear waste on the shores of Africa.

The fishermen of Somalia mobilized to stop this. K'Naan was honest to mention that greed ultimately took over in this case.

Media paints an entirely different picture which makes one wonder if what we read and watch is indeed the… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on April 14, 2009 at 12:05pm — No Comments

Asher Roth "As I Em"

Asher Roth drops a new joint to address the constant Eminem comparisons. It wasnt too long ago that every white MC had to pass the Beastie Boys comparison (including Eminem) in order to be considered legit.

Roth's style is totally different, there are some vocal similarities but fans and critics need to be more intelligent in their… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on April 13, 2009 at 10:13am — No Comments

In Stores Now: Yo Gotti Drops CM 2

Download the single from Cocaine Musik 2 today.

Meeting Da Plug [Explicit]

Tracklisting

Intro

Shoot Off

Meeting Da Plug

Sold Out

Off Da Top of Da Head

Cocaine Crazy Skit

Drum Play, Feat.… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on April 10, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

Custom Made "Sunday Money" (Video)

Video from the Left Coast collective. Custom Made (Bluff, Element, Scoobs and Six) returns with Street Cinema Vol: 6 The Lost Weekend (which will be released shortly). "Sunday Money" is the video for the Lost Weekend… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on April 9, 2009 at 9:54pm — No Comments

Hip-Hop Confessions

Skillz's Hip Hop Confessions where he has a roundtable discussion revealing different aspects of hip hop that they've never gotten into. Good… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on April 9, 2009 at 11:41am — No Comments

IPTV Discussion: What is the Greatest Era of Hip Hop???

Most older hip-hop fans defer to the "Golden Era" when this topic is mentioned but if you break it down fully there are other eras that could be mentioned.

While the Golden Era produced absolutely legendary moments in hip hop history, you cant deny the early 90s as well due to the fact that the West Coast was actually leading the pack.

In a recent interview, Puff actually credits Dr. Dre as the influence for Ready to Die as well as Tribe giving props to Dre as well.

The… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on April 7, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

The LOX and Puff Re-unite on P-Twitty TV

Puff is in full promo mode backstage w/ Jadakiss on the eve of his new album release "The Last Kiss".

Anticipation is high for this project.

In the spirit of all things Twitter:

Follow Puff: http://twitter.com/iamdiddy

Follow Jada: http://twitter.com/therealkiss

Follow Styles: http://twitter.com/therealstylesp

Follow Us:… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on April 7, 2009 at 5:00am — No Comments

Jadakiss Drops New Heat on "The Last Kiss"

Veteran MC Jadakiss early buzz and reviews for his latest LP The Last Kiss have been pretty solid leading up to the CD's release. The new LP marks a return to solo recording after a hiatus. Producers on board the new album project include the Neptunes, Swizz Beatz, Eric Hudson, The Incredibles, Buckwild, Denaun Porter, Needlz, Sean C & LV, and Baby Grande.

Jada has a solid fan base and as a lyricist he always deliver bars of death… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on April 6, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Think Like A King

Adisa Banjoko, founder of the Hip Hop Chess Federation shares a great story of one of his student that ties into a lesson on independent… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on April 5, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Saigon Video Contraband 1/2

Video for Contraband 1/2. The Biggie lines was ill in itself. Glad to see Sai gettin credit for his music. The Amalgam deal gave him an outlet to put out quality music instead of waiting on…

Added by Mumbo Sauce on April 4, 2009 at 10:15am — No Comments

Hurricane Chris Freestyle

Despite all the hate and Soulja Boy comparisons that Hurricane Chris received since he stepped on the national scene, the boy can actually freestyle and/or rap off the top of the dome, especially in the era where "freestyles" are written.

Here's a Hurricane Chris clip of him freestyling in the… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on April 4, 2009 at 10:13am — No Comments

Atmosphere Video "Your Glass House"

Added by Mumbo Sauce on April 4, 2009 at 10:05am — No Comments

Big Shug Rocks the stage in Slovenia

Big Shug and Singapore Kane rep LIVE on stage from… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on April 2, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Jabari Goes Interactive - Preps Digital Compilation Release

Online juggernaut Jabari, the Howard University student who has made his claim to fame landing exclusive interviews with Hip Hop Game, has taken one big step in his career by putting those contacts to work and dropping an album entitled "Famous on the Internet".

Jabari is looking ahead to the future of digital releases as he mentions Today's technology is allowing me to put together the greatest independent hip-hop compilation… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on April 1, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments