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Jay Electronica Preaches at The House of Blues

Posted in Media, Video with tags Dear Moleskine, Exhibit A (Transformation), First Ave, Jay Electronica, Mos Def on Monday, August 3, 2009 by Tim Althaus

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Here is some footage of the prophet Jay Electronica performing at the House of Blues in Chicago. I can’t tell you how upset I am that I had to miss his show with Mos Def in Minneapolis Saturday night. I can assure you that First Ave. was rockin’ like crazy that night. On the video you get to see him perform “Dear Moleskine” as well as “Exhibit A (Transformation)”. This guy is quickly becoming one of my favorites, I feel almost blessed that I’ve been able to put this many Jay Electronica posts up in the last week.

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R.I.P. Titus “Baatin” Glover

Posted in Music News, Video with tags Baatin, Detroit Hip-Hop, Slum Village on Sunday, August 2, 2009 by Tim Althaus

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I was utterly saddened and extremely expressionless yesterday when I heard that Baatin passed away. One of my colleagues sent me a Blackberry Message asking if “I heard the dude from Slum Village passed”? I almost thought he was bullshitting me right away, but I know he wouldn’t mess around with me when it came to Detroit Hip-Hop. I immediately sent him a message asking him (not sure why) if it was Baatin. He sent me a message that confirmed my previous question. I still to this moment can’t believe it, I almost feel like the whole situation is surreal. Baatin is absolutely seminal when it comes to talking about the Detroit Hip-Hop scene. He was the co-founder of Slum Village, which is easily one of my favorite groups of all-time. I simply don’t know if the Detroit scene would be anywhere near what it is today without Baatin. Detroit as well as the world of Hip-Hop lost an embassador yesterday. My heart goes out to Baatin’s family and everybody that was close to him, you’ve lost an extraordinary human being.

There’s only one thing we can all do now:

RAISE IT UP!

Editor’s Note: ?uestlove actually wrote a great piece on Baatin & Slum Village which you can read here.

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“Prizefight” teaser trailer

Posted in Media, Video with tags Doomtree, Lazer Beak, Mike Mictlan, videos on Friday, July 31, 2009 by Andy Bain

Here’s a look at the upcoming video for “Prizefight” off of the Hand Over Fist album from Mike Mictlan and Lazerbeak. Rumor has it there will be a free downloadable remix album that will coincide with the video’s full release in September.

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Ghostface Talks Briefly About His Top 5

Posted in Media, Video with tags Ghostface, Tony Starks, Top 5 emcees on Thursday, July 30, 2009 by Tim Althaus

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This video has Tony Starks listing off his top 5 emcees (with the exception of another one). Ghostface is one of the most consistent and potent cats in the game, and it’s good to see him giving other emcees props.

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Elzhi & Black Milk on Splash! Mag

Posted in Media, Video with tags Black Milk, Elzhi, Lord Finesse, Motown, Music From The Color Purple, Splash Mag on Thursday, July 30, 2009 by Tim Althaus

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Here is some more Splash!-Mag footage with Elzhi & Black Milk. If you remember, I posted the first part of this video a while back. In the second part, they talk about the history of Motown in pretty big detail. These guys are both very intelligent individuals who are very up-to-date on their musical knowledge. Black Milk also talks about all of the people that made tracks from his project Music From The Color Purple, not to mention how as a producer you can’t put any of your beats on the internet anymore. Black discusses that he is debating one whether or not to make a beat tape (thank you god), but he knows he has to beware if he does. Elzhi breaks down why Lord Finesse is one of his most influential emcees and how he fathered some people’s style.

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Little Brother & Just Blaze Live in Chicago

Posted in Media, Video with tags Chicago, Just Blaze, Little Brother, Red Bull Big Tune Beat Battle on Thursday, July 30, 2009 by Tim Althaus

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Here is some nice footage of Little Brother & Just Blaze rocking shit in Chicago at the recent Red Bull Big Tune Beat Battle. Little Brother is one of my favorite groups in Hip-Hop, and Just Blaze is one of the most fire producers in the game. You shouldn’t sleep on this one guys. I totally wish I could have been at this shit. Notice how Just Blaze gets everyone ready by playing some of his insane beats.

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Skyzoo Shows You “The Beautiful Decay” (Video)

Posted in Media, Video with tags 9th Wonder, brooklyn, Skyzoo on Thursday, July 30, 2009 by Tim Althaus

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As you may remember, I posted the artwork & tracklisting for Skyzoo’s album, The Salvation, last week. This is the video for the first single off of the album. The track is beautifully produced by none other than 9th Wonder, and the video concept for this song is fresh as hell. Skyzoo spits each verse passionately from a different spot in Brooklyn. Being able to listen to tracks like this make me crave this album real bad.

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Brother Ali Gives Some Insight Into Us

Posted in Media, Video with tags Brother Ali, Rhymesayers Entertainment, US on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 by Tim Althaus

Here is a great video of Brother Ali spitting some new material off of his upcoming album Us, courtesy of Rhymesayers Entertainment. Is it just me or does it seem like Brother Ali is another cat that just keeps getting better and better? Make sure you go over and pre-order Us at Fifth Element here.

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Atmosphere Giving New York’s Webster Hall Its Dose of Ugly

Posted in Media, Video with tags Atmosphere, Eyedea, Freestyle, Fuck You Lucy, Guarantees, When God Gives You Ugly on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 by Tim Althaus

It’s always good to have a little bit of Sluggo in your day, don’t you think? Atmosphere is out on their “When God Gives You Ugly” tour tearing down venues across the nation. During their performance at Webster Hall, URB got the chance to shoot a decent amount of footage (not to mention the video footage is pretty damn good) of the concert. If you’ve ever been to an Atmosphere show, you know the shit’s dope and the crowd is always involved. In the video featured above you will get to see the track “Guarantees”, and you can follow me after the jump to catch Eyedea & Slug freestyling Orphanage style, as well as the track “Fuck You Lucy”. Continue reading →

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Just Blaze Talks Briefly About Jay Electronica

Posted in Media, Video with tags Exhibit A, Jay Electronica, Just Blaze on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 by Tim Althaus

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Two Jay Electronica updates in the last two days? I feel like the lord is looking down on me with a big smile on his face. Just Blaze spoke a few choice words to iHipHop about Jay Electronica and what’s been going down as of late. It sounds like these guys have been putting down some serious shit as of late. Just Blaze talks about Exhibit A, as well as the video trailer that they just put out. I got really excited when Blaze said that he is going to dedicate time to get “the record” done as soon as possible. I keep saying this all the time, Jay Electronica’s full length is going to change the entire game. Just Blaze is arguably one of the best producers in the game, and you throw Jay’s revolutionary lyrics/flow over Blaze Beats… game over.

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